Upcoming Events for 2025
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9th Annual National Homecare Cooperative Conference
Date: March 11-13 2025
Location:
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
20701 Cooperative Way
Sterling VA 20166
This year’s National Home Care Cooperative Conference theme is “Cooperative Ownership – United in Purpose.” The conference will focus on cooperative ownership and the incredible power that comes from working together towards a common purpose.
This year, all sessions will highlight the important roles and responsibilities each cooperative member plays in achieving success, whether the work concerns governance, marketing and financial management, member relations, and more. We’ll share tools and resources to improve work within the home care cooperative sector, learning from each other and from our speakers. We’ll also showcase how cooperation among cooperatives amplifies our collective impact.
Join us to celebrate the strength of unity and discover how we can reach new heights together!
Learn more by clicking HERE
Grassroots Community Housing Summit 2025
Date: March 21, 2025
Location:
Indiana Farm Bureau
225 S East St
Indianapolis IN 46202
Time:
8:30 am ET – 4:00 pm ET
Join us March 21st in Indianapolis for the 2nd annual one-day summit to learn about all aspects of developing permanently affordable resident-led housing projects. Connect and collaborate with peers from across the state and learn from experts in community land trusts, housing co-ops, real estate, finance, law, construction, organizational governance, and more. As housing needs continue to grow more pressing, let’s work together to cultivate the expertise and support networks to help communities develop creative, sustainable, and locally-adapted housing solutions.
Click HERE for more information
Indiana University Rural Conference
Date: May 12-13, 2025
Location:
French Lick Springs Resort
8670 West State Rd 56
French Lick IN 47432
Save the date for IU Center for Rural Engagement’s two-day conference focused on the issues of greatest importance to Indiana’s rural communities.
Connect with leaders from across Indiana, Indiana University researchers, and colleagues from a variety of fields as you learn and share your perspective on the opportunities and needs facing rural Indiana. The conference is designed for community leaders, residents, and professionals who seek to create a stronger Indiana.
Registration includes all sessions and materials. Join us for both days or a single day. Doors open at 8 a.m.; sessions begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4:15 p.m.
The full conference rate is $80 per person. The rate to attend for only one day is $50 per person. Scholarships are available; contact iucre@iu.edu for more information.
Click here to register.
Employee Ownership Summit 2025
Date: June 18, 2025
Location:
Indiana Farm Bureau
225 S East St
Indianapolis IN 46202
Transitioning Your Business to Employee Ownership
The Silver Tsunami is upon us! Members of the boomer generation are reaching normal retirement age at a rate of over 70,000 per week. This generation owns ~ 40% of small businesses and franchises in the USA around 2.3 million businesses! Project Equity estimates that in Indiana there are over 51,000 businesses with owners aged over 55, and these businesses employ 675 thousand workers, with a payroll of over 25B – what will happen when these owners decide to retire? Come learn how transitioning to employee ownership may be a great way to transition your business when it is time to retire.
AGENDA (draft still being finalized)
8:30-9:00 Welcome / coffee
9:00-9:30 Using employee ownership as a business succession/transition tool – INCEO/ICDC
9:30-10:30 What is a feasibility study? KSM/Blue
10:30-11:30 What’s my business really worth – the Valuation Story KSM/Blue
11:30-12:00 LUNCH
12:00-1:00 Conversion to employee ownership – It’s all in the plan KD/ ParrRichey
1:00-2:00 Funding the conversion – Win Trust
2:00-3:00 Concurrent sessions:
ESOP SJC/RMS
• What is a trustee and what do they do?
• Role of the TPA
• Governance – who does what?
Cooperative – ICDC
• Governance – Who does what? ICDC
3:00-4:00 Business owner panel – Lessons learned/ best practices TBD
4:00-4:15 Closing INCEO / ICDC
Register by clicking HERE.
Up and Coming Food Co-op Conference
Date: September 11-13, 2025
Location:
Radisson Plaza Hotel & Suites
100 West Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo MI 49007
Save the date for this annual conference for food co-ops from across the country. Whether you’re just getting started or you’re looking ahead to your grand opening, this conference is for you!
We know that starting a food co-op is an exciting, but sometimes long and complex journey. Up & Coming provides an opportunity for EDUCATION, Inspiration and CONNECTION to fuel your work.
The conference provides an opportunity to network and connect with fellow cooperators from across the country. You will have the chance to learn from co-op development experts, to ask questions, and to dive deep.
Registration will open in mid 2025. Check the website for updates.
2025 Cooperative Impact Conference
Date: October 8-9, 2025
Location:
Convene Hamilton Square
600 14th St NW
Washington DC 20005
NCBA CLUSA’s Cooperative IMPACT Conference is the only national, cross-sector event elevating the national conversation around a trusted, proven way to do business and build communities. This annual event provides an unparalleled platform to reenergize the cooperative movement and galvanize its champions around building the next economy.
Join hundreds of co-op developers, financers, community and city leaders, innovators, thought leaders, economists, policymakers and international development practitioners for another dynamic IMPACT Conference at Convene Hamilton Square in Washington, DC this October.
Check the website for updates.
Indiana Cooperative Development Center
225 S. East Street, Suite 252
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317.692.7707
Email: info@icdc.coop
ICDC is an equal opportunity employer and provider.