About the Badge Summit
Everything you need to know about the Badge Summit @ CU Boulder!
What is the Badge Summit?
The Badge Summit is a 2.5-day event (with pre-conference webinars and online experience) committed to bringing together some of the brightest and most inspiring Digital Badge thought leaders on the planet for highly interactive learning and sharing.
What is unique about the Badge Summit?
The community is what makes the Badging Summit unique. The summit is an annual gathering of people brought together by their commitment to an open, inclusive, and accessible world where everyone has access to, and the right to be recognized for — their skills, competencies and capabilities, their behaviors, contribution, and even their social capital or reputation. It is a community of very clever and kind souls committed to exploring how technologies such as badges, micro-, and other forms of digital credentials can serve to make what is often invisible or missing from/within our recognition systems — visible and useable.
The Badge Summit community is committed to exploring how our reognition systems work, could work differently, and who and what they could truly benefit.
When was the first Badge Summit?
The Badge Summit was started about 8 years ago by Summit Chair, Noah Geisel, the Micro-Credential Program Manager at the University of Colorado, Boulder in collaboration with the badging community.
When and where is the Badge Summit hosted?
The Badge Summit is hosted annually @ CU Boulder in downtown Boulder, Colorado, USA. In 2023, the in-person summit will be hosted on July 24–26 on the amazing CU Boulder campus, with pre-conference webinars in July and a virtual experience hosted online on August 14th by summit organizers.
How might I apply to speak at the Badge Summit?
Application to speak opens each year around February and closes in June, yet the summit organizers accept inquiries to contribute all year round.
How might I register to attend the Badge Summit?
Visit the summit registration page to register.
Does the Badge Summit have a theme?
Every year, the summit has a different exploratory theme. In 2023 the summit is focused on “Connecting people around digital badge credentials, access & equity. Creating collisions to change the world.”
How is the Badge Summit designed?
The Badge Summit consists of three experiences.
- Pre-conference Webinars (Online, Hosted by CU Boulder).
- In-person Summit (on CU Boulder Campus)
- Online Summit (Online, Hosted by CU Boulder)
How much does it cost to attend?
The attendance cost for the 2023 Badge Summit is as follows:
For presenters, we have two rates. If you are registering to attend and present at the in-person summit the rate is $100. If presenting at the virtual summit, registration is FREE. The lead presenter from each session will receive discounted registration.
What is the focus of the pre-conference webinars?
These are different every year and usually are scheduled for the week before the Badge Summit. You can access the full agenda on Sched.
How is the in-person Badge Summit designed?
In-person attendance is limited to 200 attendees. In addition to providing breakfast and lunch, the Badge Summit will offer participants even more of our popular Table Talks, Badgesplaining, Fireside Chats with leaders, a Dream Maker’s Lounge, and the debut of Badge Tank. Concurrent sessions and panels along curated strands that include:
- K-12 Implementation
- Higher Ed and Teacher Professional Development Badging
- Community and Cultural Organization Badging
- Workforce Readiness & Industry Badging and Micro-credentials
- Hot Topics in Badges and Micro-credentials
- and more!
The in-person summit includes 2.5-days of networking and learning:
- Monday we will kick off in the morning with FREE pre-conference workshops, afternoon sessions, and an opening keynote, followed by a welcome reception.
- Tuesday all day features breakfast and lunch, plus a full day of networking, learning, and sharing.
- Wednesday morning we’ve added FREE post-conference workshops, offering attendees facilitated opportunities to slow down and dive deep into applying the new ideas and excitement from the first two days of the conference.
You can access the full agenda on Sched.
How is the virtual Badge Summit designed?
To support access to learning and sharing for more people in more places, there will also be an entirely online component after the in-person event. Virtual content will include live and pre-recorded sessions, including highlight screenings of featured sessions from the face-to-face gathering.
You can access the full agenda on Sched.
Where can I access the schedule for all three experiences?
The full schedule you can review on the Badge Summit Sched. It is accessible via Sched on the web and also on mobile for both iOs (via Apple Store) and Android (via Google Play) devices.
How might I sponsor the Badge Summit?
The Badge Summit is a special opportunity for sponsors because our community needs you. You can learn more about sponsoring the Badge Summit by reading this Sponsorship FAQ. To talk with us about sponsorship, contact us at: badgesummit@colorado.edu
I’m attending the in-person summit, how do I get there and where can I stay?
The in-person Badge Summit is held on-campus at CU Boulder, in downtown Boulder, Colorado. Read the FAQs for Attending the Badge Summit for more information about how do to get to the summit, where to stay, and some links for things to do while you’re visiting.
What if I need to cancel my registration?
If you need to cancel your registration, please message badgesummit@colorado.edu in order to get support.
- Prior to June 30th, 2023 — Payments for cancellations made prior will be refunded minus a $30 cancellation fee.
- After June 30th — Payments for cancellations made after will be refunded minus a $100 cancellation fee.
- If you need to modify any portion of your registration, you may do so up until July 15, 2023, by logging back into your registration account.
- After July 15th please contact the conference organizers at badgesummit@colorado.edu for assistance.
Where can I follow the Badge Summit?
You can follow us at the following digital spaces:
How do I get featured on the Badge Summit publication and channels?
We are committed to being intentional, thoughtful, as well as radically inclusive in elevating the ideas, voices, and practices of the badging, micro- and digital credential community.
Our writers regularly feature people, projects, and innovative practices from across the community on our Medium publication and social channels. We’ve been committed to this since 2016. To learn more about how to get featured read the Badge Summit Editorial Guidelines.
Who do I contact if I have any questions about the Summit?
Email us at: badgesummit@colorado.edu
