The State Career Development Conference will be held
February 6-8, 2026, in Bay City, Michigan at the DoubleTree.
The cost is $360 for each person based on housing with two in a room. The cost is $260 for each person for three or four in a room.
Advisors' cost is $360 for a king room,
all family and guests must be registered on housing.
The fee for guest meals is $40.
Read the conference policies below.
Tentative Schedule:
Friday, February 6, 2026 (Business Casual attire)
2:00 pm Pre-Conference Tours (optional)
4:00 pm Room Check-In & Registration begins
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm On-site Testing
7:00 pm Seating begins for opening session
7:00 pm All Prepared events due
7:30 pm Open Session begins
9:30 pm Community Service Event
Immediately - Testing Session
Saturday, February 7, 2026 (Professional Dress)
8:00 am Event Prep begins for Team Events
8:30 am Event Prep begins for Individual Events
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Social Event
Sunday, February 8, 2026 (Professional Dress)
9:00 am Advisor's meeting
10:00 am Voting begins, awards session seating opens, and breakfast buffet opens
11:00 am Award session
12 pm Check-out and departure
You are solely responsible for reviewing the event guidelines for your event. The Event Guidelines will be added here when available.
Download the registration guide here.
Deadlines to attend ICDC:
Location: Louisville, Kentucky - Louisville Marriott Downtown, 280 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, KY 40202
ALL HOTEL RESERVATIONS WILL BE PROCESSED BY THE NATIONAL OFFICE
DECA GUIDE FOR 2026 (link to be added shortly)
Accomodation Request We want to make every opportunity available for our members needing accommodations to participate in ICDC. An online form is at deca.org/
cicdcaccommodationrequests to identify students that need accommodations. It is
critical that we receive the form by March 20 in order to arrange appropriate services.
If you need to make a payment for registration, sponsoring or a general donation please use the link below. Thank you for your support!