AACRAO Annual Meeting

The 111th AACRAO Annual Meeting will be held April 19-22, 2026, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The AACRAO Annual Meeting is an opportunity to learn, network, and advance higher education. Professionals from a variety of higher education disciplines gather together at the AACRAO Annual Meeting to engage and discuss the ever-changing landscape of higher ed.

Collaborate with a worldwide higher education network as it comes together to explore, engage, and learn. Each year, higher education professionals face new and unique challenges in their work, and the AACRAO Annual Meeting is the place to find solutions to those challenges.

Past Speakers

Though too numerous to list in its entirety, we passed our centennial in 2014, below you'll find a list of some of the most popular presenters from past AACRAO Annual Meetings.

• Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu
• Soledad O'Brien
• Roxane Gay
• BD Wong
• LeVar Burton
• George Takei
• Nicole Maines & Wayne Maines
  
• Danny Glover
  
• Felix Justice
• Madeleine Albright
• Scott Simon
• Dave Barry
• Timothy Egan