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2026 Badge Summit
2026 Badge Summit
2026 Badge Summit @ CU Boulder
In-person July 13-15 | Online August 4
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Kristina Davis
Modiv EDU
Professional Learning Specialist
Greater STL area
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Monday
, July 13
9:00am
MDT
Registration | Pre-Conference Workshops | Campus Tours
Glen Miller Ball Room
11:30am
MDT
Opening Luncheon + Badgesplaining Talks
Glen Miller Ball Room
Alan Heppenstall • Cate Tolnai, MAT • Geeta Verma • Kelsey Draper • Keith Look • Chris Newlon • Thania Guardino • Nadia Starr • Jeremy McQuigge • Konrad Sowa
1:00pm
MDT
Break
1:30pm
MDT
How Might We Truly Enable Learner Mobility?
CASE CTL (E390)
Rob Coyle
LIMITED
2:20pm
MDT
Break
2:40pm
MDT
How Might We Add Decision Education to Your Badge Stack?
CASE CTL (E390)
Bruce Umpstead
LIMITED
What Changes Because This Badge Exists?
UMC 285+287 (Aspen)
Meghan Raftery
LIMITED
3:30pm
MDT
Break
3:45pm
MDT
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 Microcredentials
Rob Coyle
Better Evidence for Skills Validation: An Assessment Use Quality Rubric
Danielle Saunders
Designing with, Not for: Co-Design Lessons from K–12 Micro-credential and LER Research
Marilys Galindo
From Publishing Standards to Recognizing Demonstrated Competency
Bruce Umpstead
ITRAK - Culturally Reflective and Responsive Professional Development
Daniel Flores
“Wait, What’s a Micro-Credential?”—What Faculty Are Really Saying
Cami Cooper • Trevor Cox
Tuesday
, July 14
8:00am
MDT
Breakfast Keynote featuring Keisha Katz
Glen Miller Ball Room
9:30am
MDT
Break
10:00am
MDT
Accelerating LER Adoption: Lessons, Models, and Momentum from the LER Accelerator
UMC 235
Mike Simmons
EX-Marks the Spot: What Former Faculty and Former EdTech Get Right (and Wrong) About Digital Credentials
UMC 247
Elizabeth Robertson Hornsby • Christopher Nitsch
From Completion to Application: Badges as Evidence of Learning Transfer
UMC 285+287 (Aspen)
Stella Porto
From Prototype to Practice: Applications of DCC Technology and Tools
UMC 415+417
Kerri Lemoie
Making Experience Count in K–12: A Common Language for Internships, Capstones, and Career Stories
UMC 382+384
Meghan Raftery • Mason Pashia
10:30am
MDT
Break
10:45am
MDT
Exploring Definitions and Implications of Micro-credentials and Digital Badges in Higher Education and Workforce
UMC 235
Marilys Galindo • Thomas Gauthier
11:15am
MDT
Break
11:30am
MDT
Credentialing the Credential Builders: Lessons from managing a national credential portfolio
UMC 382+384
Patrick Flanigan • Melissa Peraino
Good Badge, Bad Badge: A Hands-On Badge-Making Lab
CASE CTL (E390)
Wendy Palmer
Lessons from a Digital Badge Pilot Implementation
CASE E422
Tomás Mindlin • Jim Vernon
12:00pm
MDT
Tuesday Luncheon | T3 Innovation Network Mid-Year Meeting
Glen Miller Ball Room
Nate Otto • Robert Bajor • Colin Reynolds • Madelyn Rahn • Joseph Davis • Amanda Winters • Jeanne Kitchens • Karen Passmore • Jim Goodell
2:00pm
MDT
Break
2:30pm
MDT
Building the Framework- Why building a styleguide is key
UMC 382+384
Derrick Ramsey, Ph.D.
Don’t Be a Free-Badger – Align Criteria and Evidence to Ensure Workforce Value
UMC 247
Sandra Bullock • Randy Bowman
I Value Badges! Making the Micro-Credentials Case on Campus
UMC 285+287 (Aspen)
Carmen Bain • Amy Mendee
3:00pm
MDT
Break
3:15pm
MDT
3:15pm - 4:00pm Concurrent Breakouts
4:00pm
MDT
Reception in the Connection
Wednesday
, July 15
8:00am
MDT
Wednesday Breakfast + Badgesplaining
Glen Miller Ball Room
9:30am
MDT
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+384
Dr. Sarah Korpi
10:00am
MDT
Break
10:45am
MDT
Exhibitor Break
11:15am
MDT
The Learning Outcome to Skill to Competency Highway. Why is it one-way?
UMC 382+384
Christine Hubbard • Andrew Fisher
Understanding Federal and State Requirements for Skill and Credential Portability
UMC 247
Rob Coyle
11:45am
MDT
Break
12:00pm
MDT
Closing Plenary Luncheon
Glen Miller Ball Room
Tuesday
, August 4
TBA
Badge Frameworks: Say What You Mean and Show You Mean It
Don Presant
Beyond the Badge: Rebuilding Employer Trust in Digital Credentials
Sonia Malik
12:45pm
MDT
From Industry-Based Skilling, to New Career Pathways, to Advancing Democracy: Bridging Divides with Digital Credentials
Melanie Booth
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