One focused day
A single, intentional day of talks, war stories, and hallway-track conversations — no sprawling multi-track agenda to chase.
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The Workshop
One room. Every network team in higher ed.
HENC is the annual gathering for the people who run campus networks — a focused, no-fluff day of operator-to-operator knowledge sharing, timed to the start of EDUCAUSE.
Every network team
Built for the engineers and architects behind higher-ed networks. Peers who fight the same fires, in the same room.
The day before EDUCAUSE
Scheduled to lead straight into EDUCAUSE — arrive once, get the deep technical day first, then roll into the main conference.
In the room or online
Can’t make it to Denver, CO? Attend live online — every session streams with full two-way participation, so remote voices are in the conversation, not just watching it.
Who was there
184
higher-ed institutions were in the room for NETCOMM 2026.
aims.edualaska.eduappstate.eduasbury.eduauburn.eduaustin.utexas.edubates.edubaylor.edubc.edubellevuecollege.eduberkeley.eduberklee.edubinghamton.edubowdoin.edubridgew.edubrynmawr.edubu.edubuffalo.educaltech.educampbell.educentralmethodist.educhapman.educlarku.educlemson.educmich.educofc.educolgate.educolorado.educolostate.educornell.educsuci.educuanschutz.edudartmouth.edudavidson.edudccc.edudepaul.edudrake.edudrexel.eduduke.eduduq.eduecsu.eduecu.eduemory.eduerau.edufandm.edufordham.edufsu.edug.ucla.edugallaudet.edugatech.edugeneseo.edugreenriver.edugsu.edugulfcoast.edugvsu.edugwu.eduharvard.eduhawaii.eduhillcollege.eduhope.eduhputx.eduiastate.eduillinois.eduindstate.eduindwes.eduinternet2.eduisu.eduithaca.edujhuapl.edujmu.edukeuka.eduloyola.edulsu.eduluc.eduluther.edumarian.edumassbay.edumcla.edumcm.edumessiah.edumhcc.edumiddlebury.edumiddlesex.edumorrisville.edumsstate.edumsu.edumsudenver.edumtholyoke.eduncat.eduncssm.eduncsu.edund.edundsu.edunebraska.edunicc.edunmsu.edunorthwestern.edunwtc.edunyit.edunyu.eduodu.eduoit.gatech.eduosu.eduoxy.edupacificu.edupcc.eduplu.eduprincipia.eduprovidence.edupurdue.edurctc.edurit.edurockets.utoledo.edusacredheart.edusamford.eduscu.edusdccd.edusdsmt.edusewanee.edusiue.edusjsu.eduslac.stanford.edusmu.edustanford.edustedwards.edustevens.edustolaf.edusuffolk.eduswarthmore.edutamu.edutamug.edutcc.edutemple.edutntech.edutouro.edutrincoll.eduua.eduuab.eduuark.eduucanr.eduucdenver.eduuchicago.eduuci.eduuconn.eduucsb.eduucsc.eduucsd.eduudel.eduuga.eduuic.eduuiowa.eduumaryland.eduumbc.eduumd.eduumich.eduumn.eduunc.eduuncc.eduuncw.eduuni.eduunr.eduupenn.eduusf.eduusm.eduusna.eduusnh.eduusu.eduutah.eduutdallas.eduutexas.eduutk.eduuw.eduvalpo.eduvanderbilt.eduvccs.eduvillanova.eduviterbo.eduwcu.eduwestmont.eduwilliams.eduwilmu.eduwm.eduwpi.eduwustl.edu
Sponsored by
The team behind HENC
Meet your organizers
Arthur Brant
Co-founder HENC | CIO McMurry University
Casey Kendall
Chief Information Officer Ithaca College
Ian Lyons
Co-founder HENC | Director of Infrastructure, Rollins College
Ryan Johnston
Associate Director of Platform Engineering & Security at DePaul University
Ryan Johnston serves as Associate Director of Platform Engineering & Security at DePaul University, providing leadership for enterprise infrastructure, cloud services, cybersecurity, and collaboration technologies. With more than 26 years of experience in higher education IT and prior leadership roles at Illinois State University, Ryan has guided organizations through significant technology transformations involving cloud adoption, digital workplace modernization, identity and security strategy, and enterprise network and platform operations. His current work focuses on AI governance and administration, cybersecurity risk management, and helping institutions leverage emerging technologies responsibly in support of teaching, learning, research, and administration.
Ryan Turner
Co-founder HENC | Director of Networking UNC Chapel Hill
Jon Young
Co-founder HENC | Director of Strategy and Innovation for Higher Education Extreme Networks
Until next time
NETCOMM 2026 is in the books. The next workshop doesn’t have a date or a venue yet — when it does, this is where it lands.
Revisit the 2026 program →