DELIVERED BY:
Why is the HE Transformation Expo needed now?
👉Higher education business and operating models are not working.
👉Higher education institutions risk financial failure.
👉Transformation is essential for survival.
👉The HE Transformation Expo exists to provide meaningful solutions to secure long-term resilience.
What is the HE Transformation Expo?
📍The only destination for mapping your university’s business and operational transformation
📋Designed around the needs of senior leadership teams across higher education working to drive resilience through long term transformation
💡Exploring the big strategic solutions needed to develop next-generation operating models
🚀This is no talking shop. We are ready to move the dial on what bringing organisational change to life means.
🔊Achieved through a dynamic 2-day show bringing together real innovators reimagining service delivery across higher education
Ready to Unleash Transformation
2
DAYS
30+
SPEAKERS
40+
SESSIONS
60+
SUPPLIERS
500+
VISITORS
Free to attend for HE leaders ready to make decisions on business transformation
Why attend?
✅Be at the front of the pack in driving business change
✅Gain vital insights to secure your institution’s long-term resilience
✅Make strategic decisions on your operating model
✅Discover the products and solutions that will unlock your institution’s transformation
✅Engage in frank and honest dialogue with leadership teams spearheading organisational change
✅Save money for your institution with advice on improving operational outcomes
✅Learn from the innovators making bold moves to support a competitive positioning
-
Main Stage | 20 November 2025
👉Set piece solutions on the decisions needed to design a resilient business, operating and delivery model for the long term
Stage One | 19 November 2025
👉Leading next-generation digital transformation to support new approaches to delivery
Stage Two | 19 November 2025
👉Enhancing operational outcomes through business service and estate transformation
Stage Three | 19 November 2025
👉Transforming products and delivery models amid evolving market demand
-
Exhibition showcasing the real innovators ready to drive transformation in your institution
🚀40+ suppliers ready to share ideas for implementation
⚙️Fresh solutions on driving change in business operations
💬Meaningful conversations designed real challenges
💡Live advice, guidance and case studies from innovators
-
Engage in honest and open conversation with senior leaders in The Transformation Roundtables
These application only roundtables are open to executive leadership teams to engage in deep-dive discussion around the real challenges facing the sector. Expect meaningful Chatham house conversations on the mechanics of supporting financial resilience and long term organisational transformation.
-
Speak to the experts at The Transformation Surgery to explore the real nuts and bolts of managing organisational change in your institution
-
7pm - 10pm | 19 November 2025, Sky Bar, Resorts World, Birmingham
Application or invitation only opportunity to engage with 80+ leaders making decisions now on operational transformation in HE
Speak candidly with VCs, PVCs, COOs and CFOs driving change now
Explore fresh ideas on designing new approaches to operating and business models in HE ahead of the set-piece main stage on 20 November 2025
A dynamic two day show, with meaningful dialogue on transformation at the heart
4 Live Stages | Transformation as the mission
Main Stage | 20 November 2025
🎯Set piece solutions on the decisions needed to design a resilient business, operating and delivery model for the long term
Stage One | 19 November 2025
🎯Leading next-generation digital transformation to support new approaches to delivery
Stage Two | 19 November 2025
🎯Enhancing operational outcomes through business service and estate transformation
Stage Three | 19 November 2025
🎯Transforming products and delivery models amid evolving market demand
The home of education decision making
The HE Transformation Expo will be co-located with the Schools and Academies Show, EdTech Summit and Independent Schools Conference. All under one roof at the NEC, Birmingham on 19-20 November 2025.
In partnership, the shows bring together the largest gathering of education decision makers in the UK with 5,000 attendees, 400+ speakers and 300+ suppliers.