OpenCon Ohio 2026 Conference Schedule (Virtual on May 15, 2026)

Our 9th Annual OpenCon Ohio 2026 Conference is slated for May 15, 2026

This year’s OpenCon Ohio 2026 will be offered for free via Zoom on Friday, May 15, 2026 with an in-person preconference on May 14 at Cleveland State University. Our theme this year is Reimagining Learning: The Future of Open Education.

During the week of May 11-15, 2026, asynchronous conversations will be held online in Discord to discuss prerecorded lightning talks. On Friday, May 15, we will host live presentations and interactive conversations via Zoom.

See the full schedule of virtual sessions.

Registration

We are also pleased to offer an in-person component to our event for the first time since 2020. Our in-person preconference event will be held at Cleveland State University on Thursday, May 14th, 2026. Registration for the May 14th preconference is closed.

Registration for the May 15th virtual conference is open through May 8th.

Register for OpenCon Ohio 2026

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ANNA MILLS

We are thrilled to have Anna Mills, visionary leader in open education and AI, as our keynote speaker! Anna will present "Open Practices Can Help Us Adapt to AI, and AI Can Support Open Education If We’re Careful”.

SPONSORS

Thank you to our generous sponsors, Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) and OhioLINK for their financial support for the pre-conference and conference.

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Stay current with our event using the hashtag #openconohio2026.

We hope to see you there!

Feel free to direct any questions to OpenCon Ohio Planning Committee Co-Chairs, Mandi Goodsett at a.goodsett@csuohio.edu and/or Heather Caprette at h.caprette@csuohio.edu.