Past eventHeld October 7–9, 2026
ITLC-Lilly Traverse City 2026
ITLC-Lilly Traverse City was a conference on motivation and meaning in higher education.
- Held
- October 7–9, 2026
- Location
- Traverse City, MI
TL;DR
- ITLC-Lilly Traverse City took place October 7–9, 2026, in Traverse City, MI.
- The conference focused on motivation and meaning in higher education.
- Educators from across the United States were billed as sharing, discussing, and critiquing best practices to advance student learning.
About
For 40 years, ITLC Lilly Conferences have provided opportunities for the presentation of the scholarship of teaching and learning. Conference participants are made up of faculty and administrators at various stages in their academic careers from across the United States, representing nearly every discipline found in higher education. The conference was scheduled to offer a variety of sessions so that participants could match their learning preference to the presentation formats: 20- and 40-minute concurrent sessions, traditional plenary addresses, roundtable discussions, and poster sessions. Conference presentations were selected through a blind peer-review process.
Who was in the room
Higher education educators
Educators from across the United States.
Featured speakers
3 listedKathleen Gabriel
Tamara Rosier
Todd Zakrajsek
What attendees say
“Not only is my head full of ideas, but that I took what I learned and poured new ideas into others. You are making a tremendous difference in the lives of many.”
“It was a wonderful blend of community, scholarship, and learning.”
Questions people ask
5 answeredITLC-Lilly Traverse City 2026 took place October 7–9, 2026.
It was held in Traverse City, MI.
The organizer describes attendees as higher education educators from across the United States.
It was most useful for faculty and administrators in higher education who wanted peer-reviewed teaching practice sessions, since subthemes included AI in higher education, assessment and active learning, and the format mixed concurrent sessions, roundtables and posters. With Lilly conferences running for 40 years and speakers such as Todd Zakrajsek, it suited instructors seeking a teaching-focused community; researchers wanting disciplinary depth or vendor contact would get less from it.
Faculty at teaching conferences usually wear comfortable business casual, and early October in northern Michigan calls for a light jacket or sweater.
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