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Full Schedule

  • 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