2025 Annual Conference and GWI

We are eager to welcome you to Dayton, Ohio for Annual Conference and our diversity workshop, Guiding the Way to Inclusion (GWI)!  Annual Conference is OACAC's  hallmark event that provides you with an opportunity to build your professional network and experience learning with others who are passionate about the future of secondary education and post-secondary access. Enjoy content-rich sessions, learn from an array of keynote speakers, and share knowledge and ideas. 

The 2025 conference will be fast as an F-15 as 2025 is a shortened conference since the NACAC national conference is in Columbus in September.

We will reveal and update you on the keynote speakers, educational topics and relaxed networking and social time planned for our time together in Columbus.

Tentative schedule and more details are located on the webpage.

*Registration Rates:

$275.00 Sunday-Monday OACAC member rate (includes all breakout sessions, keynote presentations, meals, bus tour and social)

$325 Sunday-Monday nonmember rate (includes all breakout sessions, keynote presentations, meals, bus tour and social)

* A $50 late fee will be added after February 25. Please note only online payment is accepted. If you or your organization must pay by check, please review the webpage on how to register and then contact a registration chairperson listed below.

Hotel and Conference Sessions:

Marriott University of Dayton

Room Reservations

$149.00 + tax and local fees 

February 10, 2025  is the room rate reservation deadline. However, room block may sellout prior to deadline. Book now.

Your conference chairperson:

Marquez Young, President-Elect

Registration volunteer co-chairpersons:

Greg Landis

University of Akron

Kristen Merica

Moeller High School

Refunds:

Refunds will be reviewed upon request up to two weeks (14 calendar days) before the first day of the event. Requests must be sent via email to execadmin@oacac.org . Please include an explanation for your request, the payee and USPS address. You may be refunded any monies less any applicable credit-card processing fees if the original payment was by credit card. Refunds may be issued by OACAC check. Refund checks will be issued no sooner than 30 days after the last day of the event. If an OACAC event is canceled by circumstances beyond the control of OACAC such as but not limited to acts of God, war, terrorist threats, government regulations, public health crisis, disaster, civil disorder, inclement weather, sudden outage of electricity or water at the venue, or curtailment of transportation facilities – to the extent that such circumstances make it illegal or impossible to allow the OACAC event to occur, the participant agrees that they will not hold OACAC liable for the cancellation and/or disruption of the event (if in progress) and thereby request a return of any paid fees including but not limited to conference registration fees, sponsorship commitment fees, exhibitor table fees, meals, hotel and transportation costs.

Food at the Event:

As a caring, inclusive host organization, we will always do our best to help you be safe and comfortable. Your hosts will offer as reasonably as possible a variety of foods that meet your lifestyle preferences (e.g. vegetarian, vegan). We are acutely aware of food allergies. While, we cannot mandate or control a nut free/allergy free/grain-free environment, we can, however, offer options and have clear signage on food when we commune together. We cannot, however, control what attendees nor passers-by bring in or consume in the venue.

We ask anyone with a food or environmental allergy to self-advocate and have a plan in place for what to do if they come in contact with an allergy causing element(s).  This may include having a medical plan, wearing a medical alert bracelet, keeping emergency medication on their person and having their cell phone on their person to call for help, if needed.