USETDA 2018 Conference - Early Registration Discount Extended through July 23rd
John Hagen
Dear Colleague,
The US Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association (USETDA) will hold their 8th annual conference September 12th – 14th at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Denver, Colorado, hosted by the Auraria Library and Brigham Young University. USETDA Conferences are an excellent educational opportunity for professionals from graduate schools, libraries, academic computing and others who work with electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), graduate students and scholarly communications.
Registration is now open for the USETDA 2018 Conference. The early-bird discount member rate is only $169 (through July 23, 2018) and the hotel conference rate is $209 per night (includes breakfast). Complete registration information is available online.
This year’s program includes keynote speaker Maureen McCarthy, PhD, (Director of Best Practices and Advancement at the Council of Graduate Schools).
Maureen McCarthy is the director of Best Practices and Advancement at the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), the only national education dedicated solely to the advancement of graduate education and research. McCarthy has led CGS projects on the Future of the Doctoral Dissertation and broadening professional development for humanities PhDs (#NextGenPhD), and serves as co-PI of Understanding PhD Career Pathways for Program Improvement. She recently authored a guide on promising practices and a review of prior work in humanities PhD professional development and has co-authored reports on holistic review in graduate admissions, PhD career pathways, and doctoral learning outcomes. Maureen earned her PhD in English from Emory University.
Broadening notions of PhD career paths, team science, and big data: so much about doctoral education is changing. Should dissertations change too? In her keynote address, McCarthy will discuss how new approaches to doctoral training may shape the PhD dissertation of the future, and how university policies can encourage or inhibit innovation.
Program Highlights
The conference program includes 3 conference workshops, 18 breakout presentations including user group meetings, 2 plenary sessions, a poster presentation session (5 posters), a technology vendor fair as well as a variety of networking opportunities. You will be able to view author/title/abstract information as well as presentations in the Conference Proceedings. For an overview of the activities visit our Conference at-a-glance program schedule.
Before, during and after the conference you can enjoy and experience the many sides of Denver.
Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn more and share your experiences with colleagues at USETDA 2018! To register visit our registration information Web page.
We hope to see you in Denver at USETDA 2018.
Kind Regards,
USETDA Conference Organizing Committee
