2023 Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education | November 1-3, 2023 | Capital Hilton | Washington, DC | UPCEA + AACRAO

Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education | Hotel + Travel Information

The 2023 Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education is being held November 1-3, 2023 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC. Guests wishing to stay pre/post conference for leisure are welcome but rates and dates are based on hotel availability.

The UPCEA blocks at the conference and overflow hotels are near/at capacity.

Capital Hilton
1001 16th St NW
Washington, DC 20036

Please see below for overflow hotel options close to the Capital Hilton.

Click here to make your room reservation

Rate: $249
Taxes: 14.95%

Cut-off Date: October 4

*Subject to availability

Your support in staying at the UPCEA contracted hotel helps keep the conference costs down, which directly affects your registration fees. UPCEA contracts for the best possible room rates for its events and is required to guarantee a predetermined number of sleeping rooms. If the association does not meet the contracted room block, the hotel can charge an attrition fee, which will result in higher registration fees at future conferences. Therefore, we encourage you to book your room through our block at the conference hotel.

All reservations made after the blocks are filled and/or after the deadline will be available at the hotel’s prevailing rate and availability is not guaranteed.

Overflow Hotel Block

The UPCEA block at the conference hotel and overhotel flow hotels are near/at capacity. UPCEA has secured an Overflow Hotel Block at a rate of $279.00 per night across the street from the host hotel at the Hyatt Place Washington DC/White House.

Hyatt Place Washington DC/White House (1522 K Street NW)

Rate: $279

Nearby Hotels

Alternative nearby hotel options within walking distance of the Capital Hilton include:

Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square (806 15th Street NW)
St. Regis Washington DC (923 Black Lives Matter Plaza NW)

Suggested Transportation

WMATA Metro: Farragut North (Red Line) metro stop as well as the McPherson Square (Blue/Orange/Silver Lines) metro stop are located just a few blocks from the conference hotel
Amtrak to Union Station; (WMATA Metro on Red line to Farragut North), two blocks from conference hotel
MARC Train to Union station; (WMATA Metro on Red line to Farragut North), two blocks from conference hotel
Taxi/Uber/Lyft
Closest Airports
- Ronald Reagan (DCA) [4 miles from the hotel]
- Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) [31 miles from the hotel]
- Dulles International Airport (DIA) [25 miles from the hotel]

Getting Around

Washington DC has a great amount of different transportation options. Either by taxi, bus, metro, or walking, the conference hotel is extremely accessible to most DC locations.

Traveling by Metro

The closest stops to the conference hotel are Farragut North (Red Line) (0.3 miles W) and McPherson Square (Orange, Blue, and Silver Lines) (0.3 miles SE)

Traveling by Bus

The DC bus system is very easy and has two separate services, the Metrobus and the Circulator.

For more Metrobus information, click here.
For more Circulator information, click here.

Traveling by Taxi

Did you know? DC has the 2nd most cabs for any city in the country next to New York. Walk outside and hail a cab or talk to the hotel concierge to order a cab for you. If you want to use a mobile app to call a personal driver, we recomend Uber or Lyft.

Beware of Room Block Poachers: This is the practice of companies posing as an agent or representative of an association offering hotel reservation services. They may offer a hotel room at a lower cost, and have an official sounding name such as “Exhibition Housing Management” or "Xpo Planners". “Poachers” will immediately charge your credit card, sometimes with a “service fee,” and in many cases will not make a reservation. Be advised that this is NOT an official service, nor is it sanctioned by UPCEA. No attendee should be contacted about hotel reservations except by someone from UPCEA. If someone outside of UPCEA contacts you, we urge you to ignore them and report them immediately to UPCEA.