CALAPRS sponsors educational forums for sharing information and exchanging ideas among trustees and staff of California public retirement systems to enhance their ability to administer public pension plan benefits and manage investments consistent with their fiduciary responsibility.

CALAPRS carries out its mission through an annual conference called the General Assembly, Round Table meetings for discussion of topics of interest, the annual Principles of Pension Governance course for Trustees, the Overview, Intermediate, and Advanced Staff Training, Disability Staff Training, and the Management/Supervisory Academy. 

The Round Tables groups are: Trustees, Administrators, Benefits staff, Accountants, Administrative Assistants, Attorneys, Investment Officers, Communications, and Information Technology staff of the member public retirement systems in California.