Registration

Registration opens this fall!

Early Bird registration discount available to Public Library Association (PLA) and Minnesota Library Association (MLA) individual members only. Deadline for Early Bird registration is January 9, 2026.

Full Conference Registration

Your full conference registration includes:

Entry to General Sessions (Opening, Thursday, and Closing);
Access to more than 100 educational programs curated for, and by, public library workers just like you;
Access to the Exhibits Hall Wednesday, April 1 through Friday, April 3; and
Food and drinks during Exhibits Opening and Closing Receptions.

Single Day Registration

Single day registration is available for Wednesday, April 1; Thursday, April 2; or Friday, April 3, 2026.

Member rates apply to individual memberships only; organizational or corporate memberships are not included. MLA individual members should contact the Minnesota Library Association for their registration discount code.

The registration rates above are for planning purposes only and subject to change until registration opens fall 2025.

Exhibits-Plus and Exhibits-Only Badges

Exhibits-Plus Badge ($100): Entitles you to visit the exhibits any time they are open as well as attend the General Sessions (Opening, Thursday, Closing).

Exhibits-Only Badge ($55): Entitles you to visit the exhibits any time they are open.

Exhibits-Plus and Exhibits-Only badges are available through advanced registration or onsite.

Please note: PLA Conference is a professional event. It is not open to the public.

A Note About Religious Holidays

PLA is committed to being the most inclusive and effective organization we can be, and we appreciate our members’ questions and perspectives as we strive toward this goal. To this end, staff work diligently on every PLA conference planning cycle to avoid all major religious holidays and observances. However, as more states pass discriminatory and/or library-adverse laws and few cities have adequate capacity to host more than 8,000 people, finding locations and times in our late February to April PLA conference window has become more challenging. Currently, conference planning is even more difficult because there is a backup in rescheduled conferences from the pandemic.

We regret that the PLA Conference dates overlap with both Good Friday and Passover in 2026 and appreciate this will impact some members' ability to participate fully. Over more than 40 years, this has only ever happened one other time, and we will continue to work as diligently as possible to avoid religious holidays, communicate clearly if a conflict is unavoidable, and make accommodations as best we can if this occurs. Thank you for your engagement with PLA as we continue to strive toward our goals for equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice.