
Pre-Conference
Tuesday & Wednesday
September 22 & 23
Additional fees apply
General Conference
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
September 24, 25 & 26

Denotes additional fees and pre-registration required.
- Tuesday, September 22, 2026
- Wednesday, September 23, 2026
- Thursday, September 24, 2026
- Friday, September 25, 2026
- Saturday, September 26, 2026
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
|Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Pre-Conference Institutes - ATI, ADI & FLI
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
|Tuesday, September 22, 2026
FAI: Financial Aid Institute Pre-Conference Institute Registration
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
|Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Pre-Conference Institutes - ATI, ADI, FAI & FLI
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
|Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Coaching Corner 1:1 Sessions
12:00 PM - 7:30 PM |Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Registration, Swag Store & Member Lounge
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Registration for General Conference
Member Lounge
Swag Store
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM |Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Pre-Conference Workshops (pre-registration required)
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Perceived Value & Affordability Pre-Conference Workshop - Turning Data Insights into Action: Behavioral Economics Takeaways for Enrollment, Marketing, and School Leadership Teams
Equitable Strategy Pre-Conference Workshop:
AI in Enrollment & Marketing Pre-Conference Workshop: We Tried AI in a Real Enrollment Office. Here’s What Happened.
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
|Wednesday, September 23, 2026Opening Reception
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
|Thursday, September 24, 2026Registration
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
|Thursday, September 24, 2026Breakfast
8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
|Thursday, September 24, 2026
Coaching Corner 1:1 Check-in Desk
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |Thursday, September 24, 2026
Sponsor Hall, Swag Store and Member Lounge
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Swag Store
Member Lounge
Sponsor Hall
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
|Thursday, September 24, 2026Francis Parker School Pep Band Performance
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
|Thursday, September 24, 2026Welcome and Opening Remarks. Presentation of Bretnall & Changemaker Awards
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM |Thursday, September 24, 2026
Coffee Break
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Coffee with Sponsors
Coffee in the Member Lounge
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
|Thursday, September 24, 2026Pop-Up Bookstore
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM |Thursday, September 24, 2026
Concurrent Sessions
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United Nations E3n: Learning From Our International Colleagues
Proposed IRS Regulations: What Do They Say, How Might They Affect Us, and What Can We Do?
Doing It All: Running a One-Person Admission and Marketing Office
Your Org Chart Is Showing: How Marketing and Admissions Can Connect the Family Experience, from Inquiry Through Advocacy
Emotion Over Information: Winning the Parent and Student Decision
Decoding the Next Generation of Parents
Aligning Admissions and Athletics: Data-Driven Evaluation System
Designing the First Yes: The Lower School Admissions Experience
Predicting Student Success
Engaging Faculty as Partners in Enrollment Success
The “Season After The Season” - Strategies to Tackle Melt and Retention
How Schools and CBOs Build PK–12 Access Pipelines
Yielding the Invisible
How to Combat Enrollment Decline
The 2026 State of AI in Enrollment: What Leaders Must Do Now
FEATURED SESSION - Trendsetters: A Conversation With Our Higher Ed Counterparts
Creating Joyful Admissions Events: Fresh Ideas for Meaningful Engagement
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |Thursday, September 24, 2026
Concurrent Sessions
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FEATURED SESSION - AI in Enrollment Management: From Hype to Practice
Death of the Inquiry: A Two-Funnel Framework for the Enrollment Journey
China Market Reset: Rethinking Recruitment, Yield & Why China Matters
How Junior Boarding Schools Prepare Students for Secondary School
Candor as a Retention Tool: Rebalancing Adjusted Tuition
Don't Let Admissions Be An Island
Building the Plane While Flying It!
Rethinking Balance in Admission: Designing Work That Sustains Teams
Reimagining Student Ambassadors with Canvas for Ownership & Excellence
Communicate Your School’s Value Proposition in a Competitive Landscape
Moments That Matter: Meaningful Family Engagement on Campus
The Art of the Ask: Practical Strategies for Total Campus Buy-In
The Enrollment Experience is Broken. Here's How Schools are Fixing It.
