2023 UFVA Conference
Georgia Southern University, Armstrong
Savannah, GA
July 19 – July 21, 2023
Conference Theme – “The Garden of Cinema: Cultivating the Future of Media Arts”
Opening Keynote: Niels Pagh Andersen
2023 Conference Program
2023 Award Winners
2022 UFVA Conference
SUNY Fredonia
Fredonia, NY
July 25 – July 29, 2022
Conference Theme – “Reconnecting Community”
Opening Keynote: Niels Pagh Andersen
2022 Conference Program
2022 Award Winners
2021 UFVA Conference
Online
July 27 – July 30, 2021
Conference Theme – “Empowering Spaces”
Opening Keynote: Marco Williams
New Media Keynote: Liat Berdugo
Closing Keynote: Rachel Raimist
2021 Conference Program
2021 Award Winners
2020 UFVA Conference
Online
July 27 – July 30, 2020
Opening Keynote: Dr. Michael Welsh, Kansas State University
Closing Keynote: Ted Hope
2020 Conference Program
2020 Award Winners
2019 UFVA Conference
Augsburg University
Minneapolis, MN
July 30 – August 2, 2019
Conference Theme – “Land of 10,000 Tales”
Keynote speaker: E. G. Bailey
2019 Conference Program
2019 Award Winners
2018 UFVA Conference
New Mexico State University
Las Cruses, NM
July 30 – August 2, 2018
Conference Theme – “Stories Without Borders”
Keynote speakers: Brian Espinoza, Lena Khan, Alvaro Rodriguez
2018 Conference Program
2018 Award Winners
2017 UFVA Conference
Cal State, LA
Los Angeles, CA
July 30 – August 2, 2017
Conference Theme – “Media Diversity: Inclusion and Convergence”
Keynote speakers: Gina Prince Bythewood, Reggie Rock Bythewood
2017 Conference Program
2017 Award Winners
2016 UFVA Conference
Green Valley Ranch Resort
Henderson, NV
July 31 – August 4, 2016
Conference Theme – “Content Creation in the 21st Century”
Keynote speaker: Jane McGonigal, author of Reality Is Broken and SuperBetter
2016 Conference Program
2016 Award Winners
2015 UFVA Conference
American University
Washington, DC
August 4-8, 2015
Conference Theme – “Media with Impact”
Keynote speaker: Elvis Mitchell, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2015 Conference Program
2015 Award Winners
2014 UFVA Conference
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
August 5 – 9, 2014
Conference Theme – “Nature and Narrative”
Keynote speaker: Christine Vachon
2014 Conference Program
2014 Conference Presentation Materials
2014 Award Winners
2013 UFVA Conference
Chapman University
Orange, CA
July 29 – August 3rd, 2013
Conference Theme – “Story First!”
Keynote speaker: Peter Debruge
2013 Conference Program
2013 Award Winners
2012 UFVA Conference
Columbia College Chicago
August 6 – 11, 2012
Conference Theme – “Imagination is the 21st Century Technology”
Keynote speaker: Peter Sims
2012 Conference Program
2012 Award Winners
2011 UFVA Conference
Emerson College
Boston, MA
Aug 3-6, 2011
Keynote speaker: Holly Willis PDF PowerPoint
2011 Conference Program
2010 UFVA Conference
Champlain College
Burlington, VT
August 11-14, 2010
2010 Conference Program
2009 UFVA Conference
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Aug. 5-8, 2009
2009 Conference Program
2008 UFVA Conference
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO
August 12-16, 2008
2008 Conference Program
2007 UFVA Conference
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
August 7-11, 2007
2007 Conference Program
2006 UFVA Conference
Chapman University
Orange, CA
Aug 1-5, 2006
2005 UFVA Conference
Columbia College
Chicago, IL
August 2-6, 2005
2004 University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
2003 University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2002 Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
2001 Kodak Headquarters, Rochester, NY
2000 Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
1999 Emerson College, Boston, MA
1998 North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
1997 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
1996 Chapman University, Orange, CA
1995 Keene State College, Keene, NH
1994 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1993 Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1992 Florida State University, Sarasota, FL
1991 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1990 Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
1989 York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1988 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1987 Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Ohio University, Athens, OH
1985 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1984 James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
1983 North Texas State University, Denton, TX
1982 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
1981 University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
1980 University of Texas, Austin, TX
1979 Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
1978 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1977 University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1976 Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1975 Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
1974 University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
1973 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1972 University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1971 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1970 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1969 Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
1968 University of Denver, Denver, CO
1967 University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
1966 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1965 New York University, New York, NY
1964 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
1963 University of Miami, Miami, FL
1962 Glacier National Park, MT (Montana St College host)
1961 University of California, Berkeley, CA
1960 Williamsburg, VA (Virginia Dept of Education host)
1959 Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
1958 Black Hills, SD (South Dakota State College host)
1957 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
1956 University of Mississippi, University, MS
1955 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1954 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1953 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1952 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1951 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1950 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
1949 Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
1948 Itasca State Park, MN (Univ of Minnesota host)
1947 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA