2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit

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

Alaina Nickerson

University of Colorado Boulder

Sr. Associate Director of Career Services

Boulder

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Collaborative Session Notes!

9:00am MDT

Registration | Pre-Conference Workshops Glen Miller Ball Room

1:00pm MDT

2:20pm MDT

2:40pm MDT

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

3:30pm MDT

3:45pm MDT

Help! I'm not a nerd! (but I think I want to do an LER) Glen Miller Ball RoomMadelyn Rahn *CANCELED BY PRESENTER* Signal or Noise? Identifying Evidence That Matters Glen Miller Ball RoomAlison Griffin 15. Mapping Competencies for Career Programs: Driving LER Adoption with Credential Engine Glen Miller Ball RoomTim Hathaway

9:30am MDT

10:45am MDT

Banking on Skills: A Cross-Sector Model for Workforce-Aligned Microcredential Pathway UMC 247Sasha Flores • Lisa Young

11:15am MDT

2:00pm MDT

2:30pm MDT

Don’t Be a Free-Badger – Align Criteria and Evidence to Ensure Workforce Value UMC 247Robert Bajor • Sandra Bullock • Randy Bowman Making Micro-Credentials Stick: Tools for Faculty Support and Employer Engagement CASE E422Andrea Fortin • Kristen Vanselow

3:00pm MDT

4:00pm MDT

Reception in the Connection

8:00am MDT

Wednesday Breakfast + Badgesplaining Glen Miller Ball RoomKelsey Draper • Thania Guardino • Jeremy McQuigge

9:40am MDT

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

11:55am MDT

TBA

[ENCORE ON DEMAND] Breakfast Keynote featuring Keisha Katz VIRTUAL