2026 Leadership Pikes Peak Community Summer Conference
Leading with Purpose: Agile Leadership in Changing Times
Ent Center for the Arts at UCCS
Leadership is rooted in learning and nowhere is that more evident than in the community spaces of our region. This year’s Leadership Pikes Peak Summer Conference explores how professional development, in all its forms, drives economic mobility, civic engagement, and social impact.
Whether you're a business leader, mentor, policymaker, or youth advocate, you're shaping the future; one person, one neighborhood, one action at a time. We invite community leaders, educators, practitioners, and changemakers to join us and become inspired, equipped, and ready to mobilize others to lead where they live.
During this conference, networking is always available in the ENT Center Ross Lobby during all session times!
* Registration Rates:
Community Members: $99.00
UCCS Faculty/UCCS Alum/LPP Alum/Pikes Peak Region Leadership Program Alum: $79.00
UCCS Students: $29.00
* Sponsorship: $200.00 - $4000.00
Parking will be free!
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Joe Sanders,
CEO, Colorado Uplift
Colorado Top 100 CEO
Author of the Award-Winning Book
"Unreasonable Responsibility"

Conference Schedule Overview
- Check-in & Coffee9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
- Opening Remarks9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
- Morning Plenary Panel9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
- Morning Speaker Sessions (Concurrent)10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
- Keynote Speaker11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
- Lunch12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
- Afternoon Speaker Sessions (Concurrent)1:15 PM - 3:00 PM
- Awards Ceremony3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
- Closing Session (Leader Panel)4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
- Happy Hour - ENT Center5:00 PM
All Invited to Happy Hour at ENT Center







