ABLE conferences provide a forum for faculty and laboratory coordinators to share their work in curriculum development and laboratory teaching strategies. Attendees include current faculty, staff, rising graduate students, and postdocs who are directly involved in their institution’s teaching mission or who are planning to pursue a career in academia. We hope to meet you at one of our conferences soon!
Upcoming Conference
- 2026: Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts), June 23-27. Host: Erica Homan [Conference website]
Conference Archive
- 2025: University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Manitoba), June 24-28. Hosts: Cassandra Debets, Sreeparna Vappala, Kevin Scott [Conference website]
- 2024: University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland), June 25-29. Hosts: Hans Lemke, Swarna Mohan, Mike Keller [Conference website] – 45th Annual Conference
- 2023: University of California San Diego (San Diego, California), June 27-30. Hosts: Aaron Coleman, Chris Day, and others [Conference website]
- 2022: University of Victoria (Victoria, British Columbia), June 21-24. Hosts: Kimberley Curry, Roswitha Marx, Alicia Rippington, Mauricio Carrasquilla, Gregory Beaulieu [Conference website]
- 2021: Virtual ABLE (ViABLE) Conference, June 17, 18, 24, and 25. Planning Committee: Laurel Rodgers (chair), Alp Oran, Adam Andrews, Angela Seliga, Donna Pattison, Hans Lemke, Amy Marion, Kimberly Curry, Megan Cole [Conference website]
- 2020 [cancelled due to COVID]:
University of California San Diego (San Diego, California), June 23-26. Hosts: Aaron Coleman, Melissa Micou [Conference website] - 2019: University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario), June 18-21. Hosts: Alp Oran, Elaine Beaulieu, Gabriel Guillet, Peter Heinermann, Colin Montpetit [Conference website] [Site de la conférence]
- 2019 Regional ABLE (RABLE): Allegany College of Maryland (Cumberland, Maryland), October 5. Hosts: Michèle Barmoy, Joy Freidenbloom, Cynthia Carnahan [Conference website]
- 2018: The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio), June 19-22. Host: Adam Andrews [Conference website] – 40th Annual Conference
- 2017: University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin), June 13-16. Hosts: Jean Heitz, Julie Collins [Conference website]
- 2016: University of Houston (Houston, Texas), June 21-24. Hosts: Donna Pattison, Ana Medrano, Tejendra Gill [Conference website | images]
- Regional ABLE (RABLE): Shenandoah University (Winchester, Virginia), October 8. Host: Laurel Rodgers [Conference website | images]
- 2015: Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts), June 23-26. Hosts: Angela Seliga, Kathryn Spilios [Conference website | images]
- Regional ABLE (RABLE): University of California, Irvine (Irvine, California), February 21. Host: Brian Sato, Pavan Kadandale, Justin Shaffer, Debra Mauzy-Melitz, Nancy Aguilar-Roca [Conference website | images]
- 2014: University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon), June 17-20. Host: Carl Stiefbold [Conference website | images]
- 2013: University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta), June 25-28. Hosts: Isabelle Barrette-Ng, Cindy Graham [Conference website | images] – 35th Annual Conference
- 2013 Regional ABLE (RABLE): San Diego State University (San Diego, California), January 12. Host: Joe Newsome [Conference website]
- 2012: The University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, North Carolina), June 19-22. Host: Barbara Stegenga. [Conference website | images]
- 2012 Regional ABLE (RABLE): St. Francis College (Brooklyn, New York), February 2012. Host Kathy Nolan. [Conference information (PDF) | images (PDF)]
- 2011: New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, New Mexico), June 14-17. Hosts: Ralph Preszler, Amy Marion, Lina Urquidi [Conference website| images]
- 2010: Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia), June 22-26. Hosts: Mindy McCarville, Jennifer Van Dommelen [Conference website | images]
- 2010 Regional ABLE (RABLE): McDaniel College (Westminster, Maryland), January 2010. Hosts: Janice Bonner, Karin Readel
- 2009: University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware), June 9-13. Hosts: Bob Hodson, Linda Dion, Bob Ketcham. [Conference website | images]
- 2008: University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario) – 30th Annual Conference [program | images]
- 2007: University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky) [program | images]
- 2006: Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) [program | images]
- 2005: Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Virginia) [program | images]
- 2004: Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio) [program | images]
- 2003: University of Nevada (Reno, Nevada) – 25th Annual Conference [program | images]
- 2002: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) [program | images]
- 2001: University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) [program | images]
- 2000: Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) [program | images]
- 1999: University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) [program | images]
- 1998: Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida) – 20th Annual Conference [program | images]
- 1997: University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta) [program | images]
- 1996: Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) [program]
- 1996 Regional ABLE (RABLE): Bainbridge College (Bainbridge, Georgia), March. Host: Nancy Goodyear
- 1995: Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana)
- 1994: Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia)
- 1993: University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario) – 15th Annual Conference
- 1992: University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nevada)
- 1991: University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming)
- 1990: Southwest Missouri State University (Springfield, Missouri)
- 1989: University of New Brunswick (Fredericton, New Brunswick)
- 1988: University of British Columbia (University Endowment Lands, British Columbia) – 10th Annual Conference
- 1987: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- 1986: Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
- 1985: University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nevada)
- 1984: Memorial University of Newfoundland (St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador)
- 1983: Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) – 5th Annual Conference
- 1982: University of Washington (Seattle, Washington)
- 1981: State University of New York Stony Brook (Stony Brook, New York)
- 1980: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
- 1979: University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta) – Inaugural Conference
