LED Training Options
At the request of the WV Development Office, WVEDC is featuring a calendar of events that are eligible for LED credit. If you are aware of a conference, training or event and it is not listed here, please contact Robbie Baylor at [email protected] with information about the event including the agenda. If it is approved for LED hours we will add it to the website calendar.
Access the 2025 LED Calendar by clicking here.
2026 Calendar
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Date |
Name of Conference |
LED Hours |
Website |
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1/6/2026 |
Unlocking the Potential of Industrial Development Authorities – 2:00 p.m. |
1 hr. |
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1/13-14/2026 |
Appalachia Matters - ReImagine Appalachia's 6th Annual Virtual Strategy Summit, Virtual |
8 hrs |
https://reimagineappalachia.org/reimagine-appalachias-6th-annual-virtual-strategy-summit/ |
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1/14/2026 |
FDI in the Southeast: Guiding International Companies Through US Market Entry – 2:00 p.m. |
1 hr. |
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1/20/2026 |
Site Criteria for Expanding Retailers: What Economic Developers Need to Know – 2:00 p.m. |
1 hr. |
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1/22/2026 |
The Importance of Accurate Data in Maximizing Technology for Economic Development – 2:00 p.m. |
1 hr. |
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2/17/26 |
WV Outdoor Economy Summit; Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center |
7.25 hrs. |
https://www.wvoutdooreconomy.com
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4/1/26 |
Focus Forward: Minds & Machines, Morgantown Marriott |
5.75 hrs. |
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4/15/26 |
WV Board of Governors Lunch & Learn , Behind the College-Going Rate: The College Going Reality |
1 hr. |
Registration: https://wvcolleges.zoom.us/meeting/register/Ho4o41NeQvK0QBhC5Q0g4w#/registration |
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4/23-24/26 |
Annual Appalachian Health Leadership Forum - Stonewall Resort & Conference Center, Roanoke, WV |
11.5 hrs. |
https://wvruralhealth.org/event/2026-appalachian-health-leadership-forum/ |
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5/2 – 6/26 |
SelectUSA 2026 Investment Summit, National Harbor, MD |
16.75 hrs |
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5/4-5/26 |
Manufacturing & Energy Growth Summit, Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center |
7 hrs |
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5/5/26 |
Visit Mountaineer Country Tourism, WVU Erickson Alumni Center, Morgantown |
6 hrs |
Registration: https://visitmountaineercountry.ticketspice.com/2026-mountaineer-country-tourism-summit |
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5/5-7/26 |
Mountain State Land Use Summit, Charleston, WV |
8.5 hrs |
Registration - https://www.wvlsc.org/summit-registration |
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5/11-13/26 |
WV Career Collaborative & First2 Network Co-Conference, Fairmont State University & Holiday Inn Pineview dr., Morgantown |
12 hrs |
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6/3/26 |
2026 Small Business Boot Camp, Morgantown Armory |
4.5 hrs |
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6/9/26 |
WVU Forestry Innovation Summit, WVU Natural Resource Center, Bruceton Mills, WV |
4.25 |
Agenda: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sV3QNDa5z8Q9D1S5tu-1dwe7W0wyfXVg/view Registration: https://give.wvu.edu/event/wvu-forestry-innovation-summit/e792079 |
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6/17/26 |
WVHUB-USDA The Impact Forum - Building Local Investment Through Partnership, Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center |
6.75 |
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiHxfeGx2spP-IBk8p6qQzEcft-q-j47rHcQuXMo9VaP6sOw/viewform |
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6/23/26 |
WVDED Onboarding, Charleston, WV |
7 hrs. |
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9/8-10/25 |
WV Brownfields Conference, Huntington, WV |
9.75 hrs |
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9/28-30/26 |
WV Housing Conference, Charleston, WV |
13 hrs |
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10/7-9/26 |
WV Farmland Protection Conference, Canaan Valley Resort State Park |
11.25 |
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The following webinars have been approved for 1 LED credit:
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond:
3-4-26 - Investing in Rural America: Exploring Rural Trends and Why They Matter
4-8-26 - Rural Workforce Development
5-20-26 - Demystifying Rural Investment
8-11-26 - Strengthening Rural Economies: The Role of Health
8-19-26 - Asset Based Approach to Rural Development
10-7-26 - How is the Economy, Really?
