LEAD Conference
Join us in Washington D.C. for the 2025 LEAD Conference! This conference offers team building, leadership and character development as well as fostering new and old friendships between members.
The LEAD Conference offers a dynamic schedule filled with educational tours and industry-focused learning opportunities. Junior members will have the chance to connect with over 100 Angus juniors from across the country. This conference allows participants to explore diverse regions, experience agriculture from new perspectives and see Angus cattle in unique environments across different parts of the country.
This year the LEAD conference will be held in Washington, D.C. August 5-8, 2025.
Event Location:
Washington, D.C.
Event Dates: August 5-8, 2025
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
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Tuesday August 5th
4–6:00 p.m. Registration
6:30 p.m. Dinner
7:30 p.m. Entertainment
9:00 p.m. Ice Breakers and Skit
10:00 p.m. Rules/ Expectations
10:30 p.m. Curfew
Wednesday, August 6th
7:00 a.m. Breakfast at hotel
8:00 a.m. Depart for United States Capitol
8:45 a.m. Arrive at United States Capitol
9:00 a.m. United States Capitol Tour
Tour
Educational Breakouts with Guest Speakers
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Botanical Gardens
2:00 p.m. Walk to U.S. Holocaust Memorial, Natural History, or Air and Space Museum
2:30 p.m. Tour Museums
4:30 p.m. Community Service Project – Clean up the National Mall
5:00 p.m. Night Tour
Monuments/National Mall
Pizza on National Mal
9:00 p.m. Finish Night Tour and Depart for Hotel
9:45 p.m. Arrive at hotel
10:15 p.m. Curfew
Thursday August 7th
6:15 a.m. Breakfast at hotel
7:15 a.m. Load Buses and Depart for Arlington National Cemetery
8:00 a.m. Arlington National Cemetery
9:45 a.m. Depart for Audley Farms
11:00 a.m. Arrive at Audley Farms
Tour/ Breakouts
12:30 p.m. Depart for North American Breeders
12:40 p.m. Arrive at North American Breeders
Tour/ Breakouts
Lunch
3:30 p.m. Depart for Whitestone Farm
4:15 p.m. Arrive at Whitestone Farm
Tour/ Breakouts
Dinner
Dance
Pictures
9:30 p.m. Depart for Hotel
10:45 p.m. Arrive at Hotel
11:00 p.m. Curfew
Friday, August 8th
7:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Workshop Session 1
8:45 a.m. Break
9:00 a.m. Workshop Session 2
9:45 a.m. Head back to General Session
10:00 a.m. Keynote – Laymon Hicks
11:15 a.m. Wrap Up/ Slideshow/ Survey
11:30 a.m. Departures
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