Preliminary Agenda

Join us for Arrival Drinks at the conference hotel's Leo Bar on Monday 19 February between 18:30 - 20:00.

Monday, February 19

For those arriving early, please join us for a drink in the hotel's Leo bar.

Tuesday, February 20

08:30 - 10:00
Registration, Refreshments and Exhibition
Gallery & Wakefield

Matt Searles, Senior Vice President Europe and Asia Pacific, Ellucian

Laura Ipsen, President and CEO, Ellucian

Mike Wulff, Chief Technology Officer, Ellucian
Justin Anovick, Senior Vice President Product Management, Ellucian

11:35 - 11:55
Offical Conference Photograph
Auditorium
11:55 - 13:00
Lunch and Exhibition
Gallery & Wakefield

Christine Pickupp, Senior Consultant, The Knowledge Partnership
Peter Moss, Business Development Manager, Ellucian

Our students access a variety of online administrative services every single day, such as banking, shopping, travel and communications. But how does a student’s digital experience at university compare? Ellucian partnered with The Knowledge Partnership, part of Times Higher Education to survey 1000 students across the breadth of UK higher education to better understand how students interact with their university administrative services.

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14:00 - 14:30
Student Panel Discussion
Auditorium

Dave Mutti, Senior Director Product Management, Ellucian

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15:15 - 15:40
Refreshments and Exhibition
Gallery & Wakefield

Time to network with your peers in the auditorium.

Esther Winter, Solutions Consultant, Ellucian

The power of Ellucian Insights is that it's so much more than a reporting tool. Learn how you can unlock the power of your institution's data and leverage holistic insights to make actionable decisions, empowering both staff and students to make impactful decisions.

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Matthew Wheeler, Commercial Director UK, CourseLoop
Martin Rodenby, Programme Director, Student Data Transformation, Nottingham Trent University

Curriculum management is the thread that connects an institution’s entire curriculum portfolio to a better student experience. In this Q&A style session, Nottingham Trent University’s Martin Rodenby and CourseLoop’s Matthew Wheeler will discuss why momentum in the curriculum management space is building. They’ll offer insight into why effective end-to-end curriculum management must lie at the heart of a university’s digital ecosystem, providing the robustness and agility needed to support exceptional student journeys.

Sarth Desai, Senior Product Manager - Platform, Ellucian (Remote)

Join us for an informative session on Project Maestro where we’ll dive into the new capabilities. Whether you’re in the Admissions, Student Records or IT Team, we make it very easy for you to create and assign tasks for students and employees. You can use tasks with holds that are automatically removed once students completes the tasks assigned.

Join us for dinner at the beautiful, listed, art-deco gem, Banking Hall! The theme is Great Gatsby, with fancy dress optional and some fun props provided. Coaches will depart from the conference hotel.

Wednesday, February 21

8:30 - 9:00
Refreshments and Exhibition
Gallery & Wakefield

Matt Searles, Vice President, Europe & Asia Pacific, Ellucian

Daragh Scaife, Daragh Scaife, Vice President - Product Management, Ellucian

Monty Halls is a broadcaster, speaker, naturalist, former Royal Marine, marine biologist, travel writer and leadership specialist - best known for his three BBC2 series 'Great Escapes'. His experience covers over two decades of leading teams in some of the most remote environments on earth. His adventures all share the common theme of maintaining the aim in the most demanding of circumstances.

Helen Bailey, Student Information Systems Product Manager, the University of Central Lancashire
Andrea Baldini, Data Developer Strategic Planning and Change, Nottingham Trent University
Helen Ferneyhough, Product Management, Ellucian

Join the University of Central Lancashire, Nottingham Trent University and Ellucian as they demonstrate the process undertaken to implement HESA Data Futures. Lessons learnt, changes to process, onboarding the University and future developments.

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Dave Mutti, Senior Director Product Management, Ellucian
Chris Boshell, Head of Application Development, University of Birmingham

Join the University of Birmingham and Ellucian as they demonstrate how complex academic regulations can be modelled into the new Structured Progression solution and how those rules manifest into recommended decisions for students.

11:00 - 11:20
Refreshments and Exhibition
Gallery & Wakefield

Gregory Sheridan, Registry Systems Manager, University of the West of Scotland

Helen Ferneyhough, Product Management, Ellucian
Carol Ebbrell, Product Management, Ellucian

The new Ellucian Regulatory took regulatory return production and turned it on its head. Data storage is simplified, it's super-charged in how quickly changes are made and has a new look and feel in Experience. If this seems like a long way from your current regulatory returns then come and learn what we are building and how it can transform your life.

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Martha Wilson, Senior Manager, Payment Programs, TouchNet
Kirstine Montrone, Director, International Sales, TouchNet

Including SaaS-ready payments as part of your cloud journey simplifies, streamlines, and secures your commerce environment. Ellucian Payment Center by TouchNet is the only, fully integrated payment technology solution ready to help you bridge the gap of moving your university-wide payments to the cloud. As a preferred partner with a direct, hosted connection and mutual client base, TouchNet collaborated with Ellucian on the new API evolution for Banner SaaS and delivers a secure, reliable, always-on payment solution that stays up-to-date, eases compliance, and empowers your staff with real-time data insights. Join us to learn about our SaaS-ready integration and conversion process that helps institutions experience a seamless implementation and deliver a superior student experience.

Carol Ebbrell, Product Management, Ellucian

Join us to understand UCAS’ change from revolution to evolution, requiring institutions to run two processes to get a complete UCAS record for an applicant. Ellucian will walk you through how we are going to solution this and what it means for your institution.

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Moderator: Johanna Smith, Director, Professional Services, Ellucian
Panelists: Tom Rowson, Chief Operating Officer, University of Roehampton;
Jo Corbett, Assistant Director Student Systems and Projects, University of Sussex;
Ben Rogers, Academic Registrar, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Hear from our panelists about their recent and ongoing implementation projects.

Dave Mutti, Product Management, Ellucian

Join us to learn about Ellucian’s near-term plans for Structured Registration and to gain insight into our longer-term direction of travel for Registration as a re-imagined capability.

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Martin Rodenby, Nottingham Trent University
Stephen Haynes, Principal Solutions Consultant, Ellucian

Matt Searles, Senior Vice President Europe and Asia Pacific, Ellucian

13:35 - 14:20
Lunch and close
Gallery & Wakefield
Mark Bunn
Keynote Speaker
Mark Bunn
Author, Speaker and Podcast Host

Three-time best-selling author, Mark Bunn has studied the secrets of the world’s healthiest, longest-living people, and the world's most successful business people. He is bringing his knowledge of health and success to the APAC keynote stage for an engaging discussion that aims to shift your thinking about health, happiness, high-performance and higher consciousness.

Customer Appreciation Dinner

Tuesday 20th February

Join us for dinner at Banking Hall, a beautiful, listed, art-deco gem a short coach journey away from our conference venue. The theme is Great Gatsby, with fancy dress optional and some fun props provided!

Customer Appreciation Dinner