2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit

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

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8:00am MDT

Wednesday Breakfast + Badgesplaining Glen Miller Ball Room

9:30am MDT

Critical Partnerships for STEM Career Pathways via Skills-Based Microcredentials UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Garrett Groves • Alyssa Reinhart, Ph.D. • Jennifer Fong Designing Skills Evidence that Employers Trust UMC 247Angela Consani Idea to Badge- A Practical, Human-Centered and AI-Powered Pathway for Microcredential Creation UMC 235Hilary Gibson Lessons from Year One: What We Learned Building a Microcredentialing Program (and What We’d Do Differently) CASE CTL (E390)Christina Goldsmith Making Badges Stick: Practical Steps for Policy, Access, and Lifelong Learning UMC 382+384Dr. Sarah Korpi Open-Source Skills Analysis Tools Ready for Action: Two Opportunities to Leverage LAiSER in Higher Education UMC 415+417Kritika Berry • Luis Gonzalez • Divya Narula • Mike Sanders Recently Launched: Quality Assurance Evaluations for Short-term Credential Providers CASE E422Karen Solomon

10:00am MDT

10:15am MDT

Achieving Interoperability Through Translation: Advancing State Digital Credentialing Ecosystems UMC 235Kyle Albert • Mike Sanders • Tom Weko Evaluating the Technical Foundations of Badge and LER Systems: A Ready-to-Use Self-Assessment Tool UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Robert Bajor • Nate Otto Making the STEM Microcredential Landscape Less Bumpy UMC 247Kent J. Crippen • Sooomin Lee • Rob Moore Microcredentials, Major Shrug: What Are We Really Signaling? UMC 415+417Cate Tolnai, MAT Operationalizing the LER: What We’re Learning About Employer Needs and Credential Transport CASE CTL (E390)Rob Coyle When Badges Fail and When They Work: Governance, Faculty, and the Power Behind Credentials UMC 382+384Keith Look • Nicole Westrick Where Skills Really Get Assessed: Mapping the Signals That Shape Opportunity CASE E422Nishita Chheda • Meghan Raftery

10:45am MDT

Exhibitor Break

11:15am MDT

Ensuring Trusted and Transparent Credentials in Higher Education CASE CTL (E390)Penny Ramirez • Preston Trebas Skills based hiring for employers UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Nate Otto Student Skill Sprints: Accelerating Career-Ready Learning on Campus UMC 235Jenny Lane • Mikayla Rochelle The Learning Outcome to Skill to Competency Highway. Why is it one-way? UMC 382+384Christine Hubbard • Andrew Fisher Understanding Federal and State Requirements for Skill and Credential Portability UMC 247Rob Coyle Using the CREDO Process to Launch STEM Microcredentials UMC 415+417Rob Moore

11:45am MDT

12:00pm MDT

Closing Plenary Luncheon Glen Miller Ball Room