We hope you were able to be the one during DECA's International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, GA!
Here are some answers to commonly asked post-ICDC questions:
Where will I find the overall results/winners' list?
Overall finalists and top performers for each competitive event are in this article. It includes members who earned a medallion for top performers on exam and presentation components, overall finalists and top 10 performers by rank.
When can I expect my award check for my sponsored event?
Once DECA processes all of the winners’ information, awards checks will be sent to the home address of competitors that they provided prior to final competition. Please allow six to eight weeks. If the event has a sponsored cash award and is a team event, the award is split among the team members.
How can I get my results?
The following items will be available soon through the student portal and online membership system.
- Certificate of Attendance (for all DECA members)
- Award of Excellence Certificate (for all competitors earning a 70% and above from the preliminary competition; this is not on the overall report)
- Performance Reports (for all competitors). The competitive event transcript reports students’ performance on each element of the competitive event.
Where can I find photos of the conference?
Our conference photographers work to capture as many members and special moments as possible. General conference photos and award recipient photos will be available soon on the DECA Flickr account.
Where can I find a press release to share our DECA success with the local media?
DECA has a variety of press release templates that you can use to share your chapter's success from ICDC:
- Press Release: Chapter Attends ICDC
- Press Release: Local Member Awarded Scholarship
- Press Release: Local Member Earns ICDC Honors
Be sure to tag @DECAInc once the story is published online. If your chapter has a unique story to share about your #DECAICDC experience, submit your story here and you could be featured on DECA Direct Online.
How can we order additional trophies?
DECA will provide a trophy for each team member in the following event categories with one to three participants:
- Business Operations Research Events
- Chapter Team Events
- Entrepreneurship Events
- Integrated Marketing Campaign Events
- School-based Enterprise Events
- Stock Market Game
- Virtual Business Challenges
If the team was only a team of one, no action will be taken.
If the team was a team of two, DECA will send one additional trophy to the school address.
If the team was a team of three, DECA will send two additional trophies to the school address.
Additional trophies can be purchased through Awards Unlimited.
What is the 2026-2027 membership theme?
Check out this article to find out more about next year's membership theme: Next Big Thing.
What are the topics for the 2026-2027 competitive events program?
Draft topics are available in this article. Complete guidelines will be posted in the DECA Guide and on deca.org by July 1, 2026.
When and where is DECA ICDC in 2027?
Next year's DECA International Career Development Conference will be held from April 17-20, 2027, in Anaheim, CA. We hope you can join us! Check deca.org/icdc for future dates and locations - just scroll to the bottom of the page.
