2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit

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

Jenny Caspers

Florida Gulf Coast University

Administrative Assistant

Ft Myers, FL

https://fgcu.edu/theskillsadvantage/

TBA

Collaborative Session Notes!

2:40pm MDT

Trust in Digital Credentials: Who Issued This? What Does It Mean? UMC 245Jeanne Kitchens • Deb Everhart

3:45pm MDT

3:45-5:45 TABLE TALKS + OPENING RECEPTION Glen Miller Ball Room

9:30am MDT

10:30am MDT

10:45am MDT

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

11:15am MDT

11:30am MDT

Leveraging Essential Skills for the Future of Work UMC 247Kelly Strong

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

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

10:25am MDT

Where Skills Really Get Assessed: Mapping the Signals That Shape Opportunity CASE E422Nishita Chheda • Meghan Raftery

10:55am MDT

Exhibitor Break

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