The Affordable Learning Summit is an opportunity for librarians, faculty, and others to collaborate on building a network dedicated to making higher education in Pennsylvania more accessible and affordable. The most recent ALPA Summit was held May 1, 2025. Details on the next Summit will be posted to this space when they are available.

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Previous ALPA Summits

2023 ALPA Summit - May 25, 2023

The fifth annual Summit was held in person at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College, PA. Featured speakers included: Heather Blicher of Virginia Tech, Jeff Seaman of Bay View Analytics, Dr. Nicole Pfannenstiel of Millersville University, Richard Hershman of the National Association of College Stores, Brian Andrew Young of Cornell University Retail Sales, Cheryl (Cuillier) Casey of University of Arizona, and Emily Bongiovanni of Carnegie Mellon University. Recordings are available here.

2022 ALPA Summit - August 9-10, 2022

The theme for the fourth annual Summit was Infrastructures for Affordability. Recordings from the virtual 2022 Summit are available by registering at https://alpasummit.learningtimesevents.org/.

2021 Affordable Learning PA Summit - August 17-19, 2021

The theme for the third annual summit in 2021 was Journeys to Affordability. The virtual 2021 ALPA Summit included keynote talks from Jeff Gallant at Affordable Learning Georgia and Alexis Clifton of SUNY Geneseo, as well as panels and presentations on a range of topics related to open and affordable education. Please visit https://alpasummit.learningtimesevents.org/ and register to view recordings.

2020 Affordable Learning Summit – September 9-25, 2020

The theme for the 2020 Affordable Learning Summit was Advocate PA: Getting the Word Out about OER. Recordings from the virtual 2020 Summit are available by registering at https://alpasummit.learningtimesevents.org/.

2019 OER Summit - August 9, 2019

Affordable Learning PA and Penn State University hosted the first Open Educational Resources (OER) Summit in person on August 9th, 2019. The theme of the event was “Building Community,” and more than 100 attended from across the state and beyond. The Summit allowed librarians, faculty, and others to collaborate on building a network dedicated to making higher education more accessible and affordable. The day featured keynote presentations by Amy Hofer, Coordinator, Statewide Open Education Library Services for Oregon and Anne Osterman, Director of VIVA, as well as concurrent sessions, posters, and lightning talks by PA OER practitioners.