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  • Monday, Jun 22nd
    1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Can We Trust AI With Student Decisions? The Question Every Higher Education Leader Must Answer
    Room: Room 5
    Moderator: Joe Fisher – Student First
    Speaker: Viki Hucke-McCright – Student First
    Speaker: Chad Callen – West Virginia Junior College
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  • Monday, Jun 22nd
    1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Federal Loans & Private Loans - Influence on Student Retention
    Room: Room 1
    Speaker: Balaji "Raj" Rajan – IonTuition
    Speaker: Jeffrey Bodimer – Post University
    Moderator: Brent Givens – IonTuition
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  • Monday, Jun 22nd
    1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Planning and Executing Complex Transactions from Acquisitions to Public-Private Partnerships
    Room: Room 203
    Speaker: Jonathan Tarnow – Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
    Speaker: David Mohr – Medical Impact Company, LLC | Salud Education
    Speaker: Mike Wherry, CPA – McClintock & Associates P.C.
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  • Monday, Jun 22nd
    2:45 PM - 3:45 PM ET
    Backstage Pass to Access: Designing Institutional Loans That Boost Enrollment & Completion
    Room: Room 5
    Speaker: Sean Steinmarc – TFC Tuition
    Speaker: Jonathan Joshua – Joshua Law Firm LLC
    Speaker: Aaron Harris – Lincoln Tech
    Moderator: Audrey Kaplan – West Coast University
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  • Tuesday, Jun 23rd
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    Best Practices for Successful Audits - Creating Peace of Mind your Institution is in Compliance
    Room: Room 1
    Moderator: Dave McClintock, CPA – McClintock & Associates
    Speaker: Parker Charlton
    Speaker: Tracey Abell
    Speaker: Callie Clark
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  • Tuesday, Jun 23rd
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    Beyond the Bots: Weathering the AI Storm in Today’s Classrooms
    Room: Room 4
    Speaker: Valerie Mendelsohn, JD – Mendelsohn Solutions
    Speaker: Yosef Mendelsohn, MD – DePaul University and Mendelsohn Solutions LLC
    Speaker: Susan Pailet, ED – American Career College
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  • Tuesday, Jun 23rd
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    Built for the Modern Learner: Transforming Institutions for an AI-Native Student Journey
    Room: Room 6
    Speaker: Tracy Kreikemeier – EducationDynamics
    Speaker: Greg Clayton – EducationDynamics
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  • Tuesday, Jun 23rd
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    Empowering the Tool Belt Generation through Workforce Partnerships
    Room: Room 5
    Speaker: Mark Chappelear – Associated Builders and Contractors of Northern Ohio
    Speaker: Lou Vendrell – Universal Technical Institute
    Speaker: Denise Hayes – Centura College
    Moderator: Justin MacDougall
    Business Operations
  • Tuesday, Jun 23rd
    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Dispute Resolution 101
    Room: Room 4
    Speaker: Christopher DeLuca, J.D., CPA (inactive status) (he/him/his) – Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C.
    Speaker: Ty Kalleck, J.D. – Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C.
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  • Tuesday, Jun 23rd
    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    From Enrollment to Employment: Modernizing Career Services to Drive Measurable Workforce Outcomes
    Room: Room 1
    Speaker: DaKenya Douglas (she/her/hers) – StrataTech Education Group
    Speaker: Micaela Pearson – Career Team
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  • Tuesday, Jun 23rd
    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Mastering TikTok Search: How Allied Health Programs Can Capture Adult Learners Organically on TikTok
    Room: Room 5
    Speaker: Darius Goldman, JD – Career-Bond
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  • Tuesday, Jun 23rd
    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    The AI Enrollment Stack: 2026 Benchmarks, Signals, and the End of Last-Click Thinking
    Room: Room 6
    Speaker: Christopher Mercado, MBA, CAPM – Northbridge University
    Speaker: Josh Muskin – Level Agency
    Speaker: Brad Stephenson – Level Agency
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  • Wednesday, Jun 24th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    Externships Will NEVER Be the Same: How Attendance Software Changed Student & Faculty Experiences
    Room: Room 3
    Speaker: Ryan Barnhart, Doctor of Health Science – Education Affiliates
    Moderator: Natalie Gleason – Portico
    Speaker: Karen L. Ferguson – Education Affiliates
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  • Wednesday, Jun 24th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    Lincoln Tech's Focus on High School Learners as Potential Future Skilled Laborers
    Room: Room 4
    Speaker: Nicholaus Sutherland – Lincoln Tech
    Speaker: Anthony Marullo – Lincoln Tech
    Business Operations
  • Wednesday, Jun 24th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    Skills, Outcomes, Visibility: The Career College Advantage in AI Search
    Room: Room 1
    Speaker: David Higley – Unitek Learning
    Speaker: Mike Bell – Everspring
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  • Wednesday, Jun 24th
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    Closing the Skills Gap Through Industry Certifications
    Room: Room 3
    Speaker: Matt Birdsall – Savvas Learning Company
    Speaker: Kelly Bunin – Savvas Learning Company
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  • Wednesday, Jun 24th
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    Fast, Compliant, Human: Rethinking AI in Career Education Enrollment
    Room: Room 1
    Speaker: Loren Williams – LeadSquared
    Speaker: Burke Malin – Gurnick Academy
    Speaker: Dana Hutton – Southeastern College
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  • Wednesday, Jun 24th
    10:45 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    Protecting Enrollment Integrity: From Marketing Signal Risk to Financial Aid Fraud
    Room: Room 203
    Speaker: Marcelo Parravicini – Cygnus Marketing Communications
    Speaker: Spencer Hudon II – Vocate Education Solutions/Ultimate Medical Academy
    Speaker: Timothy Lehmann – Southern New Hampshire University
    Speaker: Dave Wengel – iDatafy
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