How do you know which trends are worth your time, your budget, or your program’s credibility?

Today’s credentialing professionals are facing competing pressures at lightning speed—innovation alongside accountability, innovation alongside defensibility, and opportunity alongside risk. While many promise progress, not all deserve equal attention. Yet understanding how they intersect is essential for making informed, defensible decisions about where to focus next.

In this session, we’ll be joined by credentialing professionals from across sectors to share how programs are responding to the trends reshaping credential design, delivery, and governance. You’ll hear about:

• Evolving workforce training and credentials
• Performance-based testing
• AI- and tech-enabled exam security threats

Through peer examples and shared lessons, this session will offer unmatched perspectives on where the industry is heading and how organizations are prioritizing change in 2026. Attendees will leave with a clearer view of which trends warrant strategic investment and how to evaluate what comes next for their own credentialing programs.