Wisconsin State Education Convention hotel room blocks will open on the same day as convention registration, Nov. 3, 2025. Once you register for the convention, your confirmation email will include a link to book your hotel room. This is in an effort to simplify the process and ensure members don’t have to book hotel rooms before they know who will be attending the convention.

There are many events that occur at the Wisconsin State Education Convention. In addition to the general registration, school board members and administrators may want to attend a pre-convention workshop, ticketed meal or tour.

Administrative assistants can use the Registration Form to have school leaders manually indicate which events they will be attending before using the online system to officially register them.

Yes. Registrations can be purchased onsite.

Tuesday, January 20
11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Baird Center, 3rd Floor

Wednesday, January 21
7 a.m.-5 p.m.
Baird Center, 3rd Floor

[Delegates: Pick up credentials on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. outside Ballroom A/B, 1st Floor]

Thursday, January 22
8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Baird Center, 3rd Floor

Yes, all session speakers are required to register in order to attend the full convention. If you have any questions about registration or believe you have extenuating circumstances, please contact info@wasb.org.

The agenda will be available in the fall, and it can be printed by day.

A printed convention guide will be available on site in Milwaukee.

The Baird Center is the new name of the Wisconsin Center.

The location of the State Education Convention has not changed, just the name of the venue. The Baird Center is located at 400 W. Wisconsin Ave. in Milwaukee.

A complimentary coat check is available on the ground floor of the Baird Center.

After several years of construction and skywalk closure, the skywalk connecting the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee with the Baird Center will be open in January 2025.

Wednesday, Jan. 22: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 23: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Our bookstore features a large selection of books focused on leadership and school district management. We also feature books by our keynote speakers. The bookstore is located in the Exhibit Hall near the WASB Commons.

Yes! Please share your photos and experiences from the 2026 Wisconsin State Education Convention on social media with #EdCon2026.

The WASB Delegate Assembly registration is handled separately because the Delegate Assembly is a separate event from the State Education Convention. The two events are held simultaneously for the convenience of members.

Convention registration is not required to attend the Delegate Assembly. In addition, it is imperative that only one member from each member board be given delegate credentials for voting purposes. By handling the Delegate registration immediately outside the Delegate Assembly room, staff is able to easily hand out credentials prior to the onset of voting. Staff is also able to readily confirm which board member has the district’s credentials and whether an alternate delegate may be admitted to the Delegate Assembly. Delegates may pick up their credentials on the ground floor, immediately outside the Delegate Assembly hall during designated hours on the day of the Delegate Assembly.

The WASB maintains each year’s convention website for a full year so you can continue to access handouts months after the convention. If you are looking for a handout from a previous year’s convention, contact the WASB staff – we may be able to provide it.

The convention coordinators make numerous requests to presenters for their handouts. Unfortunately, not all presenters provide copies.

The Baird Center provides free internet throughout the convention center. However, it is limited and it will be slow if a large number of people use it at the same time. It is not recommended for use in presentations. Breakout rooms can be hard-wired for internet access. However, it is cost prohibitive and the State Education Convention budget is not large enough to absorb this cost even if it were possible to negotiate a reduced rate, which has not been an option.

The Baird Center contracts with a vendor to provide all food and beverages for conventions and other events. The WASB is required to work with the designated vendor and is not able to set prices directly for food and beverages provided in the Exhibit Hall or at the take-out carts.

Check out the Visit Milwaukee website at visitmilwaukee.org.

You can also ask the volunteers from Visit Milwaukee who staff a table near the registration desk on the third floor of the Baird Center during limited convention hours.

Yes. The loading dock is loaded at 850 N. 6th St., Milwaukee. More information here.

The Baird Center in Milwaukee is the only facility large enough in Wisconsin to accommodate all of the State Education Convention breakout sessions, general sessions and exhibit hall under one roof. In addition, Milwaukee is the only city with enough hotel rooms within walking distance of the convention center for the State Education Convention. If we held the convention in any other city in Wisconsin, including Madison, Green Bay or Wisconsin Dells, multiple venues would need to be utilized, which would necessitate shuttling services for the various sessions, and many attendees would need to stay at hotels up to several miles away from the convention site(s).