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  • Tuesday, June 9, 2026
  • 7:00am - 5:30pm MT
    Registration Open
  • 9:00am - 10:00am MT
    NACE (un) Session: Cards and Competencies
  • 9:00am - 10:00am MT
    NACE (un) Session: Data, Policy, or Practice? Early Talent Quiz Show
  • 9:00am - 10:00am MT
    NACE (un) Session: Using Humor in the Workplace
  • 10:15am - 11:00am MT
    Affinity Group Meet-Up: APIDA Professionals and Allies
  • 10:15am - 11:00am MT
    Affinity Group Meet-Up: Career Services Professionals in an Employer Relations Role
  • 10:15am - 11:00am MT
    Affinity Group Meet-Up: Colleges with a Population of Students Under 5000
  • 10:15am - 11:00am MT
    Affinity Group Meet-Up: Community and Two-Year College
  • 10:15am - 11:00am MT
    Affinity Group Meet-Up: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
  • 10:15am - 11:00am MT
    Affinity Group Meet-Up: Individuals Serving & Recruiting Hispanic/Latin@x & HSI Students
  • 10:15am - 11:00am MT
    Affinity Group Meet-Up: Individuals Serving & Recruiting Indigenous & TCU Students
  • 10:15am - 11:00am MT
    Affinity Group Meet-Up: LGBTQ+ and Allies
  • 10:15am - 11:00am MT
    Affinity Group Meet-Up: Networking Group: Career Center Data People
  • 11:15am - 12:15pm MT
    First Timers Session
  • 12:30pm - 1:15pm MT
    Affinity Group: Global Talent
  • 12:30pm - 1:15pm MT
    Affinity Group: Individuals Serving/Recruiting Veterans
  • 12:30pm - 1:15pm MT
    Affinity Group: Individuals Serving/Recruiting Students with Disabilities
  • 12:30pm - 1:15pm MT
    Affinity Group: Liberal Arts Colleges and Majors
  • 12:30pm - 1:15pm MT
    Affinity Group: Online Career Services
  • 12:30pm - 1:15pm MT
    Affinity Group: People of Color
  • 12:30pm - 1:15pm MT
    Affinity Group: Retiree and Pre-Retiree
  • 12:30pm - 1:15pm MT
    Affinity Group: STEM
  • 12:30pm - 1:15pm MT
    Affinity Group: Women in URR and Career Services
  • 1:30pm - 2:15pm MT
    IDEA EXCHANGE: Automate the Task, Not the Talent: AI Strategies for Early Talent Recruiters That Drive Measurable ROI
  • 1:30pm - 2:15pm MT
    IDEA EXCHANGE: Beyond the Demo - Making Smart Technology Decisions
  • 1:30pm - 2:15pm MT
    IDEA EXCHANGE: HBCU & Employer Knowledge Share
  • 1:30pm - 2:15pm MT
    IDEA EXCHANGE: Measuring Impact in Career Services
  • 1:30pm - 2:15pm MT
    IDEA EXCHANGE: One Brand, Many Stories: Overcoming the Friction Between Global Standards and Local Needs.
