UPLEVEL AUSTIN: A Career Acceleration Experience

A full-day career acceleration experience for ambitious Austin professionals. Live coaching, expert panels, career expo, and more.
Agenda

🕑: 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Doors Open, Registration, Coffee and Headshots

Info: Doors open. Get settled, grab coffee, and get your professional headshot taken - included with Coaching Pass and VIP Experience tickets.

🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
The Uplevel Formula
Host: Mike Acker

Info: The personal and career development framework that anchors the entire day. Awareness. Knowledge. Practice. Feedback. Interactive, experiential, and immediately applicable.

🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Obstacle to Opportunity: Positivity as a Career Weapon
Host: Steve Lawton

Info: Science-backed, funny, and deeply human. Steve's talk will change how you see every obstacle in your path.

🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Break
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
AI in the Workforce
Host: Michael Sury

Info: How to use AI to advance your career before it disrupts it. Practical, forward-looking, and grounded in research from UT Austin's Center for Analytics and Transformative Technologies.

🕑: 11:15 AM - 12:10 PM
Conflict Resolution Panel
Host: Sarah Christine Russell

Info: Austin HR leaders on navigating conflict, difficult conversations, and workplace dynamics - unfiltered.

🕑: 12:10 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch + Career Expo

Info: Lunch is included. Grab a bite and swing by our expert partner stations for real, hands-on help - career, financial, and lifestyle experts on hand. Full station lineup coming soon.

🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:45 PM
Conversation Accelerators: The Speaking Lab
Host: Mike Acker

Info: Buckle up. This is the loudest, liveliest hour and 45 minutes of the day - real people, real feedback, on their feet, in front of the room. You're not watching from your seat. You're in it.

🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Break
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:45 PM
Promotion & Negotiation Panel

Info: What actually gets people promoted. What salary negotiation looks like from both sides of the table. Real conversations. Real answers.

🕑: 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM
Executive Ascent: Executive Presence
Host: Mike Acker

Info: The closing session. How to command a room, lead with presence, and communicate like the leader you're becoming. This is where the day lands.

🕑: 04:30 PM
Close + VIP Leadership Dinner

Info: General close. VIP Experience ticket holders join Mike Acker and Andres Soto for a Leadership Dinner following the conference.