Note: Schedule subject to change
8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
MAC
8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Registration
Exhibit Hall Opens
MAC
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
Main Gym
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Opening Keynote – Scarlette Joyce Rojas
Main Gym
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Break / Exhibit Hall
MAC
11:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Breakout Session 1
Room Location: MRC4
Presenters: Monika Sattler ’08, CEO, Sattler Consulting, GmbH
Description:
What does it take to push beyond boundaries, leave your comfort zone, and find the courage to embrace major challenges and change? This keynote reveals the answer. Through Monika’s inspiring story, you’ll discover how overcoming the fear of failure and believing in yourself can unlock your true potential. Highlighting her latest cycling record, Monika demonstrates how mindset is the ultimate key to success. She’ll also share her proven 6-factor success model—practical strategies you can immediately apply to achieve your goals.
Room Location: Janikies Auditorium
Presenters: Dr. Stefanie L. Boyer, Professor of Marketing, Bryant University and Sharmin Attaran, Ph.D., Professor of Marketing, Bryant University
Description: Discover how to make smart AI decisions, craft authentic content, and build connections that matter. This hands-on workshop combines AI tools, social selling strategies, and actionable insights. Leave with practical strategies and a personalized plan you can implement immediately to elevate your brand and drive results.
Room Location: AIC Classroom
Presenters: Kim Miles, Founder & CEO, Miles in Heels Productions
Description: Networking doesn’t come naturally for most of us. Yet every savvy business person knows it is a critical component to our overall success. “Miles In Heels’ Golden Rules for Getting Past Hello!”™ is a totally unique, out-of-the-box approach focusing on the art of cultivating lasting business relationships. This fresh, engaging, and interactive “top-ten” style lesson gives people the necessary tools to take charge of any networking situation. Meeting people is one thing, taking those introductions to the next level and “Getting Past Hello!”™ is something else entirely.
Room Location: Papitto/Heritage
Presenter: Bailey Saddlemire, Career Advisor, Keene State College
Description: Entering the workforce can be scary. Many of the students that Bailey meets with express concern about how they can find a job and be happy in it. In this workshop, living your values, work-life balance, and general career advice will be discussed to address the changing landscape of career.
Room Location: AIC Classroom
Presenter: Sara Bell, Founder & Owner of Strive to Thrive Coaching and Franchise Owner of HOTWORX Northborough
Description: In today’s fast-paced world, change is inevitable, and success is about more than just climbing the career ladder – it’s about adapting, finding purpose, and growing through the process. This session will inspire you to take action in ways you haven’t before, offering practical strategies to help you thrive professionally without sacrificing your mental and physical wellbeing. Together, we’ll explore how embracing change, cultivating resilience, and focusing on what’s within your control can turn uncertainty into an opportunity for growth. You’ll leave with the tools to own your career development, communicate your value, and lead your path with confidence.
Room Location: AIC Classroom
Presenter: Mary-Kate O’Leary, Executive Director, A Wish Come True, Inc.
Description: This presentation will recognize and build a foundation on our historical evolution of ideas and progress made across the generations both from a personal development and societal perspective. We will focus on multiple generations, highlighting how growth has shaped over time and how each generation builds upon the previous one.
Room Location: Fisher 2AB
Presenter: Peggy S. Bud, Communication Consultant, Speaking Skillfully
Description: Mastering Difficult Conversations: Strategies for Success Now will explore effective communication through David Angel’s 4 types of conversations, Judith Glaser’s 3 levels of conversation, and Bud & Jacobson’s 5-C Model of Communication. Using hands-on activities, participants will gain insights into active listening and perspective taking and learn how to foster relationships and transform conversations.
Room Location: AIC Classroom
Presenter: Lisa Shorr, Author, Business & Image Coach, Shorr Success
Description: Why do clients hire us? The answer, perception. Join Author and Business & Image Coach Lisa Shorr of Shorr Success for a critical, interactive discussion exploring 6 key strategies to go beyond being perceived as a vendor, to create lasting relationships as your client’s Trusted Advisor. We’ll explore: EQ, our voices, handling difficult conversations, and email etiquette.
Room Location: AIC Forum
Panelists: Dr. Lori Coakley, Professor of Management, Bryant University; TBD
Description: Soft skills are harder than you think. In this engaging session, panelists guide young professionals through the essentials — communication, connection, and emotional intelligence — that set great leaders apart. Young leaders will walk away with practical, quick-to-implement strategies so they can take a confident leap toward growth and success. Panel will include a screening of a short film documenting one student’s journey from the back of the classroom to helping manage Bryant’s $3.3 million Archway Investment Fund, produced in partnership with BBC StoryWorks and AACSB.
12:15 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
- Award Presentation – Pamela Everhart
Main Gym
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Afternoon Keynote – Michelle Poler
Main Gym
2:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Break
2:15 – 3:15 p.m.
Breakout Session 2
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Breakout Session 3
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Networking Reception
Grand Hall