49th Annual Conference on
Management & Executive
Development (CMED)

Save the Date!

November 2nd-4th, 2026

In-Person, Los Angeles, CA

IMAGINE • INNOVATE • INSPIRE

Join Your Peers in November 2026!

As our industry continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, this year’s conference will focus on three essential questions:
• How do we imagine the future of executive and professional education?
• How do we innovate in program design, delivery, technology, and business models?
• How do we inspire our teams, clients, learners, and stakeholders to achieve greater impact?

This year’s conference is proudly co-hosted by the University of Michigan Ross Executive Education and will bring together leaders from university-based executive education and continuing education centers for three full days of learning, collaboration, and exploration.

Los Angeles provides the ideal setting for these conversations. For generations, LA has been a city that embraces reinvention, creativity, entrepreneurship, and bold thinking. It has transformed industries, launched groundbreaking innovations, and continually reimagined what is possible. This year, the world is turning its attention to Los Angeles as one of the host cities for the FIFA World Cup, and the city is already preparing to welcome the world again for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Few places better embody the spirit of imagining new possibilities, innovating for the future, and inspiring global audiences. As executive education leaders, we have much to learn from a city that continually evolves while remaining a global center of influence and opportunity.

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Pam Tipton

“The CMED conference provided me an opportunity to both grow as an individual leader and learn new approaches for elevating the delivery and impact of our programs. I was able to implement new ideas immediately! Topics were relevant to current industry challenges and the structured and informal networking provided multiple opportunities for expanding your network of colleagues. Thanks for a great conference!”

Pam Tipton, Director of Executive Programs at Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Ron Thomas

“I’ve been attending CMED conference for probably fifteen years. I gain quite a bit from having a variety of centers here ranging from Continuing Education to Executive Education and coming from a variety of universities in Canada, US, Australia and other parts of the world. Also, the big benefit for me is to be able to share best practices with one another. It has been an excellent experience!”

Ron Thomas, Executive Director of Executive Education at Kelley School of Business, Indiana University