| Time | Session |
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| 8:00AM-4:00PM | Registration Desk Open |
| 8:00AM-11:30AM | Exhibitor Set-Up |
| 8:30AM-11:00AM | Optional pre-conference NASFAA credentials:
(1) Packaging & Aid Notification
(2) Cost of Attendance (COA) |
| 11:30AM-5:00PM | Exhibitor Area OPEN |
| 11:30AM-1:00PM | General Session- Lunch
- President's Welcome
- Vendor Introductions
|
| 1:00PM-1:15PM | Break/Exhibitor Visit |
| 1:15PM-2:15PM | Interest Sessions:- Reframing Self-Care: Building a Lifestyle That Empowers You to Serve Others
- PLUS Loans: Entering the Upside Down
- AI in Financial Aid: What Works, What Doesn't, and What Comes Next
- The Rightside Up: Finding Clarity and Opportunity in Your Career
|
| 2:15PM-2:45PM | Break/Exhibitor Visit |
| 2:45PM-3:45PM | Interest Sessions- ISAC: Programs Overview
- Financial Aid Jeopardy
- The Upside Down of Federal PLUS: Secrets from the Lender List Lab
- R2T4 Panel
- Illinois State Treasurers Office: Helping Students and Families Plan for College
|
| 3:45PM-4:00PM | Break/Exhibitor Visit |
| 4:00PM-5:00PM | Birds of a Feather (by Role) - Directors, Managers, and/or People Leaders
- Counseling/Front Line Service
- Scholarships
- Compliance/Training
- Fiscal/Data and Systems
- Loan Coordinators
|
| 5:00PM-5:45PM | Break/Exhibitor Visit |
| 5:45PM-7:00PM | General Session: Dinner & Awards |
| 7:00PM-9:00PM | Scavenger Hunt & Cash bar! |
|
| 8:00AM-9:00AM | Registration Desk Open |
| 8:00AM-9:00AM | Breakfast |
| 8:30AM-9:30AM | General Session- Illinois Student Assistance Commission
|
| 9:00AM-4:15PM | Exhibitor Area Open |
| 9:30AM-9:45AM | Break/Exhibitor Visit |
| 9:45AM-10:45AM | Interest Sessions- Beyond Loans and Limits: Financial Aid Administration in the Upside Down
- Through the Portal: FAFSA Simplification Then and Now
- Cultivating the Next Generation of Leaders
- That Was Due When? The Importance of an Operational Calendar
- Illinois Department of Veteran Affairs
|
| 10:45AM-11:00AM | Break/Exhibitor Visit |
| 11:00AM-11:30AM | General Session- MASFAA Update: Emily Haynam (University of Missouri)
|
| 11:30AM-12:45PM | General Session- Lunch
- Business Meeting
- Vendor Introductions
|
| 12:45PM-1:45PM | General Session- "The Ninth Episode" Keynote Speaker Zack Goodwin
|
| 2:00PM-3:00PM | Interest Sessions- Strange Happenings: How to be a Positive Parent or Guardian through the Financial Aid Process
- Staff Churn: Dealing with Planned and Unexpected Staff Turnover
- StudentCents – Fraud Education and Prevention
- Financial Aid Data and Dashboards
- Financial Aid Completion Initiative
|
| 3:00PM-3:15PM | Break/Exhibitor Visit |
| 3:15PM-4:15PM | Interest Sessions- Using Data to Build an Equity-Minded Aid Program
- Unlock the Curiosity Door to the Alternative Application: A Review of the 2026-27 Alternative Application Process
- P&P - More Fun than D&D!
- You Want Me to Talk to Who? Advocacy and You
|
| 4:15PM-4:30PM | Break/Exhibitor Visit |
| 4:30PM-5:30PM | System Meetings - Campus Solutions / PeopleSoft
- Banner
- Colleague
- Homegrown/Other Not Listed
- PowerFAIDS / Jenzabar
|
| 5:30PM | Dinner on your Own |
| 7:00 | Evening Entertainment - Music Bingo |
|
| 8:00AM-9:00AM | Registration Desk Open |
| 8:30AM-9:30AM | Sector Meetings - Senior Public Institutions
- Private Institutions
- Community Colleges
- Health Professions
- Proprietary Institutions
|
| 9:30AM-10:00AM | Break |
| 10:00AM-11:00AM | General Session- NASFAA Inside the Beltway (virtual): Rachel Rotunda
|
| 11:15AM-12:00PM | General Session- Passing the Gavel
- Sneak Peak to ILASFAA 2027 Conference
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