2025 Agenda
* Subject to change.
Sunday, July 6, 2025
| Time | Topic |
| 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Registration Check-In |
| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Opening Reception |
Monday, July 7, 2025
| Time | Topic |
| 7:00 am - 4:00 pm | Registration Check-In |
| 7:15 am - 8:30 am | HBCU Innovative Solutions VIP Breakfast Session (pre-registration required) |
| 7:30 am - 8:45 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am - 9:15 am | Opening |
| 9:15 am - 10:30 am | Panel Discussion with Presidents |
| 10:30 am - 11:45 am | Plenary Session: TBA |
| 11:45 am - 12:45 pm | Lunch |
| 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm | Keynote Address |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Break |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Plenary Session: TBA |
| 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm | Roundtable Discussion - Top Issues in Higher Education |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Day#1 Wrap-up |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | President and Leaders Reception (invite only, wristbands required) |
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
| Time | Topic |
| 7:15 am - 4:00 pm | Registration Check-In |
| 7:30 am - 8:45 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Policy Outlook for Higher Education & HBCUs |
| 10:00 am - 10:45 am | Closing the Near Completer Gap |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Transition to Breakout Sessions |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Breakout Sessions (Topics: TBA) |
| 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | Break |
| 12:15 pm - 12:45 pm | Lunch |
| 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm | 2024 HBCU Pitch Competition Finalists |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Dessert Break & Networking |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Increasing Capacity through Planned Giving |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Strenghtening Corporate Partnerships |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Diageo Cohort Meetup (invite only) |
| 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm | Game Night (powered by Disney on the Yard) |
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
| Time | Topic |
| 7:00 am - 4:00 pm | Registration Check-In |
| 7:30 am - 8:45 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am - 9:45 am | Conversation with Foundation Parners |
| 9:45 am - 10:45 am | Enhancing Technology Capacity to Maximize Artifical Intelligence (AI) |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Transition to Breakout Sessions |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Breakout Sessions (Topics: TBA) |
| 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | Break |
| 12:15 pm - 12:45 pm | Lunch |
| 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm | Plenary Session: TBA |
| 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm | Plenary Session: TBA |
| 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Transition to Roundtable Discussions |
| 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Roundtable Discussion - Top Issues in Higher Education |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Strada Education Foundation Cohort Meetup (invite only) |
Thursday, July 10, 2025
| Time | Topic |
| 7:30 am - 10 :00 am | Registration Check-In |
| 7:30 am - 8:45 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | NIL and Collectives Effect on HBCU Philanthropy |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Panel Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | 2025 Wrap-up and Next Steps |