I’ve been given the task of finding valuable and inspirational staff development opportunities for my colleagues and I.  I could spout off a bunch of good k-12 technology conferences but being new to higher ed (see below http://scheney.edublogs.org/2008/02/15/transition/), I’m not sure what to say.  So far I’ve come up with:
-EDUCause 2008:  Interaction, Ideas, Inspiration in Orlando, FL from October 28-31.  They don’t have session descriptions posted but looking at last year’s program, I think it would be a good fit for us.  Plus it’s in Orlando…in October…that would be nice.

-ASTD 2008:  This training and development conference is in San Diego, CA from June 1-4 (coming right up) and tracks include designing and delivering learning and facilitating organizational change.  The problem is that it isn’t specifically targeted to Higher Ed but a bonus is that Malcolm Gladwell is a keynote speaker…check out his TED talk. So, any other suggestions.  Conferences that you find so inspirational and worthwhile that you attend every year?!  Please share.