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Full Schedule

  • Tuesday, October 24, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM MT
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM MT
    Multiple-Choice Item Writing 101
  • 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM MT
    Protecting the Integrity of your Exam Program: How to Leverage Data Forensics and Take Action
  • 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM MT
    The Future of Credentialing
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM MT
    Collecting and Using Customer Insights for Experience Innovation and Personalization
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM MT
    Guidelines and Tips for Designing Technical Components of Assessment-based Certificate and Micro-credential Programs
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MT
    I.C.E. Leadership Development Town Hall
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM MT
    First Time Attendee Reception, Sponsored by Heuristic Solutions
  • 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM MT
    Genius Bar
  • 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM MT
    Visit the I.C.E. Booth to meet Public Members and I.C.E. Leadership
  • 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM MT
    Welcome Reception in the Innovation Hall, Sponsored by Pearson VUE
  • Wednesday, October 25, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM MT
    Breakfast and Exhibit Time in the Innovation Hall
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM MT
    Credentialing Professionals Breakfast: ICE-CCP and Certificate Program for the Credentialing Specialist
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM MT
    Meet I.C.E. Leadership and Staff in the I.C.E. Booth
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM MT
    Public Member Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 8:15 AM MT
    Genius Bar
  • 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM MT
    Registration Open
  • 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM MT
    Solution Showcase with PSI Services: How to Articulate the Assessment Lifecycle Around Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • 8:15 AM – 9:30 AM MT
    2023 I.C.E. Exchange Opening Keynote with Nicole Smith, Sponsored by Lineup
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Break in the Innovation Hall
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Genius Bar
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Meet I.C.E. Leadership and Staff in the I.C.E. Booth
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM MT
    Adding ISO/IEC 17024 Accreditation to Your NCCA-Accredited Program
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM MT
    An Update on the The Future of Credentialing Report
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM MT
    Boosting Certification Programs with Effective Marketing Strategies: Maximizing Results with Minimal Effort.
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM MT
    How an Offline Performance Test was Added to an Established Credentialing Program
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM MT
    Nurturing a Pipeline of Volunteer Talent – A Strategic, Data-Driven Approach
  • 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM MT
    Developing and Awarding Micro-credentials to Qualify a 21st Century Workforce
  • 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM MT
    Diversity of Thought: Exploring DEI in Your Testing Program - This is Not a Technical Presentation
  • 11:30 AM – 11:40 AM MT
    Decision by a thousand cuts: What cut score selection method is right for you?
  • 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM MT
    Digital Credentials: Providing Usable Verification and Added Recognition Opportunities
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM MT
    E-Poster Viewing
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM MT
    Genius Bar
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM MT
    Lunch and Exhibit Time in the Innovation Hall
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM MT
    Meet I.C.E. Leadership and Staff in the I.C.E. Booth
  • 11:50 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Being Intentional When You “Swipe Left or Right” with Your SMEs!
  • 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM MT
    The Value of Employee-Led DEI Organizational Change
  • 12:10 PM – 12:20 PM MT
    Credentialing in History: Establishing Trust in Medieval Times
  • 12:30 PM – 12:40 PM MT
    Words Matter: Minimally Qualified, Minimally Competent, Just Qualified, …
  • 12:50 PM – 1:00 PM MT
    Mission Possible: Increasing Security and Access with Event-Based Online Testing
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM MT
    Hey Chat-GPT. What’s going on insider your “head” my friend?
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM MT
    Humanizing the Exam Experience: Microsoft's Quest to Make Exams Delightful
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM MT
    Medical Devices in the Test Room: Disability Accommodations & Security Issues
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM MT
    Not the Same Ol’ Certification Exam: Applying Innovations to the Development of Situational Judgment Tests for the Coaching Profession
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM MT
    State and Federal Legislation and AI-related Copyright Office Developments Impacting Private Certification
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM MT
    The Future of Assessment: Exploring Possibilities Using the Futures Triangle
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM MT
    Value of Accreditation: How to Leverage Value Statements to Support Your Program
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    Because They Said So
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    Fresh Air & Fresh Ideas: Discussing the Most Pressing Trends in the Testing Industry
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    Research Summit: A Look at I.C.E. Research
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    Where Will the Next Generation of Examination Developers Come From
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM MT
    Solution Showcase with Prometric - Revolutionizing the Test Development Cycle: Leveraging Assessment-Specific AI Tools
  • 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM MT
    Break in the Innovation Hall
  • 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM MT
    Genius Bar
  • 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM MT
    Visit the I.C.E. Booth to meet Public Members and I.C.E. Leadership
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM MT
    Establishing a New Credential: Lessons Learned from Developing the ICE-CCP®
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM MT
    Evaluating the Feasibility of Post-Certification Specialty Designations
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM MT
    Getting Beyond "It Depends", Understanding the Context
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM MT
    Protecting Your Credential: Best Practices and Legal Considerations for Certification Organization Disciplinary Policies
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM MT
    The Art of AI Prompting: Technical, Reasonable, and Test Development Considerations
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM MT
    What is happening to our pass rates? A discussion on trends and factors impacting fluctuations
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM MT
    Genius Bar
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM MT
    Happy Hour in the Innovation Hall, sponsored by Prometric
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM MT
    Meet I.C.E. Leadership and Staff in the I.C.E. Booth
  • 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM MT
    Solution Showcase with Alpine - Empowering Excellence: Continuing Education in the Digital Age
  • Thursday, October 26, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM MT
    Learning from Failure - What our candidates who don’t pass can teach us about our exams and programs
  • 7:00 AM – 4:30 PM MT
    Registration Open
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM MT
    Achieving Equality of Opportunity: How Credentialing Bodies Address Fairness in Testing by Mitigating Bias in Test Development Strategies
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM MT
    CEO Special Interest Group (CEO SIG), Sponsored by Heuristic Solutions
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM MT
    DE&I Coffee Talk – No Big Whoop
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM MT
    Breakfast and Exhibit Time in the Innovation Hall
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Advancements in Job Analysis and Content Outline Development
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Blessing or Curse? The impact of AI on certification, assessment and localization.
