International Career Development Conference

At the International Career Development Conference (ICDC), over 22,000 high school students, advisors, businesspersons and alumni gather for several days of DECA excitement. Most participants at ICDC compete in one of DECA’s competitive events vying to be the best in the world. In addition to competitive events, many students and advisors participate in a variety of leadership and career advancing academies.

Date

April 24-29,
2026

Location

Atlanta,
GA

Conference Documents

Conference Location

Future Conference Dates

April 17-20, 2027 | Anaheim, California
April 22-25, 2028 | Orlando, Florida
April 21-24, 2029 | San Francisco, California
April 27-30, 2030 | Anaheim, California

Past California ICDC Winners (1992-2024)

ICDC Winner Matrix – Updated May 2025

DECA is endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education as a co-curricular student leadership and career technical education program.

California DECA is chartered by the California Department of Education and endorsed as an essential component of business education.

California DECA, Inc. is the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that manages the DECA Charter in California and receives funding from students, alumni, industry supporters, schools, and the California Department of Education via state funding allocations. California DECA does not discriminate on the basis and/or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics of age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, political affiliation, pregnancy and related conditions, race, religion, retaliation, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, Vietnam Era Veterans’ status, or any other basis prohibited by California state and federal nondiscrimination laws respectively.

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