Presidents, Vice Chancellors, and Rectors Summit
The Presidents, Vice Chancellors, and Rectors Summit brings together university leadership from across the globe to address the urgent challenges facing international education. This summit includes a full schedule of programing at NAFSA 2025 curated for the executive leadership of higher education institutions. *Please note that a number of the events below are exclusive to recipients of the Presidents' Invitation, which offers complimentary registration to university leaders attending with a senior international officer who is registered for NAFSA 2025.
| Preliminary Schedule | |
|---|---|
| Tuesday, May 27, 2025 | |
| Morning | Conference Kick Off: Coffee and Churros |
| Morning | VIP seating at opening plenary: Pico Iyer |
| Afternoon | University Presidents, Vice Chancellors, and Rectors VIP walking tour of the Expo Hall |
| Afternoon | Signature Program: Symposium on Leadership |
| Afternoon | Exclusive peer-to-peer roundtable for Presidents, Vice Chancellors, and Rectors Hosted by President Fernando Leon Garcia, CETYS |
| Afternoon | Spotlight Speaker: Samantha Ramirez-Herrera |
| Evening | Opening Celebration |
| Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | |
| Morning | Exclusive Session for Presidents, Vice Chancellors, and Rectors: Industry-Academia Partnership: Catalyst for Workforce and Economic Development |
| Morning | Signature Program: Africa Forum |
| Afternoon | NAFSA Awards Banquet Banquet ticket are an additional cost and not included in complimentary conference registration. |
| Afternoon | Signature Program: Latin America and Caribbean Forum |
| Afternoon | Spotlight Speaker: Kipp Colvin |
| Evening | NAFSA Global Reception by invitation only; a separate invitation will be sent for this event |
| Thursday, May 29, 2025 | |
| Morning | Spotlight Speaker: Eylem Atakav |
| Afternoon | Exclusive Global Higher Education Leadership Forum exclusive to the Presidents' Invitation |
| Afternoon | VIP seating at Thursday Plenary: Andrew Leon Hanna, Kyaw Moe Tun, Raihana Sattari |
| Evening | Exclusive Presidents' Invitation Reception by invitation only, a separate invitation will be sent to Presidents for this event |
| Friday, May 30, 2025 | |
| Morning | Spotlight Speaker: David Victor |
| Afternoon | Closing Celebration |