A lunch-time discussion among CELT (Center for Education Leadership and Technology) Corporation staff about how to positively impact the 2004 presidential campaign quickly evolved into a vision for bringing together top executive-level practitioners in education for a national summit on "Leadership, Learning and Technology for the 21st Century." The hope was that this summit would create a structured yet free flowing forum to explore and debate timely issues, as well as to open up provocative and, at times, intense differences of opinion. At the same time, the hope was also to influence the national agenda during the recent political season. Planning a dynamic summit meant devising an approach that would be unlike traditional conferences. CELT had a vision for using experiences and challenges from participating school districts of various sizes from different parts of the country as the foundation for planning all aspects of the summit. This article discusses how CELT implemented its beliefs in the preparation and planning of the summit. It also provides highlights from the summit relating to the keynote speakers, discussions among participants, common threads of thought that emerged from the discussions, the summit evaluation, and CELT's plans for building upon the insights and knowledge shared by participants at the summit.