2008 Preliminary National Conference Agenda

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2008 National PowerFAIDS User Conference Agenda

Thursday, July 3, 2008

3:00-6:00pm

EARLY REGISTRATION
Location: Swan Foyer

3:00-6:00pm

RECEPTION
Location: Osprey Ballroom

6:00pm

DINNER on Your Own

Friday, July 4, 2008

8:00-3:30pm

REGISTRATION
Location: Swan Foyer

8:00-9:00am

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Location: Swan 5 and 6

9:00-9:30am

GENERAL SESSION
Location: Osprey Ballroom

9:30-9:45am

BREAK

9:45-10:45am

CONCURRENT INTEREST SESSIONS

Resolving Data Problems Before They Start: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Algorithms
Location: Swan 1 and 2

Apples to Apples—Precision Reporting
Location: Swan 3 and 4

The Year in Review
Location: Swan 7 and 8

10:45-11:00am

COFFEE BREAK

11:00-NOON

CONCURRENT INTEREST SESSIONS

Developing an External Update - Importing Data from Other Campus Systems
Location: Swan 1 and 2

Exploring Standard Reports
Location: Swan 3 and 4

Easy as 1-2-3: Utilizing Standard Reports, Excel, and Mail Merge to Take the “Ho-Hum” Out of Boring Office Tasks
Location: Swan 7 and 8

Setting up a PowerFAIDS User Group
Location: Swan 9

NOON-1:00pm

LUNCHEON
Location: Swan 5 and 6

1:15-2:15pm

CONCURRENT INTEREST SESSIONS

Document Imaging
Location: Swan 1 and 2

Using Report Writer to Create Reports, Your Way!
Location: Swan 3 and 4

Wrapping It Up: Packaging Like a Pro
Location: Swan 7 and 8

Before You Call...
Location: Swan 9

2:15-2:30pm

BREAK

2:30-3:30pm

CONCURRENT INTEREST SESSIONS

Report Writer Basics: How Do I
Start?????
Location: Swan 1 and 2

Jenzabar Update
Location: Swan 3 and 4

Financial Aid Presentations to High Schools and Other Audiences
Location: Swan 7 and 8

Saturday, July 5, 2008

7:30-3:45pm

REGISTRATION
Location: Swan Foyer

7:30-8:30am

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Location: Swan 5 and 6

8:30-9:30am

CONCURRENT INTEREST SESSIONS

Direct Loans and PowerFAIDS—New Changes and Opportunities
Location: Swan 1 and 2

FFELP Loans and PowerFAIDS—Setup for Success!
Location: Swan 3 and 4

Spelunking the Hidden Functions of Custom Reports
Location: Swan 7 and 8

9:30-9:45am

BREAK

9:45-10:45am

CONCURRENT INTEREST SESSIONS

Admission and Financial Aid—One Perspective on What to Expect in the Next Several Years
Location: Swan 1 and 2

Net Partner—An Overview
Location: Swan 3 and 4

Exploring the Security Module: Not Everyone Is a Supervisor
Location: Swan 7 and 8

Managing Your Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database
Location: Swan 9

10:45-11:00am

COFFEE BREAK

11:00-NOON

CONCURRENT INTEREST SESSIONS

Why Real Time Isn’t a Good Time in Financial Aid
Location: Swan 1 and 2

Moving Beyond Financial Aid: Taking It to the Next Level
Location: Swan 3 and 4

External Update—Student Employment, Fund Award, Fund Disbursement, and Accepted/Decline/Cancel Award Load
Location: Swan 7 and 8

Data Manipulation in Excel—Consider the Possibilities
Location: Swan 9

NOON-1:00pm

LUNCHEON
Location: Swan 5 and 6

1:15-2:15pm

CONCURRENT INTEREST SESSIONS

CollegeKeys™
Location: Swan 1 and 2

Net Partner—Q&A
Location: Swan 3 and 4

Automatic Packaging, A to Z
Location: Swan 7 and 8

Verification Flow
Location: Swan 9

2:15-2:30pm

BREAK

2:30-3:30pm

CONCURRENT INTEREST SESSIONS

United States Department of Education Update
Location: Swan 1 and 2

Scheduling Yourself Out of a Job
Location: Swan 3 and 4

Using ISIR Comments and the Advanced Search Tool to Identify Problems
Location: Swan 7 and 8

PowerFAIDS and IDOC: Synergy by Design
Location: Swan 9

3:30-3:45pm

REFRESHMENT BREAK

3:45-4:45pm

CONCURRENT INTEREST SESSIONS

Direct Loan Processing in PowerFAIDS
Location: Swan 1 and 2

Conflicted About Conflicting Information?
Location: Swan 3 and 4

Professional Judgment: Beyond the Numbers
Location: Swan 7 and 8

Sunday, July 6, 2008

8:30-10:15am

Financial Aid Services Update Session
Location: The Walt Disney Swan Hotel, Swan 1

10:30-NOON

Economics 101: What Financial Aid Professionals Need to Know
Location: The Walt Disney Swan Hotel, Swan 2

Monday, July 7, 2008

7:00-8:30am

IDOC User's Breakfast
Location: The Walt Disney Swan Hotel, Mockingbird 2

2:45-4:00pm

Mission, Margin, or Both: How Data Analysis and Modeling Can Help Find the Balance
Location: Refer to the NASFAA Conference Program for the location of this session

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

10:15-11:30am

How Suite It Is: PowerFAIDS, PROFILE and IDOC
Location: Refer to the NASFAA Conference Program for the location of this session

4:15-5:30pm

Come Play with Your Data
Location: Refer to the NASFAA Conference Program for the location of this session

2008 CONFERENCE

Dates - July 3-5, 2008

Location - Walt Disney
    World Swan Hotel in
    Orlando, FL

Sessions Map

Questions about the
conference?

Session Tracks:

PowerFAIDS Basics

Strategies for Managing
    Financial Aid Applicant
    Data

Integrating PowerFAIDS
    with External Systems

PREVIOUS
CONFERENCES

2007 - PowerFAIDS...
    A Capital Idea

2006 - The New
    PowerFAIDS
    Generation

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