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AI Revolution: How Gen AI is Reshaping Work, Society, and Higher Ed
June 24th, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

AI is no longer just a tool—it’s becoming a teammate. This keynote explores how the rise of intelligent agents is res...

Dr. Kosmas Karadimitriou
Principal, AI & LLM Technology Leader, PSG
Symphony Ballroom
Powering the AI Workforce for Higher Ed: An Unveiling of Bolt Agents Teams
June 24th, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Rise, shine, and bring your best ideas to the table—literally! Join us for Pancakes & Possibilities, a whimsical morn...

Ardis Kadiu
Founder & CEO, Element451
Ty Fujimura
Chief Product Officer, Element451
Petar Djordjevic
Chief Technology Officer, Element451
Symphony Ballroom
Building Your Digital Workforce - A Deep Dive into Bolt Agents
June 24th, 11:30 AM – 12:10 PM

Bolt Agents are autonomous AI assistants that will transform your campus operations. We’ll open the hood on how these...

Element451 Team
Mecklenburg
Smarter, Faster, Calmer: How AI is Changing Crisis Communications
June 24th, 2:00 PM – 2:40 PM

Whether it’s a campus emergency, policy shift, or enrollment challenge, communication under pressure can make or brea...

Michele Ehrhart
SVP, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, University of Memphis
Carolina A
Presidents' POV: AI-Powered Resilience for Uncertain Times
June 25th, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Higher education is grappling with enrollment shifts, workforce changes, and digital disruption. In this executive-le...

Dr. Marjorie Hass
President, Council for Independent Colleges
Dr. Rosemary Thomas
President, Chowan University
Dr. Vern Lindquist
President, Johnston Community College
Symphony Ballroom
From Silos to Synergy: Creating a CRM-Powered Campus
June 25th, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Most campuses run on disconnected systems, isolated departments, and fragmented data—making it nearly impossible to...

Dr. Shelley Greene
Vice President for Enrollment & Advancement, Chowan University
Carolina B
Redefining Digital Engagement in Higher Ed: Meeting Students Where They Are
June 25th, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Today’s students live in an always-on, hyper-personalized digital world—and they expect the same from your institutio...

Amanda Gulley
Chief of Product, Arizona State University
Symphony Ballroom
The Future Is Ours to Shape
June 25th, 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM

Wrap up your Engage 2025 experience with an inspiring and forward-looking Closing Keynote led by Ardis Kadiu, Founder...

Dr. JC Bonilla
COO and Head of AI, Element451
Ardis Kadiu
Founder & CEO, Element451
Symphony Ballroom
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The Future Is Ours to Shape
4:45 PM – 5:15 PM

Wrap up your Engage 2025 experience with an inspiring and forward-looking Closing Keynote led by Ardis Kadiu, Founder...

Dr. JC Bonilla
COO and Head of AI, Element451
Ardis Kadiu
Founder & CEO, Element451
Symphony Ballroom
Powering the AI Workforce for Higher Ed: An Unveiling of Bolt Agents Teams
June 24th, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Rise, shine, and bring your best ideas to the table—literally! Join us for Pancakes & Possibilities, a whimsical morn...

Ardis Kadiu
Founder & CEO, Element451
Ty Fujimura
Chief Product Officer, Element451
Petar Djordjevic
Chief Technology Officer, Element451
Symphony Ballroom
Building Your Digital Workforce - A Deep Dive into Bolt Agents
June 24th, 11:30 AM – 12:10 PM

Bolt Agents are autonomous AI assistants that will transform your campus operations. We’ll open the hood on how these...

Element451 Team
Mecklenburg
Ready for What's Next? Tambellini Reveals the Top Trends Shaping Higher Ed
June 24th, 11:30 AM – 12:10 PM

What’s on the horizon for higher ed? Get ahead of the curve with exclusive insights from Tambellini’s latest market r...

Dr. Matthew Winn
Senior Analyst, CRM and Student Engagement, Tambellini
Dr. JC Bonilla
COO and Head of AI, Element451
Mecklenburg
The Integration Equation: Lessons in Connecting Sytems the Right Way
June 24th, 11:30 AM – 12:10 PM

When CRMs, SISs, LMSs, and chatbots operate in silos, everyone suffers—students, staff, and outcomes. This panel brin...

Dr. Susan Bowen
Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Durham Technical Community College
Lynn Miller
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Enrollment Management, University System of Georgia
Kelly Sinacola
Vice President of Integrations, Element451
Carolina A
HAIRO: The AI Readiness & Opportunity Model for Higher Education
June 24th, 1:15 PM – 1:55 PM

Meet HAIRO, a structured framework developed by Element451 to help your institution gauge how prepared it is to roll...

