Professional Development Opportunities at GMAC

Events & Learning Opportunities

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Insight Series

10  July 2025: New York, NY | 29 August 2025: Atlanta, GA | 26 September 2025: Chicago, IL | 10 October 2025: Washington, D.C. | 7 November 2025: Irvine, CA  

Join us for the GMAC Insight Series, one-day regional event designed to bring together graduate management education (GME) professionals for exploration into the latest industry trends and research. These exclusive events provide data-driven insights, expert perspectives, and networking opportunities to help you stay ahead in today’s evolving landscape. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with peers, gain actionable insights, and strengthen your institution’s position in the global GME market.

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Leadership Conference

January 10-12, 2026: Carlsbad, CA

Co-hosted by GMAC and the Graduate Business Curriculum Roundtable, this exclusive conference offers a unique opportunity to engage in high-level strategic discussions, gain invaluable leadership insights, and network with top-tier thought leaders in the field. Deans and Directors of business schools should attend.

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Masters Leadership Conference

Spring 2026: Location TBD

Our flagship event for those with strategic oversight of the business masters portfolio. Join and network with like-minded professionals, explore market trends and gain in-depth perspectives around the challenges faced by this segment of the graduate management education industry.

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Annual Conference

June 25-27, 2025: Kansas City, MO

The Annual Conference is designed to address challenges and to provide the highest quality programming on a variety of topics, such as digital marketing; diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging; data analytics; navigating the new recruiting and admissions landscape and more. Learn about current industry trends from experts, join interactive sessions to explore solutions for your challenges, connect with companies that showcase their graduate management education products and services and take advantage of prime networking opportunities. Our goal is to make sure each attendee leaves the conference inspired with a fresh toolkit of best practices, research and solutions to tackle current and future challenges facing GME. 

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Admissions Institute for Advanced Professionals

July 16-18, 2025: Fairfax, VA

This is a pilot program in 2025! Giving mid-career professionals working full time at business schools an opportunity to continue to grow in their recruitment, admissions and marketing efforts. Great for former attendees of the Admissions Institute for New Professionals!

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Admissions Institute for New Professionals (AINP) US

July 23-25, 2025: Dallas, TX 

The Admissions Institute is a robust program essential for every new professional in recruitment, admissions, and marketing – participants must have between six to eighteen months of work experience within these different areas of graduate management education to be eligible to apply.  AINP is an essential program for every new professional working in admissions, recruitment, outreach, or marketing.

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Asia Conference

October 29-31, 2025: Hong Kong

The GMAC Asia Conference is a global forum for exploring issues of critical importance within the growing Asia Pacific, Middle Eastern and North African graduate management education landscape.

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Europe Conference

November 19-21, 2025: Madrid, Spain

The Europe Conference will cover marketing best practices, innovation in admissions, and the impact of data and technology in recruitment—providing a comprehensive experience that will prepare and inspire you for the current and future challenges ahead. Join our interactive conference for an opportunity to see, hear and share the latest thinking in graduate business education with a European perspective, through a carefully crafted schedule of keynotes, workshops, interactive sessions and networking opportunities, presented by experts and peers from across the sector.

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