2026 Annual AIRUM Conference

The 2026 Annual AIRUM Conference will be held in Bloomington, Minnesota on
Wednesday, November 4 - Friday, November 6, 2026 at the 
Courtyard by Marriott Edina Bloomington.
Room Rate: $129  
(deadline October 13, 2026)

 

Conference Registration (opens soon)
Professional members - $300 (includes 1 year membership)
Retirees and Graduate Students -  $150 (includes 1 year membership)
Undergraduate Students - $100 (includes 1 year membership)

This year’s theme is:

The Next Era of Institutional Effectiveness: AI, Automation, Predictive Analytics, and Data Management

 Call for Proposals is now OPEN!
The deadline for proposal submissions is August 1, 2026, with notifications of acceptance being received by September 1, 2026.
Click here to submit your proposal 

Imagine this:

You’re presenting your work…
The room is engaged…
And your ideas spark conversations that continue long after the session ends!

Presentations can come in many shapes and sizes! Traditional presentations and Hands-on Workshops are 50-minute talks helping your colleagues see your best practices. Panel Discussions are conversations with a small group of folks exploring a specific topic IE/IR is tackling. Dashboard Showcases and Dashboard “Poster” Sessions are formal or informal explorations of what dashboards you have created to help your institution work with data.

Past attendees have expressed interest in areas such as:

  • Software Systems and Tools (eg. Data Visualizations, Analytics)
  • Forecasting and Predictive Analysis
  • Data Reporting (eg. Accreditation, Assessment, IPEDS, State, Federal reports)
  • Institutional Research (eg. The job, new to IR, presenting research)
  • Institutional Effectiveness (IE) & Strategic Planning
  • Data Literacy (eg. Data Integrity, data ethics, data governance, data culture)
  • Campus Climate, Culture, and IR
  • IR/IE Operations and Artificial Intelligence

We are excited to hear about your presentation proposals and are looking forward to seeing you in November.