Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal. The committee is currently reviewing the submissions and will contact the selected presenters.
Conference Theme
"There's nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction."
Winston Churchill
This is a time of great challenge and enormous promise. Planning for the future of higher education is both a formidable and noble endeavor. The financial, academic, and physical climates of today's institutions are dynamically changing. How are we addressing these issues? Are we fully engaged in our communities as engines of growth, technologic, and economic force? Are we responding to financial realities with assuredness or doubt? What are the newest and best leadership models suggesting? Can we continue to attract and retain the best students and faculty? Have we developed adaptable learning models for tomorrow's need? Are we really being creative enough?
One element of constancy has emerged in this discourse: flexibility. Flexibility in adapting, learning, and in responding to future changes of our institutions. This year's conference in will explore the concepts of change through the lens of leadership, resources, innovation, and creativity.
To better frame the issues of change, SCUP recently explored seven academic revolutions in higher education*. These trends present thought provoking opportunities to further explore during our conference.
- Population
- Strategic resource management
- Technological innovation and diffusion
- The flow of information and knowledge
- Global economic integration
- The nature and mode of conflict
- The challenge of governance
As we face these trends, we must also face the reality of economic recession and significant budget deficits. Inflation, deferred maintenance issues, and higher energy costs are compounding the situation. Managing this can be a balancing act.
See you in Madison!
* Erik R Peterson, co–presented a SCUP webcast on these seven academic revolutions. Peterson is the senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and director of the Seven Revolutions Initiative, a broad–based effort to forecast key trends out to the year 2025. He also holds the William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis, an endowed position named in honor of the Merrill Lynch chairman emeritus and CSIS Executive Committee member.
Sponsorship
We'd like to thank our generous sponsors!
Platinum Level
SHW Group, www.shwgroup.com
URS Corporation, www.urscorp.com
Gold Level
Shelley Metz Baumann Hawk, Inc. www.smbhinc.com
Silver Level
Barton Malow Company, www.bartonmalow.com
BHDP Architecture, www.bhdp.com
Gensler, www.gensler.com
Gilbane Building Company, www.gilbaneco.com
Harley Ellis Devereaux, www.hedev.com
HOK, www.hok.com
JJR, www.jjr-us.com
Lord, Aeck & Sargent, www.lasarchitect.com
OWP/P, www.owpp.com
Bronze Level
Moore Engineers, P.C., www.moore-engineers.com
Quinn Evans Architects, www.quinnevans.com
The Christman Company, www.christmanco.com
Woolpert, Inc., www.woolpert.com
Updated as of June 4, 2008
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact: Sponsorship Coordinator
Couper Gardiner
cgardiner@bhdp.com
Principal
BHDP Architecture
513.527.0245
SCUP Staff
Betty Cobb
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734.998.6595
Questions? Conference Chair
Doug Kozma
doug.kozma@jjr-us.com
JJR
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Program Chair
Larry Gleason
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Cost Planning & Management International Inc
952.854.3663
Local Host
Teresa Adams
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Online Form or Website Contact
SCUP
April Pichlik
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October 20–22, 2008