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    Broadening Talent Pipelines in a Changing Regulatory Environment
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    Building Early Talent: Real-World Competitions for Career-Ready Students
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    Campus–Industry Forging Nontraditional Paths via Courses, Treks, and Challenges
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    Career Readiness Pathway: Digital Credentials as Milestones in Student Development
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    CodeSignal
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    Designing a Gold Standard Candidate Experience Journey
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    Empowering Higher Education Staff to Lead Inclusive Talent Development
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    Golden Pathways: Building Regional Talent Pipelines Via Collaborative Career Treks
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    Good Vibes Only: Vibe Coding for University Recruiters
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    Leading through Disruption: Change Management Strategies for Career Services Leaders
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    Mess, Meaning & Milestones: Transforming Student Employment
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    NACE Competency Assessment Tool: Updates on partner implementation and preliminary data from the field
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    Partnering with Philanthropy to Expand Your Impact
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    Partnering with Student Organizations to Strengthen Employer Engagement
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm MT
    Scaling Success: The Evolution of Lutron’s Internship Strategy
  • 3:45pm - 5:15pm MT
    Main Stage: Lindsey Pollak
  • 5:30pm - 7:20pm MT
    Meet, Share, Learn: Book a Braindate
  • 5:30pm - 7:30pm MT
    Connection Zone: Photo Zone
  • 5:30pm - 7:30pm MT
    Connection Zone: Renewal Zone
  • 5:30pm - 7:30pm MT
    Connection Zone: Taste Zone
  • 5:30pm - 7:30pm MT
    Opening Night Reception in the Expo Hall
  • 5:45pm - 6:05pm MT
    Can you prompt engineer your students?
  • 6:30pm - 6:55pm MT
    Lift the Burden, Scale the Impact: Partnering with Employers to Unlock More Internships
  • 7:30pm - 9:30pm MT
    Newbie Night Out ($)
  • Wednesday, June 10, 2026
  • 7:15am - 8:00am MT
    Wellness Activity
  • 7:30am - 3:30pm MT
    Registration Open
  • 8:00am - 9:00am MT
    Connection Zone: Taste Zone
  • 8:00am - 9:00am MT
    Morning Beverage on Us
  • 8:00am - 9:10am MT
    Meet, Share, Learn: Book a Braindate
  • 8:00am - 4:00pm MT
    Connection Zone: Photo Zone
  • 8:00am - 4:00pm MT
    Connection Zone: Renewal Zone
  • 8:15am - 8:40am MT
    Beyond Internships: Expanding the Landscape of Work-Integrated Learning
  • 9:15am - 9:45am MT
    "Reading between the Lines: Compassionate presence for students facing uncertainty"
  • 9:15am - 9:45am MT
    A Flexible Framework: UMBC’s PRAC Model for Equitable, Experiential Learning
  • 9:15am - 9:45am MT
    Beyond CHATGPT: Guiding Students in Ethical AI Career Readiness
  • 9:15am - 9:45am MT
    Building Confidence and Community: Implementing a Cohort-Based Job Search Club
  • 9:15am - 9:45am MT
    Career Readiness in Composition: Writing the Foundation for Future Success
  • 9:15am - 9:45am MT
    Recruiting without Recruiters: how to turn employees into talent leaders
  • 9:15am - 9:45am MT
    Suitable
  • 9:15am - 9:45am MT
    Supervising for Growth: Coaching Career Advisors to Thrive
  • 9:15am - 9:45am MT
    The Social Spark: Elevating Your Brand Through Intern Voices
  • 9:15am - 9:45am MT
    What Employers Don’t Say (and How to Prepare Students)
  • 10:00am - 10:45am MT
    Beyond Borders: Framework for Coaching Students Wishing to Work Overseas
  • 10:00am - 10:45am MT
    Campus Connections: Partnering with Disability Services to Empower Students
  • 10:00am - 10:45am MT
    Coaching Frameworks: Tailoring Theory to Fit Your Office's Unique Context
  • 10:00am - 10:45am MT
    Design Your Recruiter Experience
  • 10:00am - 10:45am MT
    Employer-Led Innovation: Transforming Business Pathways at City Colleges of Chicago
  • 10:00am - 10:45am MT
    From First Offer to First Anniversary: Retaining Gen Z Talent
  • 10:00am - 10:45am MT
    From Frameworks to Cultural Transformation: Driving Change Through Career Readiness
