| 1:00 PM - | 4:30 PM | Pre-Conference Workshop: Fueling Strategic Growth & Retention in Online Learning [Separate registration required] |
Hosted by Blackboard![]() |
| 9:00 AM - | 12:00 PM | Pre-Conference: Surviving and Thriving in the Midst of Change [Separate registration required] |
| 9:00 AM - | 12:00 PM | Online Leadership Roundtable (OLR) Convening: Innovation in Higher Education [Separate registration required] |
| 12:00 PM - | 1:30 PM | Online Leadership Roundtable Advisory Board Meeting [Invite Only] |
| 2:00 PM - | 3:30 PM | Opening General Session | Blue Ocean Shift - Beyond Competing, Beyond Disruption to Seize New Growth - Renée Mauborgne |
| 3:30 PM - | 4:00 PM | Networking Break with Exhibitors |
| 4:00 PM - | 5:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions I |
| 5:00 PM - | 6:30 PM | Opening Night Reception with Exhibitors |
Co-Sponsored by Blackboard![]() |
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Wednesday February 5 |
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| 7:30 AM - | 8:30 AM | IR/COLO Briefing | In-sourcing vs. Out-sourcing Online Program Management: Evaluating Capacity to Inform Decisions [Separate registration required] |
| 8:00 AM - | 9:00 AM | Breakfast with Exhibitors |
| 9:00 AM - | 10:30 AM | General Session | Chief Online Learning Officer to Chief Academic Officer: New Institutional Career Pathways for Online Leaders |
| 10:30 AM - | 11:00 AM | Networking Break with Exhibitors |
| 11:00 AM - | 12:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions II |
| 12:00 PM - | 1:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM - | 2:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions III |
| 2:30 PM - | 3:00 PM | Networking Break with Exhibitors |
| 3:00 PM - | 4:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions IV |
| 4:15 PM - | 5:15 PM | Concurrent Sessions V |
| 5:45 PM - | 8:00 PM | Join the fun and be part of the UPCEA Second Line Parade and Off-Site Reception, sponsored by EducationDynamics! |
Show your Mardi Gras spirit as you march through the French Quarter to the sounds of a New Orleans jazz band! Bring your conference badge and meet in the Ritz-Carlton first-floor foyer at 5:45 p.m. for parade favors and to-go drinks for our 6:15 p.m. departure. The fun won’t stop with dancing in the streets as you’ll be meeting the EducationDynamics team for a reception at Latrobe’s on Royal before you head out for the evening. Conference badges are required for entry to the reception. |
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Thursday February 6 |
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| 8:00 AM - | 9:00 AM | Breakfast with Exhibitors |
| 9:00 AM - | 10:00 AM | Concurrent Sessions VI |
| 10:00 AM - | 10:30 AM | Networking Break with Exhibitors |
| 10:30 AM - | 12:00 PM | General Session | Open Education - Larry Cooperman |