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Elevate: Americas
This conference will take place at the Rosen Plaza Orlando. Register today!
Join this essential conference for business school leaders shaping the future of business education. Experience forward-looking keynotes, interactive sessions, and meaningful connections that spotlight innovation, quality assurance, and regional trends across the Americas.
What is Elevate?
Elevate conferences are AACSB’s flagship regional events—two days of thought-provoking sessions, peer exchange, and actionable learning. Each Elevate edition combines accreditation guidance with insights into global and regional trends, helping schools strengthen their impact and relevance in a fast-changing environment.
- Focused format: Engage in sessions built around problem → solution → application.
- Peer learning: Learn through real case examples from across the Americas.
- Accreditation and trends: Updates, insights, and guidance aligned to evolving standards.
- Actionable takeaways: Leave with strategies you can implement at your school.
Set in Orlando: Where Leaders Connect and Learn
A Central Meeting Point
Convenient for bringing together business education leaders from across the Americas for two focused days of exchange and learning.
Purpose-Built Venue
Rosen Plaza Orlando provides a comfortable, professional setting designed for collaboration, sessions, and networking.
Momentum for Innovation
Engage in forward-looking discussions on impact, planning, and quality assurance in a changing environment.
Connections That Continue
Build relationships with peers working on shared priorities such as accreditation, curriculum, and institutional performance.
Arrive Curious. Leave Equipped
- Two days of applied learning: Engage in sessions built around problem → solution → application.
- Real case examples: Learn through real examples from across the Americas.
- Benchmark with peers: Connect with leaders facing similar challenges and priorities.
- Actionable strategies: Take home practical ideas on research impact, strategic planning, student engagement and retention, and more.
Accreditation and Trends
- Insights from industry and business school leaders.
- Guidance on the upcoming 2026 Accreditation Standards.
- Strategies for agility and financial sustainability in a changing environment.
Who Should Attend
Connect With Us
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Event Bundles
Packages of this event and others are available for a discounted price per attendee.
Jeff DeGraff has been called The Dean of Innovation for his influence on the field and his work building innovation ecosystems that connect business, government, and education. A Clinical Professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and founder of the Innovatrium, Jeff has helped organizations such as Apple, Pfizer, Prudential, the AMA, the Federal Reserve, and the U.S. Department of Defense transform how they innovate and adapt. He also leads the Intellectual Edge Alliance, an AIM HI (Academia, Industry, Military Hybrid Innovation) federation that unites partners from 45 countries to advance collaborative innovation worldwide.
The author of The Innovation Code, The Creative Mindset, and The Art of Change (2025), Jeff writes for Inc., Psychology Today, and Big Think, and his work has been featured on PBS and NPR. He brings a practical yet deeply human perspective to the future of higher education—one that connects innovation, purpose, and renewal.