August 5-8, 2025

Join the IOPIA Virtual Summit and redefine the way you lead. This event is designed for academic leaders in HR, senior leadership, and management roles who are ready to drive strategic talent management and boost employee engagement. Discover how evidence-based practices can mobilize your teams, foster thriving work environments, and transform student experiences through impactful leadership.

Over three dynamic days, you’ll gain insights from top I-O psychologists and thought leaders, exploring the latest research and actionable strategies tailored to academic settings. From live presentations to interactive sessions, this summit equips you with practical solutions and change management tools to ensure your efforts create lasting success within your institution.

This isn’t just another conference—it’s a platform for sustainable change. Whether you’re leading talent strategies, overseeing team engagement, or building supportive environments for your employees, the IOPIA Virtual Summit offers you the tools to turn vision into action and catalyze meaningful organizational transformation. Don’t miss the opportunity to make a lasting impact on your teams and the students they serve.

Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology has long been a game-changer for industries like tech, retail, and beyond, helping companies such as Google, Meta, and Target revolutionize their employee experience and organizational success. Yet, academia—an equally complex and impactful environment—faces similar challenges that I-O Psychology is uniquely equipped to address. From employee engagement to organizational culture, academic institutions encounter pressures that demand expert-driven, evidence-based solutions tailored to their needs.

The IOPIA Virtual Summit was born out of a mission to bring the proven principles of I-O Psychology into the realm of education. Academic leaders are navigating an evolving landscape, with shifting workforce dynamics, increased emphasis on online education, and greater attention to workforce development. This summit introduces a practical framework to empower leaders to tackle these challenges. By enhancing the employee experience for faculty and staff, institutions can dramatically increase student engagement, improve organizational effectiveness, and advance their mission to innovate through education.

Over the course of the summit, top I-O psychologists will share their research and practical strategies for academic environments, helping leaders implement impactful changes that last. Whether you’re a K-12 administrator, HR leader, vocational center director, or higher education executive, the IOPIA Virtual Summit is the platform designed to equip you with the tools to transform your institution. Together, we’re setting the stage for a thriving academic workforce and a brighter future for education.Each day, leading I-O psychologists will present their research with practical ways to incorporate best practices that will impact your educational institutions and system. We believe this will provide you with a curated, productive, and research-backed set of best practices and ideas on how to improve your academic institution's life. 

Whether you are K-12 Administrators, Vocational Center Directors, HR consultants/representatives, or higher education department leaders, we believe this summit is for you! The Academic I/O is building a team of experts in I-O psychology to present to you the best workplace practices to enhance all academic institutions.