CUPSO Annual CONFERENCE | APRIL 6-8, 2022

Nashville, TN

After a two-year pandemic-driven hiatus, CUPSO is thrilled to be getting back together in person in Nashville, TN. This year's Annual Conference, co-hosted with the University Of Tennessee Institute for Public Service (IPS) is packed with opportunities to learn, explore and network as we look to a future of unprecedented challenges, but also new opportunities. You can preview the agenda here (please note that the agenda is still in draft form and subject to change). A summary agenda is also provided below. 

IPS is also excited to show everyone a good time Nashville-style with an evening at Blake Shelton’s Ol’ Red and dinner at the world-famous Wildhorse Saloon (bring your dancing shoes!).

We will also be continuing our recently-inaugurated tradition of including a poster session as part of our annual conference. This is an opportunity for you or other members of your team to highlight your work or research at a national conference as well as a chance to learn what other CUPSO members are working on in these rapidly changing times. We invite each of our members to prepare a poster (or posters!) for display during the conference.

You can register at the IPS Website for CUPSO 2022 here (https://www.ips.tennessee.edu/cupso-2022-conference/). 

Conference Registration 

Cost to attend the 2022 CUPSO conference is $400 early bird (register before March 1) and $450 regular (March 1 - March 25). 

The 2022 conference is an in-person event. However, in an effort to make conference content available to a greater number of CUPSO center staff, as well as to member centers who may still be experiencing travel restrictions, for the first time ever we will be recording the majority of our plenary and breakout sessions and making them available as an on-demand digital resource. Digital access is $1500 for your whole team. Centers sending five or more people in-person will receive complementary access to the digital resource. There is an option to select or add the digital resource on the conference registration page. 

REGISTER here at the IPS Website for CUPSO 2022

Questions regarding registration? Contact Susan Robertson at IPS (susan.robertson@tennessee.edu)

Hotel and Travel 

The CUPSO conference will be held at the Holiday Inn & Suites Nashville: Downtown - Broadway. 

415 4th Ave South
Nashville, TN 37201
877-666-3243

The hotel is an easy taxi or ride-share trip from Nashville International Airport and is walking distance (approximately 1/2 mile) from all evening activities. If you have any mobility issues, Susan Robertson at IPS can help make transportation arrangements for these networking events.

IPS has reserved a room block at the Holiday Inn & Suites with a special rate of $209 for CUPSO members. This rate is available the night of April 5 as well for those arriving early. The deadline to reserve a room under the CUPSO rate is March 6 or until the block of rooms is filled. You can reserve a room in that block online here. 

If you prefer to call the hotel to make your reservation, please make sure you note that you are booking under the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service Room block for the CUPSO conference. 

For questions regarding hotel or travel or to make transportation arrangements for evening events, contact Susan Robertson at the Institute for Public Service at susan.robertson@tennessee.edu.

Agenda Overview

Please note that the agenda is still in draft form and subject to change. You can view a more detailed draft agenda here.

Wednesday, April 6

Thursday, April 7 

Friday, April 8

If you have any general questions about the conference or agenda, or if you are interested in being part of one of the panels, please contact Ashley Labosier at labosier@sog.unc.edu