University Conference Services: About Us

A Producer of Premiere Executive Conferences In Conjunction with Three of the Nation's Leading Business Schools

About Us

A Proven Track Record
For more than 20 years, University Conference Services has developed, organized and produced executive education conferences and seminars in conjunction with three of the nation's top business schools: the Stern School of Business at New York University, the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley. Widely recognized for their quality and educational integrity, UCS programs are done in collaboration with firms that are leaders in their respective industries, including: Aflac, Ameriprise Financial, Aon Consulting, Charles Schwab, CIGNA, DWS Scudder, Fidelity Investments^®, JPMorgan Retirement Plan Services, MassMutual Financial Group, Mercer Health & Benefits, Merrill Lynch, Mutual of Omaha, Principal Financial Group, Prudential Financial, T. Rowe Price Retirement Services, Inc., The Hartford, Vanguard, Wachovia and Willis. Firms such as these serve as conference sponsors, providing expertise and support that enable UCS to maintain the high standards for which our conferences are known.

Today, UCS produces eight major conferences with nationwide audiences and three regional seminars. Combined, these programs annually draw in excess of 3,500 participants. Just as important, our programs are considered the "best of breed," typically earning 98% to 100% approval ratings from participants.

A Reputation for Drawing the Right Audience
The hallmark of University Conference Services' programs is that the target audience always far outnumbers the vendors who attend. By agreement with our university partners, we limit the number of sponsorships for each program and do not accept registrations from non-sponsoring vendors. This "no outside vendors allowed" policy creates an environment that encourages discussion and peer-to-peer exchanges. Add to this UCS' focus on real world education featuring case studies and presentations by speakers who are experts in their fields, and you see why UCS programs have earned a reputation for quality that sets them apart from those of competitors.

About Our Academic Partners

The Kenan-Flagler Business School
The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School is one of the oldest business schools in the country. Since 1919, it has produced more than 22,000 graduates. The school is nationally noted for the quality of its degree programs, its teaching excellence, and the pertinence of its research. Among the first to offer executive development programs, Kenan-Flagler is one of the ten major providers of university-based general management education for U.S. executives. Business Week has rated its custom programs Number 1 in the world, while The Wall Street Journal ranks its open enrollment programs the best worldwide in bottom line impact, leadership preparation and participant pay back.

The Haas School of Business
The first campus built in today's University of California system, Berkeley is considered one of the finest institutions of learning in the world. Its faculty includes 18 Nobel laureates and 254 members of the National Academy of Sciences. Its graduates have founded and headed many of the world's important business organizations, and top business executives from every industry make the campus a focal point for networking and continuing education. The school is named after Walter A. Haas, Sr., who made Levi Strauss, Inc. one of the greatest success stories in corporate history.

The Leonard N. Stern School of Business
New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business ranks among the nation’s top 20 business schools in surveys published in Business Week and U.S. News & World Report. Stern’s International Business Area is consistently ranked Number 1 for overall excellence by members of the Academy of International Business. Its Departments of Finance, Information Systems and Marketing were recently ranked Number 1 for published research. The Stern School has more than 30,000 alumni, including such distinguished business leaders as Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve; Henry Kaufman, a leading economist and president of Henry Kaufman & Company; and Tatsuro Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Company. The Stern School’s finance faculty is world renowned, with such distinguished scholars as Martin Gruber and Edwin Elton, co-authors of Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis, the standard textbook used in most leading graduate business schools. Drs. Gruber and Elton also serve as instructors for a variety of UCS programs.