The Future of Continuing Education and Workforce Development

An expanded look at Element451's CE and Workforce solution, from program setup to proving completion and wage outcomes.
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About this session

October 14, 2026
1:15 PM ET
AI Engage Fall Summit 2026
Product deep dive
Continuing Ed & Workforce
Day 2: Workforce and Continuing Education
Speakers
Matt Palmer; Trey Boyer
Director of Solution Engineering, Element451; Chief Revenue Officer, Element451

Workforce Pell went live July 1. For the first time in the program's 60-year history, federal need-based aid is flowing to short-term, workforce-aligned programs — and the accountability requirements arrived with the money. Non-degree is now the fastest-growing credential type in higher ed, 40 million adults are sitting on some college and no credential, and most institutions are trying to serve them with a fragmented catalog, a legacy registration form, and no shared learner record.

Trey Boyer and Matt Palmer return with a substantially expanded look at Element451's new CE and Workforce solution — and this time you'll see both sides of the front door. At Engage, we showed the learner: AI-driven discovery, natural-language matchmaking, and conversational enrollment in Course Hub. At AI Engage, we're opening up the machine room. How a program gets configured and kept current. How learners get segmented, personalized, and nudged. How marketing automation and the Bolt agent team fill seats without adding headcount. And what your analytics look like when a funder asks you to prove completion, employment, and wage gains.

Bring your hardest CE problem. This is the session where we show the wiring.

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