Annual Meeting Schedule
Friday, February 6
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Pre-Conference Meetings and Workshops
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
ACE Network Executive Board
2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education 22nd Annual Meeting
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Pre-Conference Receptions
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
ACE Board of Directors Dinner
Sponsored by Korn/Ferry International.
Saturday, February 7
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
REGISTRATION OPEN
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
ACE Institute for New Chief Academic Officers
National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education 22nd Annual Meeting
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
ACE Board of Directors Meeting
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
ACE Network Breakfast
Sponsored by Timecruiser.
9:00 AM- 4:15 PM
ACE Network State Coordinators’ Leadership Development Conference
Sponsored by ACE Office of Women in Higher Education.
By invitation only.
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Roundtable of Executive Search Firms
By invitation only.
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Overview of U.S. Higher Education
International Interest.
Open to all attendees.
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Higher Education for All: Global Approaches to Access and Success
Open to all attendees.
www.acenet.edu/programs/international/annualmeeting
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
ACE Council of Fellows Committee Meetings
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
International Networking Reception
Open to all attendees.
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
ACE Network State Coordinators’ Reception
Sponsored by Academic Search, Inc.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Reception for Presidents and Chancellors
Sponsored by SunGard Higher Education.
By invitation only.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Women's Leadership Dinner
Wilma Mankiller, former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Sponsored in part by The New York Times.
Price: $80
Advance purchase is encouraged.
Open to all attendees.
Presentation: Donna Shavlik Award
Sunday, February 8
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
REGISTRATION OPEN
7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
ACE Institute for New Chief Academic Officers
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast for Presidents and Chancellors
Sponsored by Witt/Kieffer.
7:30 AM - 10:30 AM
National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education 22nd Annual Meeting
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Memorandum to the 44thPresident of the United States: A Facilitated Discussion
Lead Facilitator: Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, President Emeritus,
The George Washington University and University Professor of Public Service
Presidents and Chancellors only, please.
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
ACE Network State Coordinators’ Leadership Development Conference
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Strategic Collaborations: Partnering Across Boundaries to Leverage Impact and Resources
Co- sponsored by ACE and NCCI.
• $200 w/ ACE Registration
• $275 w/o ACE Registration
Presentation: NCCI Leveraging Excellence Award
Open to all attendees.
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
ACE Council of Fellows Executive Board Meeting
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Presidents and Chancellors Brunch
Molly Corbett Broad, President, ACE
Terry W. Hartle, Senior Vice President, Government and Public Relations, ACE
Sponsored by Fidelity Investments.
Presidents and Chancellors only, please.
12:30 PM- 4:45 PM
Opening of Executive Campus and Dessert Reception
Sponsored by Capstone Development Corporation.
Open to all attendees.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Wrap-Up for Facilitated Discussion for Memorandum to the 44th President of the United States
Presidents and Chancellors only, please.
Meeting the Civic Engagement Challenge: The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
www.nationalservice.gov/honorroll
Open to all attendees.
Executive Campus Areas of Focus
1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Seizing the Moment: Windows of Opportunity in a Time of Transition
Sponsored by the ACE Council of Fellows.
Open to all attendees.
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Break and Executive Campus Opening and Dessert Reception
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
“NEW” Special Pre-Meeting Session:
Communication for Leaders in Higher Education: Make Your Message Stick!
Dan Heath , Best-Selling Author of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die;
Consultant to Policy Programs, Aspen Institute; Co-Founder of Thinkwell,
a textbook publishing company based in Austin, Texas
Open to all attendees.
Briefing for New Presidents
The Presidential Spouse: Your Role and Influence
What Keeps Presidents Up at Night?
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Robert H. Atwell Lecture
Featuring an address by E. Gordon Gee, President, The Ohio State University
Presentation: Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Opening Reception
Sponsored by Fidelity Investments.
Monday, February 9
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
REGISTRATION OPEN
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
Open to all attendees.
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
PLENARY SESSION:
(invited) The Honorable Lamar Alexander (R, Tennessee)
Sponsored by ETS.
