SPE Annual Conference

2025 SPE Annual Conference

Final Meeting Materials for SPE Annual Conference

The 2025 SPE Annual Conference was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, from September 9–11. We’ve made the available conference materials and presentations accessible below.

• Know Before You Go
• Final Conference Program and Agenda (printed copies will be provided)
• Cyd’s List of Things to Do in Salt Lake City
• NC-SARA’s Non-staff Travel Expense Policy and Reimbursement Form

Conference Presentations and Materials

• Sept 9 – Pre-Conference Workshops & Stop & Share Sessions
  • State Meeting Planning Essentials: Tips, Tricks, & Troubleshooting
    • Minnesota
      • Minnesota Annual SARA Day process
      • SARA Day 2024 agenda
    • New Hampshire
      • NH SARA Conference 2024
    • Texas
      • TX State Meeting Planning Checklist
      • TX State Meeting Planning Checklist with Due Dates
    • Virginia
      • 2023 Virgina SARA Meeting Agenda
      • 2023 Virginia SARA Post-Meeting Assessment
      • 2024 Virginia SARA Pre-Meeting Content Survey
      • 2024 Virginia SARA Meeting Agenda
      • 2024 Virginia SARA Post-Meeting Assessment
  • Processing SARA Applications: A How-To for SPEs
  • SARA State and Territory Grants
  • IT Office Hours Live: Hands-on Help Navigating the SARA Portal
  • NC-SARA Data Advisory Committee
  • NC-SARA SPE Advisory Committee
  • NC-SARA SARA Portal Advisory Committee
  • SARA Policy Modification Process Implementation Team
  • NC-SARA Complaints Working Group
  • SARA Institutional Closures Working Group
• Sept 10 – Presentations and Slides
  • Lightning Talk Session: Effective SARA Student Complaint Resolution
  • Tackle Your Top Challenges: A SPE Roundtable Where Attendees Drive the Discussion
  • The SARA SPE Awards & Recognition Luncheon (New, Regional, Peer, Retirement)
  • SARA Institutional Closures: Records Retention and Financial Arrangements Updates
  • The Future of Oversight: Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Regulation
  • Collaboratively Crafting NC-SARA’s Tomorrow: A Focus Group Discussion
• Sept 11 – Presentations and Slides
• The Regulatory Rundown: What’s New in Federal Law and Regulation
• Institutional Compliance Pain Points: How Can We Help?
• Policy Modification Process: 2025 Wrap-Up & Look Ahead to 2026
• NC-SARA Now: Strategy, IT & Data Developments
• Inside Regional Steering Committees: A Panel Discussion on Structure and Function

• Shared Conference Photos Folder: Please continue to upload your conference photos to the 2025 SPE Conference Photos shared Google Drive folder.

Save the Date! SPE Annual Conference 2026 (September 15-17, 2026)
Please mark your calendars for next year’s SPE Annual Conference, which will be held September 15-17, 2026, in San Antonio, TX.

Past SPE Annual Conferences

2024 SPE Annual Conference materials
2023 SPE Annual Conference materials