Events

Attend or view webinars on your schedule, and connect with peers in your area at a regional event — especially useful for new or mid-level professionals. Share your lessons learned with colleagues by presenting a conference session, and get involved with the association by becoming a volunteer leader. Connect with other high-level leaders through fantastic networking opportunities during the Annual Conference and all our events. Webinars are free for UPCEA Members, and membership also provides discounts to all of our conferences and other events.

• Conferences and Seminars
• Webinars & Chats
• Past Events

Conferences and Seminars

DECEMBER 3-5, 2024

2024 UPCEA MEMS: Marketing | Enrollment Management | Student Success

Philadelphia, PA

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MARCH 24-26, 2025

2025 UPCEA Annual Conference

Denver, CO

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MULTIPLE DATES

UPCEA Regional Salons

Virtual

Free for UPCEA Members

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JULY 22-24, 2025

2025 UPCEA SOLAR: Summit for Online Leadership and Administration

Portland, OR

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SEPTEMBER 29-OCTOBER 1, 2025

2025 Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education

Washington, DC

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Save the dates for these upcoming events:

December 2-4, 2025 | 2025 MEMS: Marketing, Enrollment Management and Student Success Conference | Boston, MA | Westin Boston Seaport District
February 4-6, 2026 | 2026 Digital Transformation and Learning Conference (DT&L) | Virtual
April 15-17, 2026 | 2026 UPCEA Annual Conference | New Orleans, LA | Hilton New Orleans Riverside
July 29-31, 2026 | 2026 SOLAR: Summit for Online Leadership and Administration | Boston, MA | Westin Boston Seaport District

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Webinars & Chats

December 10, 2024 | 4:00-5:00 PM ET

Webinar | UPlift Mentorship Information Session

Join the UPCEA team to learn more about our exclusive mentorship program: UPlift. This is an opportunity to hear more about how the program is structured, hear from past mentees/mentors and get any questions you may have about participation in the 2025 program answered. Visit upcea.edu/uplift for additional program information.

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December 11, 2024 | 4:00-5:00 PM ET

Coffee Chat | Repurposing Credit Courses to Noncredit

Hosted by the Program Planning and Implementation Network

You spoke (on CORe) and we heard you. Please join us for this hosted casual conversation where you can bring questions, share answers and connect with peers around repurposing credit courses for noncredit.

Click here to access the room at 4PM ET on December 11 or download our calendar invite below.

Coffee Chats are informal, unrecorded, live opportunities to connect with UPCEA peers. Typically an hour or less, they provide time to discuss topics of interest, share ideas and connect with others in a casual setting.

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December 12, 2024 | 1:00-2:00 PM ET

Coffee Chat | New England Region: Bridging the Gaps We Know

Hosted by the New England Region

Bridging from our regional Salon to the Annual Conference, we would like to provide an opportunity for participants to connect with leaders from the New England Region on specific topics of interest, which includes marketing, micro-credentialing, integrating employers into program design, international growth opportunities, and strategies to create bridges between PCO and other parts of our institutions.

Click here to access the room at 1PM ET on December 12 or download our calendar invite below.

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December 17, 2024 | 4:00-5:00 PM ET

Coffee Chat | NEW DATE - Why are you doing this? Uncovering Purpose in your Credential Program

Curated by the UPCEA Council for Credential Innovation

The Credential Purpose Profile template, created by the UPCEA Council for Credential Innovation (CCI), is designed to illustrate alignment of features of alternative credentialing programs at work across higher education institutions. The profile is designed to be used as a thought partner by other institutions, employers or community partners to inspire new projects, uncover the purpose behind existing projects, consider different approaches, and discuss the nuance of the language used in an alternative credentialing program, such as the distinction between program offering and the credential artifact.

Join the CCI for a Strategic Conversation, an unrecorded, facilitated conversation among colleagues, organized to showcase the purposes behind alternative credential projects authored by members of the CCI leadership team at their home institutions, to learn more about the ways in which purpose intersects with institutional strategy and mission.

Moderators:

Ryan Torma, University of Minnesota
Lena Patterson, Toronto Metropolitan University

Click here to access the room at 4PM ET on December 17 or download our calendar invite below.

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January 16, 2025 | 3:00-4:00 PM ET

Coffee Chat | Understanding Biases in AI Outputs

Curated by the UPCEA Diversity & Inclusiveness Committee

AI tools such as ChatGPT and other Large Language Models (LLM) rely on source data to ‘train’ it. If that source data is not diverse enough, the outputs of AI might perpetuate biases and inequities we see in higher education today. For instance, asking an AI platform to produce an image of college students might produce students of one race and a narrow age range rather than those served by your programs. Join the D&I committee for a discussion on how we can address biases in the AI queries we write and how to evaluate AI outputs.

Rob Moore, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Educational Technology, University of Florida, will kick off our conversation with some background information on AI.

Dr. Rob Moore, an Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Florida, directs the IDEATE Research Lab in the Institute for Advanced Learning Technologies. His research explores how the processes and structures within digital ecologies influence learner experiences, focusing on digital microcredentials and MOOCs as transformative pathways for STEM education and careers. Dr. Moore uses systems and design thinking paired with machine learning techniques to identify patterns in learner behaviors and motivations, gaining insight into learners' intentions and how they achieve desired outcomes. He also investigates how technology integration affects the effectiveness of these educational and career pathways.

Click here to access the room at 3PM ET on January 16 or download our calendar invite below.

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January 23, 2025 | 3:00-4:00 PM ET

Coffee Chat | Leveraging UPCEA Membership for Professional Development and Succession Planning

Happy New Year! Join the Membership Team to ensure that you are getting the most out of membership to reach your individual and organizational goals for 2025!

In this 45-minute session, we’ll discuss the exclusive resources, tools, and opportunities available to you as an UPCEA members:

Learn with exclusive research and professional development

Know peers and leaders in our field through our networks and recognition

Do whatever it takes to help each other advance our professional and organizational succession plans and goals through collaborating, leading, and mentoring

Coffee Chats are informal, unrecorded, live opportunities to connect with UPCEA peers. Typically an hour or less, they provide time to discuss topics of interest, share ideas and connect with others in a casual setting.

UPCEA Members Only - Registration Required

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February 6, 2025 | 3:00-4:00 PM ET

West Region Coffee Chat | Fostering Resilience in Times of Change

Hosted by UPCEA's West Region

Building upon November's West Region Salon on Leading Change in the Midst of Influential Factors, join colleagues for an informal, unrecorded opportunity to network and vibrant discussion around fostering resilience in times of change and approaches to practicing resilience.

Click here to access the room at 3PM ET on February 6 or download our calendar invite below.

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April 30, 2025 | 10:00-11:00 AM ET (16:00 CET)

Webinar | Lifelong learning for health and wellbeing

Presented by eucen, UPCEA, AAACE, and CAUCE

Join representatives from eucen, UPCEA, AAACE and CAUCE for eucen's annual Seminar Across the Atlantic. This online event is an open event offered by the coordinating associations. Register for this important conversation around lifelong learning for health and wellbeing.

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