Annual, International Conference
& Idea Marketplace
Themes and Locations

Our annual, international conference and idea marketplace is traditionally held in July.

Next Annual Conference

2014 – SCUP 49 July 12–16, 2014
Plan for Transformation
Pittsburgh, PA (USA)

Future Locations

2015 – SCUP 50 July 11–15, 2015
Chicago, IL (USA)
2016 – SCUP 51 July 9–13, 2016
Vancouver, BC (Canada)
2017 – SCUP 52 July 8–12, 2017
Washington, DC (USA)

Past Locations

2013 – SCUP 48 July 27–31, 2013
Cultivating Integration
San Diego, CA (USA)
2012 – SCUP 47 July 7–11, 2012
Make No Isolated Plans—Integration For Educational Quality
Chicago, IL (USA)
2011 – SCUP 46 July 23–27, 2011
Integrated Solutions–
How&Now
Gaylord National
National Harbor, MD (USA)
(Just outside of Washington DC and Alexandria, VA)
2010 – SCUP 45 July 10–14, 2010
Integrated Leadership for New Realities
Minneapolis, MN (USA)
2009 – SCUP 44

July 18–22, 2009
Values and Visions:
Create the Future
Portland, OR (USA)
2008 – SCUP 43

July 19–23, 2008
Discover! Global Perspectives, Local Strategies
Montréal, QC (Canada)
2007 – SCUP 42 July 7–11, 2007
Shaping the Academic Landscape:
Integrated Solutions
Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers
Chicago, IL (USA)
         2006 – Honolulu, HI (USA)
Joint Conference w/SCUP, APPA & NACUBO
The Campus of the Future: A Meeting of the Minds
2005 – SCUP 40 Washington, DC (USA)
Planning•Linking•Learning
2004 – SCUP 39 Toronto, ON (Canada)
Hard Choices...Smart Planning
2003 – SCUP 38 Miami Beach, FL (USA)
Passports to Planning
2002 – SCUP 37 San Diego, CA (USA)
Misión y Cambio: Mission and Change
2001 – SCUP 36 Boston, MA (USA)
2001: A Planning Odyssey
2000 – SCUP 35 Denver, CO (USA)
Mile High Aspirations: Innovations in Planning
1999 – SCUP 34 Atlanta, GA (USA)
Enterprising Education for the New Millennium
1998 – SCUP 33 Vancouver, BC, (Canada)
Crossing Boundaries -> Making Connections
1997 – SCUP 32 Chicago, IL (USA)
Planning in a Rocking Boat: What Will Work?
1996 – SCUP 31 Washington, DC (USA)
Redefining Higher Education: From Planning to Action
1995 – SCUP 30 San Antonio, TX (USA)
The Planning Mandate: Framing Issues and Forging Solutions
1994 – SCUP 29 San Francisco, CA (USA)
The Transformation of Higher Education: Taking Charge of Change
1993 – SCUP 28 Boston, MA (USA)
Planning for Continuous Improvement: The Quality-Planning Partnership
1992 – SCUP 27 Minneapolis, MN (USA)
Planning in Times of Transition: Creating Tomorrow's Paradigms Today
1991 – SCUP 26 Seattle, WA (USA)
Planning in the 90's: Challenges and Opportunities
1990 – SCUP 25 Atlanta, GA (USA)
Planning in Perspective
1989 – SCUP 24 Denver, CO (USA)
Challenges to Planning: People, Organization and Technology
1988 – SCUP 23 Toronto, ON, (Canada)
Planning in a Global Context
1987 – SCUP 22 Washington, DC (USA)
Contrasting Concepts in Campus Planning
1986 – SCUP 21 San Diego, CA (USA)
Planning for Excellence
1985 – SCUP 20 Chicago, IL (USA)
SCUP 20/20: Focus on Planning
1984 – SCUP 19 Boston, MA (USA)
Leadership: Taking Charge of Change
1983 – SCUP 18 New Orleans, LA (USA)
Managing Technology
1982 – SCUP 17 Buffalo, NY (USA)
Building Bridges: The Road to Renewal for the 1980's
1981 – SCUP 16 Omaha, NE (USA)
Better with Less: Improving Quality with Scarce Resources
1980 – SCUP 15 Quebec City, QC (Canada)
Through Competition to Cohesion: New Ways of Planning
1979 – SCUP 14 Kansas City, MO (USA)
Planning as if People Mattered
1978 – SCUP 13 Hollywood-by-the-Sea, FL (USA)
Frontiers of Planning
1977 – SCUP 12 Seattle, WA
Creating Our Future
1976 – SCUP 11 Washington, DC (USA)
Effective Use of Resources
1975 – SCUP 10 Minneapolis, MN (USA)
Planning for Higher Education—An Art or Science
1974 – SCUP 9 Denver, CO (USA)
Statewide and Inter-Institutional Planning in Higher Education
1973 – SCUP 8 Toronto, ON (Canada)
Planning is Communication
1972 – SCUP 7 Atlanta, GA (USA)
The Changing Environment in Higher Education
1971 – SCUP 6 San Francisco, CA (USA)
Focus: 1980
1970 – SCUP 5 Amherst, MA (USA)
Participation in Planning
1969 – SCUP 4 Houston, TX (USA)
Fourth Annual SCUP Conference
1968 – SCUP 3 Lexington, KY (USA)
The Changing Campus—People and Process
1967 – SCUP 2 Ann Arbor, MI (USA)
Campus Planning—67
1966 – SCUP 1 Portland, OR (USA)
Contrasting Concepts in Campus Planning