Higher Education

NETCOMM 2026 Workshop

The network behind higher ed, in one room.

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Denver, CO In person + Live online Registration open

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.

One focused day

A single, intentional day of talks, war stories, and hallway-track conversations — no sprawling multi-track agenda to chase.

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’s coming

130

higher-ed institutions already registered — and counting. Join your peers from campuses across the country.

aims.eduappstate.eduasbury.eduauburn.edubates.edubaylor.edubc.eduberkeley.eduberklee.edubridgew.edubrynmawr.edubu.edubuffalo.educaltech.educampbell.educhapman.educlarku.educlemson.educmich.educofc.educolorado.educornell.edudartmouth.edudavidson.edudccc.edudepaul.edudrexel.eduduke.eduduq.eduecu.eduemory.eduemu.edufandm.edufordham.edug.ucla.edugallaudet.edugatech.edugreenriver.edugsu.edugulfcoast.edugvsu.edugwu.eduhamilton.eduharvard.eduhawaii.eduillinois.eduinternet2.eduisu.eduithaca.edujhuapl.edujmu.edulsu.eduluc.edumarian.edumassbay.edumcm.edumiddlebury.edumorrisville.edumsu.eduncssm.eduncsu.edund.edundsu.edunebraska.edunmsu.edunorthwestern.edunyit.eduodu.eduoit.gatech.eduosu.edupacificu.eduplu.eduprincipia.eduprovidence.edupurdue.edurctc.edurockets.utoledo.edurollins.edusamford.eduscu.edusdccd.edusdsmt.edusewanee.edusiue.edusjsu.edustedwards.edustevens.edustolaf.edusuffolk.eduswarthmore.edutamu.edutamug.edutcc.edutemple.edutntech.edutouro.edutrincoll.eduua.eduuab.eduuark.eduuci.eduuconn.eduucsc.eduucsd.eduudel.eduuga.eduuiowa.eduumd.eduumich.eduunc.eduuncc.eduuncw.eduupenn.eduusf.eduusm.eduusna.eduusnh.eduutah.eduutk.eduuw.eduvalpo.eduvanderbilt.eduvccs.eduviterbo.eduwcu.eduwilliams.eduwilmu.eduwm.eduwpi.eduwustl.edu

On the program

Breakfast

Venue

Metropolitan State University of Denver | CAVEA Theater

890 Auraria Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204

Located on 4th Floor of the Jordan Student Success Building, Room 420 Doors open at 8 AM for a light breakfast for the folks joining us in person. Organizers / Presenters may arrive as early at 7:30 AM

The team behind HENC

Meet your organizers

Arthur Brant

Co-founder HENC | CIO McMurry University

Casey Kendall

Deputy Chief Information Officer and Associate Vice President for Applications & Infrastructure at Ithaca College

Ian Lyons

Co-founder HENC | Director of Infrastructure, Rollins College

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

Save your seat for NETCOMM 2026

September 29, 2026 in Denver, CO. Spots are limited — secure yours before they’re gone.

Attend in person or live online · passwordless sign-in — one email, one click.