For detailed program listings and locations, check out the program page.
| 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Auraria Higher Education Center Tour (Meet outside Embassy Suites) |
| Join the University of Colorado Denver campus architect on a tour of the Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC). The walking tour will include visits to key buildings and outdoor spaces. The tour will include commentary and presentation of the contemporary and historic context of the built environment with an emphasis on the unique character of a shared campus. Three educational institutions call AHEC home: (1) Community College of Denver, (2) Metropolitan State University of Denver, and the (3) University of Colorado Denver. These institutions have joined together to create an urban campus that is reflective of the community and place in which it resides. The tour will be led from the hotel, but attendees will need to walk or transport themselves back from Tivoli Station. |
| 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. | Emerging Leaders Pre-Conference Program (separate registration required) |
| 11:00 - 11:55 a.m. | Newcomers Session |
| If this is your first UPCEA conference or if you are an UPCEA veteran, don’t miss the chance to network and welcome other attendees at the Newcomers Session. Also be sure to visit the UPCEA Booth in the Exhibit Hall during the opening reception and networking breaks to learn how to get involved. | |
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| 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Welcome Lunch with remarks by UPCEA CEO, Bob Hansen, and Program Awards Recognition |
| 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | Opening General Session | Five Questions for Effective Leadership - Dr. Katie Linder |
| 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. | Dessert with Exhibitors |
| 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions I |
| 3:45 – 4:45 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions II |
| 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception |
| 7:45 a.m. – 6:15 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 7:45 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast + Regional Updates |
| 8:45 – 10:00 a.m. | General Session | Relevant, Innovative, and Sustainable: A Conversation about What Higher Education Must Do NOW! |
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Networking Break and Visits with Exhibitors |
| 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Concurrent Sessions III |
| 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Lunch and Individual Awards Recognition |
| 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions IV |
| 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. | Networking Break and Visits with Exhibitors |
| 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | General Session | Higher Education’s Role in the Upskilling Movement - Jamie Fall |
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| 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions V |
| 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. | Happy Hour Reception |
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| 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. | Registration Open |
| 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. | Emerging Leader Program Capstone Session (separate registration required) |
| 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. | Breakfast + General Session | Automation and the Smart City: Trends Impacting Professional, Continuing and Online Education - Jim Fong |
| 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. | Concurrent Sessions VI |
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Super Accelerator: Table Talks with Senior Leaders |
| 12:00 – 12:30 p.m. | Conference Wrap-up |
