{"id":3426,"date":"2023-11-15T18:51:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T23:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bpa.org\/illinois\/?page_id=3426"},"modified":"2026-01-19T21:27:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:27:53","slug":"state-leadership-conference-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bpa.org\/illinois\/conferences\/state-leadership-conference-2\/","title":{"rendered":"State Leadership Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div class=\"x-section e3426-e1 m2n6-0 m2n6-1 m2n6-2\"><div class=\"x-container marginless-columns e3426-e2 m2n6-4 m2n6-5\"><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1 e3426-e3 m2n6-7\"><h1  class=\"h-custom-headline cs-ta-center h3\" ><span>State Leadership Conference\nFebruary 26- 28, 2026\n\nDouble Tree Oakbrook<\/span><\/h1><span class=\"x-image e3426-e5 m2n6-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bpa.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2024\/11\/DoubleTree.png\" width=\"684\" height=\"488\" alt=\"Image\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><hr class=\"x-line e3426-e6 m2n6-9 m2n6-a\"\/><div id=\"\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"\" ><p class=\"\">Business Professionals of America members are provided an opportunity for the development of leadership skills, personal and professional growth, and career-related competencies. Involvement in Business Professionals of America will enhance social awareness, civic responsibility, and understanding of the business community. The state leadership conference (SLC) is the highlight of the Illinois<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Association and we look forward to hosting over 1000 members for our conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e3426-e8 m2n6-1 m2n6-3\"><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e3426-e9 m2n6-d m2n6-e m2n6-f\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e3426-e10 m2n6-h\"><hr class=\"x-line e3426-e11 m2n6-a m2n6-b\"\/><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e3426-e12 m2n6-i\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h2 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Countdown to SLC<\/strong><\/span><\/h2><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-countdown has-compact-labels e3426-e13 m2n6-j\" role=\"timer\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><div class=\"x-countdown-complete\">Showtime!<\/div><div class=\"visually-hidden\" data-x-countdown-aria><\/div><\/div><hr class=\"x-line e3426-e14 m2n6-a m2n6-c\"\/><hr class=\"x-line e3426-e15 m2n6-a m2n6-c\"\/><hr class=\"x-line e3426-e16 m2n6-a m2n6-c\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e3426-e17 m2n6-d m2n6-e m2n6-g\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e3426-e18 m2n6-h\"><hr class=\"x-line e3426-e19 m2n6-a m2n6-c\"\/><hr class=\"x-line e3426-e20 m2n6-a m2n6-c\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e3426-e21 m2n6-0 m2n6-1\"><div class=\"x-container e3426-e22 m2n6-5 m2n6-6\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Leadership Conference February 26- 28, 2026 Double Tree OakbrookBusiness Professionals of America members are &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/bpa.org\/illinois\/conferences\/state-leadership-conference-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17139,"featured_media":0,"parent":1123,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-blank-4.php","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3426","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>State Leadership Conference - Illinois BPA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Join us for the Texas State Leadership Conference. 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