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| WEDNESDAY 10/23/13 | SESSION TYPE | SESSION TITLE/SPEAKER |
| 10:00 AM | Registration Opens | |
| 12:00-5:30 pm | Exhibitor Tables Open | |
| 1:00-1:15 pm | Welcome | Welcome to the 2013 UPCEA-NE Regional Conference! Alice Szlosek, Regional Chair; Pam Robinson, Regional Chair-elect |
| 1:15-2:45 pm | Opening Keynote/ General Session | The Gates Unbarred': The Current and Future of Higher Ed in the Global Knowledge Economy; Hunt Lambert, Dean, Division of Continuing Education, Harvard University |
| 2:45-3:00 pm | Refreshment Break | Refreshments |
| 3:00-4:00pm | Session 1 (concurrent) | You're a CE Administrator -- Now What?; Bill McClure, Executive Director, Continuing & Professional Education, UMass Amherst |
| Session 2 (concurrent) | Collaborative Partnerships: No Stone Unturned; Suzanne Murphy, Assistant Director of Continuing Education and Training, and Gwendolyn DeCicco, Assistant Director of Business Development, Saint Joseph's College | |
| Session 3 (concurrent) | Online Learners 2013: What Do They Want and How Do They Want It?; Scott Jeffe, Director, Market Research, Aslanian Market Research, and Adrienne Franciosi, Director of Graduate Admission, Lasell University | |
| 4:00-4:15 pm | Refreshment Break | Refreshments |
| 4:15-5:15 pm | Session 4 (concurrent) | Pitfalls & Opportunities: An Evolution of Westfield State University's Non-Credit Programming; Meaghan Arena, Associate Dean, Graduate & Continuing Education, and Jessica Tansey, Program Development Associate, Divisoin of Graduate & Continuing Education, Westfield State University |
| Session 5 (concurrent) | UPCEA's New Consulting Inititiative: Strategic Transofrmation for Continuing and Online Education: Jay Halfond, Dean Emeritus, and Faculty member, Metropolitan Collge, Boston University, and Robert Hansen, CEO, UPCEA | |
| Session 6 (concurrent) | Service Design: Continuing Ed’s New Secret Competitive Advantage; Chokdee Rutirasiri, Founder/CEO, story+structure; Shaun Gummere, Chief Design Officer, story + structure; and David Sim, Director of Marketing and Outreach, Brandeis University | |
| 5:30-6:30 pm | Reception | Reception with Exhibitor Introductions and Outstanding Service Award |
| 6:45-9:30 pm | Meal | Lobsterbake |
| THURSDAY 10/24/13 | SESSION TYPE | SESSION TITLE |
| 9:00 am - 4:30 pm | Exhibitor tables | Exhibitor tables open for visiting |
| 8:00-8:45 am | Meal | Breakfast |
| 8:45-9:00 am | Awards | Program Awards presentation |
| 9:00 - 10:00 am | Session 7 (concurrent) | Moving from Gut Reactions to Informed Assessments: Creating a Culture of Data-Driven Decision Making; Brian Murphy Clinton, Executive Director, Enrollment Management, and Rachael Denison, Director, Enrollment Research, Strategy & Data Management, Northeastern University College of Professional Studies |
| Session 8 (concurrent) | Online and Over There: Innovations in Study Abroad for Online Learners: Mary Thompson-Jones, Director, Global Studies and International Affairs, and Kelly Otter, Associate Dean, Northeastern University College of Professional Studies | |
| Session 9 (concurrent) | LOOK, LEAP, and LAND: Paths to College for ESOL Adults; Anne Hubbard, Assistant Professor & Coordinator, Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Degree, and Kathryn Quina, Associate Dean, Feinstein College of Continuing Education, University of Rhode Island | |
| 10:00-10:30 am | Exhibitor Tables | Exhibitor visits, raffle, refreshment break |
| 10:30-12:00 N | Session 10 (concurrent) | StartUp Approach to Change Management and Marketing in Higher Ed; David Sim, Director of Marketing and Outreach, and Amy Christian, Associate Executive Director, Associate Director of Administration and Finance, Brandeis University |
| Session 11 (concurrent) | Organizing for Agility: The Changing Structure of Distance Education Units; Nancy Coleman, Director of Distance Education, Boston University | |
| Session 12 (concurrent) | Square Peg in a Round Hole: Developing Student Rentention Models in Programs Designed for Adult Learners; Rachael Denison, Director, Enrollment Research, Strategy & Data Management, and Matthew Hendrickson, Associate Director, Strategic Enrollment Research, Northeastern University College of Professional Studies | |
| 12:15 - 2:45 pm | Meal/ Discussions | Lunch & Learn Opportunities: Buffet Lunch; President-elect Bea Gonzales' remarks; Roundtable discussions - attend one or more of the following topics: (1) Personnel Management: Strategies for Supervising Staff, (2) New Program Development, (3) Challenges with Online, (4) Alternative Paths to Degree Completion, (5) Marketing, (6) Organizational Changes in CE |
| 2:45-3:15 pm | Exhibitor Tables | Exhibitor visits, raffle |
| 3:15 - 4:45 pm | General Session | CE Leaders Emeritus Panel: Using Our Experience to Challenge Convention; Sue Nesbitt, retired from University of Connecticut, Sybil Smith, retired from Brandeis University, Dave Watson, retired from St. Joseph’s College, and Billl White, retired from Worcester State University |
| 5:15 - 6:30 pm | Reception | Reception, Exhibitor Raffle, Outstanding Faculty & Student Award presentations |
| (Dinner on own) | ||
| FRIDAY 10/25/13 | SESSION TYPE | SESSION TITLE |
| 8:00 - 9:00 am | Meal | Breakfast and General Business Meeting |
| 9:00 am - Noon | Exhibitor Tables | |
| 9:15 -10:15 am | Session 13 (concurrent) | Critical CE Trends: Demographic, Marketing, Occupational and Technology Shifts; Jim Fong, Director, Center for Research and Consulting, UPCEA |
| Session 14 (concurrent) | Experiential Curriculum: An Online Challenge; Kevin Bell, Executive Director, Online Curriculum Development and Deployment, and Anne Hammer, Director, Online Programs, Northeastern University | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 am | Check-out Break | |
| 10:45 - 12:00 | General Session | Here if You Need Me: Inspiration for Adult Learners; Kate Braestrup, Chaplain, Maine Warden Service, community minister, and best-selling author |
| 12:00 - 1:30 pm | Meal | Lunch, Evaluations, and Vacation Drawing |
| 1:30-1:50 pm | Wrap-up | Start planning for next year -- 2014 conference in Vermont! |