TENNAIR 2026: Grid

Embassy Suites Nashville - Airport

August 5-7, 2026

Mississippi Ballroom	Tennessee Ballroom	Trapped Escape Game Nashville

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Getting in Tune with Modern Data Tools: A Practical Introduction to R and Python 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Navigating the IPEDS Access Database Content 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Trapped Escape Game | Optional Networking Activity | Sign-Up by... 6:30pm - 7:30pm

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-	Alabama Ballroom	Arkansas Ballroom	Carolina Ballrooms	Mississippi Ballroom	Nashville Tap House	Tennessee Ballroom	Tennessee Ballroom Foyer	Tennessee/Virginia Ballroom	Virginia Ballroom

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Lunch on Your Own 11:30am - 1:00pm

Tennessee’s Private Colleges and Their Economic Impac... 9:30am - 10:20am

Show Me The Money: Institutional Research Teams Up Wi... 10:40am - 11:30am

Navigating the IR Multiverse: The Effective Use of AI... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Analytics for Advocacy: Lessons Learned from Building... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Segmental Meeting - Private & Independent Schools 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Reception - Networking Hour with Live Music by WSCC's Data Analy... 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Trivia Night (immediately following reception) 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Finding Harmony in Assessment: A Data-Informed Approa... 9:30am - 10:20am

Finding the Right Rhythm: Advancing Data Governance a... 10:40am - 11:30am

Segmental Meetings - Tennessee Board of Regents 1:00pm - 1:50pm

ADA compliance 2:00pm - 2:50pm

From Data to Decisions: Intelligence and Automation f... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Past President's Lunch - by Invitation Only 11:30am - 1:00pm

Visualizing Foot Traffic Across Our Campuses: WSCC's... 9:30am - 10:20am

Creating Harmony in Program Review: Administrative To... 10:40am - 11:30am

Segmental Meeting - Locally-Governed Institutions 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Strategies for Demonstrating Compliance with SACSCOC... 2:00pm - 2:50pm

How Does Your Campus See IR? Understanding Office Pos... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

Short Break

Short Break 2:50pm - 3:20pm

Opening Remarks

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Jules White 8:40am - 9:20am

Welcome to Institutional Research! An Introduction to... 9:30am - 10:20am

What Looking at TELS Tells Us: Evaluating the Tenness... 10:40am - 11:30am

Segmental Meeting - Univerisity of Tennessee System 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Understanding Student Time to Completion 2:00pm - 2:50pm

From Data Modernization to AI-Enabled Decision Making... 3:30pm - 4:20pm

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Carolina Ballrooms	Mississippi Ballroom	Tennessee Ballroom	Tennessee Ballroom Foyer	Tennessee/Virginia Ballroom	Virginia Ballroom

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Lunch & Awards/Business Meeting 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Innovation in Tune: Orchestrating a Stakeholder-Drive... 9:00am - 9:50am

One Team, One Look: Strategies for Uniform Reporting... 10:20am - 11:10am

Stop Publishing Static Surveys: How to Build Interact... 9:00am - 9:50am

Exploring Transfer Programs Across Tennessee's Commun... 10:20am - 11:10am

Short Break 9:50am - 10:20am

Higher Ed Leaders Panel 8:00am - 8:50am

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Lynn Tincher-Ladner 11:30am - 12:20pm

Turning Workforce Data into Decision-Making Power: In... 9:00am - 9:50am

From Demo to System: AI-Augmented Analytics in Produc... 10:20am - 11:10am

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