Registration link forthcoming.
Pre-conference events on April 28, 2026 include:
Join your peers for a frank and open-ended discussion on the issues affecting your employee-owned company. Attendance is limited to members from employee-owned companies.
Registration includes tickets to the reception.
Join your peers to discuss HR and communication challenges and exchange ideas within an "open forum" structure as we move through uncertain times. Attendance is limited to members of employee-owned companies.
Registration includes tickets to the reception
Discounted rooms available at 2 hotel locations.
Blu-Tique Hotel, 1 South Main Street, Akron, OH 44308
$179 per night for Standard King or Standard Double
Property Direct: 844.943.1335
Booking link forthcoming.
The Courtyard by Marriott Akron Downtown, 41 Furnace Street, Akron, OH 44308
$164 per night for Standard King or Standard Queen
Booking link forthcoming.
When booking by phone, state you are booking under the Ohio Employee Ownership Center Room Block.
Online: You can book your rooms online with forthcoming link.
Individual rates provide day of Annual Conference access only.
Business owners exploring employee ownership receive a 50% discount on registrations - contact us for details.
Network members enjoy generous discounts on all OEOC programs and events. Become a Network member today!
To find out if you are an OEOC Professional Member or Ohio Employee Owned Network Member please contact Kelley Fitts at kfitts@kent.edu.
You can register and pay online by selecting from the options below.
Bring a group from your organization and enjoy the savings. Group rates are only available to groups of 5 or more registrants and include day of Annual Conference access only.
Network members enjoy generous discounts on all OEOC programs and events. Become a Network member today!
To find out if you are an OEOC Professional Member or Ohio Employee Owned Network Member please contact Kelley Fitts at kfitts@kent.edu.
You can register and pay online by selecting from the options below.
If you would like to be invoiced or have other registration related questions please email Kfitts@kent.edu
The Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference is supported in part by our professional members. If you are an professional member and are interested in becoming a conference sponsor please email kfitts@kent.edu
If you want to become part of our network of professional members email kfitts@kent.edu
The Ohio’s Employee-Owned Network’s mission is to provide a forum for employee-owned businesses and others to learn from each other how to make employee ownership work more effectively at your companies; and to address the unique challenges and potential of employee ownership.
Ohio’s Employee Owned Network members jointly-sponsor a year-round series of multi company educational programming. Members enjoy group rates and discounts on program registrations ongoing consultation with OEOC staffers, and discounts on in-company education and training programs
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