2019 UPCEA Mid-Atlantic Region Conference

This year's conference will take place at:

Pittsburgh Marriott City Center
112 Washington Place
Pittsburgh, PA  15219
412-471-4000

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Registration & Fees
Your registration will not be complete until you have both completed the registration form and paid. To attend the 2019 UPCEA Mid-Atlantic Region Conference and take advantage of the Early Registration Fee, you must fill out the online registration form and pay the registration fee by August 7, 2019.  The Regular Registration Fee will apply beginning August 8, 2019 and ending September 4, 2019. To attend the 2019 UPCEA Mid-Atlantic Region Conference and take advantage of the Regular Registration Fee, you must fill out the online registration form and pay the registration fee by September 4, 2019. The Late Registration Fee will apply beginning September 5, 2019. Payment for the full amount of the Late Registration Fee must be made by October 1, 2019.  The On Site Registration Fee will apply as of the first day of the conference (October 2, 2019). 

Event Description

The theme of the 2019 UPCEA Mid-Atlantic conference is Navigating Reinvention, inspired by our host city, Pittsburgh. Developing from its frontier colonial origins into an industrial powerhouse in the 20th Century, the Steel City has responded to the post-industrial economy by transforming itself into a 21st-century hub for innovation. The 446 bridges that surround Pittsburgh, the most in any city in the world, speak to Pittsburgh’s industrial past and its transformative present. And today, Pittsburgh’s strengths in sectors including technology, health care, business, and education, and its success as an incubator for startups, reflect the city’s position as a meeting place for the super global and the hyper local. Our host institution, The University of Pittsburgh, through its strengths as a research university, has contributed to the city’s success in these areas, as seen in a myriad of discoveries and accomplishments, from developing the first polio vaccine in 1955 to creating the first heavier-than-air powered aircraft to make a sustained flight. Founded in 1787, Pitt has reinvented itself over the centuries to meet the changing needs of its communities, thereby playing a central role in the successive reinventions of its home city. This resilience and enthusiasm for reinvention are especially crucial in today’s world, with its rapidly changing conditions and evolving challenges in political, economic, social, cultural, and scientific arenas.

In this conference, we invite participants to take inspiration from Pittsburgh and to collaborate with other conference attendees as we determine how continuing, professional, and online education units can navigate 21st-century obstacles by reinventing our practices and programs. How do we make a compelling case for the value of continuing, professional, and online education to our many audiences and constituencies, and what policies and practices will ensure our units’ viability in the face of a rapidly changing future? How can we partner with industry to identify and the meet the needs of a current and future workforce? How do we scale engagement in our online programs? How can we collect and analyze data to ensure our programs provide robust, effective learning opportunities for our students? And how do we connect and contribute to local and global communities as we develop and deliver our programs?

The 2019 Mid-Atlantic regional conference provides a forum for continuing, professional, and online educators in front-line, mid-level and senior leadership roles to explore these challenges, discover new solutions, and forge strong connections with colleagues and peers. The theme Navigating Reinvention reflects the conference’s focus: identifying our most significant challenges and obstacles, and connecting with peers to create a roadmap for viable solutions. Just as Pittsburgh is bordered by three rivers, the conference has three tracks: Reinventing yourself through professional development; Reinventing your unit by developing innovative operations; Reinventing continuing, professional and online education through engagement in strategic questions. See the tentative schedule here.

The conference’s location in the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center provides participants with an excellent location from which to explore the city. There’s an energy and vitality to the city that perfectly represents the power of reinvention and transformation. I look forward to seeing you all in the Steel City, and being inspired to navigate our own reinvention!

Conference Photo Policy
Registrants of the 2019 UPCEA Mid-Atlantic Region Conference agree to allow UPCEA and its official photographer to photograph them in the context of the conference. Footage captured by the official photographer may be used in future print and electronic promotional and archival materials. For questions or concerns, please call 202.659.3130 or email info@upcea.edu.

Affiliated Events Policy
The association has gone to great lengths and expense to negotiate and contract for a reduced room rate at conference hotels. That rate is based upon the projected attendance at the meeting. If corporate member and nonmember attendees elect to stay at other hotels, it subjects the association to attrition penalties that can cause significant financial loss to the association. We count on our corporate community to support the association, and one of the ways to do that is to honor our efforts to secure a sufficiently large room block at a reduced rate at a first class hotel/conference venue.   

For these reasons, corporate member and nonmember attendees are prohibited from holding any meetings (briefings, seminars, etc.) within a 25-mile radius, targeting professional, continuing, and online leaders in higher education during the scheduled hours of UPCEA events unless otherwise negotiated and scheduled with and by UPCEA. Any such meeting occurring within 36 hours before or after the UPCEA conference must be coordinated with UPCEA and, space permitting, be held at the conference hotel.  This policy helps ensure that the association’s contracted obligations to the hotel for guest rooms and food and beverage minimums are met, which is essential for the financial health of the association and its members. If UPCEA cannot find space for the corporate member or nonmember attendee’s event at the contracted hotel, we will work to help find alternative space.  In no circumstances, however, is it permissible for a corporate member or nonmember attendee to contract a separate hotel block, either at the conference hotel or elsewhere. 

UPCEA reserves the right to prohibit corporate member and nonmember attendees  who violate this policy from exhibiting or participating at UPCEA events.

If you encounter any errors or need assistance with your registration, please contact us at 202-659-3130 or jromero@upcea.edu.

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