HE Transformation Business & Estates | 19 November
09:20 am - 09:30 am
Enhancing Operational Performance through Joined-Up Transformation
Institution-wide alignment on business transformation
Reimagining service design models
Making real gains on operational performance amid financial pressure
09:30 am - 10:00 am
Salami Slicing is Dead: Developing a Sustainable Approach to Cost Base Management
Why endless rounds of cost cutting will not work in driving long term resilience
Stabilising costs around a strategic approach to systems, processes and structures
Where does the money actually come from? Aligning back-office functions to support surpluses and growth areas
Embedding long term ROI into rethinking cost base management
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Is Your Estate Working for You? Deploying Smart Campus Capabilities at Scale to Meet Efficiency Objectives
Harnessing real time data to drive enhanced decision making across the estate
From smart to intelligent campus: The infrastructure and data capabilities needed to make the leap
Setting your operational goals: How can smart technologies and environmental data be used to drive efficiency, reduce waste and support an enhanced user experience?
Scalability in action: Developing existing digital assets to support system-wide integration
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Sponsored Session
11:10 am - 11:50 am
Commercialisation Obsessives: Getting Serious About Income Diversification
Challenging the ‘dirty word’ status of commercialisation
Exploring the growth areas and identifying commercial opportunities that support strategic purpose
What can we learn from institutions that have successfully diversified income streams?
Untapped potential? Are we really getting the most from our existing assets?
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
The Campus Diaries: How Users Interact with the Estate and What Needs to Change
Space and place: How campus users really engage with the university estate
Are we utilising our spaces effectively to meet the evolving needs of students?
What does the rise of commuter students, microcredentials and new forms of delivery mean for campus design?
Bold thinking: How can we change to deliver more responsive and adaptive spaces?
12:40 pm - 1:10 pm
Sponsored Session
1:20 pm - 2:00 pm
Razor Sharp Purpose? Good Growth, Surplus Building and Knowing Where to Invest
Knowing your surpluses: Where do they exist? Why are they working?
Mission clarity: Aligning your growth plan and activity areas with an unmistakable USP
Examining new business opportunities that speak to your proposition
Being brave: What is not going to be driving sustainable income in five years from now?
Embedding scalability in your business model: Where to invest
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm
The Big Procurement Conversation: Untapping the Real Buying Power in Higher Education
Developing purchasing power in the sector through enhanced collaborative agreements
The critical steps on standardisation to drive shared procurement processes
Negotiating at scale and deploying partnered approaches to procurement resourcing
Harnessing benchmarking tools and data sharing to drive improved purchasing decisions
The regulatory and legal considerations: what is achievable?
2:50 pm - 3:30 pm
Business Model Design Forum: What Are the Options? Is it Right for Us?
Not another restructure: The principles for designing resilient operating models
System-wide answers: What are the core operating and delivery changes needed to drive success?
Real examples: Where is business model change working and what routes can we take?
Over to you: The organisational development priorities for your institution
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Net Zero Amid Transformation: Three Stories on Financing and Strategic Planning
Hear from three distinct institutions as they problem solve the net zero roadmap ahead, assessing how they:
Navigate net zero implementation amid financial restraint
Work to secure financing to achieve net zero objectives
Examine opportunities for aligning net zero strategies with long term financial sustainability
4:05 pm - 4:25 pm
Managing Creditors and Approaches to Debt: The Discussions Happening Now …
What creditors expect to see from institutions in financial distress
What does credible financial planning look like to banks?
Candid insight into how universities are engaging with creditors now
*Agenda subject to change
