Annual Meeting

Join us for the 2026 annual meeting, April 16-18, 2026, in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Conference Overview

The Executive Committee has planned a compelling meeting program for graduate deans, assistant/associate deans, and other academic and administrative professionals. In addition to our yearly awards ceremony and popular hot topics and flash talks sessions, this year’s plenary sessions include:

Graduate Study in the Age of Commoditized Intelligence
Tracking, Connecting, and Bridging: Doctoral Career Pathways
Building Public Trust in Graduate Education through Experiential Learning
More Than Students: Navigating Learning, Labor and Life in Graduate School
Keynote presentation from the President of the Council of Graduate Schools

DETAILED AGENDA

We have included ample opportunities throughout the meeting to network with colleagues and enjoy Montreal in the spring. A final agenda will be available in late Feb.

Registration

Registration is now open for the 51st Annual NAGS Meeting. The early-bird rate is $500 (extended through to March 20); the regular conference rate is $600.

New for 2026, we’ve partnered with the payment platform Zeffy to allow credit card payments. Please note that Zeffy may suggest a voluntary donation during checkout; this contribution is entirely optional and does not support NAGS.

Hotel Information

The conference hotel is the Marriott Montréal Château Champlain in beautiful downtown Montreal and costs $299 (Canadian Dollars) per night. Book your group rate for NAGS Annual Conference 2026 here. To receive the group rate, you must book by March 25th.

Hotel Reservation

Present a Flash Talk at NAGS 2026?

A flash talk is a very short, high‑impact presentation—5 minutes or less—designed to communicate quickly, clearly, and in a way that sparks interest and follow-up engagement. We are interested in hearing what campuses are doing that improve the graduate student experience.

Interested in presenting a flash talk at the 2026 conference? Please contact Kristen C. Eichhorn, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, State University of New York, Oswego at kristen.eichhorn@oswego.edu. Send title, presenters name, email, affiliation, short description and single slide to Kristen Eichhorn for consideration.