59th State Leadership & Skills Conference
April 9-12, 2026
Ontario, California
The state’s largest hands‑on workforce event, where top CTE students compete, lead, and advance to nationals.
SLSC 2026
Lights, Camera, Career!
4 Day Event
Includes
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120 Competitive Events
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Open Ceremony
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Delegate Sessions
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CEP Champions Awards
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Exhibitors Access
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Social: Red Carpet - Hollywood
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Conference T-Shirt & Pin
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Advisor of the Year Awards
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Seminars and Workshops
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Limited Transportation*
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Awards Ceremony
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All others, email webadmin@skillsusaca.org
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Hotel Reservations
Go-Cal Housing System
Link Coming Soon
Reservations Open
Saturday - 2/28/26 at 7:00 AM
Reservations Close
Friday - 3/6/26 at 5:00 PM
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All chapters are required to stay in the SkillsUSA CA room blocks.
Get Involved
Volunteer or Sponsor Opportunities
Seminars & Workshops
Elevate Your Chapter with SLSC Workshops and Seminars.
Elevate Your Chapter with SLSC Workshops and Seminars.
Explore a variety of student and advisor workshops at SLSC designed to enhance your chapter's capabilities. Dive into topics such as optimizing your Chapter of Excellence application, crafting a robust program of work, fostering student leadership, expanding beyond competitions, maximizing industry connections, and more.
Do you want to present or know an industry partner that would be interested?​ Apply today!​
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Friday & Saturday Sessions Available
Food & Beverage
Provided by SkillsUSA:
Friday Social: Red Carpet - Hollywood
Food & Beverage Provided
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Lunches for Courtesy Corps
Evening of Excellence Dinner: Invited guests only
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Available for Purchase:
Convention Center
Concessions
Local Restaurants
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What is a 2026 Voting Delegate?
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Who can join the Courtesy Corps?
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Convention Center Parking: $15 per day self-parking
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Transportation Friday - Saturday is provided by OCC and will be limited to blocked hotels only. (Element Hotel, Ayers Hotel Ayers Suites, Hyatt Suites, County Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Homewood Suites, Town Place Suites, Courtyard, Embassy, La Quinta, Ontario Airport Springhill, Sheraton Four Points Hotel.) Hotels outside the SkillsUSA block will not have shuttles provided.
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No transportation is provided for the opening and closing ceremony at the Toyota Arena. Chapters should plan their own transportation. Limited transportation is provided for off-site competitions and hotels listed above.