2026 Badge Summit

2026 Badge Summit

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

TC

Tashana Curtis

9:00am MDT

Registration | Pre-Conference Workshops | Campus Tours Glen Miller Ball Room

11:30am MDT

Opening Luncheon + Badgesplaining Talks Glen Miller Ball RoomAlan Heppenstall • Cate Tolnai, MAT • Geeta Verma • Kelsey Draper • Keith Look • Chris Newlon • Thania Guardino • Nadia Starr • Jeremy McQuigge • Konrad Sowa

1:00pm MDT

2:20pm MDT

2:40pm MDT

Examining Equity in the Micro-credential Movement CASE E351Cami Cooper • Trevor Cox

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

Ask My Anything....about Open Standards for MicrocredentialsRob Coyle Mapping Competencies for Career Programs: Driving LER Adoption with Credential EngineTim Hathaway

8:00am MDT

Breakfast Keynote featuring Keisha Katz Glen Miller Ball Room

9:30am MDT

10:00am MDT

Accelerating LER Adoption: Lessons, Models, and Momentum from the LER Accelerator UMC 235Mike Simmons

10:30am MDT

10:45am MDT

Exploring Definitions and Implications of Micro-credentials and Digital Badges in Higher Education and Workforce UMC 235Marilys Galindo • Thomas Gauthier

11:15am MDT

11:30am MDT

Considerations for Digital Credentialing in Higher Education: Guidance and Emerging Best Practices in Support of Learner Mobility UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Dale Allen • Jon Furr • Jeff Merriman • Nate Otto Credentialing the Credential Builders: Lessons from managing a national credential portfolio UMC 382+384Patrick Flanigan • Melissa Peraino

12:00pm MDT

Tuesday Luncheon | T3 Innovation Network Mid-Year Meeting Glen Miller Ball RoomNate Otto • Robert Bajor • Colin Reynolds • Madelyn Rahn • Joseph Davis • Amanda Winters • Jeanne Kitchens • Karen Passmore • Jim Goodell

2:00pm MDT

2:30pm MDT

Building the Framework- Why building a styleguide is key UMC 382+384Derrick Ramsey, Ph.D. Making Micro-Credentials Stick: Tools for Faculty Support and Employer Engagement CASE E422Andrea Fortin • Kristen Vanselow

3:00pm MDT

3:15pm MDT

3:15pm - 4:00pm Concurrent Breakouts Early Outcomes Leveraging the Trusted Career Profile to Facilitate Employer Adoption UMC 285+287 (Aspen)Madelyn Rahn Build Your Own Badge UMC 247Tomás Mindlin • Jim Vernon

From Pitcher to Catcher: Designing SIS Workflows for Digital Credential Ingestion UMC 382+384Mike Simmons

4:00pm MDT

Reception in the Connection

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+384Dr. Sarah Korpi

10:00am MDT

10:15am MDT

When Badges Fail and When They Work: Governance, Faculty, and the Power Behind Credentials UMC 382+384Keith Look • Nicole Westrick

10:45am MDT

Exhibitor Break

11:15am MDT

Ensuring Trusted and Transparent Credentials in Higher Education CASE CTL (E390)Penny Ramirez • Preston Trebas Understanding Federal and State Requirements for Skill and Credential Portability UMC 247Rob Coyle

11:45am MDT

12:00pm MDT

Closing Plenary Luncheon Glen Miller Ball Room

TBA

From Buy-In to Co-Creation: Engaging Faculty in The Microcredential EcosystemCollin Sullivan

12:45pm MDT

From Industry-Based Skilling, to New Career Pathways, to Advancing Democracy: Bridging Divides with Digital CredentialsMelanie Booth