Wednesday, October 22

Pre-Conference
8:30-11:15 Emerging Leaders Program
Conference
8:00 - 12:00 Registration Open
12:00 Opening lunch and Welcome
1:00 Keynote: David Longanecker, President, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
2:00-2:30 Break
2:30 Concurrent Sessions
3:30 Concurrent Sessions
4:30 Regional board meeting (for Regional Officers)
6:30-9:30 Reception - Wynkoop

Thursday, October 23

8:00 Business Meeting
9:00 Keynote: Dr. Stephen Jordan, President, Metropolitan State University-Denver -- Making Connections: Community Partnerships in an Era of Limited Higher Education Resources
9:45 General Session: Accreditation Issues Facing Continuing Higher Education: Prior Learning Assessments, Dual Credit, and Competency Based Education - Jeff Rosen, Vice President, Higher Learning Commission
10:45 Break
11:15 Concurrent Sessions
12:30 Awards lunch (on campus)
1:30 Deans Panel - David Schejbal (UWEX), Janna Oakes (Regis Univ.), Steve VandenAvond (UW-Green Bay), Eric Dunker - moderator
2:30-3:00 Break
3:00 Concurrent Sessions
4:00 General Session - A Deeper Dive into Demographics and Trends, Jim Fong, UPCEA
5:00-7:00 Reception - Room 2500, Academic Building 1, University of Colorado-Denver (corner of Speer and Larimer Streets)

Friday, October 24

8:00 General Session: Centralization vs. Decentralization - A Roundtable Discussion, Michelle Piskulich, Oakland University and Albert Powell, Colorado State University
9:00-9:30 Break
9:30 Centennial Panel: 100 Years of Continuing Education Success - Sue Maes (Kansas State University), Anne Heinz (University of Colorado Boulder), Bob Wiltenberg (Washington University), Dawn Gaymer (Western Michigan University) - Moderator
10:30 Sendoff: UPCEA and the Future of Continuing Education, Bob Hansen, UPCEA
11:00 Wrap-up and conference adjourns, evaluation
11:15 - 1:00 Optional Tour: MSU Denver Hospitality, Tourism, and Events Professor Dr. Chad Gruhl



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