2025 Annual Meeting

Ticketed Events

Each ticketed event is a networking opportunity that allows attendees to discuss a topic of mutual interest with colleagues while sharing a meal, in addition to featuring a talk by a leading expert.

Registration for the Annual Meeting is required to attend a special event, and tickets may be added to your registration. For prices, visit the rates and pricing page.

Thursday, January 23, 2025 /

Women's Leadership Breakfast

Jessica Riddell, the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence at Bishop’s University, will lead a discussion of topics related to women’s leadership in the higher education space and beyond.

  • Jessica Riddell

    Jessica Riddell

    Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence, Bishop’s University

Thursday, January 23, 2025 /

Global Issues Breakfast

Dawn Michele Whitehead, Vice President of the AAC&U Office of Global Citizenship for Campus, Community, and Careers, will lead a discussion of ways to engage students with global perspectives.

Limited to 30 registrants.

  • Dawn Michele Whitehead

    Dawn Michele Whitehead

    Vice President for the Office of Global Citizenship for Campus, Community, and Careers; AAC&U

Thursday, January 23, 2025 /

Networking Luncheon for Faculty and Administrators of Color

Gilda Barabino, president of Olin College of Engineering, will lead a discussion of contemporary challenges faced by faculty and administrators of color.

  • Gilda Barabino

    Gilda Barabino

    President, Olin College of Engineering

Friday, January 24, 2025 /

Moving Forward: Higher Education’s Role in Redesigning and Protecting Democracy Now

Was the 2024 election an inflection point for US democracy? Join us for breakfast to consider whether threats to democracy’s future - for example, disinformation, voter suppression, political violence, extremism and populism, and higher education’s academic freedom – have been put to rest. Where should educators go from here in fulfilling their responsibility to educate for a democracy in question?

Limited to 50 registrants.

  • Cynthia Miller Idriss

    Cynthia Miller-Idriss

    Professor and Founding Director, Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL), American University

  • Nicole Bibbins Sedaca

    Nicole Bibbins Sedaca

    Interim President, Freedom House

  • Joelle Deleveaux

    Moderator: Joelle Deleveaux

    Strategy Officer for Innovation and Discovery, Lumina Foundation

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