Upcoming Events, Webinars & Calls for Papers (Week of Sept. 28, 2026)
09/28/26
Upcoming Award Opportunities
Campus Technology Product of the Year Awards
Deadline: Oct. 16, 2026
Upcoming Events
Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education
Oct. 13–15, 2026
Arlington, VA
Educause Annual Conference (online)
Oct. 14–15, 2026
Online
WCET Annual Conference
Oct. 14–16, 2026
Minneapolis, MN
Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo
Oct. 19–22, 2026
Orlando, FL
EdgeCon Autumn
Oct. 22, 2026
Montclair, NJ
Internet2 Technology Exchange
Oct. 26–30, 2026
Minneapolis, MN
QM Connect
Oct. 26–28, 2026
Jacksonville, FL
SC EdTech Conference
Oct. 27–30, 2026
Myrtle Beach, SC
Textbook Affordability Conference
Nov. 3–4, 2026
Chicago, IL
OLC Accelerate
Nov. 16–19, 2026
Orlando, FL
HESS Consortium National Conference
Nov. 16–18, 2026
Louisville, KY
MEMS: Marketing, Enrollment Management, and Student Success Conference
Nov. 30–Dec. 02, 2026
Orlando, FL
Upcoming Webinars
Cyber Resilience in Higher Education: Protecting the Data Layer and Keeping Learning, Research, and Campus Operations Moving
In this fireside chat, Campus Technology Editor in Chief Rhea Kelly will talk with Katherine Hennessey, Head of U.S. Government Strategy at Everpure, about how higher education institutions can strengthen cyber resilience across the data layer.
Date:
Oct. 7, 2026
Time:
11:00 AM PT
Sponsor:
Everpure
Getting Ahead of Student Risk with Proactive Support
In this fireside chat, Campus Technology Editor in Chief Rhea Kelly will talk with experts from Gravyty about how colleges and universities can rethink student support around earlier insight and intervention, utilize AI to connect information across systems, and determine the right actions to help keep students on track.
Date:
Oct. 20, 2026
Time:
11:00 AM PT
Sponsor:
Gravyty
No Link, No Attachment, No Problem: How Modern Attacks Slip Into Email Inboxes
This session walks through the attacks schools are actually seeing, using real examples of business email compromise, account takeover, and payroll fraud. Abnormal AI will break down how each attack works in plain terms, why traditional defenses miss it, and what education leaders can do about it right now.
Date:
Oct. 21, 2026
Time:
11:00 AM PT
Sponsor:
Abnormal AI
Modernize Without Multiplying Risk: Balancing Connectivity, Security, and Simplicity
In this fireside chat, experts from Lumen will explore how Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) can help institutions modernize connectivity while reassessing security needs, adapting protections to a changing environment, and aligning network spend with actual usage to get more value from their infrastructure investments.
Date:
Oct. 22, 2026
Time:
11:00 AM PT
Sponsor:
Lumen
Webinars on Demand
Building Digital Resilience in Education: A Framework in the Face of IT Complexity
Sponsor:
Kaseya
Back to School, Back in the Crosshairs: What Higher Ed Security Teams Need to Watch This Fall
Sponsor:
Abnormal AI
Securely Adopting and Scaling AI with Okta in Higher Education
Sponsors:
Okta and Carahsoft
Governing AI to Close the Authority Gap
Sponsor:
Okta
From Fragmented to Future-Ready: Modernizing Travel, Expense, and Invoice Management at ASU
Sponsor:
SAP Concur
A Small Team With a Big Mission: How Southeastern University Built Email Security That Works
Sponsor:
Abnormal AI
Trailblazers in Ed: Navigating AI Initiatives in Student Support
Sponsor:
Canyon GBS
Always On: How Lynchburg Built an AI Agent that Answers, Assists, and Adapts at Scale
Sponsor:
Druid AI
Defending the Inbox Part 1: A Cybersecurity Playbook for Higher Education
Sponsor:
Abnormal AI
Defending the Inbox Part 2: A Cybersecurity Playbook for Higher Education
Sponsor:
Abnormal AI
What Early Adopters Are Learning About AI in Student Services
Sponsor:
Comm100
The Quiet Phase-Out of POTS Lines and Its Impact on Campus Operations
Sponsor:
Ooma
Designing the Next Generation of Student Support: How Colleges Are Connecting Services, Data, and AI to Improve the Student Experience
Sponsor:
Canyon GBS
Beyond Compliance: Building a Culture of Accessibility in Higher Education
Sponsor:
Echo360