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  • Wednesday, April 8, 2026
  • 8:00am - 4:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Early Career - Professional Development Institute (REQUIRES ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION)
  • 1:00pm - 4:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Pre-Summit Institute (REQUIRES ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION)
  • 3:00pm - 6:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Registration
  • 4:30pm - 5:30pm East Coast USA Time
    First Timers Session
  • 6:00pm - 8:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Welcome Reception
  • Thursday, April 9, 2026
  • 6:00am - 7:00am East Coast USA Time
    Yoga
  • 7:00am - 8:00am East Coast USA Time
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:00am - 3:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Exhibits Open
  • 7:00am - 5:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Registration
  • 8:00am - 8:15am East Coast USA Time
    Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • 8:15am - 8:45am East Coast USA Time
    NAGAP Awards Presentations
  • 8:45am - 9:45am East Coast USA Time
    Keynote Session
  • 9:45am - 10:30am East Coast USA Time
    Coffee Break with Exhibitors
  • 10:30am - 11:30am East Coast USA Time
    Advancing America through International Education: Cost-Effective Recruitment with EducationUSA 
  • 10:30am - 11:30am East Coast USA Time
    AI in GEM: navigating challenges and finding opportunities
  • 10:30am - 11:30am East Coast USA Time
    Bridging the Gap: Preparation for an Institutional Enrollment Management Leadership Role
  • 10:30am - 11:30am East Coast USA Time
    From Inquiry to Enrollment: Applicant Insights into Hybrid OTD Programs
  • 10:30am - 11:30am East Coast USA Time
    Set Sail with Program-Specific Recruitment Plans
  • 10:30am - 11:30am East Coast USA Time
    Strategic Positioning in Graduate Enrollment: A Graduate Recruitment Canvas Workshop
  • 10:30am - 11:30am East Coast USA Time
    The Krusty Krab Grad Lab 🦀: Shelling Out Solutions Together
  • 11:30am - 1:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Lunch on Your Own
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    A Tale of Two Business Schools: Building Agility and Influence Within Centralized GEM Models
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Behind the Curtain: How Corporate Partners Really Work with Graduate & Professional Schools
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Building Peer Networks in Graduate Admissions: A BTAA Community of Practice Model
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Earning While Learning: Paid Practicums for Students
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    From One to Many: Recruitment Strategies That Scale
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Small Team but Mighty Efforts: Working Collaboratively Across Admin Units to Support Student Success
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Speaking Their Language: Insights from International Graduate Student Focus Groups
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    The Graduate Student Journey, Rewritten: What Students Tell Us (and Where Institutions Still Miss the Mark)
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    US Global Student Flows: Navigating the Next Era of International Education
  • 2:30pm - 3:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Break - Please visit our Exhibitors for a Chance to Win Great Prizes!
  • 3:15pm - 4:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Beyond the Basics: Creative Recruitment Approaches That Strengthen Enrollment Outcomes
  • 3:15pm - 4:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Bridging Cultures in Graduate Enrollment (GEM): A Roundtable on Cultural Competence in Practice
  • 3:15pm - 4:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Crabs, Culture, and Curiosity 🦀: Making the Most of Your Me-Time
  • 3:15pm - 4:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Graduate Student Perspective: AI in the Graduate Application Process
  • 3:15pm - 4:15pm East Coast USA Time
    The Digital Marketing Guide for Grad Admissions Professionals
  • 4:30pm - 5:30pm East Coast USA Time
    ADVANCED ROUNDTABLE | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • 4:30pm - 5:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Beyond Your Backyard: Low-Cost Strategies for Geographic Expansion
  • 4:30pm - 5:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Fostering Student Belonging: Maximizing Engagement and Inclusion Through Staff Support
  • 4:30pm - 5:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Harnessing Faculty Collaboration for Graduate Enrollment Growth
  • 4:30pm - 5:30pm East Coast USA Time
    How to Build a Coaching Habit
  • 4:30pm - 5:30pm East Coast USA Time
    The New Student Journey: Winning Prospects Across Search, AI, Email, and Web
  • 6:30pm - 9:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Off-Site Event
  • Friday, April 10, 2026
  • 7:00am - 8:00am East Coast USA Time
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:00am - 1:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Registration
  • 7:00am - 4:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Exhibits Open
  • 8:00am - 9:00am East Coast USA Time
    Plenary Session - Leading from the Top: Insights from Executive Leaders in Graduate Admissions
  • 9:00am - 9:45am East Coast USA Time
    Coffee Break with Exhibitors
  • 9:45am - 10:45am East Coast USA Time
    Addressing Unique Needs Without Naming Differences for Students in Science and Healthcare
  • 9:45am - 10:45am East Coast USA Time
