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