Attendee FAQ’s

Online: http://aec.csba.org/registration/
Phone: (800) 266-3382

Early Registration: June 6, 2022 to August 15, 2023
Regular Registration: August 16, 2023 to November 14, 2023
Late Registration: November 15, 2023 to Onsite

No. The Annual Education Conference and Trade Show will take place in San Francisco, CA.

A housing pirate is a company other than Maritz that improperly solicits hotel reservations for this conference. Maritz is the Official Housing Provider for the California School Boards Association.

Reservations made by unaffiliated organizations may appear to have lower rates, however, they may be illegitimate, not have the rooms to sell, have unreasonable cancellation or change penalties, or be completely non-refundable. Please be aware of and report any unauthorized solicitation to CSBA.

Credit card: CSBA accepts MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Discover with expiration dates after December 31, 2023. Please do not include credit card information in emails.

Yes. Registrations can be purchased onsite. There is no onsite registration for any of the pre-conference activities or one-day programs.

No. CSBA does not accept purchase orders.

Please contact the CSBA Registrar at register@csba.org to request a pending contact record.

Please contact the CSBA Registrar at register@csba.org to update your roster.

Please email the CSBA registrar at register@csba.org to obtain your CSBA member ID.

Please email the CSBA registrar at register@csba.org to obtain your CSBA Company ID.

No. There is no on-site registration for the Pre-conference Activities, Executive Assistant Program, and the Student Board Member Program.

There is limited space available for each activity, so sign-up early! Once the program is sold out, no more registrations will be accepted. You may add yourself to the waiting list but you will not be guaranteed a spot.

CSBA’s 2023 Annual Education Conference and Trade Show is available to CSBA member districts and County offices of education. We encourage board members, student board members, superintendents, executive assistants, and District/COE staff to attend.

Yes. Each full conference registration is limited to one spouse registration at the rate of $150. A spouse is defined as a significant other who is not affiliated with or employed by a California school district or County office of education (including board members, administrators, teachers, or staff). Co-workers or associates are not eligible to use the spouse registration category. If this registration category is used by someone other than a spouse, the registrant will be charged a full conference registration rate for that person.

Spouses will receive a badge giving them access to all general sessions, breakout sessions and the Trade Show Floor. Meal functions require an additional purchased ticket for all attendees, including spouses.

Yes. Attendees can transfer their registration to someone in their same booking ID (i.e. company or district) until December 2, 2023, by emailing register@csba.org or visiting the registration counter on-site.

If you would like to make any changes to your registration prior to the conference (add meal functions, pre-conference activities), please log back into the AEC registration site to update your registration and/or call the Maritz AEC customer service line at (864) 641-6838.

Please click here to view the complete cancellation policy. This includes a policy for pre-conference/one-day activities, conference ticket, and meal functions.

Yes. School districts and County office of educations must have paid their CSBA membership dues in full on or before September 15, 2023 in order to attend AEC. If dues are unpaid, all registration(s) for that district or Country office of education will be cancelled and a refund issued, minus the 25% processing fee.

CSBA offers numerous opportunities for exhibiting, sponsoring, or advertising your organization. To learn more about exhibiting, please visit the exhibitor page or email John Dunn at exhibitor@csba.org. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please visit the exhibitor page or email Nicole Delos Reyes at sponsor@csba.org. Please note: CSBA has adopted a No Suitcasing Policy* to protect its exhibiting companies from those who attempt to solicit business in the aisles, other companies’ booths, or public conference areas.

*No Suitcasing Policy: CSBA will not permit suitcasing, which is when non-exhibitors canvas, solicit, hold conferences, or distribute literature or other promotional devices during the conference.

No. CSBA’s 2023 Annual Education Conference and Trade Show is designed for governing board members, student board members, superintendents, executive assistants, and District/COE staff. Children under the age of 18, who are not student board members or session presenters, are not permitted to attend AEC general sessions, breakout sessions, or other CSBA sponsored events, and are not allowed to be on the Trade Show Floor.

No. Conference attendees and guests who are under 21 years of age may not attend CSBA sponsored events where alcohol is served.

CSBA’s 2023 Annual Education Conference and Trade Show will be held at the San Francisco Moscone West Center, 747 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94103.

Most attendees wear business attire during their time at the conference. Please note that the conference is at a convention center where there can be varying degrees of temperature.

Yes. Transportation to/from the Hilton San Francisco Union Square (host hotel) to the San Francisco Moscone West Center will be provided on Thursday and Friday of conference.

Additional information can be found on the AEC website. You may also review the San Francisco travel website for any city specific information, sftravel.com.

San Francisco Welcomes CSBA’s Annual Education Conference and Trade Show, click here to watch the video.

For information on parking and directions at the San Francisco Moscone West Center, click here.

For information on safety in San Francisco, click here.

CSBA’s 2023 Annual Education Conference and Trade Show is accessible to persons using wheelchairs, and to other persons with disabilities for whom reasonable accommodation, such as assistive listening devices for the deaf and informational materials in large print or alternate formats for those with vision-impairment, may be made available, if requested. Please contact us at aec@csba.org. Provide at least 72 hours’ notice to help ensure availability of accommodation.

Persons with health-related considerations such as multiple chemical sensitivities, environmental illnesses, food allergies, or special dietary needs, may also notify aec@csba.org when registering for the conference to determine whether special arrangements can be made for them.

A schedule of the AEC can be found on the AEC website. Conference registrants can access all program information on the AEC app beginning in mid-November 2023.

The app will be made available in mid-November. All registrants will receive an email with more information on how to download. Please be sure you have the correct email address listed during the registration process.

All session handouts will be available via the AEC app.

Please click here to view the Pre-conference activities taking place on Wednesday, November 29.