  • 10:00am - 10:45am MT
    Infusing Career Competencies into Campus Recruiting: Exploring Case Studies
  • 10:00am - 10:45am MT
    More than Your Job Title: Building Your Professional Brand
  • 10:00am - 10:45am MT
    NACE Advocacy Federal Update
  • 10:00am - 10:45am MT
    Partnerships with Purpose: Co-Creating Career Readiness with Campuses
  • 10:00am - 10:45am MT
    Quinncia
  • 10:00am - 10:45am MT
    Supporting International Students: Navigating Access in a Changing Career Landscape
  • 10:00am - 10:45am MT
    Working Toward Campus-Wide Integration of Career Readiness Competencies through Faculty and Staff Professional Development
  • 11:00am - 11:45am MT
    Bridging the Gap: Industry-Integrated Pathways to Career Readiness
  • 11:00am - 11:45am MT
    Career Readiness in Higher Education: A Faculty Focused Approach
  • 11:00am - 11:45am MT
    Coaching Adult Learners with AI 
  • 11:00am - 11:45am MT
    Flip the Script: Inclusion Without the Labels
  • 11:00am - 11:45am MT
    From Scrappy to Strategic: Lean Team Leading Big Program
  • 11:00am - 11:45am MT
    Hot Topics: Navigating AI and Other Ethical Issues Together
  • 11:00am - 11:45am MT
    Institutionalizing Career Outcomes as an Academic Priority
  • 11:00am - 11:45am MT
    Mentorship as Strategy: Advancing Graduate Career Development at UMBC
  • 11:00am - 11:45am MT
    PAUSE & Prompt: Ethical and Sustainable AI for Career Success
  • 11:00am - 11:45am MT
    Purpose Over Presence: Rethinking Your Event Strategy for Better ROI
  • 11:00am - 11:45am MT
    Recruiting Analytics: How Employer Data Shapes University Hiring Strategy
  • 11:00am - 11:45am MT
    Redefining Retirement: Staying Engaged, Connected, and Impactful
  • 11:00am - 11:45am MT
    Suitable
  • 11:00am - 11:45am MT
    Utilizing Canvas in Novel Ways to Guide and Assess EL
  • 11:45am - 1:15pm MT
    Lunch in the Expo Hall
  • 12:00pm - 12:25pm MT
    A How-To Guide to Maximize Internship Outcomes
  • 12:00pm - 1:10pm MT
    Meet, Share, Learn: Book a Braindate
  • 12:00pm - 1:30pm MT
    Connection Zone: Taste Zone
  • 12:15pm - 12:35pm MT
    Product Showcase: FOCUS2
  • 12:45pm - 1:05pm MT
    Product Showcase: HireBuddy
  • 12:45pm - 1:10pm MT
    Beyond the Degree: Practical Employment for Neurodivergent Students
  • 1:30pm - 2:45pm MT
    General Session: Day 2
  • 2:45pm - 3:45pm MT
    Afternoon Break in the Expo Hall
  • 2:45pm - 3:45pm MT
    Connection Zone: Taste Zone
  • 2:50pm - 4:00pm MT
    Meet, Share, Learn: Book a Braindate
  • 2:55pm - 3:20pm MT
    Sympilicty
  • 3:15pm - 3:35pm MT
    Product Showcase: PeopleGrove
  • 3:30pm - 3:55pm MT
    Enterprise Mobility
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    Building Bridges, Not Silos: Decentralized Career Services at Scale
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    Career Starts Here: A Scalable Model for First-Year Integration
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    Coaching + Programming: A Dual Approach to Building Career-Ready Interns
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    Future of Early Careers – a UK Perspective
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    Harnessing Data Analytics & AI for Campus Recruiting Success
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    How to Sustain Your Early Talent Hiring in Any Market
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    Launch a business in 45 minutes while cultivating NACE Competencies
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    Mindful by Design: Restoring Presence and Purpose in Career Education
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    Operation Opportunity: Uniting Colleges and Employers to Champion Veteran Success
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    Preparing Graduates for an AI-Infused Future: A UAE Case Study
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    Shared Solutions at the Talent Table: A Candid Conversation on Opportunity & Access
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    The Power of Cohort Models: Career Mobility & MLI
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    Turning Data into Strategy Through Collaborations with ERT and CDT
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    wirEd for Success – Building a Unified Tech-School/University Strategy
  • 6:40pm - 10:00pm MT
    Join Us at the Rockies Game ($)
  • Thursday, June 11, 2026
  • 7:30am - 8:15am MT
    Zumba with Jessica!
