Frequently Asked Questions

The 2025 ABET Symposium will be held April 3-4 with Symposium workshops taking place on Wednesday, April 2 and Saturday, April 5.

Gain Valuable Insights: The Symposium serves as a platform for expanding your knowledge of evolving educational methodologies, ensuring you stay at the forefront of the latest trends, best practices and emerging research in STEM education and accreditation. 

Expand Your Network: The Symposium is a chance for you to establish valuable connections and exchange ideas with your peers in academia, industry and government. 

Enhance Professional Development: With more than 60 sessions, you’ll find multiple opportunities to advance your skills or to learn new ones that will help you throughout your career. 

Prepare for Your Accreditation: From self-study reports to criteria overviews, the Symposium has the resources you need to get your program’s accreditation process started. 

Apply Assessment Best Practices: You will have the chance to engage with experts, share best practices and explore innovative assessment techniques, leading to improved student learning outcomes and program quality. 

Please read our Code of Conduct here.

We’ve developed two “Justify My Attendance” templates to help you make the case for attending ABET Symposium. These templates are tailored to different audiences and designed to simplify the process of requesting approval and funding:

• Industry and Government Participants: This letter highlights the professional benefits and value of attending for participants in industry or government roles.
• Academic Faculty, Administration and Staff: This letter is specifically crafted for those in academic settings, facilitating funding applications and approvals through university channels.

Each template outlines the benefits of attending and includes space to enter your requested budget. Both are provided in Microsoft Word format for easy customization to your needs.

As part of the 2025 ABET Symposium, we’re partnering with Surfrider for an afternoon of environmental impact. Surfrider has removed 63,679 pounds of trash and completed 943 beach cleanups as of April 2024, and now you can be part of their mission to protect our oceans! Read more.

Exclusively for Symposium attendees, the Self-Study Resource Room is a quiet research space where you can review ABET’s library of real Self-Study Reports from a variety of accredited programs. The Self-Study Resource Room will be open at the following times during the Symposium:

*All times listed below are PDT

Wednesday, April 2: Noon – 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 3: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Friday, April 4: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 5: 9 a.m. – Noon

ABET’s priority is the health and safety of our event participants. Please review our current guidelines regarding COVID-19:

Mask wearing is optional but encouraged for those desiring to do so.

ABET requires all participants to acknowledge and agree to the liability waiver for each event they attend.

Policies and procedures for attending ABET events will be based on the current CDC guidelines and are subject to change. ABET will communicate relevant updates as they become available through our website and directly with registrants that are affected.

Each Symposium registration includes admission to all sessions, keynotes, panels, town halls and other events. It also includes breakfast, lunch and a morning and afternoon snack on Thursday and Friday and a light reception on Thursday evening. Symposium workshops require separate registrations and additional fees.

Please visit our registration page for the most current pricing.

Attending the Symposium as a group is a great way to connect with colleagues, build team camaraderie and bring new ideas back to your workplace. That’s why we’re offering discounted registration rates for four or more people who register together.

To take advantage of our Group Registration rates:

1. Go to our registration page and click “Register.”
2. After you fill in the details to register one person, you’ll be given the option to “Add Group Member” on the last page.
3. Continue clicking “Add Group Member” until you’ve added each person in your group. The discounted Group Registration rate will then be automatically applied to your registration total.

Active ABET Program Evaluators who performed visits this accreditation cycle will receive 50% off their Symposium registration. Eligible PEVs will receive an email with a code to use when registration opens, but if you did not receive it or need further assistance, contact us at symposium@abet.org.

All payments must be made at time of registration to reserve your spot. A 75% refund will be given if cancelled 15 days or more from date of event.

Cancellation Policy:

Written Notice of Cancellation Required: Registrants for ABET events agree to provide ABET with written notice to cancel their registration. To receive applicable refunds, email notice of cancellation to: symposium@abet.org.

Refund Schedule:

1. If cancelled fifteen (15) days or more prior to the event start date, ABET will refund the amount of the registration fee paid to date, minus a 25% service charge.
2. If written cancellation notice is received by ABET fourteen (14) days or fewer prior to the event start date, or no written notice of cancellation is received by ABET, ABET will not refund the registration fee and will bill the registrant for any amount left unpaid to date based on the applicable fee at the time of registration.
3. If you must cancel your registration because you were unable to obtain an entry Visa in time to attend the event, ABET will refund the full amount of the registration fee paid to date.

Consent Clause:

Registration and attendance at, or participation in, ABET meetings and other activities constitutes an agreement by the registrant to the use and distribution (both now and in the future) of the registrant or attendee’s image or voice in recordings, both live and on-demand, photographs, video and audio recordings of such events and activities by ABET.

Substitutions:

If a registrant is unable to attend the event, there is no charge for substitutions. Substitutions and transfers of registration are allowed up to 24 hours before the event start date and can be completed by the registrant on their registration modification page.

Modifications/Substitutions:

If a registrant is unable to attend the event, there is no charge for substitutions. Substitutions and transfers of registration are allowed up to 24 hours before the event start date and can be completed by the registrant on their registration modification page.

Refer to your confirmation email to access the link to transfer or modify your registration. Go to the bottom of your registration summary and click “Transfer Registration.” Once you transfer your registration, it can’t be undone.

If you want to modify your existing registration, go to the bottom of the registration summary and click “Modify Registration” which will take you back into your existing registration where you can update your previous selections (for example, add a workshop).

In order for ABET to provide a visa letter, you must register and pay in full for the Symposium and/or any workshops. Please submit your request to Vida Reboca at vreboca@abet.org along with your proof of registration and payment.

If you must cancel your registration because you were unable to obtain an entry visa in time to attend the event, ABET will refund the full amount of the registration fee paid to date with written notification.