2025 CEOs Spring Conference

Description

CEO SPRING CONFERENCE
April 2-3, 2025 (W 8:00-4:30, Th 8:00-12)
The Park Event Center
Waite Park, MN

AGENDA (Subject to Change)

Wednesday, April 2

7:00am      Registration & Breakfast
8:00am      Welcome 
8:15am      Data Centers, NOVAC
9:15am      Union Negotiations CEO Panel
10:00am      Break
10:15am    Deputy Commissioner of Commerce for Energy; DER
11:15am     Union Negotiations & Other Employment Law Updates
12:00pm    Lunch
12:45pm    Policy Discussions - MREA Goverment Affairs
2:00pm      SMR Tech Overview & Commercial Project Management Overview   
3:00pm     Break
3:15pm     Demand Billing
4:30pm     Adjourn
5:30pm     Reception and Dinner with Platinum/Gold Vendors

Thursday, April 3

7:00am       Breakfast
8:00am      Vadnais Heights Battery Storage Project Update
8:30           Safety - Anthony Lenz
9:00am      Wildfire Mitigation Planning
10:00am   Break
10:15am   The Mental Fitness Guy - Keynote
11:15am   CEO Roundtable - CLAC elections at September meeting
12:00pm   Evaluations and Adjourn

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Hey Leader! Don’t Burn Out, The World Needs You: Revitalize Your Leadership with Mental Fitness
Glen Stevens delivers an eminently practical keynote that speaks directly to the high-stakes challenges faced by electric cooperative CEOs, offering a powerful roadmap to prevent burnout and elevate leadership. In this talk, you’ll learn how to build a robust Mental Fitness Operating System—an actionable framework that helps you identify and neutralize the inner saboteurs undermining your performance, while harnessing mindfulness, peer support, and practical strategies to sustain peak productivity. Drawing from his personal near-crisis experience and supported by compelling research, Glen reveals how small, consistent mental fitness practices can not only shield you from the pressures of rapid technological change and regulatory demands but also create a resilient, forward-thinking leadership culture. This isn’t just about managing stress—it’s about transforming it into a strategic asset that fuels both personal well-being and organizational success.

VENDOR MEMBERS
Platinum and Gold vendors are welcome to sponsor and attend dinners and networking.
The sponsorship includes one attendee, for additional attendees please reach out to Amanda Meredith at Amanda@mrea.org, she will assist in getting your team members registered.

HOTEL- 

Residence Inn by Marriott
450 Division Street
Waite Park, MN

Residence Inn Booking Link

Hilton Garden Inn
550 Division Street
Waite Park, MN

Hilton Garden Inn Booking Link 

EVENT POLICIES

MREA EVENT CANCELLATION POLICY (Click on link)

MREA EVENT CODE OF CONDUCT (LINK TO FULL POLICY)
MREA is committed to providing a safe, productive and welcoming environment for all participants and staff in MREA meetings, conferences, training programs, and events both online and in-person. All Event participants including but not limited to attendees, speakers, exhibitors, staff, students, guests and vendors, are expected to abide by this MREA Event Code of Conduct, and this code applies to all space and situations in which MREA meeting-related activities are being conducted, including virtual meetings and those sponsored by organizations other than MREA but held in conjunction with MREA Events. Participation constitutes agreement to comply with the Code of Conduct as a condition of attendance. 

2025 LATE REGISTRATION
All events in 2025 will be subject to a $50 late registration fee for anyone that registers less than 2 weeks prior to the published event dates.