WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 

11:00-5:00

Registration Open

12:00-2:00

Employer Site Visits

2:30-2:50

Presentation Moderator/Volunteer Meeting

3:00 - 3:15pm

Conference Kickoff

3:15-4:45pm

Roundtable Discussions

• Best Practices for Technology Usage in Employer Development
• New to NCACE? Now What?
• Engaging Early Talent with On-the-Job High Impact Practices
• AMA: Recruiter Edition
• Painting a Clearer Picture: Using Canvas to Provide Students with Strong Career Resources
• Bookend to Bookend: Bridging an Intentional Collaboration with Undergraduate Admissions Right from the Get-Go
• Global Storytelling: Advancing International Students’ and Immigrants’ Interview Readiness using Chat GPT and a Strengths-Based Approach
• "What's Your Why?: Having Powerful Conversations With Students Considering Graduate School"
• The Deacon Dash podcast
• Building Bridges between the Classroom and Careers: The Implementation of a Professional and Career Development Course
• Higher Education to Corporate: A Career Pivot
• Small School, Big Employer Relations: Scaling Programming to Maximize Engagement
• Connecting to Empower Graduate Students' Career Development: The Accelerate to Industry (A2i) Initiative
• Innovate, Implement, Ignite: A Blueprint for Building Impactful Networking, Mentorship and Professional Development Experiences
• Managing in the Middle
• Social Media's Impact on DEIB Initiatives
• NEXT AVL: Using Mentorship to Build Bridges Between College Students & Career Opportunities in Asheville
• From Seed to Gigabration: First Generation Micro-Internship and Membership Program

5:15-6:00pm

NC A-List Meet + Greet (New/First Time Attendees)

6:00-8:00pm

Networking Dinner/Dinner on Your Own

2023-2024 Mentor Program Dinner

8:00-9:30pm

Social Activity: Haunted Cotton Exchange Ghost Tour

8:30 - 11:00pm 

Hospitality Suite Opens

THURSDAY, MAY 16 

7:00-8:00 a.m.

Katie Geise Memorial Walk - Riverwalk

7:30-9:00am

Registration Open

8:00-9:00am

Breakfast

Mentor Program 2024-2025 and NC A-Lister Meet Ups at Breakfast

9:00-10:30am

Opening Keynote - The Future is Now: Implementing AI in the Early Career Landscape

10:45-11:45am

Breakout Sessions

• Leveraging Connections: Insights from a Well-Attended Career Development Week (Audience: Colleges & Employers) 
• It's Giving Career Resilience: Supporting Underserved Student Populations through Employer Engagement (Audience: Colleges & Employers) *Submitted for NBCC approval - 1 CE
• More Scale, More Impact: Leveraging LMS to Elevate Career Development and Readiness (Audience: Colleges) *Submitted for NBCC approval - 1 CE
• Exploration Programs: Starting Early to Build a Talent Pipeline (Audience: Colleges & Employers)
• Building Bridges and Removing Barriers - Infusing Play into Purposeful Programming (Audience: Colleges & Employers)

12:00-1:30pm

Lunch, NCACE Business Meeting, Awards

1:45-2:45pm

Breakout Sessions

• Navigating Tomorrow: An AI-Powered Career Services Workshop (Audience: Colleges & Employers) *Submitted for NBCC approval - 1 CE
• Leveraging Alumni Relationships in Career Services: Strategies for Building the Bridge (Audience: Colleges)  *Submitted for NBCC approval - 1 CE
• Lights! Camera! Action: Helping Students Navigate the Career Search in Sports and Entertainment Industries (Audience: Colleges)
• Data in Career Services: Data Collection, Cleaning, Analysis, Interpretation, and Presentation (Audience: Colleges)
• Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Empowering Student Voice, Community and Collaboration in Career Development (Audience: Colleges & Employers) *Submitted for NBCC approval - 1 CE

3:00-4:00pm

Breakout Sessions

• Building Bright Futures: A Blueprint for Successful Student-Employer Networking Events (Audience: Colleges & Employers)
• Supporting Neurodivergent Career Seekers through Decompression Spaces and Clear Communication (Audience: Colleges & Employers) *Submitted for NBCC approval - 1 CE
• Unleashing the Power of Data: A Brief Intro to Different Statistical Platforms (Audience: Colleges)
• Employer Career Centers with ChatGPT: Revolutionizing Student Support (Audience: Colleges)
• Unlocking Success: Strategies for Effective early Talent Programs and Conversion (Audience: Employers)

4:30-5:30pm

DEI Mixer

5:30-7:30pm

Networking Dinners/Dinner on Your Own

7:30-9:00pm

President's Reception

9:00-11:00pm

Hospitality Suite Opens

FRIDAY, MAY 17

8:00 - 9:00am

Breakfast

 

8:30-9:30am

Director's Breakout

9:00-10:00a.m.

Employer Expo

10:00-10:30am

Hotel Checkout

10:30 - 11:30am

Employer Panel

11:30 - 12:00pm

Deep Dive with Employer Panel/Conference Closing