
Pre-Conference
Tuesday & Wednesday
September 16 & 17
Additional fees apply
General Conference
Thursday & Friday
September 18 & 19
Saturday Programming
Saturday
September 20

Denotes additional fees and pre-registration required.
- Tuesday, September 16, 2025
- Wednesday, September 17, 2025
- Thursday, September 18, 2025
- Friday, September 19, 2025
- Saturday, September 20, 2025
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
|Tuesday, September 16, 2025
ADI Pre-Conference Flagship Institute Registration & Breakfast
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
|Tuesday, September 16, 2025
ATI Pre-Conference Flagship Institute Registration & Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
|Tuesday, September 16, 2025
FLI Pre-Conference Flagship Institute Registration & Breakfast
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
|Tuesday, September 16, 2025
ADI Pre-Conference Flagship Institute Morning Sessions
8:30 AM - 11:45 AM
|Tuesday, September 16, 2025
ATI Pre-Conference Flagship Institute Morning Sessions
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
|Tuesday, September 16, 2025
FLI Pre-Conference Flagship Institute Morning Sessions
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
|Tuesday, September 16, 2025
ATI Pre-Conference Lunch
12:05 PM - 1:00 PM
|Tuesday, September 16, 2025
FLI Pre-Conference Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
|Tuesday, September 16, 2025
ADI Pre-Conference Lunch
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM |Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Pre-Conference Institute Sessions
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ATI Pre-Conference Flagship Institutes Afternoon Sessions
ADI Pre-Conference Flagship Institutes Afternoon Sessions
FLI Pre-Conference Flagship Institutes Afternoon Sessions
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
|Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Pre-Conference Flagship Institute Reception
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM
|Wednesday, September 17, 2025
ADI Pre-Conference Flagship Institute Breakfast
7:45 AM - 8:00 AM
|Wednesday, September 17, 2025
ATI Pre-Conference Flagship Institute Breakfast
7:45 AM - 12:00 PM
|Wednesday, September 17, 2025
ADI Pre-Conference Flagship Institute Morning Sessions
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
|Wednesday, September 17, 2025
FLI Pre-Conference Flagship Institute Breakfast
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
|Wednesday, September 17, 2025
ATI Pre-Conference Flagship Institute Morning Sessions
8:15 AM - 12:00 PM
|Wednesday, September 17, 2025
FLI Pre-Conference Flagship Institute Morning Sessions
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
|Wednesday, September 17, 2025
ATI Pre-Conference Lunch
11:55 AM - 12:55 PM
|Wednesday, September 17, 2025
ADI Pre-Conference Lunch
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM
|Wednesday, September 17, 2025
FLI Pre-Conference Lunch
12:00 PM - 7:30 PM |Wednesday, September 17, 2025
General Registration
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Registration for General Conference
Swag Store
12:45 PM - 5:00 PM
|Wednesday, September 17, 2025
ATI Pre-Conference Flagship Institutes Afternoon Sessions
12:55 PM - 5:00 PM |Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Pre-Conference Institute Sessions
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ADI Pre-Conference Flagship Institutes Afternoon Sessions
FLI Pre-Conference Flagship Institutes Afternoon Sessions
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM |Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Pre-Conference Workshops (pre-registration required)
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Marketing Pre-Conference Workshop: The Next Era of Enrollment: Strategies That Think and Tools That Learn
Data Pre-Conference Workshop: Enrollment Management Data Storytelling, Board Reporting, and Dashboards…Oh My!
Financial Aid Pre-Conference Workshop: Saddling Up for Success: Navigating Financial Aid with Data, Tools, and Trailblazing Strategies
Equitable Strategy Pre-Conference Workshop
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
|Wednesday, September 17, 2025Member Lounge
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
|Wednesday, September 17, 2025Opening Reception
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
|Thursday, September 18, 2025Registration
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
|Thursday, September 18, 2025Breakfast
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |Thursday, September 18, 2025
Sponsor Hall, Swag Store and Member Lounge
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Swag Store
Finalsite Solutions Lab
Member Lounge
Sponsor Hall
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
|Thursday, September 18, 2025Welcome and Opening Remarks with Mike Flanagan, CEO of E3n
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM |Thursday, September 18, 2025
Concurrent Sessions
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Coffee in the Member Lounge
Coffee with Sponsors
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM |Thursday, September 18, 2025
Concurrent Sessions
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Featured Session: Hopes and Fears: Working with Today’s Independent School Parents
From Enrollment to Headship: 6 Essential Skills for Future School Leaders
From Profiles to Purpose: Aligning Who You Serve with How You Serve
Gen Z and Gen Alpha Families: What Today’s Parents Are Really Looking For
Driving Change: How Smarter Carpooling Supports School Enrollment
The Art of the Interview
Are You Ready for the Enrollment Cliff?
