Mississippi Collegiate DECA
2025 Career Development Conference
Tentative Agenda
Thursday, February 20, 2025
8:30 am – Until | Conference Registration |
9:00 am – 9:20 am | Advisors’ Briefing |
9:00 am – 10:30 am | Individual Events Online Testing |
10:30 am – 11:00 am | Judge’s Briefing |
11:00 am – 4:00 pm | Students check-in for Prepared Business Presentations |
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch (On your own) |
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm | State Officer Candidates Interviews |
(Candidates may place campaign materials in the chairs for opening session; however, candidates may NOT have campaign booths up at any time during the conference.) | |
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Opening Session |
Friday, February 21, 2025
8:00 am – Until | Conference Registration/Sign-in |
8:05 am – 8:25 am | Advisors’ Briefing |
8:10 am – Until | Students check in for Role play/Preparation/Competitions |
8:30 am | Judge’s Briefing for Individual Case Study Events |
9:00 am | Judge’s Briefing for Team Case Study Events |
11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Lunch (On your own) |
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Officer Candidate Q & A Session |
Voting Delegate Session upon conclusion of the Q&A session | |
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Grand Awards Ceremony |