MCEA LEAD Summit
Save the Date: February 3-4, 2027
St. Cloud, MN
Important Dates
Conference Registration Opens: May 18, 2026 at 10:00 am
Early Bird Registration Deadline: July 15, 2026
Registration Deadline: September 30, 2026
Call for Proposals Deadline: June 15, 2026
Hotel Indigo MCEA Block Deadline: September 29, 2026
Hilton Garden Inn MCEA Block Deadline: September 5, 2026
Learn
Discover practical strategies, innovative ideas, and real-world experiences from Community Education professionals across Minnesota.
Connect
Build relationships, exchange ideas, and expand your professional network through meaningful connections, conversations, and collaboration.
Grow
Strengthen your leadership skills, explore new perspectives, and gain inspiration to bring back to your community.
Take Flight
Celebrate the momentum of Community Education and the collective impact we create together across Minnesota.
Conference Theme
“From Nest to Network”
This year’s conference theme reflects how Community Education starts locally and grows through relationships, collaboration, leadership, and shared learning.
The theme represents:
- nurturing growth
- building belonging
- leadership pathways
- shared learning
- collaboration across communities
- collective impact
- local roots with statewide reach
From local impact to statewide connection, Community Education continues to strengthen communities through the people, programs, and partnerships that bring us together.
Schedule of Events
Event schedule coming soon.
MCEA has secured room blocks with special rates available
Tuesday, February 2 – Thursday, February 4, 2027
at Holiday Inn.
Holiday Inn – St. Cloud
75 S 37th Avenue, St. Cloud, MN, US
You can book rooms the following ways:
Online: Click here to book online
Phone: Call the hotel at 877-666-3243 and let them know you need to make a reservation in the MCEA block.