NACADA's 2024 Annual Conference

A Beautiful Day in the Burgh: Championing Advisors as Helpers

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

David L. Lawrence Convention Center

October 27-30, 2024

Conference Schedule

All conference sessions and activities will be held at David L. Lawrence Convention Center and The Westin Pittsburgh. 

2024 Annual Conference Schedule

October 27 - Oct. 30, 2024

Tentative Schedule - All information below is listed in Eastern time.

Saturday Oct. 26
Sunday Oct. 27
Monday Oct. 28
Tuesday Oct. 29
Wednesday Oct. 30
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Registration and Hospitality Counters Open
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Hospitality Counter Open
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Registration Counter Open
9:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Preconference Workshops
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Opening Event NACADA Region/Global Updates and Connection Time

Join us to discuss issues and topics that affect your region, meet your steering committee and other leaders, network with colleagues, hear about upcoming initiatives and events, and learn how to get more involved in NACADA. All participants are welcome!

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Opening Event Opening General Session and Keynote Address

The opening keynote address will be live-streamed. 

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Opening Event Welcome Reception and Exhibits

Join us for an evening of great food and a time to connect with other NACADA participants! 

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration and Hospitality Counters Open
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast and Poster Session

Be sure to visit with our poster presenters throughout the hour! 

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Exhibits
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Individual Sessions
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Individual Sessions
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Lunch on Your Own
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Common Reading
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Individual Sessions
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Individual Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mingle with Our Exhibitors
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Awards Ceremony

The Global Awards Ceremony honors the people, programs, and institutions making significant contributions to the field of academic advising. 

Invitation Only
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration and Hospitality Counters Open
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast and NACADA Involvement Fair

This is a time to engage with NACADA's Advising Communities Division, Administration Division, and Regional Division! 

NEW
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Exhibits
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Individual Sessions
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Individual Sessions
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Lunch on Your Own
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Individual Sessions
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Individual Sessions
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Individual Sessions
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast
7:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Registration and Hospitality Counters Open
7:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Luggage Storage
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Individual Sessions
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Individual Sessions
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Individual Sessions
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Closing Keynote
1:30 PM - 1:30 PM
End of Conference - Safe Travels

Art Exhibition

We are thrilled that Pittsburgh will be home to the Third Annual Juried Art Exhibition! Creators and supporters alike will have yet another opportunity to look at academic advising from completely new perspectives and explore the very concept of what it means to do this work in the most creative ways possible. View more information here.

Submissions are due at 11:59 central on Friday, May 26. 

Call for Art Exhibition Entries
Art by Brenda Kutz: Looking into the Advising Glass Brenda Kutz Looking into the Advising Glass
Art by Carson Beauman: Advisement Brain Carson Beauman Advisement Brain
Art by Catherine Young: Balloon Soaring Over Sandia Mountains Catherine Young Balloon Soaring Over Sandia Mountains
Art by Gina M. Brewington: Untitled Gina M. Brewington Untitled

Conference Co-Chairs

See Entire Planning Committee!
  • Christopher Kirchhof
    Christopher Kirchhof University of Pittsburgh
  • Karen Lewis
    Karen Lewis University of Maryland-College Park