| Location Name | Name | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM | |||
| 2nd Floor by ACAD 2600 | Check-in, info desk and sponsor exhibits | ||
| 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | |||
| ACAD 2500 | Welcome | Mike Henderson — NewCity |  |
| 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | |||
| ACAD 1500 | Crafting Cohesive Digital Campaigns in Higher Education | Brandy DeVous — Oklahoma State University Desa James — Oklahoma State University Annie Buford — Oklahoma State University |    |
| ACAD 1600 | Ambitious projects with constrained budgets: D7 WebExpress Install Profile to Backdrop CMS | Irina Zaks — Stanford University |  |
| ACAD 2600 | Simplified & Supercharged: Transforming Campus Engagement & Success | Tim Edwards — Pathify |  |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | |||
| 2nd Floor | Break: Visit sponsors | ||
| 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM | |||
| ACAD 1500 | Bridging the Accessibility Gap: Scalable Solutions for Higher Ed Websites | Chris Mancuso — Metropolitan State University of Denver Michelle Britt — Metropolitan State University of Denver |   |
| ACAD 1600 | Zephyr what? An Intro to Tailwind CSS and Why Higher Ed Needs It | Zac Vineyard — Miami University-Oxford |  |
| ACAD 2600 | Boilerplate to Brilliance: Automating Your WordPress Project Setup | Brennan Davis — GMB |  |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | |||
| ACAD 2500 | Keynote: Artificial before Intelligence: Navigating Digital Accessibility in the New AI Frontier | Crystal Preston-Watson — Salesforce |  |
| 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | |||
| ACAD 2500 | Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | |||
| ACAD 1500 | SEO Just Won’t Die: AI-Driven Search, the Next Evolution | Beth Carron — iFactory |  |
| ACAD 1600 | AI in Action: Higher Ed’s Masterclass for Marketing and Communications | Tina Miller — Arizona State University |  |
| ACAD 2600 | Level Up Your Grads: How WSU Tech Revolutionized Marketing Education with Agorapulse | Mike Allton — Agorapulse Krissy Buck — Wichita State University |   |
| 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | |||
| 2nd Floor | Break: Visit sponsors | ||
| 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM | |||
| ACAD 1500 | Is this going to be on the test? Unit testing for accessibility. | Casey Eickhoff — Adobe Nikki Massaro — Adobe |   |
| ACAD 1600 | Align(Ed) to Thrive: A Game-Changing Blueprint for Higher Ed Projects | Adam Staffa — Culture Foundry |  |
| ACAD 2600 | Turning the Funnel Around: Strategy, Systems, and Student Connection with Western Colorado University | Shiro Hatori — Concept3D Chase Watts — Western Colorado University |   |
| 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM | |||
| ACAD 1500 | Wrangling over 28K PDFs: Tips & Tricks | Jennifer Sonne — California State University, Sacramento |  |
| ACAD 1600 | How AI can help your social strategy/make your life easier | Arnesh Koul — Colorado State University-Fort Collins Hannah Tran — Colorado State University-Fort Collins Kayla Coolbear — Colorado State University-Fort Collins |    |
| 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM | |||
| ACAD 2500 | Closing remarks | Mike Henderson — NewCity | |