Higher- Ed Summit

The NEDCamp Higher Education Summit is a full-day, collaborative working event for people working at the intersection of Drupal, the web, and higher education. This year’s Summit moves away from a traditional presentation-heavy format and instead focuses on peer roundtables, real institutional challenges, and small-group problem solving. Attendees will compare approaches, share lessons learned, and work through common issues involving Drupal, accessibility, content and editorial governance, UX, AI, platform strategy, and the broader realities of running higher-ed websites.

The goal is for attendees to leave with practical ideas they can bring back to their institutions, stronger connections with peers, and a better understanding of how other higher-ed teams are approaching similar challenges. The day is designed for developers, designers, content and communications professionals, strategists, accessibility practitioners, web managers, and technical leaders. View the full Summit schedule and details at https://nedcamp.org/summit.

Agenda

TIME

ACTIVITY

 9:00 AM -  9:15 AM

Check-in, Breakfast & Networking

 9:15 AM -  9:20 AM

Opening Remarks
An introduction to the day

 9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

Meet Your Peers
Getting to know the people at the table

9:40 AM - 10:10 AM

What Are We Working On?
Sharing the challenges your institution is currently navigating 

10:10 AM - 10:25 AM

COFFEE BREAK

10:25 AM - 11:00 AM

Peer Roundtables: Round 1
Facilitated discussions around attendee-selected topics

11:00 AM - 11:05 AM

Transition

11:05 AM -  11:40 AM

Peer Roundtables: Round 2
Another conversation and building on what the first group discovered.

 11:40 PM  -  12:00 PM

What We're Hearing
Surfacing interesting ideas, disagreements, and questions from the morning.

 12:00 PM  -  1:00 PM

Lunch & Networking

 1:00 PM -  1:15 PM

Higher-Ed Field Notes
Short, practical stories from peers about something their institution has tried and what they learned.

 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Peer Problem Clinics
Working in small groups on real challenges facing institutions in the room.

 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

COFFEE BREAK

 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Problem Lab
Turning the afternoon's conversations into practical approaches

 3:15 PM - 3:35 PM

Ideas Exchange
Exploring what the other groups developed

 3:35 PM - 3:50 PM

Take It Home
Identifying the ideas, connections, and next steps to bring back to institutions.

 3:50 PM - 4:00 PM

Closing Remarks