2024 HESS Conference Schedule – DAY ONE

DAY ONE Sessions – Monday, November 4, 2024
HESS Member Institutions & Elite/Platinum Business Partner Presentations

Registration begins on Sunday, November 3 at 6:00pm EST. Our Elite Sponsor, Doctums is sponsoring a reception in the Jockey Silks Bourbon Bar with hors d’oeuvres and drinks that night so please join us! Please scroll down below the schedule to see the after-hours business partner events.

PLEASE NOTE: Session times and locations are subject to change. All DAY ONE meals are in the Archibald Dining room and ALL sessions are in the West Tower Wing. All times are eastern time (EST). The Business Partner Showcase in Cochran will be open from 8:00am EST to 6:00pm EST on DAY ONE and DAY TWO as well as specified times slots below.

*Morning Break drinks and snacks will be available between 9:30am EST and 10:30am EST and afternoon break drinks and snacks will be available between 2:30pm EST and 3:30pm EST in the HESS Business Partner Showcase in Cochran.

Facility Map – The Galt House Hotel Meeting Spaces (subject to change)

Click the titles below for more information on that session.

Session Time	Presentation Title	Presenter type	Room
7:00 AM	BREAKFAST presented by sponsors – Workday, DeepSeas, D2L & Filewave	Shared Event	Archibald
8:00 AM	HESS / COALITION BUSINESS PARTNER SHOWCASE OPEN ALL DAY	Shared Event	Cochran (BP Showcase)
9:00 AM	The HESS Collective Story: Three Years of Cloud Transformation and Achievement	Business Partner Presentation	Dogwood
9:00 AM	Innovating with Workday to Meet Higher Education Challenges	Business Partner Presentation	Holly
9:00 AM	Risk Management in the Age of CrowdStrike	Member Institution Presentation	Willow
10:00 AM	Vision, Strategy and Partnerships: Lessons from an ERP Launch	Member Institution Presentation	Dogwood
10:00 AM	Department of Homeland Security / Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency	Invited Guest Presenter	Willow
11:00 AM	Higher Education Trends – Insights from 300 Interviews with Presidents	Business Partner Presentation	Dogwood
11:00 AM	Cybersecurity for Higher Ed – It’s a Team Sport	Business Partner Presentation	Holly
11:00 AM	We CAN do this together!” The HESS Collective –Transformation through “Collaboration by Design”	Member Institution Presentation	Willow
12:00 PM	LUNCHEON presented by Elite Sponsor- DOCTUMS	Business Partner Presentation	Archibald
1:00 PM	HESS / COALITION BUSINESS PARTNER SHOWCASE OPEN ALL DAY	Shared Event	Cochran (BP Showcase)
2:00 PM	HESS Huddle: Harnessing & highlighting opportunities for engagement through the HESS community	Member Institution Presentation	Dogwood
2:00 PM	You’ve had a Cyber incident, now what?	Member Institution Presentation	Holly
2:00 PM	The selection of Fischer Identity to address Business Drivers for IM at Norwich	Member Institution Presentation	Willow
3:00 PM	Stepping forward and into the Cabinet Seat: Elevating CIOs from operational to strategic	Business Partner Presentation	Dogwood
3:00 PM	Developing a Fiscally Sustainable Student Laptop Program	Member Institution Presentation	Holly
3:00 PM	Agile Data Governance at a Small College	Member Institution Presentation	Willow
4:00 PM	From chaos to cohesion with Pathify	Business Partner Presentation	Dogwood
4:00 PM	The DeepSeas of Cybersecurity in Higher Ed	Business Partner Presentation	Holly
4:00 PM	HESS / Coalition Introduction with Insight	Business Partner Presentation	Poplar
4:00 PM	Oracle Cloud’s Redwood Experience: Unlocking Higher Education’s Potential with Platform Expertise	Business Partner Presentation	Willow
5:00 PM	HESS / COALITION BUSINESS PARTNER SHOWCASE OPEN ALL DAY	Shared Event	Cochran (BP Showcase)
6:00 PM	DINNER presented by Elite Sponsor- ELLUCIAN	Business Partner Presentation	Archibald

After-hours Events from our HESS Business Partners!

After-hours Drinks & Dessert Event with Jenzabar at Jockey Silks Bar & Grill at 7:30pm EST – Click here to RSVP

After-hours Monday Night Football Event with DeepSeas at the Conservatory Bar at 7:30pm EST – No RSVP is necessary.

After-hours Event with Workday at 7:30pm EST – Click here to RSVP