Conference Schedule 2026

9:30 a.m.

Registration

10:00 a.m.

Conference Kickoff

10:10 a.m.

Opening Keynote: Leading Your Way with Dr. Dar Mayweather

11:00 a.m.

Break/Transition 

11:10 a.m.

Breakout Sessions: Round 1 

Planning as Leadership: Building Strategic Thinking Through Everyday Experiences with Paula Adams | CUB Sr. Ballroom

Marketing Your Student Organization and Events with Sarah Page | CUB 212

Connection Before Collaboration: Creating Events Built on Trust with Iris Venegas | CUB 210

Outreach That Serves: Applying a Public Health Approach to Program Development with Arielle Wilcox | CUB 204

Noon

Lunch

12:30 p.m.

Small Acts, Meaningful Impact: Bags of Encouragement with Jessica Perone

1:20 p.m.

Break/Transition

1:30 p.m.

Breakout Sessions: Round 2

The Gifts in the Room with Dr. Dar Mayweather | CUB Sr. Ballroom

Playing to Your Strengths in Times of Change with Holly Henning |  CUB 212

Feel It. Don't Carry It. How to Care About People Without Taking on Their Problems with Amy Robbins & Merri Lecoq |  CUB 210

2:20 p.m.

Break/Transition

2:30 p.m.

Breakout Sessions: Round 3

What if Being Right is the Wrong Goal? with Julia Freeland | CUB Sr. Ballroom

Empowering Others Through Servant Leadership with Oluyemisi A. Oloniyo | CUB 204

Leadership Is Hosting: How to Create Spaces People Want to Be In with Emma Bianchi | CUB 212

Balancing Act: The Art of Multitasking with Brian Shuffield | CUB 210

3:20 p.m.

Break/Transition 

3:30 p.m.

Closing Keynote: Putting Your Gifts to Work with Dr. Dar Mayweather

3:50 p.m.

Closing