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17th Biennial Coalition for Education in the Outdoors (CEO) Research Symposium
17th Biennial Coalition for Education in the Outdoors (CEO) Research Symposium

17th Biennial Coalition for Education in the Outdoors (CEO) Research Symposium

February 6-8, 2026, at the YMCA’s Blue Ridge Assembly Conference Center in Black Mountain, NC, USA.

Time & Location

Feb 06, 2026, 2:00 PM EST – Feb 08, 2026, 9:00 AM EST

YMCA's Blue Ridge Assembly, 84 Blue Ridge Cir, Black Mountain, NC 28711, USA

About the Event

From February 6-8, 2026 an international research symposium will be held at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly Conference Center in Black Mountain, NC, USA (https://blueridgeassembly.org/). The 17th Biennial Coalition for Education in the Outdoors (CEO) Research Symposium will be Coordinated by 2nd Nature TREC (Training, Research, Education, Consulting). The YMCA center was damaged severely by Hurricane Helene in September 2024. Join us in helping bring this important event back to Blue Ridge Assembly and support travel to Western North Carolina! Read more about Blue Ridge Assembly’s efforts to rebuild at Blue Ridge Assembly Hurricane Helene Storm Relief.


The purpose of this gathering is to advance the empirical, conceptual, and theoretical bases of outdoor education. Like the first sixteen CEO Research Symposia, this symposium will bring together a wide array of researchers to explore current and future trends in using the outdoors for educational and therapeutic purposes. In addition to spotlighting…


Tickets

  • CEO Student Scholarship

    This ticket is for donations to CEO to fund the graduate student registration scholarship.

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Mailing Address

151 Highway 9 Box 10, Black Mountain, NC 28711

Call for information about:

Consulting - (828) 280-1380

Training or Education - (828) 545-1506

Research - (269) 986-3752

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