Pacific Virtual Regional Conference

The Pacific 2021 Regional Conference will continue focusing on the critical issues the world is now addressing and how these emerging realities will impact both the short-term and long-term future of higher education. It is difficult to plan for the future when the present is volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA). However, integrated planning remains the solution.

How are you using integrated planning to navigate a VUCA environment?

Planning together.

We’re seeking ideas and takeaways about planning efforts that address:

• The intensity of the financial crisis – who will survive?
• The known enrollment gap of 2025
• Furthering racial justice and building equitable cultures
• The international environment for higher education
• The need to reimagine the form and places teaching, learning, development, discovery, and engagement happen.

Help us build conversations around planning for the future of higher education….

Learn more about how to submit your proposal.

Important Dates:
Call for proposals closes October 22, 2020.

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Call for Proposals

Now is your chance to shine! Your SCUP community values the real-life experience and strategies that come from the leaders who are making change happen on campuses across their region. Share your work with us and you could be part of this community-driven experience.

We welcome presentations highlighting your experience in any of the following areas:

The Future of Higher Education

• The physical and virtual campus
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Developing successful educational programs
• New horizons in teaching and research
• Smart building design
• Existing and emerging funding models
• The regulatory landscape

Campus Planning

• New construction vs renovation
• Space management
• Community partnerships and collaboration
• Consultant/institutional collaboration
• Planning techniques and engagement
• Strategic and physical planning
• Leadership transitions
• Change management

Sustainability and Resiliency

• Environmental sustainability
• Campus security
• Alternative energy
• Climate change
• Financial resiliency
• Social media and risk

Technology and Data in Higher Ed

• Emerging technologies
• Big data and data analytics
• Space Management
• KPIs

Students and Spaces

• Active learning
• Virtual learning
• Students’ expectations and preferences
• Informal and non-classroom learning spaces
• Design impact on health and wellbeing
• Campus as classroom
• Libraries

*Please note that these topics are listed for guidance and are not meant to be prescriptive. Your presentation may cover one or multiple topics in these areas.

Presenting Virtually

As you develop the approach for your session, please remember that it will be presented virtually via Zoom. You can check out our tips and tricks for presenting virtually here.

Zoom offers an array of options for virtual attendee participation, such as polling, break-out rooms, a chat function, Q&A, etc. Please note that our call for proposals form is set up for a live conference and will ask you for your A/V and room set preferences. Under Room Set Preferences, please select round tables if you would like to use Zoom breakout rooms during your session—otherwise, please select theater.

Selection Criteria

The SCUP Pacific Conference Committee and Council, Planning Academy members, and other volunteers from the Pacific region will review the submitted proposals after the call closes. Reviewers will evaluate proposals based upon the following criteria:

• Timeliness and relevance of the proposal topic
• Originality and quality of the proposal
• Presence of multiple perspectives
• Diversity of presenters (i.e., regional, institutional)
• Special consideration for proposals including college/university president presenters, student presenters, and community college presenters.
• Realistic allocation of time (including audience participation) and clearly written agenda items that offer thorough description of content
• Substantive issues discussed during the session (note that sessions should share knowledge rather than promote products, programs, universities, or services)

Before you start filling out the call for proposals form, you can check out the questions here.

The conference committee will select among many proposals, some of which may be similar, and will seek balance among topics and areas of importance to attendees. Proposals of equal merit cannot in all instances be selected if the result would be an imbalance in the conference’s overall topical coverage. Although not required, institutional participation in the presentation team will receive higher consideration than a team without institutional representation. We intend to select a comparable number of each of the delivery styles.

The deadline to submit a proposal for the SCUP 2021 Pacific Regional Conference is October 22.

Submit Your Proposal