Sessions Designed to Help You Meet Your Moment
Each session on this year’s agenda is informed by a real, current shift in the profession. Explore how AI is changing admin’s daily work, learn skills leadership is asking for, and discover how to advocate for yourself and your work. No matter how you build your schedule, you’ll leave Summit 2027 ready to connect, grow, and lead.
Built From What the Profession Is Facing
Every session on this year’s agenda is informed by a real, current shift in the profession—how AI is changing daily work, the skills leadership is demanding, and the gap between doing great work and being recognized for it.
Whichever sessions you choose to attend, they’re built around one idea: helping you meet this moment, and leave Summit 2027 ready to connect, grow, and lead.
Full Agenda Coming Soon
The full Summit 2027 schedule is coming soon. In the meantime, here’s a quick look at the topics and skills on the agenda for July 26–28, 2027 in Dallas or online.
AI and Workplace Technology
- Choosing the right AI tools for different kinds of work
- Moving from one-off tasks to AI-supported workflows
- Using Microsoft Copilot as an everyday productivity partner
- Modern approaches to capturing, organizing, and managing information
- Getting comfortable with new technology in a fast-changing workplace
Data, Projects, and Getting Things Done
- Data literacy and analytical skills for administrative professionals
- Project management as a way to drive organizational strategy
- Prioritizing and staying focused when demands compete
Communication and Influence
- Speaking up and leading without formal authority
- Navigating workplace relationships and tension as situations unfold
- Working through differences in perspective
- Making sound decisions in gray areas, through peer discussion
Workplace Culture and Connection
- Building healthier, more effective workplaces
- Fostering belonging and inclusion at work
- Planning meetings that are worth everyone’s time
- Strengthening the partnership between admins and the leaders they support
Courage, Resilience, and Wellbeing
- Building confidence to take smart risks
- Personal growth through challenge and change
- Practical ways to prevent and recover from burnout
- Recognizing and acting on your own career moment
Career Growth and the Future of the Profession
- Where the administrative profession is headed, and how to prepare
- The career value of professional certification
- Turning what you learn at Summit into a concrete action plan
More Than Sessions: What’s Included With Your Registration
Your Summit registration includes far more than education sessions. It also includes:
Innovation Exchange
Discover game-changing ideas and solutions created by fellow administrative professionals, and bring fresh thinking back to your team
1:1 Coaching
Book time with a coach for personalized guidance on your goals, challenges, and next career move.
Wellness and Tech Sessions
Recharge with sessions focused on your wellbeing, and get hands-on with the tools shaping the modern workplace.
Lunch Every Day
In-person registration includes lunch each day of Summit, plus time to connect with peers over a meal.
Afterglow
Celebrate Summit in true Dallas style. Everyone’s welcome to join the party!
You’ll also enjoy a keynote, peer panels and roundtables, open Q&A, community conversations with IAAP leadership, the expo, industry networking meetups, an awards celebration, and evening social events. Optional pre-Summit workshops and CAPx: Dallas, a CAP testing opportunity on-site, take place on Sunday, July 25. Virtual attendees can join live-streamed sessions and access content on-demand for a limited time following the event.
Full session details, speakers, and the complete schedule will be posted soon.
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Events for July 26, 2026
Innovation Lab at Summit: The Union of Project Management & Tech
Onsite Session: Sunday, July 26, 2026 | 3 Hours Virtual Cohort: Bi-Weekly for 5 Weeks Post-Summit Optional Add-On Course | Limited Enrollment Step into your power before Summit event begins by joining the Summit Innovation Lab, an exclusive learning accelerator designed to equip high-performing administrative professionals with the tools, systems, and leadership mindset needed to … Read more
CAP Experience: Los Angeles Edition
Step into the next stage of your professional journey with a one-of-a-kind opportunity at Summit 2026. The CAP Summit Experience gives candidates a chance to test on-site in Los Angeles while building confidence and community along the way. This exclusive experience combines structured preparation, peer support, and the energy of Summit to help you succeed. … Read more
On-Site Check-In
Preconference Workshop: Human First, Tech Forward
*Additional Ticket Required Discover how technology can elevate—not replace—the human touch in your work. This interactive workshop explores how admins can harness tech in a way that builds connection, supports culture, and powers smart, empathetic workplaces. In today’s ever-evolving workplace, technology is everywhere—but connection is everything. In this engaging, hands-on session, you’ll explore how administrative … Read more
Preconference Workshop: Architecting Admin Systems with AI Strategy
*Additional Ticket Required Every efficient system starts with a solid blueprint. In this high-impact workshop, you’ll learn how to design smart, scalable administrative systems using AI tools and strategic thinking to create workflows that work for you. Admins are the architects behind the scenes—building the processes, systems, and structure that keep organizations running. In this … Read more
