Higher Education Partnership Network USA
September 10 - 12, 2025
Fontainebleau Miami Beach
Welcome to HEPN: Shaping the future of higher education
At our Higher Education Partnership Network (HEPN) we transform the traditional trade show into a dynamic hub for the brightest minds in university education. We handpick an elite group of 150-200 digital and senior leaders from premier institutions across the USA, creating an unparalleled platform for innovation and strategic thinking in higher education.
- AI (Artificial Intelligence)
- Enrollment
- Student Success
- Technology
- Finance and Budget
- Faculty
HEPN USA is more than just an event; it is a catalyst for change. Join us to engage with peers, share insights, and collaboratively shape the future of higher education. Take a look at our full agenda and register your spot now.
- Real-time answers to your challenges: world-class speakers, industry visionaries and innovative technology suppliers will be on hand to give you inspiration and advice you won’t get anywhere else.
- Peer-to-peer knowledge exchange: over 150 senior executives like you will be in the room ready to share their challenges and how they have overcome them.
- Transformative solutions: meet innovative suppliers ready to revolutionize your patient outcomes.
- Expand your network meaningfully: forge relationships with senior leaders and build lasting relationships beyond the event.
- Get guaranteed face time with key decision makers: a minimum of 9 one-on-one meetings with senior leaders that are looking to invest in new solutions
- Connect with the education sector C-suite: take part in a range of formal and informal networking opportunities across the event
- Put your solution in the spotlight: present your solution on the keynote theater, in breakout areas, and during our popular Shark Tank speed presentation
- Maximise your ROI: event sponsorship includes branding, meals, and refreshments. No stand costs, no surprises – just a guaranteed return on investment
SPEAKERS
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Kathi Kern Ph.D
Senior Vice Provost of Education
University of Miami -
Ed Wozencroft
Vice President for Digital Strategy and Chief Information Officer
New Jersey Institute of Technology -
Bryan Stewart
Campus President
Miami Dade College -
Sean Ferguson
Vice President, Strategy & Innovation
Bentley University -
Donna Johnson
Deputy Chief Innovation Officer
Louisiana Tech University -
Mark Walcott
Assistant Vice President, Technology and Business Intelligence
Emory University -
Jane Gatewood
Vice Provost for Global Engagament
University of Rochester -
Miloš Topić
Vice President for IT and Chief Digital Officer
Grand Valley State University -
Zachary Lewis
Assistant Vice President IT and Chief Information Security Officer
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis -
Ben Nelson
Founder
Minerva University and Minerva Project -
Troy Hahn
Assistant Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Queens College
City University of New York -
George Petasis
Assistant Dean of Technology and Chief Information Officer
Georgetown University Capitol Campus -
Andy Petzold
Associate Professor and Faculty Director
University of Minnesota, Rochester -
Tierney Bates
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
University of South Carolina Upstate -
Madeleine Green
Senior Institutional Advisor
College in 3 -
Lenora Sevillian
Director of Procurement
Nova Southeastern University Florida -
Becky Vasquez
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University -
Ken Russell
Chief Innovation Officer
New College Institute -
Trey Conatser Ph.D
Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning and Director of CELT
University of Kentucky -
Katie Dann
2nd Year Student
University of Miami -
Huajing Maske
Assistant Vice President, International Partnerships
Wayne State University
TESTIMONIALS
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I need to make myself available to learn what other trusts are doing, while being present in my own trust.
Lisa EmeryCIORoyal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust -
I believe it is incumbent upon all of us as senior health leaders to offer strategic direction, that goes without saying. But we also need to amplify curiosity, agility and a passion to improve, fostering commitment in the art of the possible.
Jonathan LofthouseSite CEOKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust -
The only thing that’s going to be constant now is change. Trusts and staff need to be ready for whatever the future brings and sharing best practice between trusts, safely, is an important part of the solution.
James DevineCEOMedway NHS Foundation Trust -
As NHS trusts, the need to collaborate and learn from each other has never been stronger. But neither has our need to reduce unnecessary social interaction as a society.
Paul BythewayChief Operating OfficerUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Foundation Trust -
Events like the Healthcare Partnership Network are really important in bringing together senior leaders both from the industry and from the NHS, because you can start to see the connections that people are making. There’s a lot of synergy and energy around being able to look at a product a company has to offer and being able to relate that to what happens in the NHS.
Paula HeadChief ExecutiveUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust