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2025 Agenda

* Subject to change.

 

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Time Topic
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm        Registration Check-In                                                                                          
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Opening Reception

 

Monday, July 7, 2025

Time Topic
7:00 am - 4:00 pm       Registration Check-In
   
7:15 am - 8:30 am HBCU Innovative Solutions VIP Breakfast Session (pre-registration required)
7:15 am - 8:45 am Breakfast
8:45 am - 9:45 am Opening & Plenary Session: TBA
9:45 am - 10:45 am Panel Discussion with Presidents
10:45 am - 11:45 am Plenary Session: TBA
11:45 am - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm Keynote Address
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm Break
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Plenary Session: TBA
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm Roundtable Discussion - Top Issues in Higher Education
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm  Day#1 Wrap-up
   
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm President and Leaders Reception (invite only, wristbands required)

 

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Time                           Topic
7:15 am - 4:00 pm Registration Check-In                                                                                      
   
7:30 am - 8:45 am Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 am Policy Outlook for Higher Education & HBCUs
10:00 am - 10:45 am Closing the Near Completer Gap
10:45 am - 11:00 am Transition to Breakout Sessions
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Breakout Sessions (Topics: TBA)
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm Transition to Lunch
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm 2024 HBCU Pitch Competition Finalists 
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Dessert Break & Networking
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm  Increasing Capacity through Planned Giving
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm  Strenghtening Corporate Partnerships
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Diageo Cohort Meetup (invite only)
   
9:00 pm - 11:30 pm Game Night (powered by Disney on the Yard)

 

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Time                           Topic
7:00 am - 4:00 pm Registration Check-In                                                                                     
   
7:30 am - 8:45 am Breakfast
8:45 am - 9:45 am Conversation with Foundation Parners
9:45 am - 10:45 am Enhancing Technology Capacity to Maximize Artifical Intelligence (AI)
10:45 am - 11:00 am Transition to Breakout Sessions
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Breakout Sessions (Topics: TBA)
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm Transition to Lunch
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm Plenary Session: TBA
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Plenary Session: TBA
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Roundtable Discussion - Top Issues in Higher Education
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Strada Education Foundation Cohort Meetup (invite only)

 

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Time Topic
7:30 am - 10 :00 am   Registration Check-In                                                                                        
   
7:30 am - 8:45 am Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 am  NIL and Collectives Effect on HBCU Philanthropy
10:00 am - 11:00 am Panel Discussion
11:00 am - 12:00 pm 2025 Wrap-up and Next Steps