Presentation: 2008 The Presidents Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll/
Corporation for National and Community Service
www.nationalservice.gov/honorroll
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
PLENARY SESSION: Solving Mega Problems—Not Yesterday’s Community Service
Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent, News Hour with Jim Lehrer
Reginald Van Lee, Co-author of MEGACOMMUNITIES: How Leaders of Government Business
and Non-Profits Can Tackle Today’s Global Challenges Together and Senior Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton
Barbara Waugh, Former Director, Stategic University Customer Relations, Open Innovation Office, HP Labs, Hewlett Packard Company
Sponsored by The College Board
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Coffee in the Executive Campus
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
America’s New GI Bill: Implications and Innovations
Building the Pipeline: Innovating Practices for Solving Work/Life Issues for Faculty
Campus Challenges-Managing Potential Violence and Victim Fear
Lessons from the Bologna Process
The Spectrum Initiative: On Board with Diversity (Co-sponsored by AGB and ACE)
Sloan National Commission on Online Learning: National Benchmarking Survey and Faculty Survey:
What Have We Learned?
Co-sponsored by NASULGC.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
LUNCHEON PLENARY SESSION: Intellectual Capital in America followed by the Annual Business Meeting
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., President and CEO, TIAA-CREF
Sponsored by TIAA-CREF.
Presentation: Theodore M. Hesburgh Award
Sponsored by TIAA-CREF Insititute.
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Executive Campus Ice Cream Happy Hour
Sponsored by Storbeck/Pimentel and Associates, L.L.C.
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
ACE Fellows Annual Meeting and Program: Personal Journeys, Future Challenges: Presidents Speak about Presidential Succession
Legal Issues: Knowing the Issues and How to Select Appropriate Counsel (Co-sponsored by NACUA)
Shifts Happen: Expanding Institutional Capacity in Trying Times
The Accreditation Governing Board Relationship: Roles and Responsibilities (Co-sponsored by AGB and CHEA)
The National Profile of Chief Academic Officer: Who They Are; What They Do and Where They Are Going
The Other Side of the Mirror: Reflections From Congressional Staff on Higher Education Policy Making
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Capitol Steps
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Reception: Celebrating Diversity—ACE Center for Racial and Ethnic Equity (CAREE)
Sponsored by Johnson Controls, Inc.
7:30 PM – 12:00 AM
Fellows Dinner Dance
Featuring a live perfomance by Andy Benton and SilverWave
Sponsored in part by Blackboard.
Price: $85
Advance purchase is encouraged.
Open to all attendees.
Tuesday, February 10
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
REGISTRATION OPEN
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by Kaludis Consulting.
Open to all attendees.
ACE Council of Fellows Mentors and Nominators Breakfast
By invitation only.
National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) Third Annual Meeting
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
PLENARY SESSION: Empires of Education: The Rise and Fall of Great Universites
Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University; William Ziegler Professor, Harvard Business School; Resident Faculty Member,
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies; Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College,
Oxford University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
PLENARY SESSION: The Net Generation as Harbingers of Change: Implications for Higher Education
Diana G. Oblinger, President, EDUCAUSE
Presentation: Adult Learner of the Year Award
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Coffee in the Executive Campus
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Branch Campuses and Degree Programs Abroad: The Good, the Bad, the Unknown
Fundraising in an Uncertain Economy (Co-sponsored by CASE)
Ideas to Results: Executing Your Strategic Plan (Co-sponsored by ACE and NCCI)
Responding to Future Competitives: The Urgency to Diversify STEM Disciplines (Co-sponsored by ACE and NADOHE)
Too Many Rungs on the Ladder? Adapting the Leadership Pipeline to New Demographic Realities
"Unlocking the Code"- Tax Policy Opportunities and Challenges for Higher Education
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
CLOSING PLENARY LUNCHEON: Advancing Opportunity and Educational Success
Joint address by: Hilary Pennington, Director of Special Initiatives, Gates Foundation and
Jamie P. Merisotis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lumina Foundation for Education
Sponsored by ING.
Presentation: Reginald A. Wilson Diversity Leadership Award