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Building Bridges – Powerful ways to connect students to your credential and build your pipeline
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Exploring the Future of Credentialing in Healthcare
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Increasing Test Fairness for Neurodivergent Candidates
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    So Now What? – Taking Action Once an Exam Misconduct Investigation Has Been Completed
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Streamlining Reaccreditation: A Process Improvement Approach for Low-Stress Re-accreditation
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM MT
    Break in the Innovation Hall
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM MT
    Genius Bar
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM MT
    A Look Under the Hood: Psychometric Methods Used in Longitudinal Assessments for Maintenance of Certification
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM MT
    Assessments 101: It’s more than delivering a test!
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM MT
    Can Building Incremental Credentials Transform Higher Education
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM MT
    From Certification Body to Learning Organization: How We Transformed Our Certification Programs into a Growth-Driving Machine
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM MT
    Ready or Not: Sharing Strategies for Responsible AI Adoption
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM MT
    The ChatGPT Adventure: Tackling tech integration, human needs, & legal considerations
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM MT
    What Do We Need to Do to Make All of Our Exams Accessible?
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM MT
    I.C.E. Awards Luncheon, sponsored by Professional Testing Inc.
  • 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM MT
    Influencer Marketing: A Strategy for Communicating the Value of Certification
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM MT
    Dessert and Exhibit Time in the Innovation Hall
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM MT
    E-Poster Viewing
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM MT
    Genius Bar
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM MT
    Meet CNG - The Certification Networking Group
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM MT
    Visit the I.C.E. Booth to meet I.C.E. Leadership and Public Members
  • 1:40 PM – 1:50 PM MT
    Getting the best out of Subject Matter Experts
  • 1:55 PM – 2:05 PM MT
    How do item features contribute to the difficulty of medical subspecialty certification items?
  • 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM MT
    Managing Imperfect Data: Data Validation Paradigms
  • 2:10 PM – 2:20 PM MT
    Warning: Graphic content. Test developer discretion advised! Extending readability analyses to item exhibits.
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    Engaging Authenticity: Incorporating Relevant Assessment Technologies
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    Navigating the Future of Work: Impacts on Certification and Licensure
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    NCCA Standards
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    Telling a Brand (New) Story: Experiences in Rebranding the Credentialing Board
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    The ABCDE&I of subject-matter expert recruitment, selection, and engagement across the assessment life cycle
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    The Utility of Chat GPT as an Item Writing Assistant
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    Traditional and Innovative Standard-setting Methods for Written, Oral, and Longitudinal assessments
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM MT
    Beyond Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and into Belonging (B): Including B in the DEI Framework
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM MT
    Leveraging the Most Powerful Marketing Channel: Your Credential Holders
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM MT
    Smooth Sailing: Mastering Asynchronous Item Writing and Review to Keep Your Program Afloat
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM MT
    Stump the Psychometrician!
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM MT
    The Power of a B2B Strategy: Real-Life Success Stories from Learning Organizations
  • 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Braving the wilderness: How one credentialing organization is taking the next step in its equity journey
  • 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM MT
    Innovative Assessments for Recertification: Are Your Certificants Up-to-Date? How Do You Know?
  • 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM MT
    Solution Showcase with BenchPrep - ractice, Remediation, and Assessment: 3 LMS Superpowers to Empower Certification Success
  • Friday, October 27, 2023
  • 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM MT
    Public Member Debrief
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM MT
    A diversity and inclusivity maturity model for certification and testing
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM MT
    Test Security Masterclass: Small Changes that will make a Big Impact on your Test Security
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM MT
    Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM MT
    Volunteer Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Bringing Large Language Models (LLM) to Life (even if they are not sentient)
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    CSI: Credentialing Security Investigations – The Case of the Great Brain Dump
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Does Your Credential Have Value in Today’s Market? How to Maintain Relevance and Create Continuous Demand Across Career Stages
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Maintenance of Certification: Defining & Aligning Your Program
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    The Pain and Power of Innovation: Reconceptualizing the meaning of Certification in a 50-Year-Old Medical Organization
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    To the Future, and Beyond! Applying a Futurist Mindset to Achieve the Possibilities of Tomorrow
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Virtual Reality in Performance Test Development and Administration
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM MT
    Addressing Challenges in Artificial Intelligence and Organizational Well-Being
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM MT
    Evaluating Types of Remote Proctoring: What is the role of AI?
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM MT
    Innovative Pathways to Professional Voluntary Certification
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM MT
    Navigating Change: Tips and Strategies for Switching Online Proctoring Providers
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM MT
    Revisiting Recertification: Are Your Criteria Current?
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM MT
    Vendor Shopping 101: An Independent Overview of Factors to Consider when Shopping for Credential Management and Delivery Vendors