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WELCOME

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 National Lilly Conferences

Start the New Year Together - January 9 - 11th
Conference on Teaching for Active & Engaged Learning
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LILLY - SAN DIEGO, CA
January 9-11, 2025

DoubleTree - Mission Valley

San Diego, CA

Registration is open

Keynote Speakers:

                Christina Moore, Oakland University presenting:

Built to Last:

The Flexible, Resilient Structures of Our Teaching

                

                Gregg Wentzell, Miami University presenting:

Engaging Theories of Learning for more Effective Teaching

                Todd Zakrajsek, UNC at Chapel Hill presenting:

Aligning Generative AI and the Science of Learning

   

Close out the Academic Year in Austin - May 19 - 21st
Conference on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning

    

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LILLY - AUSTIN, TX
May 19 - 21, 2025

DoubleTree by Hilton - Austin, TX

Call for Proposals is open.

Registration is open.

 

Keynote Speakers:

                Laura Pipe, UNC at Greensboro presenting:

A New Old Game:

Breaking Rules for a Different Tomorrow?

               Lauren Cardon, University of Alabama presenting:

When Students Check Out:

5 Strategies for Student Engagement

 

Todd Zakrajsek, UNC at Chapel Hill presenting:

Leveraging Classroom Formative Feedback:

Tools and Techniques for Enhancing Learning

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Refresh as the New Academic Year Starts - August 11 - 13th

Conference on Innovative Strategies to Advance Student Learning
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LILLY - ASHEVILLE, NC
August 11 - 13, 2025
 
Embassy Suites - Asheville, NC

Call for Proposals is open.

Registration opens in December

Keynote Speakers: 

               Are being confirmed at this time.

  

​We are ecstatic to return to Asheville, and support the local economy and recovery process.. Please note the conference has moved to a venue downtown. We look forward to seeing the resilience and reconstruction of Asheville and the surrounding area when we return next summer.

    

Reignite Your Teaching mid Fall - October 8 - 10th

Conference on Advancing Teaching and Learning
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LILLY - TRAVERSE CITY, MI

 

October 8 -10, 2025

Park Place Hotel

Call for Proposals is open.

Registration opens in December

Keynote Speakers: 

               Are being confirmed at this time.

Where is all began - November 20 - 22nd

Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching
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LILLY- "O" 
November 20 - 22, 2025

Miami University - Oxford, OH

Thank you for joining us in 2024.

Plans for the 44th annual conference are forthcoming!

   

Hosted by: Miami University

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