Schedule

Friday, June 26th, 2026

8-9 am: Conference check-in, poster set-up, and breakfast

9:00 am: Introduction and Keynote Speaker: Lalo Gonzalez, Vice Chair of Undergraduate Studies and an Associate Teaching Professor, UC Santa Barbara

10:00 am-12 pm: Session 1 Talks / Optimizing Success: Research-Based Strategies for Student Mastery and Educator Growth (5 @ 20 minutes; 15 for talk, 5 for Qs) with coffee break

12:00-2 pm: Lunch and Poster Session

2-4 pm: Session 2 Talks / Inclusive Horizons: Navigating Equity, Empathy, and Systemic Support to Enhance Student Belonging (6 @ 20 minutes)

4-5:30 pm: Panels / Workshops

5:30 pm: Transition to dinner

Saturday, June 27th, 2026

8 am: Breakfast by discipline

9-10 am: Birds of a Feather Panel: Flash talks and breakout groups

10 am-12 pm: Session 3 talks / The Scalable Classroom: Advancing Large-Scale Learning through AI, Automation, and Interactive Scaffolding (5 @ 20 minutes)

12 pm: Boxed lunches, networking, and departure