Burn Bright, Not Out - Sustainable Excellence in Enrollment
Financial Aid 101: Other Duties as Assigned
Easier Said Than Done: Supporting Trans and Nonbinary Students Effectively
Students as Storytellers: Student Programs that Foster Belonging & Retention
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
|Thursday, September 24, 2026Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
|Thursday, September 24, 2026Keynote - Jeff Selingo
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |Thursday, September 24, 2026
Book Signing & Sponsor Hall Activities
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Dessert with the Sponsors
Dessert in the Member Lounge
Book Signing with Jeff Selingo
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |Thursday, September 24, 2026
Concurrent Sessions
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Science Meets Practice: The West Point Admissions Study
Stuck in the Middle: Making “Too Much” for Aid & Not Enough for Tuition
Transportation as an Enrollment Strategy
Effectively Transitioning Your Admission Database
“Plot Twist - You’re the Open House Guest AND the Creator”
Early Action & Early Decision: Borrowing from Higher Ed's Playbook
Main Character Energy: Write the Story They Want to Be In
Retention Starts on Day One
Widening the Welcome: Leveraging Community for Enrollment Impact
Spring Cleaning Isn't Just for Your House!
FEATURED SESSION - AI Implementation: How Can You Do So in Compliance with Sound Legal, Technological, and Operational Principles?
The Mystery of Disappearing 9th Grade Applicants and Departing 8th Graders
Directorship... are you ready for it?
From “Maybe” to “Yes" -- Aligning Your Community to Strengthen Enrollment
Audacious to Actionable: A Case Study in Creating a New Enrollment Offering
Beyond the Dashboard: Telling Your Enrollment Story to the Board
Balancing Readiness and Data in Early Childhood Admissions
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
|Thursday, September 24, 2026Paws for a Cause: Powered by Blackbaud
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
|Thursday, September 24, 2026Boarding School Reception and Placement Fair
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
|Thursday, September 24, 2026Early Career Enrollment Professionals Reception
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
|Thursday, September 24, 2026PoC Reception
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
|Friday, September 25, 2026Registration
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |Friday, September 25, 2026
Breakfast
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Breakfast
Breakfast for International Schools
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
|Friday, September 25, 2026
Coaching Corner 1:1 Check-In Desk
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |Friday, September 25, 2026
Registration, Member Lounge, Swag Store and Sponsor Hall
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Member Lounge
Swag Store
Sponsor Hall
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
|Friday, September 25, 2026Keynote, Crystal Washington, and Presentation of Gourley and Rising Star Awards
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM |Friday, September 25, 2026
Coffee and Headshots
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Coffee with Sponsors
Coffee in Member Lounge
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
|Friday, September 25, 2026Headshots
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |Friday, September 25, 2026
Concurrent Sessions
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The Unquantifiables: Reading between the Lines - How Admissions Professionals Interpret Readiness, Partnership, and Fit beyond Grades and Testing
Beyond the Enrollment Office: What Enrollment Strategy Really Looks Like
Beyond the Enrollment Cliff
The Belonging Blueprint: Beyond Access to Improved Outcomes
From Data to Direction: Quartile Analysis in Admissions Strategy
The Kindergarten Playbook: From First Inquiry to Enrollment
Welcome to the Nest: We are ALL IN on onboarding
Better Together: A Case Study in Collaboration for Schools
Admissions + DEI Partnerships: A Roadmap for Success
From Retreat to Results: Building a School-Wide Enrollment Plan
First Click to First Day: Crafting a Relationship Driven Admission Journey
Modernizing Enrollment Without Losing Your Mission
Retained: Building a Culture of Retention from Application to Graduation
Yielding Is All Year (Flipping Admitteds to Enrolleds at a Small School)
What No One Tells You About Leading: Missteps & Power of Connection
FEATURED SESSION - AI in Enrollment Management: Build Your Own Assistant
Strategic Design for Innovation in Tuition and Financial Aid: Lessons from The Lab
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |Friday, September 25, 2026
Concurrent Sessions
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Think Horizontal: Future-Proofing School Leadership Structures
Enrollment Management: Partnerships for the Win!
