2023 Schedule

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Georgianna Laws is an award-winning higher-education expert and online education enthusiast with 20+ of global experience in teaching, training and development, curriculum, learning experience design, project management, scholarship, and leadership. As CEO of Geo Laws Consulting, Georgianna aims to empower higher-education leaders in creating, operating, and sustainably scaling up quality online programs.

Her doctoral research focused on the legitimate power that chief online education officers (COEOs) hold over online-program quality assurance at higher-education institutions in the United States. She speaks to national audiences about the COEO role in higher education, virtual team building, quality in the design, delivery, and administration of online education, as well as cyber security implications for online education. As a board of directors member of the United States Distance Learning Association, Georgianna serves as chair for National Distance Learning Week.