2025 SASFAA Annual Conference

2025 SASFAA Annual Conference

8:00am EST

SASFAA Executive Board Breakfast Roost

9:00am EST

SASFAA Executive Board Meeting Redbud

1:00pm EST

Conference Committee Meeting Meeting Planner Office

1:30pm EST

Director's Summit Part One Gallery A

6:30pm EST

President's Appreciation Reception* Pergola Roost

7:30am EST

Breakfast Teal Ballroom

8:00am EST

Conference Registration Open TBA

8:30am EST

Conference Headquarters Open TBA Director's Summit Part Two Gallery A FAAC Exam Prep Course Think Tank State President Elect Workshop Boardroom

10:00am EST

Business Partner & Charity Setup TBA

12:00pm EST

Luncheon Teal Ballroom

1:00pm EST

Business Partner & Charity Open TBA Director's Summit Part Two Gallery A FAAC Exam Prep Course Think Tank State President Elect Workshop Boardroom

3:00pm EST

Networking for New Members and 1st time attendees Presidential Suite

4:00pm EST

Opening General Session - Welcome Toast Regency Ballroom A-H

6:00pm EST

President's Reception Gallery A, B, C

7:30am EST

Continental Breakfast & Coffee Stations Regency Ballroom A-H Business Partner & Charity Open TBA Conference Headquarters Open TBA Conference Registration Open TBA

9:00am EST

General Session - FTI & FAFSA Data Use Regency Ballroom A-H

10:00am EST

Business Partner & Charity Open TBA

10:15am EST

Concurrent Sessions: AI Q&A Follow up with Robbie Melton Crepe Myrtle Concurrent Sessions: Financial Aid and Enrollment Management at Community Colleges Gallery B-C Concurrent Sessions: In Case you Missed It Teal Ballroom Concurrent Sessions: Integration of work and play in the workplace Dogwood Concurrent Sessions: Interviewing/resume building - Working with a search firm Think Tank Concurrent Sessions: Program Review- Are your campus partners ready? Redbud

11:30am EST

SASFAA Business Meeting & Awards Luncheon Regency Ballroom A-H

1:45pm EST

General Session- The Light We Carry: Finding and Protecting your Light Regency Ballroom A-H

2:45pm EST

Business Partner & Charity Open TBA

3:00pm EST

Concurrent Sessions: Future-proofing your financial aid office Gallery B-C Concurrent Sessions: Special or Unusual – The New Professional Judgment – What Would You Do? Think Tank Becoming a “Fearless” Leader – Cultivating Your Staff and Managing Change Crepe Myrtle Financial Aid Office Operational Calendar Redbud Navigating R2T4 with Modules: Beyond the Basics Dogwood Trends in Enrollment that Financial Aid Professionals Should Know Teal Ballroom

4:00pm EST

State Meetings - Mississippi Gardenia

4:15pm EST

State Meetings - Alabama Dogwood State Meetings - Florida Gallery A State Meetings - Georgia Teal Ballroom State Meetings - Kentucky Redbud State Meetings - North Carolina Gallery B-C State Meetings - South Carolina Think Tank State Meetings - Tennessee Crepe Myrtle State Meetings - Virginia Magnolia

5:00pm EST

Business Partner Reception by Invitation Presidential Suite Dinner on your Own TBA

7:30am EST

Continental Breakfast & Coffee Stations Regency Ballroom A-H Business Partner & Charity Open TBA Conference Registration and Headquarters Open TBA

9:00am EST

General Session: FAFSA Debrief Regency Ballroom A-HJeremy Singer

10:00am EST

Business Partner & Charity Open TBA

10:15am EST

Concurrent Sessions: AI’s Role in Financial Aid Succession Planning: Unlocking Leadership Potential Gallery B-C Concurrent Sessions: Conflicting info and verification Crepe Myrtle Concurrent Sessions: Enrollment Management and the role of FA Teal Ballroom Concurrent Sessions: When Disaster Strikes: What we wish we'd known. Think Tank Sap and Retention Programs, get to know them All Too Well, 45 min version DogwoodLee Bray

11:15am EST

Getting a Seat at a Bigger Table RedbudForrest Stuart

11:30am EST

Lunch on your own TBA

1:15pm EST

General Session: Federal Update Regency Ballroom A-H

2:15pm EST

Business Partner & Charity Open | Breakdown at 4PM TBA

2:45pm EST

Concurrent Sessions: Compliance Adventure: Navigating Consumer Information and Institutional Eligibility Redbud Concurrent Sessions: Fraud issues in FA Teal Ballroom Concurrent Sessions: Managing Up, Ten Tips for Earning your seat at the leadership table Gallery B-C Concurrent Sessions: Return to Repayment Update Crepe Myrtle Concurrent Sessions: Staffing & Succession: Doing More With Less Think TankDr. James W. Kellam • Dr. Samantha Hicks • Jaime Missimer Searching for Quality Live Data: SQL Tips & Tricks Dogwood

4:00pm EST

Concurrent Sessions: Course Program of Study Redbud Concurrent Sessions: From Concept to Impact: Implementing Financial Wellness Programs on Campus Think Tank Concurrent Sessions: Living in harmony – balancing complex compliance requirements, staff experience and service to students Gallery B-C Concurrent Sessions: Professional Development FA Training for staff in other departments Teal Ballroom Concurrent Sessions: “Mission: Possible - Mastering Title IV Returns” Dogwood Is Slate a part of your Wildest Dreams? Crepe Myrtle

5:00pm EST

Dinner On Your Own | State Dinners TBA

8:30pm EST

Dueling Pianos TBA

8:00am EST

Breakfast Regency Ballroom A-H Spirit Day! TBA

9:00am EST

General Session, Closing Business Meeting, Charity Presentation, Drawing, & Winners Regency Ballroom A-HJon Fansmith