  • 7:30am - 12:00pm MT
    Registration Open
  • 7:50am - 9:00am MT
    Meet, Share, Learn: Book a Braindate
  • 8:00am - 9:00am MT
    Connection Zone: Taste Zone
  • 8:00am - 9:00am MT
    Morning Beverage on Us
  • 8:00am - 1:30pm MT
    Connection Zone: Photo Zone
  • 8:00am - 1:30pm MT
    Connection Zone: Renewal Zone
  • 8:15am - 8:40am MT
    The Intern Flight Plan: Best Practices for Success
  • 8:30am - 9:00am MT
    Beyond the Booth: Transforming Employer Engagement Across All Team Sizes
  • 8:30am - 9:00am MT
    Career Launch
  • 8:30am - 9:00am MT
    Coaching with Clarity: Supporting Neurodiverse Students in Career Services
  • 8:30am - 9:00am MT
    Collaborate to Elevate: Professional Development on a Budget- Decentralized Model
  • 8:30am - 9:00am MT
    Cultivating Engagement: How KU Builds a Case-Driven Culture
  • 8:30am - 9:00am MT
    Expanding Access, Engagement, and Impact: Reinventing the Resume Review
  • 8:30am - 9:00am MT
    From Intern to Insider: Leveraging Peer Voices in Recruiting
  • 8:30am - 9:00am MT
    Growing your talent pipeline through high-impact insight programs
  • 8:30am - 9:00am MT
    Mission Possible: Developing Purpose-Driven Career Pathways
  • 8:30am - 9:00am MT
    On-Campus Internships: Elevating Student Employment for Career Readiness
  • 8:30am - 9:00am MT
    Partnering with Purpose- Build Meaningful Relationships in Early Career Recruiting
  • 8:30am - 9:00am MT
    Scaling Reflection with Voice-AI: Lessons from Northeastern University
  • 8:30am - 9:00am MT
    Storytelling for Career Success
  • 9:15am - 10:00am MT
    Bridging the Rural Divide: Internship Models for Human Capital Retention
  • 9:15am - 10:00am MT
    Doing More With Less: How Early Career Teams Use Technology to Expand Talent Reach, Improve Matching, and Streamline High-Volume Hiring
  • 9:15am - 10:00am MT
    From Awareness to Acceptance: Mastering the Personalized Campus Recruiting Experience
  • 9:15am - 10:00am MT
    From Scratch to Strategy: Designing What Didn't Exist (Yet!)
