What’s New at HE Transformation 2026?

Higher Education Transformation 2026 has transformed into a standalone, senior leadership conference with a networking-led exhibition, built around the real transformation decisions universities are making today.

Higher Education leaders told us they were looking for:

👔 More intimate, senior-level forums

💡 Candid discussion about real transformation challenges

🏫 Carefully selected partners who understand long-term institutional change

Financial Sustainability and Cost-Base Reform

👉 How can institutions fundamentally redesign their business and operating models to achieve long-term financial resilience?

✅ We’ll be focusing on cost-base reform, service delivery transformation, enterprise capability and the strategic trade-offs leaders are making.

Enterprise and Operational Transformation

👉What does effective operational and enterprise transformation look like in practice, beyond isolated projects or incremental change?

✅ You wanted us to explore how institutions are aligning people, processes, systems and governance to deliver sustained, organisation-wide impact.

People, Process and Workforce Change

👉 How are senior leaders successfully leading large-scale people and process change whilst maintaining trust, capability and institutional culture?

✅ We’ll be taking a deep-dive into workforce transformation, change leadership, skills, engagement and the human realities of major reform.

Digital and Data-Enabled Service Redesign

👉 What defines a future-fit university, and how do today’s transformation decisions shape institutional sustainability over the next decade?

✅ Join us to examine strategic positioning, operating model maturity, digital enablement and how universities prepare for long-term uncertainty.

🚀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