Experience Aluminate Community Builder (ACB) Live Universities and colleges face pressure to keep students, alumni, and faculty meaningfully connected. Traditional approaches such as directories, LinkedIn groups & email lists often create silos, leaving engagement fragmented and difficult to track. The Aluminate Community Builder (ACB) offers a bespoke approach to this challenge. For over 20 years, Aluminati has partnered with higher-ed institutions to strengthen relationships that extend beyond graduation. Our platform provides an intuitive, secure space where members can connect through searchable directories, affinity and regional groups, mentoring programs, and events. Create programmes where Alumni can support students with guidance and opportunities, while students stay engaged with their institution and future networks as they transition into alumni. For administrators, ACB offers powerful tools to track and measure engagement. Real-time analytics, content management, and unlimited reporting reveal actionable insights, while seamless integrations with CRMs, fundraising systems, and ticketing platforms deliver a unified view of your community. Institutions gain the flexibility to tailor the platform to their culture, while also benefiting from fast deployment, guided onboarding, and ongoing support. The result? A long-term solution that moves beyond a static directory to create a living, evolving community. One that mobilises alumni networks, supports career development, and strengthens institutional pride. Join us at our demo session to see Aluminate Community Builder in action. Whether you’re launching your first alumni program or looking to replace legacy tools, you’ll walk away with practical ideas for building an engaged, future-ready community at your institution.

In this session a panel of leaders will explore how fundraising and advancement leaders can lead their teams through these challenging times for education institutions.  Is it possible to do more with less?  How can you respond to budget cuts and remain on track to deliver your strategic goals?  Is it possible to get investment? The session will consider how teams can align themselves to institutional goals and demonstrate their value in these tough times.  This includes the important topic of managing upwards – being an effective part of the senior leadership team at your institution.

At a time when budgets are squeezed and sector-wide cutbacks are impacting both staff capacity and morale, many Advancement teams are feeling the pressure to achieve more with less resource. Yet, even in the toughest of times, extra resources can be found, and Advancement is one of the few areas that can deliver a great ROI and deliver significant impact through engagement with relatively little funding. So, how do you make your case for continued – or even increased – funding to your institutional leadership (or to your boss if you’re seeking a larger slice of the Advancement budget for your team). A panel of hugely-experienced Advancement leaders from small to large Advancement offices will be sharing their insights into how they have made an effective case for investment in a range of areas (regular giving, legacies, alumni relations, operations— as well as major gifts) during these challenging financial times. Advice will include ways to avoid common pitfalls and make a strong case using a blend of not just cold, hard data but softer ways to exert influence and overcome deeper, and often harder, cultural issues that can present barriers to gaining the necessary buy-in. Leave with some new, pragmatic ideas for how you can secure the necessary resourcing for your team to continue its critical work in helping your institution maximise its impact on society. 

Jisc's discover progression dashboard uniquely connects a students undergraduate HESA record to their postgraduate record, allowing universities to see where they gain postgraduate students from and, more critically, which providers they lose qualifiers to. It describes their characteristics, and which subjects they move to and from across the sector and between providers. This gives recruiters and postgraduate marketing teams vital insights into where to target their marketing campaigns and see a greater ROI on their recruitment campaigns. The dashboard is also of interest to student number planners and for course evaluation and development.

Join development, marketing, and alumni engagement professionals from schools to discuss sector-specific opportunities and challenges. A great place to exchange best practices and build supportive connections across independent and international schools. Plus, find out more about the CASE Insights on Philanthropy in International and Independent Schools (Non-US Schools) survey, which is now open for data collection. This meetup is hosted by Crickett Kasper, Director of Schools at CASE.

If it’s your first CASE conference, this is the place to start building your supportive network! Meet other first-time delegates, get tips for making the most of the event and leave with a LinkedIn inbox full of connection requests. This meetup is also an opportunity for attendees of Newcomers track to reconnect and meet up midweek. This meetup will be hosted by: • Celine Kuysters, Marketing and Communication Strategist at the University of Antwerp • Bukky Gray, Director of Talent Management and Human Resources at the University of Cambridge Development and Alumni Relations Office

Join other advancement leaders from outside the UK to consider subjects of mutual interest and build your peer network. Topics to be discussed will include: • From Gifts to Growth: Advancing Philanthropy Effectively • Alumni relations, engagement and community management • The sector context: strategy and global positioning There will be tables focused on each of these topics, but also opportunities to consider other subjects of mutual interest.

Network with marketing and communications professionals in the early stages of their careers. Swap ideas, get inspired, and explore how to make your mark in your institution and the sector.

Connect with colleagues who are passionate about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Share experiences, gain insights and help shape a more inclusive sector. This meetup will be hosted by: • Magda Joshi, Engagement Manager at Birkbeck, University of London • Adil Mohammed, Philanthropy Associate at the University of Manchester