The China Shift: What’s Changing and Why It Matters
Is your China strategy healthy? Stay in control amidst an uncertain future
Less Admin, More Impact: AI in the Admission World
Confessions of a Road Warrior: Making Enrolment Travel Count
Confidently Managing Your Relationship with Your Head of School
Strategic Partnerships: Building Cross-Departmental Relationships
AI 101 - Unlocking Your New Superpower
Accelerating Financial Aid Processing
The Access Loop: Reimagining School & Access Org Partnerships
Key Trends in Tuition and Financial Aid
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |Thursday, September 18, 2025
Concurrent Sessions
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A Fresh Start: A Strategic Reset for Financial Aid Operations
Foes as Friends
Articulating Your DEI Commitment for All Audiences
OpenAI and Claude and Gemini, Oh My!
Learning Differences and Admissions, How can we help?
Coffee Talks: How To Build your Funnel with Local Events
Expanding Enrollment: A Multipart Approach to Growth
Farewell to the Open House - A Refreshed Approach to Showcasing your School
Tracking the Trends: How Global and Domestic Forces Are Shaping Enrollment
Beyond the Busy Season: A Year-Round Playbook for Strategic Enrollment
Dashboards, From Beginner to Pro!
How Change Management Can Modernize Your Approach to Enrollment Management
Featured Session: Eight Things Parents Cannot Do for Their Children (but wish they could)
Developing a New Market through the Power of Strategic Collaboration
Documenting Your Organization
A Journey through the Event Rabbit Hole - What story are you telling?
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
|Thursday, September 18, 2025Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
|Thursday, September 18, 2025Keynote - David Yeager
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |Thursday, September 18, 2025
Book Signing & Sponsor Hall Activities
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Dessert with the Sponsors
Dessert in the Member Lounge
Paws for a Cause: Powered by Blackbaud
Book Signing with David Yeager
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |Thursday, September 18, 2025
Concurrent Sessions
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Creative Ways to Mess Up a Survey (Lessons from My Own Disasters)
Working Remotely, Recruiting Globally: A New Model in Admissions
Rethinking Admissions: Is Our Process Built for the Families We Serve?
Retaining and Elevating the 9th Grade Year: An Intentional Approach
Integrated Impact: Syncing Aid, Tuition, and Enrollment
Legal Trends for Enrollment Managers
Expand Your Curriculum, Grow Enrollment
Featured Session - What Happens When It Goes Viral? Deepfakes, Enrollment Risk, and Crisis Readiness
How Advancement Teams Drive Enrollment Success
Change the ROI Conversation— How Marketing, Admissions, HOSs & CFOs Win
Building and Managing Effective Admission Committees
NextGen Leadership: Cultivating and Retaining Millennial and Gen Z Talent
SEVIS Survival Guide: Navigating Compliance with Confidence and Clarity!
NextGen Admission: Advancing Equity and Data-Informed Decisions in Enrollment
A Case Study in Crafting a Theme
Rethinking Financial Aid: Building a Community, Not Just a Bottom Line
Building Meaningful Partnerships with CBOs
Using Research to Rethink Retention and Onboarding
Peer Power: Maximizing Yield with Student Ambassadors
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
|Thursday, September 18, 2025Boarding School Reception and Placement Fair
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
|Thursday, September 18, 2025PoC Reception
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |Friday, September 19, 2025
Breakfast
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Breakfast
Breakfast for International Schools
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |Friday, September 19, 2025
Registration, Member Lounge, Swag Store and Sponsor Hall
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Registration
Member Lounge
Sponsor Hall
Finalsite Solutions Lab
Swag Store
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
|Friday, September 19, 2025Special Music with St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Student Orchestra
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
|Friday, September 19, 2025Awards and Recognitions
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM |Friday, September 19, 2025
Concurrent Sessions
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Coffee in Member Lounge
Coffee with Sponsors
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM |Friday, September 19, 2025
Concurrent Sessions
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Partner Up: Tapping Alumni to Strengthen Your Admission Process
Tuition, Trends and Transformation: Financial Insights for Enrollment Leaders
Empowering Your Board
Beyond the College Sweatshirt Photo: (Re)Defining ROI
Stretching Your FA $$ – Finding need in a sea of hidden income & assets
Featured Session - AI for Admissions: Data, Emails, Insights
Cracking the Code: Is Yours a Market or Marketing Challenge?
Minding The Student Perspective: A Self-Reflection Snapshot
The Changing Retention Roadmap
Strategic Yield: A Needle You Can & Must Move
Build Better Meetings with Generative Thinking for Enrollment Success!
Know Thyself: Leveraging Communications Styles for Success
Lower School Admissions Process from Start to Finish!
