UHS DSAES Leadership Conference
4-Orging Into the Future
The 2023 UHS DSAES Leadership Conference will be held on:
May 24, 2023
University of Houston Clear Lake
Register Today Program Booklet 2023
This conference provides opportunities for professionals throughout the University of Houston System to share their expertise in the following areas:
- Best practices
- Collaboration and Building Bridges
- New Horizons
- Professional Development
Our 2023 conference will feature three educational session blocks, a UHS Talks session featuring short, TEDTalk style presentations, and a keynote speaker.
Keynote Speaker:
Loren J. Blanchard will be our 2023 UHS DSAES Conference Keynote Speaker. He joined the University of Houston-Downtown as its seventh president on March 15, 2021.
During his tenure at UHD, Dr. Blanchard has launched the 2022-2027 Strategic Plan: A New Paradigm with Student Success as the University’s number one priority. Since the implementation of that plan, UHD has made progress toward multiple interrelated goals through organizational changes that ensure systematic first-year support, strategic and ongoing academic advising, and provisions to meet students’ basic needs.
A first-generation college graduate, Dr. Blanchard holds a bachelor's degree in Speech Pathology Education from Xavier University of Louisiana, a master's degree in Education from McNeese State University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Georgia.
We are honored to have him serve as this year’s keynote speaker because we know that his message will be impactful to the important job that we do every day, which is to serve our students.
Schedule Overview:
8:15 a.m. to 9:10 a.m.
Registration
9:15 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Keynote & Welcome
10:10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
1st Educational Session
11:10 a.m. to Noon
2nd Educational Session
Noon to 1 p.m.
Lunch
1:10 p.m. to 2 p.m.
3rd Educational Session
2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
UHS Talks
3:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Closing
Parking
Non-University of Houston-Clear Lake attendees to the UHS DSAES Leadership Conference are invited to park for free in Lot D2-D4 at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (the largest parking lot on the map).
University of Houston-Clear Lake staff should park where they normally do.
Parking Lot D2-D4 is located in the back of the campus.
Visitors are warned not to park in any other non-D Lots, which are metered lots or lots requiring UHCL parking permits. If you park in these areas and do not pay the meter or display a UHCL permit, you will receive a parking citation.
Maps and Directions
2700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058
Maps and Directions | University of Houston-Clear Lake website.
From the University of Houston:
Take Interstate 45 South. Take exit 26 Bay Area Blvd. Use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto Bay Area Blvd. After you turn left, drive about 3.5 miles until you reach 2700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058.
From the University of Houston – Downtown/ Interstate 10:
Take Interstate 10 East and take Exit 770A to Interstate 69/US 59S. Take Exit 129B to Interstate 45 S. Take exit 26 Bay Area Blvd. Use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto Bay Area Blvd. After you turn left, drive about 3.5 miles until you reach 2700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058.
From the University of Houston – Victoria/Interstate 69:
After taking Exit 129A toward I-45, merge onto I-45 and Take exit 26 Bay Area Blvd. Use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto Bay Area Blvd. After you turn left, drive about 3.5 miles until you reach 2700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058.
When Entering the University of Houston-Clear Lake – Entrance 1:
- When you turn into Entrance 1 from Bay Area, you will be on University Drive. Make your way down that road.
- You will arrive at a four-way stop sign, take a right on Bayou Road and make your way around to the back of campus.
- On the campus map the parking lot is labeled D2, D3, and D4 (D1 is reserved spaces).
- The conference will be held in the Bayou Building (Building 8 on the campus map). We would recommend parking in the D2 area.
- Our Parking Department will not be enforcing parking permits so you should be good with your campus permit.