A roundtable for people who work in small shops to discuss current themes and challenges they are facing and share tips and solutions with each other.

[University of …] + [London] + [Banking, Investment Management, Venture Capital…] – how many times have you put that into LinkedIn Sales Navigator when looking for prospects and come back with maybe two or three new names? Join us to share and discuss ideas on what you can do to enliven your prospect researching.

A roundtable for people who work in insight and analytics to discuss current themes and challenges they are facing and share tips and solutions with each other

Abbey Ward from the University of Hull will share her experiences of delivering a large-scale digital transformation project alongside business as usual (BAU) and a significant people change initiative with limited resource. The roundtable will open discussion for how to: - Become an expert in delivering information on what is achievable and realistic to non-experts or members of leadership teams. - Negotiate areas of BAU to stop, pause or move elsewhere. - Give yourself grace and reset your own bar on what is achievable, how to choose what matters the most.

Prospect development occupies a unique space in advancement teams; we can see the big picture, but we are also aware of the small details that influence our success. We are the connectors between different stakeholders and work closely with fundraisers to help make ambitious philanthropy a reality. In this roundtable, we will discuss ways prospect development can shape our organisations one pool review at a time.

A chance to gather with your peers and discuss the themes, tips and challenges of AI in Advancement Operations; from daily uses to team and institution-wide applications

A roundtable for people who work in data & data systems to discuss current themes and challenges they are facing and share tips and solutions with each other.

This session will explore what prospect development specialists can bring to Higher Education Institutions more broadly. Jo will share her reflections on her first year working outside of prospect development and provide examples of how she has applied her previous experience to bring about change at King’s across partnerships governance and a portfolio of high-impact programmes. The session hopes to give anyone working in advancement operations a different perspective on potential career opportunities and how they can leverage their expertise in their own organisations.

This session uses our endowment projects as a practical case study to show how a complex project was delivered alongside busy day-to-day work. By looking at how the University of Sheffield and Imperial approached the same challenge, it brings two institutional perspectives on navigating governance, data, hierarchical structures, and cross-team collaboration. Rather than a project-management masterclass, this will be a candid look at real endowment work, sharing practical tools, honest lessons learned, and approaches that helped us navigate change within a busy, layered environment.