HUMANE Annual Conference

Building Strength

Sharing Resilience Strategies for Universities

10-12 June 2026 

Hosted by The University of Edinburgh

Get ready for our 2026 Annual Conference in the vibrant city of Edinburgh; we have designed an inspiring programme, to bring together a great line-up of high-level speakers to address our theme.

This year’s conference will provide a strategic blueprint for navigating today’s volatile landscape. We will explore how to build robust institutional resilience through three critical lenses:

• Collaboration to support institutional resilience
• Proactive risk management to anticipate, and to build resilience  
• Full Artificial Intelligence adoption, to transform university professional services, as a powerful institutional differentiator  

With keynote presentations and hands-on workshops this is a great opportunity to gain fresh perspectives on the same challenges that every senior leader is experiencing right now.  The conference is also the perfect place to build new connections with senior leaders from other universities.       

The programme and all speakers confirmed to date is available here and you can  sign up here.