  • 9:15am - 10:00am MT
    Future of Industry Panel
  • 9:15am - 10:00am MT
    How to Support Your Undocumented Students
  • 9:15am - 10:00am MT
    Joy to the Work: Staff Assessment and Engagement
  • 9:15am - 10:00am MT
    One Question Can Change Everything: Creating Continuous Improvement with NPS
  • 9:15am - 10:00am MT
    PHD Not Required: Data You Can Trust
  • 9:15am - 10:00am MT
    Progress Over Perfection: Redefining Success in Career Services
  • 9:15am - 10:00am MT
    Rocky Roads, Bold Paths: Scaling Career Services
  • 9:15am - 10:00am MT
    The Class of 2026 in the AI economy
  • 9:15am - 10:00am MT
    What is a Career-Connected Campus? Colorado’s Commitment to Workforce Readiness
  • 10:30am - 11:45am MT
    Main Stage: Shola Richards
  • 12:00pm - 12:25pm MT
    Developing Essential Skills Through Campus Involvement: Perspectives from Alumni
  • 12:00pm - 1:30pm MT
    Connection Zone: Taste Zone
  • 12:10pm - 1:20pm MT
    Meet, Share, Learn: Book a Braindate
  • 12:30pm - 12:50pm MT
    Product Showcase: Linkerr
  • 12:35pm - 1:00pm MT
    Student-Led Research in Career Services: Internship Impact on Student Success
  • 1:00pm - 1:20pm MT
    Product Showcase: Simucase
  • 1:10pm - 1:35pm MT
    Launching an Experiential Learning Task Force: Building Cross-Campus Momentum
  • 1:45pm - 2:30pm MT
    A Broken Rung: Early Career Recruitment and Progression of Women
  • 1:45pm - 2:30pm MT
    Building Global Early Career Recruiting Strategies: Equipping Teams for Success
  • 1:45pm - 2:30pm MT
    Designing for Startups: How CU Engages Innovative Students & Companies
  • 1:45pm - 2:30pm MT
    From Orientation to Integration: Rethinking Onboarding for Early Career Talent
  • 1:45pm - 2:30pm MT
    Scaling Paraprofessional Career Services for Diverse Student Needs
  • 1:45pm - 2:30pm MT
    Strategic Alignment for Student Success: Leveraging AAC&U, NASPA, and NACE Frameworks to Strengthen Student Engagement and Outcome
  • 1:45pm - 2:30pm MT
    Student Voice as Data: Translating Lived Experience into Inclusive Practices
  • 1:45pm - 2:30pm MT
    The Impact of Business Colleges Revisiting Career Readiness
  • 1:45pm - 2:30pm MT
    Translating Experience Into Opportunity: Helping Students Articulate Their Value
  • 3:00pm - 3:45pm MT
    Career and Life Design for Parents Balancing Work and Family
  • 3:00pm - 3:45pm MT
    Career Exposure with Efficiency: Leveraging Technology to Scale Your Program
  • 3:00pm - 3:45pm MT
    Creating Career Readiness Major Mapping Through Campus Partnerships
  • 3:00pm - 3:45pm MT
    Elevating Career Readiness: The Ready Day 1 Connect Model
  • 3:00pm - 3:45pm MT
    Enhancing Your University Relations Strategy Through Marketing Best Practices
  • 3:00pm - 3:45pm MT
    Industry Voices: The Future of Work & Employer Expectations
  • 3:00pm - 3:45pm MT
    Purposeful Biology: Embedding Career Paths & Social Capital into Curriculum
  • 3:00pm - 3:45pm MT
    Reignite & Retain: A Strategic Approach to Keep Warm
  • 3:00pm - 3:45pm MT
    Scaling Career Coach Training With a Data-Driven Framework
  • 3:00pm - 3:45pm MT
    Skills-based Hiring: The Skills-Based Hiring Task Force
  • 3:00pm - 3:45pm MT
    Strengthening the Talent Pipeline: Partnering with Workforce Development Intermediaries
  • 3:00pm - 3:45pm MT
    Supporting International Students During Challenging Times
  • 3:00pm - 3:45pm MT
    The Forms of Career Services Capital and Organizational Influence
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    IDEA EXCHANGE: Beyond On-Campus Interviewing & Career Fairs: Finding the job and employers that are not looking for your students
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    IDEA EXCHANGE: Professional Growth in Flat Organizations: Creative Leadership Development in Career Services
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    IDEA EXCHANGE: Recruiter Roundtable: AI, Technology, and the Human Touch
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm MT
    IDEA EXCHANGE: What's On Your Mind? A Real-Time Crowdsource Lab for Career Services Challenges
  • Wednesday, June 24, 2026
  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm MT
    Career Readiness and Academics: Faculty-Mentored Career Competency Development
  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm MT
    Championing Student Access Through Universal Design
  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm MT
    Creating a Foundational Team to Advance Career Readiness at UConn
