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CANHEIT 2026

Your unofficial guide to CANHEIT 2026 featuring must-see sessions, keynote speakers, events, and ideas worth exploring.

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Your Unofficial Guide to CANHEIT

With packed schedules and many sessions happening throughout the week, this unofficial guide gives you a quick view of the agenda, along with must-see sessions, keynote speakers, key events, and exciting presentations worth adding to your schedule at CANHEIT 2026.

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Schedule at a Glance

Monday, June 1 | 5:00–7:00 PM — Join everyone at the Welcome Reception in the LH Atrium for networking, fun, and refreshments.

Key Events

Tuesday

7:30–8:30am: Morning Coffee

June 2

Key Events

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    8:00 AM: Welcome and Opening Remarks

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    10:30 AM: Death to the ERP

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    12:15 PM: Lunch

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    6:00–11:00 PM: CUCCIO Awards

Wednesday

8:30–9:00am: Morning Coffee

June 3

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    9:00 AM: Sessions Begin

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    12:00 PM Lunch

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    Keynote 2: Purpose-Driven Leadership in Times of Disruption

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    4:35 PM: Sessions End

Thursday

8:30–9:00am: Morning Coffee

June 4

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    9:00 AM: Sessions Begin

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    9:45 AM: Break at Kuali Booth T23

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    11:30 AM: Thank You & Closing Remarks

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    11:45 AM: Grab & Go Lunch

Session Spotlights

Key sessions that you don't want to miss.

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Death to the ERP

All hail the CIO’s revenge! or Modernizing ERP in Higher Education: A Data‑First Future

Explore how leading universities are rethinking traditional ERP modernization through data-first, integration-driven strategies that improve agility, user experience, and access to real-time institutional data without the disruption of large-scale system replacements.

  • Speakers
    Donna Kidwell (University of Toronto), Gayleen Gray (McMaster University), and Jennifer Burns (University of British Columbia).
  • When
    June 2, 2026 10:30–11:15 AM 
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Experience the Agentic Campus

Visit the Expo Hall | Kuali Booth T23

Discover how the Agentic Campus is redefining form & workflow automation, research administration, curriculum management, governance, and operational intelligence across higher education.

  • See for Yourself
    AI isn’t just assisting institutional work anymore. It’s starting to do it. 
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CISOs on a Shoestring

Doing More with Less

Discover how higher education CISOs can strengthen cybersecurity, prioritize risk, and build resilient security strategies through collaboration, communication, and innovation — even with limited budgets and resources.

  • Speaker
    Priya Mouli (University of Alberta)
  • When
    June 4, 2026 9:00 – 9:45 AM

Don't Forget the Fun

Evening Events, Awards, & Prizes.

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Awards Dinner

Prost and Prestige - CUCCIO Awards

Celebrate excellence in higher education technology at Prost & Prestige, the CUCCIO Awards Gala featuring an Oktoberfest-inspired evening of networking, recognition, music, and community at the Concordia Club in Waterloo.

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Chart the Course for the Agentic Campus

Visit the Expo Hall | Kuali Booth T23

Learn how Kuali's AI-native platform is transforming higher education. Explore live demos — from workflow automation and research administration to curriculum management, governance, and operational intelligence.

  • Lego Set Give-Away
    Enter for a chance to win a LEGO® Pirate Ship set at the booth.

About Kuali

Explore the AI Native Platform Behind Modern Academic and Institutional Operations.

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The Agentic Campus

Kuali's agentic architecture brings together institutional data, operational workflows, and mission-critical application into a AI-native platform designed to simplify, automate, and coordinate work across the modern institution.

AI-Native in Action

While traditional SaaS platforms helped institutions digitize workflows, governance, and processes, Kuali's AI-native platform helps institutions understand, coordinate, and accelerate the work happening inside them in ways that were never possible before.

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Institutional Leaders

AI isn’t just assisting institutional work anymore. It’s starting to do it.

Ask AI to build forms, workflows, automate approvals, identify bottlenecks, and keep institutional work moving. Kuali helps higher education teams streamline processes through AI-native automation, connected workflows, governance, integrations, and no-code applications.

  • AI-Native Forms, Workflows & Automations
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Research Administrators

Talk to your research administration system like it’s part of your team.

Manage research administration, compliance, and operations through connected workflows, centralized records, and an AI-native platform that simplifies reviews, accelerates approvals, and improves visibility across the research lifecycle.

Registrars
Registrars & Provosts

Curriculum, catalog, syllabus, degree audit and planning are just the beginning.

Kuali brings curriculum, catalog, and syllabus together with AI-native workflows that help registrars manage not just core academic systems, but the everyday operational work around them, from transcript evaluations and exemptions to grade appeals and more, all in one connected platform.

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CIOs

Shadow AI is already on campus. Most institutions just can’t see it.

As an AI-native platform company, Kuali believes innovation and governance must move together. Kuali Gateway centralizes AI workloads, governance, and model access across campus through a secure reverse proxy control layer designed specifically for higher education.

"Where other workflow tools struggled, Kuali scaled."

Errol Erez

Application Architect  |  Tufts University

"I highly recommend exploring everything Kuali has to offer.” 

Marlise Sipes

University Registrar   |  CSU Global

“Kuali combines a scalable platform with a responsive, collaborative team that truly understands higher education.”

Molly Thompson

Senior Deputy University Registrar  |  Vanderbilt University

“The automation, student autonomy, and access to data are unmatched."

Sarah Jeffery

Senior Coordinator of Peer Education   |  University of Georgia

“Kuali streamlines complex research workflows, and the people behind it bring the expertise and guidance to help us work more efficiently.”

Dawn Boatman

Assistant VP for Research Administration  |  Portland University

Explore What's Possible

Imagine a campus where approvals don't stall, processes don't get lost, and AI helps keep work moving. Kuali is redefining what's possible in higher education.

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Customer Stories

Explore customer stories, operational insights, and strategies from institutions using Kuali to modernize workflows, governance, research administration, and campus operations.

Louisiana State University of Alexandria

318% Increase in On-Time Degree Conferrals
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University of Connecticut

Scaling From 204 to 1,400 Workflow Apps
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University of Maryland, Baltimore

Reducing Research Training Time by 50%
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Southern New Hampshire University

Streamlining 2,000 Curriculum Competencies
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Point Park University

Transforming 39 Continuity Plans Into One Live System
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Utah State University

43% Improvement in Grant Win Ratio
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