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Navigating the Ambiguity

Elevate Your Leadership at the "Navigating the Ambiguity" Executive Retreat!

August 5–6, 2025
New York, NY

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Attention Education Leaders

Are you prepared to steer your institution through the complex waters of higher education’s rapidly shifting landscape? Join us on August 5th and 6th for an unparalleled opportunity at the “Navigating the Ambiguity” executive retreat, specifically curated for top-tier education leaders.

Why Attend? In a climate of rapid policy shifts and mounting pressures, adapt and lead effectively with insights and tools from specialized sessions crafted just for you. Our retreat is designed to stimulate groundbreaking discussions, foster innovative thinking, and nurture connections within the higher education community.

Key Retreat Objectives:

  • Navigate Political & Economic Uncertainty: Understand the influence of shifting political landscapes on higher education and build strategic resilience through executive scenario planning and engaging tabletop exercises.
  • Harness Technology as a Strategic Lever: Discover how AI, data, and digital infrastructure can drive agility and revolutionize your approach to education leadership.
  • Recharge & Refocus: Amidst the noise and disruption, find the clarity and confidence required to lead with renewed purpose.


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Best Practices for Institutional Resilience

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Sessions

Gain insight into proactive measures to strengthen your institution’s agility and resilience as you engage with fellow higher education leaders and industry experts. Focused sessions, panels, and workshops will equip you with strategies and connections to illuminate your institution’s path forward.

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Tech Showcase

Connect with leading-edge technology vendors to dive into their innovations for enhancing institutional efficiency, agility, and decision-making across academic and administrative operations.

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Award

The Future Campus AwardTM spotlights the trailblazers in higher ed, celebrating those who integrate technology to redefine academic and operational excellence. Join us to honor these visionaries shaping the future of education.

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Executive Scenario Planning

Learn how to realize radical efficiency and agility in operations through agile enterprise scenario planning. Elevate your strategic planning to simulate a wide range of potential outcomes arising from current and future policy changes and market conditions.

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Sessions

Focused sessions, panels, and workshops will equip you with strategies and connections to illuminate your institution’s path forward.

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Tech Showcase

Connect with leading-edge technology vendors to dive into their innovations for enhancing institutional efficiency, agility, and decision-making across academic and administrative operations.

Take Advantage of Early Bird Pricing. Register by May 16 for $2,250 including meals and hotel.

Hear from Past Attendees

Who Should Attend

Administrative and Academic Stakeholders Ready to Lead with Agility

Speakers, workshops, and activities will be relevant to innovators across your institution, including those from administration, information technology, enrollment, student success, advancement, and more.

Who Attends the Future Campus Summit

Why You Can't Afford to Miss this Summit

The Future Campus Summit is not like any other leadership retreat. The intimate, collaborative nature of the event offers a strategic platform for leaders committed to strengthening institutional agility and resilience. By attending, you will:

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Join a Community

Share insights and strategies with forward-thinking peers facing similar challenges and opportunities

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Gain Actionable Insights

Explore proactive measures to strengthen organizational adaptability and alignment for impactful decision-making and action.

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Leave with Tools to Lead

Equip yourself with the knowledge to lead your institution through the shifting policy landscape.

A Retreat Like No Other

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This executive retreat stands apart as a unique convergence of visionary higher education leadership, cutting-edge technology, and strategic collaboration.

  • Curated Networking & Workshops
  • Diverse Viewpoints Tackling Shared Challenges
  • Accelerated Learning & Strategizing
  • Direct Interaction with Emerging Technologies
  • Future Campus Award

Visionary Voices

Tambellini Analysts and Advisors have organized an event designed for strategic leaders and change-makers, drawing on insights from thousands of interactions with higher education institutions and comprehensive market intelligence.

Arne Duncan

Former Secretary of Education
US Department of Education
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Tom Andriola

Chief Digital Officer
UC Irvine
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Alpha Hamadou Ibrahim, PhD

Vice President, Data, Analytics, and AI
Tambellini Group
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Charles Elliott

Field CTO for Education
Google Public Sector
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Sam Burgio

Chief Operating Officer
Jenzabar
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Scott Campbell

University Registrar
The University of Chicago
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Katelyn Ilkani

President and COO; Principal Analyst
Tambellini Group
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Dave Kieffer

Principal Analyst
Tambellini Group
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Serena Malhotra

Junior Analyst
Tambellini Group
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Hampton Shive

Vice President, Research
Tambellini Group
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Trevor Skelton

Analyst; Junior Data Scientist
Tambellini Group
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Matt Winn, PhD

Senior Analyst
Tambellini Group
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Jessica M. Thomas

Senior Analyst
Tambellini Group
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Matt Winn, PhD

Senior Analyst
Tambellini Group
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Susan Miltenberger

Associate Vice President and CIO
Towson University
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Chandler C. Morse

Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Workday
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Jack Neill

Vice President, Product
HelioCampus
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Simran Nirh

President
East Point Consulting
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Hampton Shive

Vice President, Research
Tambellini Group
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Nalyn Siripong

Senior Data Scientist
University of Pittsburgh
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Melissa Smurdon

Executive Director of Financial Aid
Butler University
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Our Institutional Sponsor

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Our Vendor Sponsors

Pinnacle

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Premier

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Oracle logo
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Diamond

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Workday logo

Platinum

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Our Tech Showcase Sponsors

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About Tambellini Group

The Tambellini Group has been the leading provider of unbiased and proprietary research and advisory services to higher education since 2001. Our mission is to equip educational institutions with the impartial insights, tools, and market predictions needed to make informed technology decisions while maximizing return-on-investment and constituent experience. We empower institutions to overcome challenges, seize opportunities, and pave the way toward a brighter future for higher education.

About MGT

MGT is a national technology and advisory solutions leader serving state, local government, and education (SLED) clients. Our specialized solutions solve the most critical issues that live at the top of our clients’ leadership agenda. Our advisory and technology domains are foundational elements in our approach to helping state and local governments innovate, transform, and manage efficiently. We partner to help clients strengthen their foundations, implement systematic changes, and build resilience for the future

About University of California, Irvine

Founded in 1965, UCI is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UCI has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It’s Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide. For more on UCI, visit www.uci.edu.

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