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NCCI Annual Conference 2026: Connected for Change

Connected for Change: Bridging People, Purpose, and Progress is NCCI's premier annual event designed for change leaders across higher education. Attendees learn frameworks for leading large-scale transformation, tools for overcoming resistance, strategies for collaboration, and participate in professional networking. The conference features educational sessi…

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3Speakers
0Sponsors
6On the bill · sessions
3Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at NCCI, in alphabetical order.
Christina Cassotis
Chief Executive Officer · Allegheny County Airport Authority
Daryl Weinert
Vice President for Operations · Carnegie Mellon University
Dwayne Pinkney
Executive Senior Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance, Chief Financial Officer · University of Pittsburgh
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Agenda

Selected from 6 sessions on the bill.
  • Friday, July 17, 8:30–10 a.m.

    Keynote: Daryl Weinert

    Daryl Weinert, vice president for operations at Carnegie Mellon, will share lessons from leading campus operations, crisis management - including COVID coordination - and advancing…

  • Thursday, July 16, Noon–2 p.m.

    Keynote: Christina Cassotis

    Christina Cassotis, CEO of the Allegheny County Airport Authority, will discuss her leadership in transforming the Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) into a driver of regional …

  • Wednesday, July 15, 12:15–1:15 p.m.

    Newcomer Session – all first time attendees

  • Wednesday, July 15, 1:30–2:45 p.m.

    Opening Session Keynote: Dwayne Pinkney

    Dwayne Pinkney is the University of Pittsburgh’s executive senior vice chancellor for administration and finance and chief financial officer. He will open the conference with remar…

  • Wednesday, July 15, 8 a.m.–Noon

    Preconference Workshop: From Prompt to Practice: Building A Personal AI Assistant in Real Time

    Preconference
  • Wednesday, July 15, 8 a.m.–Noon

    Preconference Workshop: Practical Process Improvement: A Comprehensive Crash Course

    Preconference
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 3 companies, parsed from the program.

Three companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
3Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

100% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite267%
  • VP-level133%

Of 3 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Allegheny County Airport Authority1V
  2. 02Carnegie Mellon University1V
  3. 03University of Pittsburgh1V
Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.