MACo’s 2013 Summer Conference will be held August 14-17, 2013 at the Roland Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, MD. The theme will be “Bringing it All Back Home” and will focus on economic development in Maryland.

Registration, exhibitor and sponsor information, and discounted hotel rates will be available the first week in February. Please check www.mdcounties.org for more news and updates.

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About MACo’s Summer Conference:

This four-day event is held in August at the Roland Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, Worcester County. The annual conference draws over 2,000 local, state, and federal government official attendees and their families.

Nearly 20 continuing education sessions will be offered at the conference, featuring more than 60 speakers from the public and private sectors. The conference also hosts state agency briefings, organization meetings, and regional county meetings as well as Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) committee meetings. Several education sessions are approved for the Academy for Excellence in Local Governance course credit. An exhibit booth trade show, featuring over 250 of the best of commercial, state, and county services and products is held in two grand exhibit halls.

Highlights of the conference include the closing session address by the governor and the crab feast on Friday evening. MACo is strictly a non-partisan organization and does not allow any type of political campaigning at its conferences and events.