AAUA National Conference
October 14-16, 2024
Schedule
The AAUA National Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana is an opportunity to learn, network, and advance higher education. Higher education leaders and administrative personnel from all disciplines and institutional types will come together with colleagues, thought leaders, and other experts to focus on the most pressing issues and challenges facing higher education.
The meeting features inspiring and insightful plenaries from national leaders in higher education, breakout sessions are based on the conference theme. This is an opportunity to network with peers across institutional types.
Collaborate with a nationwide, higher education network as it comes together to explore, engage, and learn. The Conference theme is “The Future of Higher Education: Reimagining Higher Education and Work in the Age of Disruption.” Join us as we challenge our current practices and reimagine how disruptions in education today will shape the innovative higher education institution of tomorrow. AAUA is the place to find a path forward to those challenges.
Updated as events and sessions are confirmed. All sessions in Eastern Standard Time (EST/GMT-5).
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Attendee Travel Day
Monday, October 14, 2024
8:30 Registration & Exhibitor Booths Set-up
9:00 – 1:15 Pre-Conference Workshop: Marketing/Branding
9:00 – 1:15 Pre-Conference Workshop: Mergers and Acquisitions
2:00 – 2:15 Welcoming Remarks
2:15 – 3:15 Keynote Address: Dr. Nasser Paydar, U.S. Dept. of Education, Assistant Secretary of Post-Secondary Education
3:30 – 4:20 Breakout Sessions
6:00 – 8:00 Evening Reception at the Kurt Vonnegut Museum, 543 Indiana Avenue
Tuesday, October 15, 2024,
8:30 Registration & Exhibitor Booths Open – Breakfast Bar
8:30 – 9:20 Breakout Sessions
9:30 – 9:45 Welcoming Remarks
9:45 – 10:45 Plenary Session: Felicia Martin, Senior Vice President of Inclusion, Education and Community Engagement NCAA
11:00 – 11:50 Breakout Sessions
12:00 – 1:45 Lunch in the Ballroom
2:00 – 2:50 Breakout Sessions
3:00 – 3:50 Breakout Sessions
4:00 – 4:45 Breakout Sessions
6:00 – 8:30 Dinner and Award Recognition Keynote: Dr. Cynthia Jackson Hammond, President Council of Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). Madam Walker Legacy Center at 617 Indiana Avenue
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
8:00 – 9:00 Exhibitor Booths Open – Breakfast Bar
9:00 – 9:50 Breakout Sessions
10:00 – 10:50 Plenary Session: Dr. Vistasp Karbhari, Professor in the Departments of Civil Engineering, and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he served as the 8th president from 2013 to 2020.
11:00 – 12:15 Panel Group Discussion: “The Future of Higher Education: Quantum Leap – Reimagining Higher Education and Work in the Age of Disruption.” Moderator Chris Lowery, Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education
12:30 – 2:30 Lunch and Roundtable Discussions on Path Forward
2:30 – 3:00 Closing Remarks
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Attendee Travel Day
Please note that this schedule is subject to change.
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