  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm MT
    Empowering Students for the AI Workforce: What Employers Really Want
  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm MT
    Lessons in AI Integration: Successes, Challenges, and Replicable Strategies
  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm MT
    Precision Recruiting Through Partnerships: How Employers and Schools Win Together
  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm MT
    URR: Repositioning University Recruiting for What’s Next: A NACE Framework for Strategic Employer Leaders
  • 1:00pm - 1:50pm MT
    A Data-Driven Approach to Expanding STEM Access for Underrepresented Groups
  • 1:00pm - 1:50pm MT
    Empowering Future Leaders: DHL's Non-Rotational Development Program
  • 1:00pm - 1:50pm MT
    Scalable Strategies for Equity in Experiential Learning
  • 1:00pm - 1:50pm MT
    Skill Spark: Igniting Competency-Based Development for Student Assistants
  • 1:00pm - 1:50pm MT
    Stronger Together: How Upstate NY Career Leaders Foster Collaboration
  • 1:00pm - 1:50pm MT
    The career fair isn't dead, it just needed strategy
  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm MT
    AI-Enabled Career Pathways that Align Learners, Institutions & Employers
  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm MT
    Creating Accessible Career Experiences for ALL Students
  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm MT
    No Suits, No Booths, No Problem: Gen Z Approved Events
  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm MT
    Senior Series to Success Stories: Targeted Programming Driving FDS Outcomes
  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm MT
    wirEd for Success – Building a Unified Tech School Strategy
  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm MT
    Work-Based Learning: Moving the Needle at CNM, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • 4:00pm - 4:50pm MT
    Building a Career-Minded Campus Culture Through Career Days
  • 4:00pm - 4:50pm MT
    Data Analytics without a Data Team
  • 4:00pm - 4:50pm MT
    Making the Ask: How to Advocate for Resources
  • 4:00pm - 4:50pm MT
    Student-Led, Career-Driven: Building Talent Pipelines Through Campus Leadership
  • 4:00pm - 4:50pm MT
    Sustaining Our Teams: A Morale and Retention Roundtable
  • 4:00pm - 4:50pm MT
    The experiential learning imperative: Co-creating with alumni
  • Thursday, June 25, 2026
  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm MT
    Building Cross-Campus Coalitions to Advance the Career Readiness Mindset
  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm MT
    Career Readiness at Work: Embedding Career Readiness into Student Employment
  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm MT
    Deepening Connections & Identity: A Collaborative Approach to Conference Engagement
  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm MT
    Doubling Impact: Student- and Employer-Facing Teams Collaborate on Mock Interviews
  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm MT
    Truly Transformative Career Development: One Size Does Not Fit All
  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm MT
    What Students Really Think About Career Services and Recruiting
  • 1:00pm - 1:50pm MT
    A Director's Guide to Onboarding New Career Services Professionals
  • 1:00pm - 1:50pm MT
    A Faculty–Career Center Partnership for Experiential Learning Reflection
  • 1:00pm - 1:50pm MT
    Between the Lines: Navigating First Destination Data Dilemmas
  • 1:00pm - 1:50pm MT
    Building a Comprehensive, Culturally Responsive Mentorship Mosaic
  • 1:00pm - 1:50pm MT
    Designing the Complete Journey: From Pre-Boarding to Off-Boarding
  • 1:00pm - 1:50pm MT
    Stop the Revolving Door: Leadership Practices that Drive Satisfaction
  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm MT
    Achieving success without burning out
  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm MT
    Bridging the QEP and NACE Competencies: Empowering Student Success
  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm MT
    Confident Voices: Strengthening Communication & Career Readiness for Future Leaders
  • 3:00pm - 3:50pm MT
    Crafting the Optimal Career Center: Exploring Centralized and School-Based Models
  • 4:00pm - 4:30pm MT
    Beyond Chat: Using a GPT Assistant to Scale Curricular Integration
  • 4:00pm - 4:30pm MT
    Building Career Readiness through Alumni Mentoring
  • 4:00pm - 4:30pm MT
    Indexing Employers and Internships