2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit @ CU Boulder
In-person July 13-15 | Online August 4

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9:00am MDT

Registration | Pre-Conference Workshops | Campus Tours Glen Miller Ball Room

11:30am MDT

Opening Luncheon + Badgesplaining Talks Glen Miller Ball RoomAlan Heppenstall • Cate Tolnai, MAT • Geeta Verma • Kelsey Draper • Keith Look • Chris Newlon • Thania Guardino • Nadia Starr • Jeremy McQuigge • Konrad Sowa

1:00pm MDT

1:30pm MDT

The Traitors Among Us: When Digital Credential Initiatives Don’t Add Up UMC 247Elizabeth Robertson Hornsby

Beyond the Badge: How Arizona Is Aligning Micro and Milestone Credentials for Learner Mobility UMC 415+417David Borofsky • Elisabeth Fellowes • Dr. Lisa Young

Designing for Skills Visibility Across Learning Pathways UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Meghan Raferty • Colin Reynolds

How Do We Center Learner Voice and Experience in Designing Credentialing Ecosystems? UMC 382+384Tania Curry

How do we create real use cases for interoperability? UMC 235Madelyn Rahn

How Might We Truly Enable Learner Mobility? CASE CTL (E390)Rob Coyle

Making Contributions Visible: Turning Lived Experience into Mobility CASE E351Dr. Julie Keane

Skills at Scale Roadmap CASE E422Kathryn Green • Mary Gwozdz • Kelly Hoyland

2:20pm MDT

2:40pm MDT

Examining Equity in the Micro-credential Movement CASE E351Cami Cooper • Trevor Cox

From Anyone to Everyone: The Real Economics of Open Recognition CASE E422Duncan Cox • Taylor Kendal

Gaining Employer Buy-In: What’s working, what’s not, and how we'll fill existing gaps UMC 247Greg Watkins

How Might We Add Decision Education to Your Badge Stack? CASE CTL (E390)Bruce Umpstead

How might we design a “commons” infrastructure to make microcredentials discoverable, adaptable and reusable? UMC 235Başak Büyükçelen • Dr. Lisa Young

Let's Talk Decoupling: A Functional Design Challenge UMC 415+417Courtney Lang

Mobility by Design: Turning Credentials into Real Opportunity for STARs UMC 382+384Tara Laughlin • Rebecka Ramos

What Changes Because This Badge Exists? UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Meghan Raftery

3:30pm MDT

3:45pm MDT

1.85 Million Credentials: Credential Engine's Counting Credentials Research and What it Means for YouDeb Everhart An Inclusive Future; building skills-based ecosystems based on guidance from skills practitioners, ontologists, and technologists.Emily Scheines Ask My Anything....about Open Standards for MicrocredentialsRob Coyle Better Evidence for Skills Validation: An Assessment Use Quality RubricDanielle Saunders Credentialing Civic Participation: From Engagement to EvidenceChris Newlon Designing with, Not for: Co-Design Lessons from K–12 Micro-credential and LER ResearchMarilys Galindo From Publishing Standards to Recognizing Demonstrated CompetencyBruce Umpstead Getting Started with MetadataTomás Mindlin • Jim Vernon Help! I'm not a nerd! (but I think I want to do an LER)Madelyn Rahn ITRAK - Culturally Reflective and Responsive Professional DevelopmentDaniel Flores Learning Mobility Collaboratives: Add Your Piece to the PuzzleHolly Custard Make Contributions Visible: PathLedger as a Public Interest Infrastructure ToolLeigh Gillis Mapping Competencies for Career Programs: Driving LER Adoption with Credential EngineTim Hathaway Mapping Regional Credential Ecosystems: Stitching Together a Pathway in ConnecticutSasha Goldman Project Infuse: A New Infrastructure for the Modern TranscriptMike Simmons Signal or Noise? Identifying Evidence That MattersAlison Griffin Unlocking Human potential through skills visibilityMargo Griffith “Wait, What’s a Micro-Credential?”—What Faculty Are Really SayingCami Cooper • Trevor Cox