Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Time: 8:30 – 6:00 pm
Location: University of Delaware’s STAR Campus (Tower at STAR, 100 Discovery Boulevard, Newark, DE 19713)
Keynote speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Soslau, Author and Full Professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware
Meeting Format: The in-person meeting will include talks, workshops, a keynote, and plenty of time to interact with your fellow colleagues throughout the region.
Cost: We are excited to announce that there will once again be no cost to attend or submit a proposal!
Agenda: We will announce the final agenda after proposals are reviewed and accepted!
Registration & Proposal Submission
We invite all education-focused academics to register and submit a lightning talk, workshop/presentation, or roundtable discussion (descriptions of these categories can be found HERE). Feel free to browse the 2024 and 2025 agendas to see examples of topics you may wish to cover. These have included pathways to promotion outside the tenure track, academic policies related to being off the tenure track, institutional strategies or challenges for success, pedagogical research, overcoming bias and stigma for education-forward faculty, and others.
Registration and Proposal Submission Portal: Submit a proposal and/or register with THIS FORM.
Important Dates:
- Friday, May 15, 2026: Proposal Submission Deadline
- Monday, May 25, 2026: Proposal Acceptances Released
- Monday, June 1, 2026: Registration Deadline
- Wednesday, June 17, 2026: Retreat
Getting There
Public Transit: The University of Delaware’s Tower at STAR is a 10-minute walk from the Newark train station in Delaware which has connections to local bus lines, the Septa Wilmington/Newark line that connects to Philadelphia and the Amtrak lines that connect to New York City.
Parking: Plenty of parking is available at the Tower at STAR. Further details will be released as we get closer to the event.