Registration is OPEN!
We are excited to invite all Family & Consumer Sciences professionals to join us for the ILAFCS Annual Conference 2026 - FACS to the Max—a day dedicated to learning, collaboration, and connection with colleagues from across Illinois!!
This year’s conference will feature:
-Engaging sessions across all areas of Family & Consumer Sciences
-Content-area roundtable discussions designed for sharing ideas and best practices
-A dynamic keynote speaker to kick off the day
-Hands-on learning opportunities you can take back to your classroom, program, or workplace
-Opportunities to learn from and connect with others who do the same work you do
Whether you are a seasoned professional, new to the field, or a student preparing for a career in FCS, this conference is designed to inspire, support, and energize you.
Date: Friday, March 13, 2026
Location: College of DuPage
Registration Costs:
Member – $75
Non-Member – $100
New Member – $150
Student – $20
Registration Link: Click Here
Registration Deadline: Registration will close on February 27, 2026. We encourage you to register early to secure your spot.
Additional information regarding directions, parking, and day-of details will be shared with registered attendees closer to the conference date.
We look forward to learning, sharing, and celebrating Family & Consumer Sciences together at the ILAFCS Annual Conference 2026. We hope to see you there!
Questions? Email: illinoisafcs@gmail.com
The purposes of the Association shall be to further education and science in family and consumer sciences. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, but in expansion thereof, the Association shall improve and strengthen education in family and consumer sciences; establish and improve standards of service and scientific research in the public interest in family and consumer sciences; sponsor and otherwise support seminars, debates, symposia, conferences, and disseminate policy for professional guidance at the national and international levels concerning the public interest in family and consumer sciences, identify and study social, economic, and psychological changes having implications for family and consumer sciences programs, and bring these changes to the attention of the family and consumer sciences profession and the public; encourage and promote a sufficiently full and fair exposition and pertinent facts involving legislation affecting family and consumer sciences and the improvement of home and family life as to permit an individual or the public to form an independent opinion or conclusion; and promote liaison and other cooperative professional activity with groups having related concerns in behalf of the public interest in family and consumer sciences.