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The Lilly Conference Series provides opportunities for the presentation of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education. We invite administrators, graduate students, and faculty to join us at a Lilly event to exchange ideas and build a repertoire of skills that can be put to immediate use.
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"The Lilly Conference is described as a “collaborative community of scholars sharing, discussing, critiquing and reflecting upon improving teaching and learning” and that is exactly what one encounters during the 3-day session: a group of like-minded folk who are truly interested in becoming better teachers. Unlike other conferences where attendees are often expected to just “sit and listen”, Lilly is different with most of the break-out sessions requiring some level of participation so that one leaves not only with new materials that can be implemented immediately into the classroom but also hands-on experience in how to use them."
- ITLC Lilly Conference Participant
2025–2026 National Lilly Conferences
Reignite Your Teaching in the Fall - October 8 - 10th, 2025
Conference on Advancing Teaching and Learning
LILLY - TRAVERSE CITY, MI
Park Place Hotel
Registration is open
Keynote Speakers:
Jennifer Fisch-Ferguson
Mott Community College
Building Critical Literacy Using Generative AI
Lynne T. Meade
University of Arkansas
Storytelling - Leveraging Your Superpower
Todd Zakrajsek
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Advance Your Teaching by Adding to Your Toolbox
LILLY- "O"
November 20 - 22, 2025
Miami University - Oxford, OH
Hosted by: Miami University
Call for proposals is open
Registration is open!
Keynote Speakers:
Mary-Ann Winkelmes
Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education project (TILT Higher Ed)
How Transparency in Teaching and Learning Advances Student Success
Claire Howell Major
The University of Alabama
How AI Can Help You Save Your Teaching Time for the Important Stuff
Megan Kohler
The Pennsylvania State University
Divergent Minds, Inspired Designs: A Comprehensive Approach to Supporting Neurodivergent Learners
Start the New Year Together - January 8 - 10, 2026
Conference on
Teaching for Active & Engaged Learning in the Age of AI
LILLY - SAN DIEGO, CA
January 8 - 10, 2026
DoubleTree - Mission Valley
San Diego, CA
Call for proposals is open
Registration is open
Keynote Speakers:
Forthcoming
Close Out the Academic Year in Austin - May 18th - 20th, 2026
Conference on AI and the Future of Evidence-Based Teaching in Higher Education
LILLY - AUSTIN, TX
May 18-20th, 2026
DoubleTree by Hilton - Austin, TX
Registration is open!
CFP is open!
Keynote Speakers:
TBA