Schmidt, M. (2019). Female Principalship Examined Through an Intersectional Lens.European Educational Research Association-     European Conference of Educational Research (EERA-ECER). Hamburg, Germany.

Schmidt, M. (2017). Negotiating challenges and obstacles in the workplace. WERA Conference, Cape Town, South Africa.

Schmidt, M. (2016). A feminist postcolonial examination of female principals’ experiences in South African secondary schools. ECER Conference, Dublin.

Schmidt, M. (2015). Breaking the Glass Ceiling: The Experiences of Female Principals in the Gauteng Province. EASA Conference, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Women in leadership: South Africa, Women’s Leadership Symposium in Oxford, Oxford University, UK.

Schmidt, M. (2013). Female principalship & agency examined through an intersectional lens. School Leadership Symposium, Zug, Switzerland.

Schmidt, M. (2011). Life-Long learning education reform: Emotional dimensions of principal preparation programs. Higher Education Reform Workshop, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Schmidt, M. (2008). Reinvesting in small schools: A social capital perspective. International Congress for School Effectiveness & Improvement, New Zealand.

Schmidt, M. (2007). Accountability and the Educational Leader: Where Does Fear Fit in? British Educational Leadership, Management & Administration Society (Belmas), Reading, UK.

Schmidt, M. (2007). A Case for Small Schools: A Social Capital Perspective. International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT), Brock University, St. Catherines, ON.

Schmidt, M. (2007). Emerging Scholars in Canadian Educational Leadership: An Educational Leadership Compendium. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), SK.

Schmidt, M. (2007). The risk of at-risk policy processes: High-stakes accountability in school leadership. Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management, housed at AERA, Chicago, IL.

Schmidt, M. (2007). Resilient leadership: Sustaining moral purpose. Annual Educational Research Association, (AERA), Chicago, IL.

Schmidt, M. (2007). An exploratory look at school and district capital: Cultivating capital. 9th Annual Metropolis Conference, Toronto, ON.

Schmidt, M. (2006). Member of the Plenary Keynote Panel: Values and Educational Leadership Conference, Victoria, BC.

Schmidt, M. (2006). District capital: Implications for student achievement. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), York University, Toronto, ON.

Schmidt, M. (2006). Accountability and assessment: A district perspective. American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.

Schmidt, M. (2005). Moral leadership in action. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), London, ON.

Schmidt, M. (2005). A case study of a CTE high school and the implications of high stakes testing. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal, QC.

Schmidt, M. (2005). Teachers’ sense-making about Comprehensive School Reform: The influence of policy contexts, ideologies and emotions. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal, QC.

Schmidt, M. (2005). Financial capital and PRICE. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal, QC.

Schmidt, M. (2005). Sustainable successful leadership: Rhetoric or reality? International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI), Barcelona, Spain.

Schmidt, M. (2004). Sustainable leadership meets moral leadership. Values and Educational Leadership Conference, Barbados.