The 2025 VIP Consortium Meeting will be held Thursday-Friday, May 8-9, in Atlanta Georgia, with a workshop for early-stage and prospective sites on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 7. The meeting is aimed at current, emerging, and prospective VIP Directors and Coordinators, as well as key stakeholders at their institutions. The meeting is highly participatory with a focus on peer-to-peer exchange. Most meals will be provided, and hotel costs will be covered for up to two guests from each institution if they register/book their rooms by the posted deadline (below).

Last year, the student poster session was well received. If you are interested in bringing students, please let us know through the abstract submission form (last question), or contact Abbas Tarhini at program-comm@vip-consortium.org. The tentative number of students is 10-20, with 5-10 institutions bringing 2 students each.

The 2025 VIP Consortium Program Group invites abstracts for presentations and interactive sessions. Presenters can submit individual or collaborative abstracts. Selected abstracts/presenters are usually grouped into sessions, and co-presenters will be encouraged to develop their sessions together. Sessions can involve presentations, breakout activities/discussions, and collective working/planning/problem solving. Sessions that involve active participation are a hallmark of the annual Consortium meeting and are especially welcome. VIP site profile presentations and team spotlight presentations will follow a traditional conference format, with time allocated for each presenter.

Timeline:

• Feb 28, Preferred Abstract Deadline
• March 2, Firm Abstract Deadline - Midnight deadline not enforced, but we'll download them Monday morning, Atlanta time.
• March 17, Program Posted (likely earlier)
• April 1, Preferred Hotel Booking Deadline for rooms to be paid for by the Consortium.
• April 7, 4PM Atlanta Time - Final Hotel Deadline for rooms to be paid for by the Consortium.
• Wednesday, May 7, Pre-conference Workshop
• Thursday and Friday, May 8-9, Annual Consortium Meeting - finish around 2 or 3PM Friday.

The Consortium extends a special invitation for abstracts on:

• Software and Tools --- Software/tools for student assessment, program assessment, program-coordinated services, etc.

Topics may also inlcude:

• Site Spotlight --- An update, overview or profile of a VIP Program.
• Team Spotlight --- Overview of a specific VIP team
• Administration --- Program structure, management, or administration
• Curriculum --- How VIP credits count toward degree requirements
• Funding --- Sharing success, or proposing a collaborative proposal
• Instructors/Instruction --- Support or professional development
• *ON* Students --- Assessment, support, or professional development
• *FOR* Students --- A workshop or session for student attendees (leadership, communication, diversity, etc.; We expect 10-20 students to attend.)
• Program Assessment --- Program-level assessment, evaluation, or education research
• Consortium ---- Related to the VIP Consortium or collaborations between institutions.
• Other topics welcome!