Conference Registration Open

Pre-Conference Workshop - Fireside SaaS: An Open Conversation on Data, Workflows, and the Tools Behind Them
Zoho

3:30 pm - 4:20 pm

North Star Promise: Early Indicators from Minnesota's Tuition-Free Grant Program
Nicole Whelan; Steve Rogness

Demystifying AI
Russell Dahlke

Data Day: Engaging Faculty in Program-Level Data
Ryan Paulus; Sydeny Tylke

We made an Institutional Analysis-wide AI Working Group: How did it go, what did we learn, and what's next?
Jonathan Brown

From Fragmented Data to Coordinated Capacity: Building an Institutional Data Strategy
Beth Ellie

Beyond the Baccalaureate: Undergraduate Research Participation and Post-Baccalaureate Educational Attainment
Olena Horner; Ronald Huesman; Peter Radcliffe

Building Quality Online with an AI-Powered Online Course Review System
Kerry Gregoryk

Exploring Supply & Demand for Seat-Supply in General Education
Samuel Shanks

Who We Are and Where We're Going: A Panel Discussion on the Past, Present, and Future of IR
Viktor Brenner; Jon Enriquez; Nichole Petersen; Ryan Paulus

The Accessibility Checklist: tools and resources for making IR reporting ADA compatible
Jess Clayton

Who Tells the Data Story? Balancing AI and Human Judgment
Kristina Church 

IPEDS, College Scorecard, and AI: Using LLMs to Leverage Federal Data
Garrett Soper

Wisconsin Direct Admit - A Real-Time Analysis of Direct Admit Results
Colton Lunemann

Professional Development at Any Stage
Jon Enriquez; Meredith Fergus

Keynote Panel - Bringing AI to Life….or at least to work
Russell Dahlke
Angel Radick
Beth Schaefer
Francois Neville

Doing More with Less: Process Improvement Strategies for Sustainable IR/IE Work
Michelle Borckardt

Closing the Student Survey Feedback Loop: Creating Short Survey Summaries for your Students
Amanda Schlegelmilch

Building Student Success Data Pipelines and Predictive Models
Nate Meath; Bayram Tokayev; Peter Radcliffe

Survey Smarter: Coordinated Practices for Better Data and Better Decisions
Jori Nkwenti; Erin Osborn

Moving from Assessment to Action: Using Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Analytics to Strengthen Institutional Effectiveness
Carol Okigbo; Adaeze Nwaigwe

The Near Future in Institutional Research
Nancy Floyd

Just Ask: Building Natural Language Access to Accountability Data Using AI
Elli Molstad

From Data to Decisions: How a Campus-Wide Data Retreat Sparked a Culture of Continuous Improvement
Chris Petrie; Angel Radick

Crafting the UMN Affordability Story
Meredith Fergus

Social/Networking Reception

Dashboard Showcase

• Student Retention & Graduation Shiny Dashboard - Kyle Chambers
• From Metrics to Meaning: Building a Program Health Dashboard - Heather Rondeau
• From Data to Decisions: Building an Interactive Bar Passage Dashboard - Pa Thao; Tracy Williams
• A Dashboard for Organizing and Understanding Student Success Initiatives - Chris Petrie; Angel Radick
• How to Construct a Useful HIPs Dashboard - Jess Clayton

Closing Remarks

Utilizing Predictive Analytics to Inform Strategic Student Outreach: Lessons from the UMN Twin Cities Pulse Survey
Rachel McKessock; Nathan Meath

Peeking Around the Corner: How to Construct a Five-Year Enrollment Forecast
Jess Clayton

Better Dashboards, Faster: Using AI to Support Design, Development, and Decision-Making
Michelle Borckardt

Minnesota SLEDS Power Users Current and Aspiring: Share and Learn
Steve Rogness; Erin Osborn

Continuous Improvement ("Kaizen") and the Art of Tableau Dashboard Maintenance
Tracy King

Beyond the Dashboard: Data Storytelling in the Next Era of Institutional Effectiveness
Heather Rondeau; Nichole Aber

Projecting high school graduations for enrollment forecasting: a tale of two models
Viktor Brenner

Beyond Student Data: What Counts as Evidence in Equity-Minded Institutional Inquiry?
Angela Fitzgerald Ward

New Tools for a Persisting Mission: AI in Cooperative Extension
Maggie Afshar