Future Conference Locations

Savannah, GA

April 7-10, 2024

Portland, OR

June 22-25, 2025

Past Annual Conferences

• 2023 - Louisville, Kentucky "Running Your Best LR Race"
• 2022 - Austin, TX - "Saddle Up in Austin Y'all: Labor Relations is Ever Changing and That's No Bull"
• 2021 - New Orleans, LA
• 2020 - Austin, TX [canceled] Covid-19
• 2019 - Scottsdale, AZ - "NPELRA's Oasis in the Desert: Keeping Cool While Exploring the Hottest Topics in Labor Relations"
• 2018 - Charleston, SC - "Get The Lowdown on Labor Relations in the Lowcountry"
• 2017 - Long Beach, CA - "From Stormy Seas to Smooth Sailing... Charing the Course of Labor Relations"
• 2016 - Memphis, TN - "Rockin' and Rollin' Away the Labor Relations Blues"
• 2015 - Savannah, GA - "The Peaches and Pitfalls of Labor Relations"
• 2014 - Scottsdale, AZ - "Tackling the Hot Topics While Building Your Professional Networks"
• 2013 - San Antonio, TX - "The Wild, Wild West - the Changing Landscape of Labor Relations"
• 2012 - Orlando, FL - "NPELRA Presents the Wonderful World of Labor Relations"
• 2011 - San Diego, CA - "Survivor 2011: Training For The Challenges"
• 2010 - New Orleans, LA - "Rebuilding for Future Success"
• 2009 - San Antonio, TX - "Forging New Frontiers"
• 2008 - Clearwater, FL - "Under the NPELRA Umbrella"
• 2007 - Scottsdale, AZ
• 2006 - Newport Beach, CA - "Leading the Way - Yesterday, Today & into the Future"
• 2005 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - "Charing the Course for Successful Employee Relations"
• 2004 - Washington, DC - "Promoting Excellence in Labor & Employee Relations"
• 2003 - Newport Beach, CA - "Building the Labor Management Relationship in the Public Sector"
• 2002 - Clearwater Beach, FL 
• 2001 - New Orleans, LA - "Putting Theory Into Practice"
• 2000 - San Diego, CA - "New Focus for a New Century"
• 1999 - Miami Beach, FL - "Labor Relations in Transition - Best Practices for the Millennium"
• 1998 - Phoenix, AZ - "Learning From Our Past Creating Our Future"
• 1997 - San Francisco, CA - "Escaping the Shackles of Tradition"
• 1996 - Clearwater Beach, FL - "25 Years"
• 1995 - Pheonix, AZ 
• 1994 - New Orleans, LA - "Harmonizing National & Local Issues: The Tune of the Nineties"
• 1993 - Clearwater Beach, FL - "Meeting the New Challenges Ahead"
• 1992 - Palm Springs, CA
• 1991 - Orlando, FL - "20th Anniversary"
• 1990 - San Diego, CA
• 1989 - Fort Lauderdale, FL
• 1988 - Unknown
• 1987 - Corpus Christi, TX
• 1986 - Clearwater Beach, FL
• 1985 - San Diego, CA
• 1984 - Clearwater Beach, FL
• 1983 - San Antonio, TX - 
• 1982 - Clearwater Beach, FL - "Shrinking Public Resources & Employee Relations"
• 1981 - Las Vegas, NV - "The Responsibility of Public Sector Collective Bargaining to the Taxpayer"
• 1980 - San Diego, CA - "Public Sector Employee Relations in the 80s - A Two Way Street to Labor Peace"
• 1979 - Miami Beach, FL
• 1978 - Pheonix, AZ
• 1977 - New Orleans, LA
• 1976 - Singer Island, FL
• 1975 - San Francisco, CA
• 1974 - New Orleans, LA
• 1973 - Atlanta, GA
• 1972 - San Diego, CA
• 1971 - New Orleans, LA