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
- June 24-28, 2025: ABLE 2025 conference, University of Manitoba. Hosts: Cassandra Debets, Sreeparna Vappala, Kevin Scott [Conference website]
Conference Archive
- 2024: University of Maryland – College Park, June 25-29, 2024. Hosts: Hans Lemke, Swarna Mohan, Mike Keller [Conference website]
- 2023: University of California, San Diego, June 27-30, 2023. Hosts: Aaron Coleman, Chris Day, and others [Conference website]
- 2022: University of Victoria, Annual ABLE Conference, 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, and Megan Cole [Conference website]
- 2020 [cancelled by COVID]:
University of California – San Diego, June 23-26. Hosts: Aaron Coleman and Melissa Micou [Conference website] - 2019: The University of Ottawa, June 18-21. Hosts: Alp Oran, Elaine Beaulieu, Gabriel Guillet, Peter Heinermann, and Colin Montpetit [Conference website] [Site de la conférence]
- 2019 Regional ABLE (RABLE): Allegany College of Maryland, Cumberland, MD, October 5, 2019. Hosts: Michèle Barmoy, Joy Freidenbloom , and Cynthia Carnahan [Conference website]
- 2018: The Ohio State University, June 19-22. Host: Adam Andrews [Conference website]
- 2017: University of Wisconsin, Madison, June 13-16. Hosts: Jean Heitz and Julie Collins [Conference website]
- 2016: University of Houston, Houston, Texas. June 21-24. Hosts: Donna Pattison, Ana Medrano, and Tejendra Gill [Conference website | images]
- Regional ABLE (RABLE): Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA, October 8, 2016. Host: Laurel Rodgers [Conference website | images]
- 2015: Boston University, Massachusetts. June 23-26. Hosts: Angela Seliga and Kathryn Spilios [Conference website | images]
- Regional ABLE (RABLE): University of California, Irvine, February 21, 2015. Host: Brian Sato, Pavan Kadandale, Justin Shaffer, Debra Mauzy-Melitz, & Nancy Aguilar-Roca [Conference website | images]
- 2014: University of Oregon, Eugene. June 17-20. Host: Carl Stiefbold [Conference website | images]
- 2013: University of Calgary, Alberta. June 25-28. Hosts: Isabelle Barrette-Ng and Cindy Graham [Conference website | images]
- 2013 Regional ABLE (RABLE): San Diego State University, January 12, 2013. Host: Joe Newsome [Conference website]
- 2012: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. June 19-22. Host: Barbara Stegenga. [Conference website | images]
- 2012 Regional ABLE (RABLE): St. Francis College. 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, Canada. June 22-26. Hosts: Mindy McCarville & Jennifer Van Dommelen [Conference website | images]
- 2010 Regional ABLE (RABLE): McDaniel College, January 2010. Hosts: Janice Bonner and Karin Readel
- 2009: University of Delaware, Newark, DE. June 9-13. Hosts: Bob Hodson, Linda Dion, & Bob Ketcham. [Conference website | images]
- 2008: University of Toronto, Mississauga. [program | images]
- 2007: University of Kentucky [program | images]
- 2006: Purdue University [program | images]
- 2005: Virginia Tech [program | images]
- 2004: Bowling Green State University [program | images]
- 2003: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2003 — 25th Annual Conference [program | images]
- 2002: Louisiana State University [program | images]
- 2001: University of Chicago [program | images]
- 2000: Clemson University [program | images]
- 1999: University of Nebraska-Lincoln [program | images]
- 1998: Florida State University, 1998 — 20th Annual Workshop/Conference [program | images]
- 1997: University of Calgary [program | images]
- 1996: Boston University [program]
- 1996 Regional ABLE (RABLE): Bainbridge College, March 1996. Host: Nancy Goodyear
- 1995: Purdue University
- 1994: Emory University
- 1993: University of Toronto
- 1992: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- 1991: University of Wyoming
- 1990: Southwest Missouri State University
- 1989: University of New Brunswick
- 1988: University of British Columbia
- 1987: University of Minnesota
- 1986: Cornell University
- 1985: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- 1984: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- 1983: Clemson University
- 1982: University of Washington
- 1981: State University of New York–Stony Brook
- 1980: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1979: University of Calgary