Golden Shovel Agency:
1-28-26 - Solving the Workforce Puzzle: Using Automation to Connect Talent, Training & Employers
2-12-26 - Keeping Up is Not Enough: 10 Website Trends Redefining Economic Development Marketing in 2026
2-24-26 - ImpactAIR: Planning for the Future to Transform Airports from Transit Points to Economic Growth Engines
3-27-26 - Powering the Future: Navigating the Tug-of-War Between Manufacturing and AI
4-22-26 - WorkFORCE: How to Build a Homegrown Talent Pipeline from the Ground Up
5-13-26 - Success in a Small Town: Proven Marketing Strategies the Drive Rural Growth
5-27-26 - AI Assessments for BR&E: Help Ensure Employers are Prepared
6-11-26 - Winning the Capital Competition: The Strategic Playbook for OX 2.0
6-27-26 - ImpactAIR: Rural Airport Economic Impacts & Community Perception
6-27-26 - ImpactAIR: Aviation Investment Positively Shapes Economic Outcomes
6-30-26 - Engaged Communities Win: How to Build Public Support for Economic Development
7-1-26 - Building Buy-In: A Blueprint for Engaging Residents and Stakeholders
7-29-26 - Leveraging Leadership for Economic Development Fundraising
8-12-26 - Turn Your Website into a Lead-Generation Engine
8-13-26 - What Site Selectors Want: How to Help Your Community Stand Out and Win Investment
9-25-26 - Understand the Economic Implications of Data Centers
10-6-26 - Be Impossible to Overlook: Simple Strategies for Appealing to Site Selectors
10-22-26 - Beyond Prompts: Put AI to Work in Economic Development
IEDC:
3-31-26 - From Foot Traffic to Future Growth: Navigating the 2026 Landscape of Location Analytics
6-2-26 - Beyond Jobs - Rethinking KPIs for Modern Investment Attraction
7-15-26 - Cleared for Takeoff: Partnering with Economic Developers to Bring Prime Drone Delivery to Communities Nationwide
7-28-26 - Where People Go Tells You Everything: Consumer Migration and the Future of Place
9-10-26 - Positioning Your EDO to be a Public Private Partnership
9-22-26 - Economic Resiliency in Practice: Bridging the Gap Between Responsibility and Measurement
10-6-26 - Reading the Consumer: Foot Traffic Signals a Shifting Economy
10-13-26 - Turn Data into Measurable Economic Growth
SEDC:
1-14-26 - FDI in the Southeast: Guiding International Companies Through U.S. Market Entry
1-20-26 - Site Criteria for Expanding Retailers: What Economic Developers need to Know
3-26-26 - Trust Builders and the Key to Economic Development Success
4-21-26 - Economic Development 101: Business Retention & Expansion
5-21-26 - From RFI to Site Visit: That Site Selectors Really Want in 2026
5-26-26 - Opportunity Zone 2.0 Designation and Implementation
6-2-26 - Connecting Bases and Communities: Economic Development for Defense Communities
6-30-26 - Beyond the Press Release: Media Training for Economic Developers in an Era of Data Centers and Growth
7-23-26 - The New Landscape of Talent Attraction
8-11-26 - Reading the Market: Using Hospitality and Tourism Data for Economic Development Strategy
9-1-26 - Singles and Doubles: Using Small Retail Winds to Sustain Community Momentum
9-10-26 - Workforce Housing as an Economic Development Tool
10-6-26 - The Supply Chain Runs Both Ways
10-13-26 - Leveraging Technology to Retain Military Talent
10-15-26 - Building Buy-In - A Blueprint for Engaging Residents and Stakeholders
WVEDC:
1-14-26 – TechConnect
2-25-26 – Mastering Open Governmental Proceedings
3-25-26 - Understanding the Framework of Local EDAs in WV
8-13-26 - Sustainability through Efficiency
9-24-26 - Natural Gas 101
WVDED:
2-3-26 - Business Academy: Exploring Data Centers with the WV Division of Economic Development
5-14-26 - Opportunity Zones 2.0: Understanding West Virginia's Tract Nomination Process