Word of Mouth Isn’t a Strategy - Aligning Marketing, Enrollment & Advancement
From Data to Voice: Turning Student Voice into Enrollment Impact
When Growth Is the Strategy: A Case Study in School Expansion
Search & Apply: Inside The Admission.org Search Funnel
Mission in Motion: Collaboration to Strengthen Enrollment and Retention
Understanding India: A High-Potential Market for Boarding Schools
Recruited, Enrolled, and then What? Supporting & Empowering Girls of Color
Beyond the Application: Building a Powerful Admission-Teacher Partnership
Best in Class: Learnings from National Leaders in Enrollment Data
They Don't Fall from the Sky: Aligning Faculty with Enrollment Reality
Mastering the Outcomes Mandate: ROI & Value Analytics Win Enrollment Race
What’s Your School’s Discounting DNA? Tuition Discounting Models in Independent Schools
Spreadsheet Skills to Take You from Intimidated to Impactful!
Creating a Peerless Paradigm
From Allocation to Strategy: A Program-Level Approach to Financial Aid
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |Friday, September 25, 2026
Lunch
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Lunch
Women's Affinity Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM |Friday, September 25, 2026
Concurrent Sessions
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Beyond Financial Aid: Access to Equitable Inclusion & Belonging
Leading Change Together: The Dance of New Leadership and Deep Legacy
Bridging the Gap: Placement & Admissions in Dialogue
Brand, Strategy, and Enrollment: Why the Order Matters
Can AI Help Analyze My Pipeline?
From Puzzles to Purpose: Escape Rooms as Equitable Admission Assessments
Good News: Your Digital Marketing Is Working. Bad News: You Can’t Prove It.
Retention by Design: Turning Admits into Engaged Students
The Weight We Carry: The Emotional Labor of Admissions Work
Inside the Head–Enrollment Partnership: Alignment, Trust, and Strategic Influence
Strategic Takeaways from the E3n 2026 State of the Independent School Enrollment Industry Report
Clarity Without Coldness: Humanizing Admissions & FA Communications
What’s Next? Mid-Career Pathways and Influence in Independent Schools
From Nerves to Numbers: Student Ambassadors Drive Middle School Retention
Tying Outcomes to the Independent School Value Proposition
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM |Friday, September 25, 2026
Snacks and Headshots
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Snack Break with Sponsors
Snack Break in Member Lounge
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
|Friday, September 25, 2026Headshots
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM |Friday, September 25, 2026
Concurrent Sessions
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All Hands on Brand: Marketing as a Team Sport in Small Schools
Admissions in an AI World: Tools to Improve Review and Efficiency
The Admissions Process from Start to Finish!
Elevating the Voices of Parents, Who Receive Financial Aid
Beyond the Enrollment Cliff: Cliff Notes for The Future
Bringing it Together: Layering Insights from E3n’s 2024, 2025, and 2026 Flagship Research Reports
Mission, Money, and Fit: How Heads of School Make Enrollment Decisions
From Recruitment to Retention: Aligning Enrollment Strategy with Student Belonging and Well-Being
Enrollment is Everyone's Job: Building a Whole-School Culture
Building Enrollment from the Ground Up Why Enrollment Is Everyone's Job
Applying MQL/SQL Framework to Independent School Admissions
When Admission and Marketing click!! The results are fantastic.
Clear and Confident Communication When It Matters Most
Strengthening Sending School Relationships: Growing Enrollment Pipeline
From Lululemon to Leadership: The Future of Enrollment Design
Does AI Affect Cognitive Development? What Parents Need to Know
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
|Friday, September 25, 2026Block Party
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
|Friday, September 25, 2026LGBTQIA+ Reception
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
|Friday, September 25, 2026Canadian Schools Reception
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
|Friday, September 25, 2026Off-Site Late Night Networking and Social Event
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
|Saturday, September 26, 2026
Community Walk/Run
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
|Saturday, September 26, 2026Breakfast
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
|Saturday, September 26, 2026Keynote Speaker - Donnie Campbell
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |Saturday, September 26, 2026
Concurrent Sessions
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