Workforce Development Summit

Save the Date! The 2026 CEWD Workforce Development Summit will be held at National Harbor, November 17-20, 2026.

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CEWD’s Annual Workforce Development Summit offers a unique platform to find solutions for building the sector’s talent pipeline. For those in the industry and external stakeholders responsible for responding to the historic hiring needs facing the industry, those who support economic development, and pre-hire training, the 2026 Summit will offer an unequalled learning and networking environment. Both seasoned executives and those newly tapped to enhance their organization’s outcomes will find benefit from lessons-learned, thinking partners, voices of experience, and a community of hundreds working toward local actions toward national workforce focused priorities.

Attendees can expect three days of peer learning and data-driven sessions centered on:

• Partnerships: Strengthening the links between industry, educators, and community.

• Performance: Refining training models to meet the demands of today’s learners and changing educational practices.

• Progress: Tracking and accelerating the deployment rate of a highly skilled workforce to meet the needs of the energy workforce today and tomorrow.

The 2026 agenda will deliver the hallmarks of what is expected from CEWD’s annual program, with added structure and offerings to respond to this year’s talent development needs and a showcase of CEWD’s 20^th year of service to the industry.