2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit

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

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Lisa Emery

University of Michigan

Senior Associate Registrar

TBA

Collaborative Session Notes!

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

3:45-5:45 TABLE TALKS + OPENING RECEPTION Glen Miller Ball Room 3. 1.85 Million Credentials: Credential Engine's Counting Credentials Research and What it Means for You Glen Miller Ball RoomJeanne Kitchens • Deb Everhart 5. Ask My Anything....about Open Standards for Microcredentials Glen Miller Ball RoomRob Coyle 6. Better Evidence for Skills Validation: An Assessment Use Quality Rubric Glen Miller Ball RoomDanielle Saunders 7. Credentialing Civic Participation: From Engagement to Evidence Glen Miller Ball RoomChris Newlon

9:30am MDT

10:30am MDT

11:15am MDT

11:30am MDT

Credentialing the Credential Builders: Lessons from managing a national credential portfolio UMC 384+386Patrick Flanigan • Melissa Peraino

2:00pm MDT

2:30pm MDT

Making Micro-Credentials Stick: Tools for Faculty Support and Employer Engagement CASE E422Andrea Fortin • Kristen Vanselow

3:00pm MDT

3:15pm MDT

Making Learning Count: Wallets and the Future of Trusted Credentials UMC 415+417Wendy Grier • Manny Washington • Erica Von Lohr

4:00pm MDT

Reception in the Connection

8:00am MDT

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

10:10am MDT

10:55am MDT

Exhibitor Break

11:25am MDT

Understanding Federal and State Requirements for Skill and Credential Portability UMC 247Rob Coyle

11:55am MDT

TBA

[ENCORE ON DEMAND] Breakfast Keynote featuring Keisha Katz VIRTUAL [ENCORE ON DEMAND] Tuesday Luncheon | T3 Innovation Network Mid-Year Meeting VIRTUALNate Otto • Robert Bajor • Colin Reynolds • Madelyn Rahn • Joseph Davis • Amanda Winters • Jeanne Kitchens • Karen Passmore • Jim Goodell