2026 MEMS Exhibiting and Sponsorship Opportunities

The annual UPCEA MEMS Conference is the premier event for leaders and practitioners responsible for online and professional continuing education marketing and enrollment management at colleges and universities. For over 30 years, MEMS has drawn professionals from institutions of all sizes to showcase thought leadership in our field and to explore trends in adult student recruitment and retention. Designed for both senior leaders and practitioners, this conference offers high level, strategically-focused presentations as well as sessions which spotlight the tactical components of marketing and enrollment management in today’s higher education landscape. We look forward to seeing you this fall!

 

Audience
UPCEA member institutions represent a variety of online and professional continuing education units — large and small, credit and noncredit programs, traditional and online courses and degrees, certificate programs and outreach efforts to build access for nontraditional students. UPCEA’s core audience includes:

• Deans and directors of professional and continuing education

• Senior online learning officers         

• Executive directors of global campuses or system-wide online units

• Directors of marketing, enrollment management, and student success/services

Note: Prices include two (2) full conference registrations. Additional registrations for exhibitors can be purchased at the UPCEA Member or Institutional Non-member attendee registration rate. Registering for an exhibit only reserves a table in the exhibit hall. Please read the Rules/Regulations for further information. Please note, this is an exhibit table and NOT an exhibit booth.  Included with the exhibit is a 6’ table and two chairs.  Please limit any signage or backdrop to no wider than 6’ and less than 18” in depth. 

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2026 Dates and Location:
November 30 - December 2, 2026
Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort - Orlando, FL

Expected Attendance: 500+
Exhibitors: 40 Tabletop Exhibits

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Your Exhibit Table Package Includes: 

• Two (2) full conference attendee registrations
  Participate with attendees and learn first-hand about the challenges, strategies and new developments at their institutions.

• Dedicated time in the exhibit hall for networking with attendees

• Logo placement on conference website and signage, as well as company information in printed program, and/or in the mobile conference app.
  Logo will link to company web address on website and mobile app. 

• Pre-event Exhibit Hall email
  UPCEA will send out a communication to all attendees one week prior to the event that highlights exhibitors, exhibit hall activities and conference sponsors

• Pre- and post- attendee list (no emails or phone numbers included) 

• Furnished exhibit space
  Each exhibit package includes (1) 6-foot draped table and (2) chairs. 

• Free WiFi is included in all conference spaces, including the exhibit area.

* Please note that electricity is not included and if needed, will need to be purchased in advance of the conference to guarantee an electrical hook up at your table

Events in the Exhibit Area

• Opening Night Reception

• Breakfasts on December 1 & 2 

• All Networking and Refreshment Breaks

Exhibit Area Hours (Tentative) 

• November 30 - 2:15 PM to 7:00 PM

• December 1 - 7:00 AM to 5:15 PM

• December 2 - 7:00 AM to 12:15 PM  

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Customized Sponsorship Options
UPCEA is open to customized options to help you reach your goal and build brand awareness.  Contact Brandan Kaiser, bkaiser@upcea.edu, for information. 

Possible options include, but are not limited to: 

• Second Night Reception

• Conference meals and refreshment breaks 

• Opening Reception bar sponsor

• Notepads and pens at registration desk

• Charging Stations

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Corporate Membership
We invite you to learn more about UPCEA and take advantage of the benefits afforded the corporate community. Contact Brandan Kaiser, bkaiser@upcea.edu to learn more.

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Cancellation of Exhibit Space:
All requests to cancel an exhibit space must be made in writing to Brandan Kaiser at bkaiser@upcea.edu. If an exhibitor places a cancellation, the following shall apply:

• A 40% refund will be granted where notice of cancellation is received by UPCEA 60 days prior to the first day of the event

• No refund will be granted for cancellation requests received less than 60 days prior to the first day of the event. Once the booth is canceled, UPCEA reserves the right to resell the space.

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Affiliated Events Policy
The association has gone to great lengths and expense to negotiate and contract for a reduced room rate at conference hotels. That rate is based upon the projected attendance at the meeting. If corporate member and nonmember attendees elect to stay at other hotels, it subjects the association to attrition penalties that can cause significant financial loss to the association. We count on our corporate community to support the association, and one of the ways to do that is to honor our efforts to secure a sufficiently large room block at a reduced rate at a first class hotel/conference venue. 

For these reasons, corporate member and nonmember attendees are prohibited from holding any meetings (briefings, seminars, etc.) within a 25-mile radius, targeting professional, continuing, and online leaders in higher education during the scheduled hours of UPCEA events unless otherwise negotiated and scheduled with and by UPCEA. Any such meeting occurring within 36 hours before or after the UPCEA conference must be coordinated with UPCEA and, space permitting, be held at the conference hotel.  This policy helps ensure that the association’s contracted obligations to the hotel for guest rooms and food and beverage minimums are met, which is essential for the financial health of the association and its members. If UPCEA cannot find space for the corporate member or nonmember attendee’s event at the contracted hotel, we will work to help find alternative space.  In no circumstances, however, is it permissible for a corporate member or nonmember attendee to contract a separate hotel block, either at the conference hotel or elsewhere.

UPCEA reserves the right to prohibit corporate member and nonmember attendees who violate this policy from exhibiting or participating at UPCEA events.

 

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