Doug Smith
Director of AI Operations, Element451
Mecklenburg
Integrating AI with Purpose (and a Plan)
June 24th, 1:15 PM – 1:55 PM

It’s easy to get excited about AI—but real results come from thoughtful, purpose-driven implementation. This session...

Dr. Michelle Fischthal
Vice Chancellor, Institutional Innovation and Effectiveness, San Diego Community College District
Carolina B
AI Admissions: Fast, Fair, and Fraud-Free
June 24th, 1:15 PM – 1:55 PM

Discover how Element451 uses AI to revolutionize admissions processing. Bolt Agents instantly review and evaluate app...

Element451 Team
Carolina A
Build Your Own Personal AI Agent
June 24th, 2:00 PM – 2:40 PM

Think Siri on steroids. In this session, I’ll show you how to spin up a Lindy.ai-type assistant that schedules meetin...

Doug Smith
Director of AI Operations, Element451
Mecklenburg
Making Tech Make Sense: Communication & Collaboration Strategies
June 24th, 2:00 PM – 2:40 PM

Whether you’re introducing AI, launching a new platform, or trying to unify systems, tech rollouts live or die by com...

Kelly Sinacola
Vice President of Integrations, Element451
Tom Andriola
Vice Chancellor, Information, Technology and Data & Chief Digital Officer, University of California Irvine
Gary Moser
Kern Vice Chancellor IT\CISO + CTO: CCC Digital Center for Innovation, Transformation, and Equity, Kern Community College District
Carolina B
Smarter, Faster, Calmer: How AI is Changing Crisis Communications
June 24th, 2:00 PM – 2:40 PM

Whether it’s a campus emergency, policy shift, or enrollment challenge, communication under pressure can make or brea...

Michele Ehrhart
SVP, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, University of Memphis
Carolina A
The AGI Frontier: What Happens When AI Can Do Everything?
June 24th, 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)—the moment AI can outperform humans at virtually any intellectual task—is clos...

Ardis Kadiu
Founder & CEO, Element451
Carolina B
The Voice-First Campus: AI Agents That Never Sleep
June 24th, 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM

Are you ready for a future where students actually prefer talking to AI? In this session, we’ll show how Element451’s...

Element451 Team
Mecklenburg
Enhancing Student Success: AI Meets the Human Touch at Check-In
June 24th, 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM

Students want answers fast, but they still crave human connection. This session explores how institutions are redesig...

Carrie Pitts Densmore
Vice President of Marketing and Enrollment, Johnston Community College
Carolina A
Vibe Coding: Build Apps by Just Talking to AI
June 24th, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Forget complicated programming languages. Vibe Coding lets you create functional apps using natural-language prompts...

Ardis Kadiu
Founder & CEO, Element451
Mecklenburg
Beyond the One-Size-Fits-All Campaign: Personal Outreach with Bolt Agents
June 24th, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Traditional marketing campaigns are becoming obsolete. Discover how Element451’s Bolt Agents dynamically personalize...

Element451 Team
Carolina B
AI DeepResearch: Using ChatGPT, Gemini, and NotebookLM
June 24th, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Gathering market insights, planning campaigns, and doing competitive research can now happen in a fraction of the ti...

Ty Fujimura
Chief Product Officer, Element451
Carolina A
Welcome & Opening Day Remarks
June 24th, 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM

We’re thrilled to welcome you to Engage 2025—where ideas ignite, connections grow, and the future of higher ed comes...

Ardis Kadiu
Founder & CEO, Element451
Brandon Hurter
Chief Marketing Officer, Element451
Symphony Ballroom
AI Revolution: How Gen AI is Reshaping Work, Society, and Higher Ed
June 24th, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

AI is no longer just a tool—it’s becoming a teammate. This keynote explores how the rise of intelligent agents is res...

Dr. Kosmas Karadimitriou
Principal, AI & LLM Technology Leader, PSG
Symphony Ballroom
Redefining Digital Engagement in Higher Ed: Meeting Students Where They Are
June 25th, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Today’s students live in an always-on, hyper-personalized digital world—and they expect the same from your institutio...

Amanda Gulley
Chief of Product, Arizona State University
Symphony Ballroom
Responsible AI in Action: Safety, Evaluations, and Real-World Lessons from ASU
June 25th, 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

As generative AI becomes more deeply embedded in student services and decision-making, institutions must go beyond th...

Stella Liu
Lead Data Scientist, AI Acceleration, Arizona State University
Mecklenburg
AI Student Success: Uniting LMS, SIS, and Your CRM Breakout
June 25th, 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Get an inside look at how Element451 weaves together course registrations, grades, and real-time engagement data from...

Element451 Team
Carolina B
From Chaos to Clarity: Western Idaho's Playbook for Student-First CRM Success Breakout
June 25th, 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

What happens when you try to implement everything for everyone all at once? College of Western Idaho learned the hard...

