2026 Registration

Registration

Register for the Conference

The registration cost per attendee is $299 per person through Nov. 15, 2025. The price from Nov. 16-30 will be $349.

The deadline to register is November 30.

Registration includes breakfast and lunch on Tuesday and breakfast on Wednesday. There will also be refreshments served at certain breaks.

Attendees must register individually.

Registration Information

Cancellation Policy

If you need to cancel your registration, you will receive 100% reimbursement if you make the request before Nov. 16, 2025. From November 16, 2025, to November 30, 2025, you will receive a 50% reimbursement. After that, we are locked into food and amenity costs and cannot offer reimbursement.

Once you are registered, you will receive an Auto-Receipt e-mail with your payment information. Please keep this receipt for your records. No refunds will be processed without a receipt.

To cancel a hotel room reservation, you must work directly with Hilton – Chicago.

Have questions? Check out the FAQs.

Hotel

Attendees are responsible for reserving their hotel room. Single or double occupancy bedrooms are available at $129 per night plus tax. Those reduced rates are available from Sunday, January 18 through Thursday, January 22.

Secure self-parking is available onsite for $30 per night on a first-come, first-served basis until the parking garage is full.

Book your hotel room

Transportation + Parking

Transportation from the airport to the hotel is the responsibility of each attendee. There are multiple options from either O’Hare International Airport or Midway International Airport and you should expect it to take about an hour depending on traffic and the type of transportation you choose.

Interested in taking a bus to the conference? Fill out the bus interest form to see options.

Learn more about transportation options

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Interested in helping sponsor the WELS National Conference on Lutheran Leadership? Your generosity will:

allow more congregations to attend.
show support for the conference’s mission to address the challenges before us as we seek to do all we can with the gospel of Christ.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Registration

Register for the Conference

Registration Information

Hotel

Transportation + Parking

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

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