2024 Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education | Sept 30 - October 2, 2024 | Ritz Carlton | New Orleans, LA | UPCEA + AACRAO

Presenter Resources for the 2024 Convergence Conference

Session Presenter Guides:

View the 2024 Convergence Presenter Briefing Recording (held June 24, 2024)

Please note: All speakers are required to register for the conference to present.


Presentation Slides and Materials
If you plan to utilize slides, please use this template (go to File -> Make a Copy -> Entire Presentation). Slides will be uploaded to your session room laptop and the mobile conference app (Guidebook). Slides are due by September 16 to ensure they will be uploaded to the session room laptop and available to attendees before the conference via the mobile app. 

To ensure compatibility with the conference app, please upload your presentation as both a PDF and PowerPoint to this Presentations Google Drive folder.

  • Naming convention:  "[Session Title] - [Last Names of Presenters]"

  • Please bring a backup copy of your presentation with you on a flash drive


Audio-Visual

Each concurrent session room will include the following:

  • In-room laptop (If you decide to use a Mac, please make sure to bring an adapter.)

  • LCD projector and screen

  • Wireless slide advancer

  • Tabletop microphone(s)

Note: Although Wi-Fi will be available throughout the conference, we suggest that you not rely on it for your session and download any online content essential to your presentation in advance.


Mobile App

Be sure to download the Guidebook app to connect with attendees and exhibitors, to have the most up to date schedule and alerts, to give feedback about sessions you attend, and to view presentation materials. The conference app will be available one to two weeks before the start of the event.


Social Media

Speakers are invited to share news of their upcoming presentations on social media or to connect with conference attendees on-site via the event app with the event hashtag: #credovation


Slide Presentations, Materials on CORe
After the conference, slide presentations will be posted to the Open Forum library in CORe, UPCEA's online community.