Luis Caloca
Dean, Student Access, College of Western Idaho
Ted Daniels
Web and Technology Support Specialist, College of Western Idaho
Carolina A
Lunch & Boltie Awards
June 25th, 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

Take a well-deserved break and join us for lunch—a chance to relax, recharge, and reflect on the morning’s insights...

Ana David
Director of Account Management, Element451
Dr. JC Bonilla
COO and Head of AI, Element451
Daniella Nordin
Vice President of Platform Enablement, Element451
Symphony Ballroom
Students (Gen Z) + AI: Why They'd Rather Talk to a AI Agent
June 25th, 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM

It’s no secret that digital-native students often trust and prefer AI interactions. In this session, we’ll discuss th...

Mallory Willsea
Higher Ed Consultant
Mecklenburg
Lessons in Scaling AI Up & Across the Institution
June 25th, 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM

As a General Purpose Technology (GPT), a new class of tools are well on their way to transforming the way we work, li...

Tom Andriola
Vice Chancellor, Information, Technology and Data & Chief Digital Officer, University of California Irvine
Carolina B
Element451 for Continuing Education: Extending AI Beyond Degrees
June 25th, 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM

Ready to deliver a one-stop, AI-driven learning storefront? In this session, we’ll show you how Element451’s new shopp..

Element451 Team
Carolina A
The Future of Data Analysis with AI Agents
June 25th, 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

What if you could ask questions and get instant, contextual answers from your data—without running a single report?

Brian Piper
Director of Content Strategy and Assessment, University of Rochester
Mecklenburg
Heart Over Hype: The Power of Empathetic Marketing
June 25th, 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

In an age of automation and noise, what cuts through is care. This session explores how leading higher ed marketers...

Jaime Hunt
Founder and President, Solve Higher Ed Marketing
Carolina B
Agents Without Borders: Expanding Bolt's Capabilities with Plugins Breakout
June 25th, 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Discover how Element451’s Bolt Agents now tap into a broader ecosystem using the Model Context Protocol (MCP)—an open...

Element451 Team
Carolina A
Zapier + AI: Automate Everything
June 25th, 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM

If you love the idea of plugging AI into your existing workflows, Zapier is your secret weapon. Here, I’ll explain ho...

Timothy Davis
Engagement Analyst, Element451
Carolina B
Lighting Talks
June 25th, 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM

Happy Applicants, Higher Yield: Data-Driven Strategies for Enrollment Success Happy students don’t just apply—they...

Kendra Oswald
CRM Strategist, VisionPoint Marketing
Brandon Hurter
Chief Marketing Officer, Element451
Doug Smith
Director of AI Operations, Element451
Ty Fujimura
Chief Product Officer, Element451
Erin Newton
Content Director, Element451
Carolina A
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Best Practices For Your Knowledge Base
June 25th, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Clean, structured, and up-to-date content is the lifeblood of any AI-powered engagement strategy. This session dives...

Hannah Wilson
Knowledge Management & CRM Coordinator, Project Manager, Forsyth Technical Community College
Michael Stephenson
Product Marketing Manager, Element451
Mecklenburg
From Silos to Synergy: Creating a CRM-Powered Campus
June 25th, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Most campuses run on disconnected systems, isolated departments, and fragmented data—making it nearly impossible to...

Dr. Shelley Greene
Vice President for Enrollment & Advancement, Chowan University
Carolina B
Ask Us Anything: AMA with the Element451 Product Team
June 25th, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

You’ve seen the roadmap, now here’s your chance to dive deeper. Join this open and candid session with the Element451...

Element451 Team
Carolina A
The Future Is Ours to Shape
June 25th, 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM

Wrap up your Engage 2025 experience with an inspiring and forward-looking Closing Keynote led by Ardis Kadiu, Founder...

Dr. JC Bonilla
COO and Head of AI, Element451
Ardis Kadiu
Founder & CEO, Element451
Symphony Ballroom
Welcome & Opening Remarks
June 25th, 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM

Let’s jump into Day Two of Engage 2025 with fresh energy and renewed focus. Join us for Opening Remarks as we reflect...

Ardis Kadiu
Founder & CEO, Element451
Brandon Hurter
Chief Marketing Officer, Element451
Symphony Ballroom
Presidents' POV: AI-Powered Resilience for Uncertain Times
June 25th, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Higher education is grappling with enrollment shifts, workforce changes, and digital disruption. In this executive-le...

Dr. Marjorie Hass
President, Council for Independent Colleges
Dr. Rosemary Thomas
President, Chowan University
Dr. Vern Lindquist
President, Johnston Community College
Symphony Ballroom

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