    Borders, Bias, and Bureaucracy: The Current Administration’s Impact on Graduate Admissions in Higher Education
  • 9:45am - 10:45am East Coast USA Time
    Don't Just Survive … THRIVE: A GEM Blueprint for Competing in a Dynamic Marketplace
  • 9:45am - 10:45am East Coast USA Time
    From Chaos to Clarity: Scaling Transcript Evaluation Operations in Slate
  • 9:45am - 10:45am East Coast USA Time
    I Know Where You're Coming From: Relatability as an Enrollment Management Tool
  • 9:45am - 10:45am East Coast USA Time
    Managing With Heart: Transforming Supervision Through Mentorship and Connection to Build and Retain High-Impact Teams
  • 9:45am - 10:45am East Coast USA Time
    The Online Graduate Student: What They Want, What They Expect, and How They Choose
  • 10:00am - 12:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Setting the New Standard: Expanded 2026 Benchmarks for Graduate Marketing Cost Per Enrollment (MCPE)
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Balancing niche and broad-appeal programs, and successfully recruiting for both
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Best Practices for Admissions Integrity and Innovation with AI: Results from the Fall 2025 ETS/NAGAP Survey
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Bridging the Gaps: Implementing Graduate Enrolment Management in a Decentralized Institution
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Centralizing Your Graduate Enrollment Strategy: Lessons from Rapid Growth
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Maximizing People, Minimizing Costs: How Strategic Alignment Powers Graduate Recruitment and Retention
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Meeting Students Where They Are: The Non-Linear Path to Enrollment
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Metrics in Financial Value Transparency and Wellness in Graduate Education: Institutional Perspectives at Private Nonprofit Universities in the United States
  • 11:00am - 12:00pm East Coast USA Time
    Reading the Right Signals: What Graduate Applicant Behavior Means (and What It Doesn’t)
  • 12:00pm - 1:30pm East Coast USA Time
    NAGAP Business Meeting AND Lunch
  • 1:00pm - 4:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Help Desk
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    ADVANCED ROUNDTABLE: TBD
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Career Connected Graduate Recruitment: How Graduate Schools Compete and Win in an ROI Driven Market
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Leveraging Data Analytics to Support the Tech Talent Investment Program
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Micro-Adjustments, Macro Results: Rethinking Inquiry Response in Graduate Enrollment
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Navigating the Harbor: Streamlining International Processes to Support Enrollment Growth
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Strategic Staffing in Graduate Admissions: Using Data to Do More with Less
  • 1:30pm - 2:30pm East Coast USA Time
    The Revenue Lever Nobody's Pulling: How Visibility Drives Graduate Enrollment Growth
  • 3:15pm - 4:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Education is a Business: Using ROI Data to Have Hard Conversations
  • 3:15pm - 4:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Increase Yield and Grow Enrollment
  • 3:15pm - 4:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Old Bay & New Bonds: Building Strong Relationships with Program Directors
  • 3:15pm - 4:15pm East Coast USA Time
    On the Margins -- How to use available data to improve enrollment management
  • 3:15pm - 4:15pm East Coast USA Time
    Smart Docs, Stronger Systems: Creating Standard Operating Procedures with Scribe
  • 3:15pm - 4:15pm East Coast USA Time
    The Middle Manager’s Toolkit: Balancing Upward and Downward Leadership
  • 5:30pm - 6:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Emerging Leaders Reception (BY INVITATION ONLY)
  • Saturday, April 11, 2026
  • 8:00am - 10:30am East Coast USA Time
    Help Desk
  • 8:30am - 9:30am East Coast USA Time
    Engineering National Graduate Institutional Name Exchange (ENGINE)
  • 8:30am - 9:30am East Coast USA Time
    In-House Innovation: Designing Your Own Online Orientation
  • 8:30am - 9:30am East Coast USA Time
    Old Bay, New Way: Seasoning Graduate Recruitment for Success Through Structural Change
  • 8:30am - 9:30am East Coast USA Time
    Sharing Your Digital Story: Creating a Performance Narrative on Student Engagement
  • 8:30am - 9:30am East Coast USA Time
    Ten Steps Towards Greater Operational Efficiency in Higher Education: An Administrator Playbook
  • 8:30am - 9:30am East Coast USA Time
    Transforming the Transformer: From Overwhelmed to Inspiring—Lead with Confidence Through Change
  • 9:45am - 10:45am East Coast USA Time
    Engaging Health Administration Alumni in Student Lifecycle
  • 9:45am - 10:45am East Coast USA Time
    From Campus to Cap & Gown: Building Internal Pipelines to Graduate School
  • 9:45am - 10:45am East Coast USA Time
    Scaling Online Enrollment: Bold Strategies for Sustainable Growth
  • 9:45am - 10:45am East Coast USA Time
    Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Planning at Tufts University's School of Medicine and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • 9:45am - 10:45am East Coast USA Time
    Supporting Graduate Student Supervision: Conflict Resolution, Interpersonal Skill Development, and a Culture of Teamwork
  • 9:45am - 10:45am East Coast USA Time
    There Must Be a Better Way: Graduate Tuition Charges and Aid Distribution Operations - Survey & Case Study
  • 11:00am - 12:30pm East Coast USA Time
    Brunch and Closing Keynote Address