Conference History

Conference agendas dating back several years include links to speaker contact information and copies of their presentations. Here is a photo montage of conferences through the years.

2024 - October 8 - 10, 2024 in Montreal, Canada with a pre-conference cultural immersion experience in Québec City. Itinerary for the pre-conference program. Agenda. Roundtable Discussions. Program Book. Photos. 
2023 – San Juan, Puerto Rico / Agenda / Printable Agenda / Roundtable Discussions / Program Book. Photos.
2022 - In the binational region of San Diego, California and Tijuana, Baja California | Agenda | Printable Agenda | Roundtable Discussions | Program Book | Liberty Station | Balboa Park | Photos
2021 - Online, having been planned for Richmond, Virginia | Printable Agenda | Agenda You may click on the titles of individual sessions to see recordings of those sessions | Roundtable Discussions | Program Book 
2020 – The International Symposium and Global Seminar with ELIA colleagues scheduled for June in Barcelona, Spain was cancelled because of the COVID pandemic. 
2019 - Austin, Texas. Agenda | Rountable Discussions | Program Book | Development Workshop | Photos
2018 -  Seattle, Washington. Agenda | Roundtable Discussions | Program Book | Mentoring Initiatives for New Deans | Fellows Program| Photos
2017 - Halifax, Nova Scotia with members of The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities, The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, and The Canadian Association of Fine Arts Deans. Agenda | Roundtable Discussions | Program Book| Managing Career Trajectory in Higher Education | Development Workshop | Photos
2016 - Grand Rapids, Michigan. Agenda| Roundtable Discussions | Program Book | Click here to see a video about the important role art plays in Grand Rapids | Click here to see a video about ArtPrize.
2015 - Atlanta, Georgia Program Book | Agenda | Roundtable Discussions | Fellows Program 
2014 - Kansas City, Missouri Program Book | Agenda | Roundtable Discussions | Development Workshop
2013 - New Orleans, Louisiana Program Book for our 50th Anniversary Gala | Agenda | Handout Materials 
2012 - Minneapolis, Minnesota
2011 - Washington, D.C.
2010 - Sarasota, Florida
2009 - Salt Lake City, Utah
2008 - Portland, Oregon
2007 - Charleston, South Carolina
2006 - Boston, Massachusetts
2005 - Scottsdale, Arizona
2004 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2003 - Fort Worth, Texas
2002 - Toronto, Canada
2001 - Long Beach, California
2000 - Miami, Florida
1999 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1998 - St. Louis, Missouri
1997 - San Antonio, Texas
1996 - Washington D.C.
1995 - Montreal, Canada
1994 - Minneapolis, Minnesota
1993
1992 - San Francisco, California
1991 - New Orleans, Louisiana
1990 - Chicago, Illinois
1989 - Ottawa, Canada
1988 - Seattle, Washington
1987 - Cleveland, Ohio
1986 - Boston, Massachusetts
1985 - Banff, Canada
1984 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
1983 - Dallas, Texas
1982 - Washington D.C.
1981 - Los Angeles, California
1980 - Toronto, Canada
1979 - Chicago, Illinois
1978 - San Francisco, California
1977 - Minneapolis, Minnesota
1976 - Palm Beach, California
1975 - Vancouver, Canada
1974 - Denver, Colorado
1973 - Atlanta, Georgia
1972 - Mexico City, Mexico
1971 - Los Angeles, California
1970 - Chicago, Illinois
1969 - London, England
1968 - Boston, Massachusetts
1967 - New Orleans, Louisiana
1966 - San Francisco, California
1965 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1964 - Oberlin, Ohio