Main Conference Day 1
| 07.15 | Deep Dive Registration & Continental Breakfast | |
| Deep Dive A: Innovative Approaches to Strategically Plan Your HR Transformation to Ensure Maximum Impact, Efficiency & Buy-In |
Separately bookable deep dive |
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| 08.30 |
Conference Registration & Networking |
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| 09.30 | What it Takes to Make a Leap a Reality | Suruthi Bala, Global Community Director – LEAP HR, Hanson Wade |
| 09.40 | Chair’s Welcome, Opening Remarks, & Connection Before Content | Nerissa Morris, most recently Vice President Human Resources, University of Miami |
| Transforming Your HR Function | ||
| 09.50 | Discover: Lead HR in Your Higher Education Institution From ‘Current State to Future State’ in a Change-Resistant Environment | Mary Beahm, Vice President Human Resources, Penn State |
| 10.10 | Discover: 5 Steps to Transform HR in Higher Education: Making the Leap to Radical HR | Mary George Opperman, Chief Human Resources Officer, Cornell University |
| 10.30 | Discover: How UT Dallas Is Challenging Traditional Thinking & Transforming HR to Support a Campus Population Growing by 10% Each Year | Colleen Dutton, UT Dallas, Associate Vice President Human Resources, The University of Texas at Dallas |
| 10.50 | Debate: What Traditional Thinking Do We Need to Challenge to Make HR Transformation a Reality? | Mary Beahm, Vice President Human Resources, Penn State |
| Mary George Opperman, Chief Human Resources Officer, Cornell University | ||
| Colleen Dutton, UT Dallas, Associate Vice President Human Resources, The University of Texas at Dallas | ||
| 11.05 | Action: What Changes Will You Now Make to Ensure Your People Function Is Meeting the Needs of Your Organization? | Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair |
| 11.20 | Speed Networking & Refreshments | |
| Reinventing Your Culture | ||
| 12.00 | Discover: Transform Your Culture & Rethink How You Navigate the Interpersonal Dynamics That Drive Decision Making on Campus to Influence Real Change | Dr. Brian Dickens, Vice President Human Resources, Ithaca College |
| 12.20 | Discover: Culture Trumps Strategy: Why Transformation in Higher Education Starts With Creating a Strong Culture & Happy Employees | Patricia Feldman, Chief Culture Officer, Arizona State University – edPlus |
| 12.40 | Debate: How Can We Radically Reinvent Culture in Our Institutions? |
Dr. Brian Dickens, Vice President Human Resources, Ithaca College |
| Patricia Feldman, Chief Culture Officer, Arizona State University – edPlus | ||
| 12.55 | Action: What Will You Now Do Differently to Ensure Your Culture Is Enabling Your People to Deliver Their Best? | Output-Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair |
| 1.10 | Networking Lunch | |
| Reimagining the Role of HR | ||
| 2.00 | Discover: Reimagine the Role of HR as Your Institution’s True Leaders of Innovation | Jaffus Hardrick, Vice President Human Resources, Florida International University |
| 2.20 | Discover: Radically Rethink How You Develop & Embed an Entrepreneurial Mindset Across Your Institution | Donna Bonaparte, Chief Human Resources Officer, Babson College |
| 2.40 | Debate: What Traditional Thinking Needs to Be Challenged Around How We Transform Our Organization’s Operational Performance? |
Jaffus Hardrick, Vice President Human Resources, Florida International University |
| Donna Bonaparte, Chief Human Resources Officer, Babson College | ||
| 2.55 | Action: What Will You Now Do to Rethink How HR Delivers Impact in Your Institution? |
Output-Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair |
| 3.10 | Networking & Refreshments Break | |
| Revolutionizing how you attract talent | ||
| 3.30 | Discover: ‘Remake or Be Remade’: How Princeton Has Revolutionized the Way It Defines Itself as an Employer | Lianne Sullivan-Crowley, Vice President Human Resources, Princeton University |
| 3.50 | Discover: Radically Reinvent How You Intentionally Increase & Measure the Diversity of Your Higher Education Institution’s Workforce |
David Turner, Vice President Human Resources, Eastern Michigan University |
| 4.10 | Debate: What’s Working, What’s Not, and What’s Needed to Find & Attract Talent We Need? | Lianne Sullivan-Crowley, Vice President Human Resources, Princeton University |
| David Turner, Vice President Human Resources, Eastern Michigan University | ||
| 4.25 | Action: How Will You Now Transform Your Approach to Talent? | Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair |
| 4.40 | Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Conference Day One | |
| 4.50 | Informal Networking Drinks | |
