SC EBS Frequently asked questions

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The registration fee includes the Summit program app, Summit materials, access to sessions, tracking of your attendance at sessions, lunches and afternoon snack!

*Please note that continental breakfast will not be offered at the convention center for EBS 2026.  There will be coffee and tea, however we encourage participants to enjoy the complementary breakfasts provided at the hotels in our conference blocks. 

The Summit has been structured to offer a significant number of opportunities to educators for certificate renewal. However, due to the quality of the programming and following extensive review by the SCDE’s Office of Educator Quality, the entire event has been approved as a certificate renewal experience. Hundreds of educators are attending the Summit annually to support renewal of their certificates. These attendees track their attendance each year using an online app provided before and at the Summit. Our commitment to these educators is that they will have available to them enough opportunities to track renewal units of credit to support renewal of their certificates. 

 No, there is not a partial registration fee or daily rate for the Summit. The Summit registration fee is already among the lowest nationwide for events of this magnitude offering the variety in programming and credential renewal options.

No. Programming at the Education + Business Summit, now one of the nation’s largest state conferences, certainly does serve CTE educators and administrators. All guidance staff, administrators, core academic instructors, CTE instructors, and business partners are among those categories of individuals for whom programming is provided. Post-secondary staff and leadership are also very much included in the scope of possible attendees, and programming exists for those audiences as well. 

Yes. Complete the substitution form. 

There are no cancellations allowed or refunds available for registration fees for the Education + Business Summit. Participants may, however, submit a substitution for a paid registration if someone is unable to attend. 

All presenters are required to register for the Education + Business Summit. The first presenter of selected presentations will not pay a registration fee (K-12 and district employees only!). Second and subsequent presenters will be required to pay the registration fee.  Additionally, all commercial (non-school/district/college/state agency) presenters are required to pay a registration fee, unless they are also a sponsor (see Sponsor Prospectus information).

Complementary registration is only offered under the following guidelines:

• South Carolina School District Employee (K-12) as a first registered presenter only!
• Department of Education Employee
• Regional Career Specialist
• Panel Discussion Members or Individual presenters/participants at the discretion of the Office of Career Readiness.