Global Currents: Trends and Insights in International Student Recruitment
Hey Canadian Schools, What’s Keeping You Up at Night?
Stay in Your Lane! Navigating the Board, Head, and Director Partnership
Enrollment Management: A Data-Informed, Systems-Thinking Approach
Second Season, First Choice: Navigating Late Admission
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
|Friday, September 19, 2025Headshots
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |Friday, September 19, 2025
Concurrent Sessions
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Confidently Navigating DEI and Transgender Admissions: Legal Guidance for Enrollment Professionals
From Howdy to Handshake: Intentional and Insightful Parent Interviews
From ATI To Affecting Change
Calling it Splits - Strategies for working with two-household families
Reimagining the Applicant Journey and Enrollment Funnel
Navigating Transitions and Leadership Changes
The New Family Wishlist: Insights from a Rapidly Growing Virtual School
In Conversation: Navigating Admissions Conversations with Dignity
Increase Apps with the 3 Cs: Collaboration, Consortia, and Common Apps
Meet the HENRYs: Financial Aid Strategies for Families on the Economic Rise
After Admission: Reimagining the Enrollment Experience
Engaging the Head, Board, Parents & Faculty to Energize Admissions
Growing Young Leaders: Student Ambassador Program for 5th graders
Using Surveys to Inform Your Practice
How to Add an FTE with AI
Anatomy of an Office: Exploring a Multi-Director Admissions Model
Strategies for Administering the SSAT: Becoming a Test Site for Success
Board Reporting: Confident Delivery and Smart AI Preparation
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |Friday, September 19, 2025
Lunch
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Women's Affinity Lunch
Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
|Friday, September 19, 2025Keynote - Bertice Berry
2:30 PM - 6:00 PM
|Friday, September 19, 2025Headshots
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |Friday, September 19, 2025
Concurrent Sessions
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Metrics & Mission: The Student-Centered Approach to Holistic Admissions
So you want to be a Head of School
Small Teams, Wise Investments, Big Result
Targeted Events for Inclusive Admission
A Foundation for Change: 52 weeks to Exemplary E.M. Operations
Beyond the Placement Test: Rethinking Admissions and Academics
Turning Your School’s Identity Into Your Enrollment Superpower
Early Childhood Assessments: Data-Driven Decisions for Ongoing Success
Being Strategic About Enrollment Without Being Strategic About Enrollment
Use AI to Level Up Communications, Interview Insights & Event Planning
The Leader as Coach
From Portrait to Practice: Aligning Enrollment with Your Ideal Learner
Boards, School Heads, Financial Aid, OH MY!
EMA 2025 Special Report (Part I) – Deep Dive into Family Perceptions of Value
How Avon Old Farms School Leveraged UBIQ's Innovation
Surviving or Thriving? How to Set Your School on a Strong Trajectory in K-12’s Age of Transformation
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM |Friday, September 19, 2025
Concurrent Sessions
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Snack Break in Member Lounge
Snack Break with Sponsors
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |Friday, September 19, 2025
Concurrent Sessions
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EMA 2025 Special Report (Part II) – Deep Dive into Affordability
Buying a Mailing List is Not a Marketing Strategy
AI-Powered Writing Insights: Exploring Feedback for Student Writing Success
How Do Schools Create Competitive Advantage and Market Differentiation
Is Your PDSO Ready?
Student Ambassadors:Creating a Community Empowered to Strengthen Enrollment
Expanding Opportunity: Using AI to Close Gaps and Open Doors
Know Your Audience: Change Up Your Communication Strategy
Embracing Change in Admissions: The Intersection of Identity and Leadership
From RSVP to ROI: Embracing Change in Events
The Kids Are Driving the Bus: How Gen Alpha Will Disrupt School Admissions
The Kindergarten Entry Point and the Nostalgia of Yesteryear
Admissions Decision Transparency
Embracing Change Together: A Conversation with Mike Flanagan, CEO of E3n
Navigating Change: Partnering Effectively with Your Admissions Committee
Evolve+Endure: Empower Your Community As Authentic Word-of-Mouth Champions
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
|Friday, September 19, 2025Closing Block Party/Reception
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
|Friday, September 19, 2025LGBTQIA+ Reception
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
|Friday, September 19, 2025Canadian Schools Reception
8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
|Friday, September 19, 2025Off-Site Late Night Networking and Social Event
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
|Saturday, September 20, 2025
5K Run/Walk
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
|Saturday, September 20, 2025Breakfast
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
|Saturday, September 20, 2025Registration
8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
|Saturday, September 20, 2025
Coaching Corner
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
|Saturday, September 20, 2025The Connection Hub
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |Saturday, September 20, 2025
SSAT Item Writers Workshop
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SSAT Item Writers Workshop
SSAT Item Writers Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
|Saturday, September 20, 2025