From Badges to Proof: Designing Digital Credentials That Demonstrate Real Capability
Move beyond symbolic recognition to build verified, standards-based credentials that clearly communicate skills, performance, and workforce relevance.
Attendees will join peers and thought leaders from across the continuing education and training ecosystem to explore how digital credentials can evolve from simple recognition tools into trusted indicators of verified capability. This symposium offers a timely opportunity to engage with the ideas, frameworks, and practical approaches shaping the future of credible, workforce-relevant credentialing.
Gain clarity in a crowded credentialing landscape. This symposium will help you better understand what makes a digital credential meaningful, interpretable, and valuable to employers, learners, and other stakeholders.
Learn how to design credentials that demonstrate capability, not just participation. Attendees will explore practical ways to connect learning outcomes, assessment, and evidence so credentials communicate real skill and performance.
Discover how standards and quality frameworks can strengthen your credentialing strategy. The symposium will show how the ANSI/IACET Standard and related practices can support more consistent, credible, and transparent systems of recognition.
Build credentials that better align with workforce and industry expectations. Attendees will leave with stronger insight into how to create credentials that support skills-based hiring, learner mobility, and more meaningful educational outcomes.
Need help getting management buy-in to attend?
IACET recognizes that securing approval for event attendance can pose challenges. To assist you, we have crafted a template letter that brings together the numerous benefits of participating in IACET’s Symposia Learning Events! This tool is designed to demonstrate the substantial value and strategic advantage your attendance would bring to your organization, outlining key takeaways you can directly apply to advance your organization’s initiative.
Regular Registration
Dates Available: April 8, 2026 5:15 PM – May 27, 2026 4:59 PM
No cancellations permitted. If you are unable to attend the live REDUX event, the content will be available in a recording to be shared post-event.