Date and Time: Wednesday, May, 2025, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET

CAUBO is excited to present the next session in our forward-looking Trend Talks series, designed to explore the forces shaping the future of higher education administration. Join us as we continue the conversation with Ken Steele in a compelling session focused on the University Workforce of 2050.

As institutions grapple with budget pressures, technological disruption, demographic shifts, and evolving employee expectations, what might the workforce of the future look like? In this 60-minute interactive session, Ken Steele will delve into the transformative changes already underway—sharing provocative insights, real-world examples, and engaging live polls to spark reflection and dialogue.

What to Expect:
This session will examine the big-picture trends that are already reshaping how universities attract, retain, engage and support their workforce, such as:

• Evolving models of work and the workplace
• Shifts in employment patterns and employee expectations
• The growing emphasis on continuous learning and development
• Emerging roles for automation and AI across campus and their impact on staff roles
• Navigating disruption and preparing for the unknown

This session is ideal for institutional leaders, HR professionals, and planners interested in building agile, inclusive, and future-ready teams. Join us to explore what’s next for the people who power higher education.

Reserve your spot today and join the conversation about the future of higher education!

This CAUBO PD activity may count towards credits for accreditation programs and designations in your field. Visit the CAUBO website for more details.

Presenter:

Ken Steele President & Chief Futurist Eduvation Ken Steele is Canada’s best-known higher ed futurist, speaker, facilitator, and consultant in branding, marketing and innovation. His unique perspective has been shaped by award-winning careers as a Shakespeare scholar and instructor, technology consultant, brand strategist, market researcher, serial entrepreneur, and de facto journalist. Ken delivers keynotes and workshops to a broad range of audiences hundreds of times a year, from boards and senior administration to student groups, concerned parents, and Canada’s most powerful CEOs. He sits on eCampus Ontario’s Virtual Learning Advisory Committee, and has consulted with hundreds of colleges and universities – from New England to New Zealand. Some 30,000 viewers and readers have come to know Ken as a definitive source of breaking news, bright ideas, strategic foresight, and thoughtful insight, through several newsletters and his podcast Ten with Ken. This Fall, Ken launched a new, forward-looking virtual community, Eduvation Circles, to provide real-time news, resources, livestreams and more – and to keep us engaged in an ongoing conversation.

Join us for CAUBO’s Annual Conference in Edmonton, Alberta

Registration is open now!

From June 9-11, 2025, the CAUBO Annual Conference is in Edmonton, Alberta. Mark those dates in your calendar now!

We’ll open the conference in high style on Monday evening with a Welcome Reception steeped in history at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald. On Tuesday afternoon, following the sessions, experience western vibes at a networking reception at the Edmonton Convention Centre, featuring a performance by members of the local Indigenous community, plus some traditional Western line dancers while enjoying local fare!

As at last year’s conference, there will be no Farewell Evening in 2025, and the trade show will take place on Tuesday only.

If you’ve been waiting to hear more about CAUBO 2025, you can visit the conference website now and get an overview of the conference schedule, full program, registration rates, and review the FAQ section.

We can’t wait to see you in Edmonton—join us for CAUBO 2025!

Share Your Insights in CAUBO’s Trend Talks Series

Submissions as part of this first series is now closed.
Stay tuned for the next Call for Content Proposal timelines to open later in 2025

Does your organization have a pulse on emerging domestic or global trends that are expected to have a substantive impact on the Canadian higher education administration sector, be it at the institutional or functional administrative level?

If so, we encourage you to submit a proposal for the 2025 CAUBO Trend Talk series.

CAUBO is currently accepting proposals from Canadian and international associations, industry experts, consultants as well as private sector firms to participate in our pilot project: Trend Talks to be scheduled throughout 2025.

This pilot project stems from one of the strategies outlined in CAUBO’s 2023-2028 Strategic Plan launched in September 2023.

To proactively capture and disseminate trends that will shape the future of higher education administration,
to enable the early development of forward-thinking solutions.

In support of this strategy, CAUBO is aiming to broaden the range of information sources (external to the association membership; Canadian and beyond; within and outside the sector; etc.) for early identification of issues and opportunities that will have a substantive impact on the higher education administrative sector.

Trends will be shared with members through a series of virtual events, titled Trend Talks.

These presentations may take the form of Ted Talks, webinars, lunch & learns, podcasts, interviews etc.). CAUBO, in conjunction with the presenters from the selected submissions, will determine the ideal format based on the content and audience. This is not a fee-based opportunity. There will be no reimbursement of costs.

For a proposal to be considered, the trend needs to:

• Be new/emerging – not already on the radar of the majority of CAUBO members.
• Be expected to have an immediate or future impact on higher education administration.
  This connection/application must be illustrated within the proposal.
• Impact a broad segment of CAUBO’s institutional membership (relevant to small or large, undergraduate, or research-intensive institutions, etc.).
• Affect the university as a whole or a specific functional area. This should be specified within the proposal.
• Be of national relevance (not only specific to a handful of provinces).

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The list of accreditation programs and organizations that may provide continuing education credit for CAUBO professional development activities is below. This list may be incomplete, so if you know of others that should be added, please let us know by emailing kserjak@caubo.ca.

• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
• Association of Physical Plant Administrators (APPA)
• Association For Supply Chain Management
• Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP)
• Board of Certified Safety Professionals
• Canada’s Association of I.T. Professionals (CIPS)
• Canadian Institute of Traffic & Transportation (CITT)
• Canadian Payroll Association
• CFA Institute
• Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (CPHR)
• CIM Chartered Managers Canada
• CPA Canada
• The Institute of Internal Auditors Canada
• ISACA
• Institute for Supply Management in the US
• LEED Green Associate/LEED AP
• National Institute of Government Procurement (NIGP)
• Ontario Public Buyers Association (OPBA)
• Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
• Supply Chain Canada