2026 CAREER-CONNECTED L/EARNING Conference
Designing What’s Next in Career-Connected Learning
Join us Oct. 29-30 at the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs for the 2026 Career-Connected L/Earning Conference.
This isn’t a conference about ideas in isolation. It’s a working convening focused on building capacity among leaders and practitioners to design career pathways that deliver economic mobility.
Cohosted by The Attainment Network, Peak Education, Business & Education Alliance, and the Colorado Equitable Economic Mobility Initiative (CEEMI), the conference is designed by leaders with deep expertise in regional collaboration, data-informed decision-making, and equity-centered system design.
WHo SHOULD attend
The Career-Connected L/Earning Conference is designed for leaders and practitioners working at the intersection of education, workforce, and economic mobility:
- K-12, postsecondary, and adult Education
- Workforce
- Employers and Industry Associations
- State and Local Policymakers
- Researchers and Data Leaders
- Intermediaries
- Community-Based Organizations
- Funders
why attend
Participants will build their capacity to design and implement real change in education-to-workforce systems.
- Explore effective strategies to align K-12, postsecondary, workforce, and employer systems
- Dig into the role of data in improving navigation, accountability, and outcomes
- Hear directly from learners and earners on support they need to build meaningful careers
- Build relationships that support sustained collaboration beyond the conference
If you’re responsible for turning vision into results, this convening is for you.
Early registration is $350. Beginning August 1, the registration fee will increase to $400.
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