2025 Conference Information

 

September 28 - September 30, 2025

Hilton Appleton Paper Valley - Appleton, WI

 

We are continuing with online conference registration this year!
WCA will still be collecting payments, but all attendee information will continue to be done electronically.

Full conference rates:
$150 for ACA/WCA Members 

$185 for Non-Members
$135 for Students

Single day rates:
$95 for ACA/WCA Members
$115 for Non-Members
$75 for Students

Registration is open! Please read the instructions below then click on the blue button below to register online. 


If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact
Rebecca Vance or Joshua Nolte


If you have any questions regarding the conference, please contact 
Roger Burczyk or Jason Mentzel

  1. Click on the blue "Register Now" button below to access the registration website
  2. Select the appropriate registration ticket (Member Registration, Non-Member Registration, Student Registration, etc).
  3. Enter all information and click “submit”
  4. Payment: Please see information below.
  5. No registration cancellation refunds will be given after September 5th. 
  6. The latest day to switch your registration with another person is September 19th.  

If you are registering as a DOC employee & DOC is paying:
The DOC will only pay for the member rate ($150), so be sure that you have applied and paid for an ACA/WCA membership.  Click here to do so! Your division's administrative staff will process your registration payment with everyone else's in the form of a check.  Administrative staff should send an attendee list with payment of who is covered for that payment.  

If you are registering & not a DOC employee or the DOC is not paying for your registration:
You may mail your check or contact Emily Bortz, WCA Treasurer, for other payment options.  If you are paying for multiple attendees in one lump sum, please identify those attendees with your payment.

Please mail all checks to:
Wisconsin Correctional Association
PO Box 8671
Madison, WI 53708

Axe Throwing - Kick-off Event on Sunday 9/28

We will be doing axe throwing & other games at Appleton Axe!

Sunday, September 28th 
Registration: 1pm 
Games begin at 1:30pm 

$25/person includes 90 minutes of axe throwing and other games
$10/person includes admission to the event & non-axe throwing games 

Sign up here! 

2025 Community Service Project

Damascus Road Project, Inc. 

Damascus Road Project was founded in 2009 and is dedicated to fighting the evil of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. They are committed to bring awareness through educating, restoring and empowering the abused, and advocating for the prevention and abolition of sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. 

Damascus Road Project, Inc. is a nearly 100% specially trained volunteer run 501(c)3 non-profit organization. They operated for 15 years with only volunteers, and have now grown to a place where we have been blessed to be able to hire our first staff members! They have over 120 years of collective experience working in the anti- human trafficking movement in Wisconsin, Las Vegas, and across the U.S., as well as abroad. Damascus Road Project, Inc. has participated in hotel outreach efforts at six Super Bowls. They have worked alongside a national missing children’s organization, other anti-trafficking NGO’s, and local law enforcement, resulting in recoveries each year. 

They serve the community with a three-fold approach: 
EDUCATE (Community and professional education and training opportunities are offered to all community members.)
LOCATE (They provide community outreach to identify those being victimized.)
ADVOCATE (They connect with those who have been victimized and offer support, compassion, encouragement and mentorship, as well as connection to appropriate resources and services.)

More information coming soon about donations!

Sunday, September 28
TIME
EVENT
LOCATION
1:00pm - 3:30pm
Axe Throwing & Other Games
Appleton Axe
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Registration
Conference Center Foyer
7:00pm - 9:00pm
President's Reception - Networking event
D2 Sports Pub (next to the hotel)
Monday, September 29
TIME
EVENT
LOCATION
7:00am
Conference Registration
Conference Center Foyer
7:00am - 5:30pm
Raffle Drawings & Community Service Item Collection
Conference Center Foyer
7:30am – 8:00am
Breakfast with the Exhibitors
Conference Center Ballroom
8:00am – 8:30am
Opening Ceremony
Conference Center Ballroom
8:30am – 9:30am
Keynote Speaker
Conference Center Ballroom
9:30am – 10:00am
Break with the Exhibitors
Conference Center Ballroom
10:00am– 11:30am
Breakout Session # 1
See breakout descriptions for locations
11:30am – 12:00pm
Time with the Exhibitors
Conference Center Ballroom
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Awards Luncheon
Conference Center Ballroom
1:30pm – 3:00pm
Breakout Session # 2
See breakout descriptions for locations
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Break & Networking
Conference Center Ballroom
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Breakout Session #3
See breakout descriptions for locations
5:00pm
Stamp Card Raffle Drawing
Conference Center Ballroom
7:00pm - 11:00pm
Casino Night w/ DJ and Appetizers
Conference Center Ballroom
Tuesday, September 30
TIME
EVENT
LOCATION
8:00am - 9:00am
Networking Breakfast
Conference Center Ballroom
9:00am – 10:15am
Keynote speaker
Conference Center Ballroom
10:30am - 12:00pm
Breakout Session #4
See breakout descriptions for locations
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Scholarship Luncheon, Raffle Drawing and Swearing-In of New Board Members
Conference Center Ballroom
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