Included Meals:  

• PreCon Lunch - Sunday
• President's Reception - Sunday
• Lunch - Monday
• Awards & Recognition Lunch- Tuesday

Breakfast is not included

Breakfast Options nearby:

• Onsite Dining: Ocean's on 82nd
• Blueberrys Grill
• Drift Eatery

Full Program Agenda with complete Session Descriptions, Coming Soon!  

Sunday, November 8, 2026

9:00AM - 12:00PM | Pre-Con Sessions (Separate Registration Require)

11:00AM - 5:00PM | Conference Registration Open

4:00PM - 5:00PM | Opening Business Meeting

5:00PM - 5:45PM | Keynote Session: Forging the Frontier Beyond the FAFSA: Seeing the Student Behind the Application

5:45PM - 6:30PM | First Time Attendee Meet & Greet

6:30PM - 8:00PM | President's Reception

Monday, November 9, 2026

9:00AM - 10:00AM | General Session - The Road Ahead: A Legislative Look at Higher Education and Student Aid

10:45AM- 11:45AM | Concurrent Sessions

1. The AI Trail: Can you Make it to Automation?
2. Play Your Card, Make the Connection: Networking Strategies for Financial Aid Professionals
3. The R2T4 Trail: Navigating New Rules with Confidence

12:00PM -12:30PM | SASFAA Update

12:30PM - 2:30PM | Lunch on the Town (Lunch Group Sign-ups; paid by SCASFAA)

2:45PM - 3:45PM | State Aid Sessions

1. From Barriers to Solutions: Maximizing the SC Need-Based Grant (for public colleges and universities)
2. Trailblazing Tuition Grants: Updates for Tuition Grants Participating Colleges (for private colleges and universities participating in SCTG)

4:00PM - 5:00PM |Concurrent Sessions

1. Rounding Up Leadership in Financial Aid
2. Building Belonging on the Frontier
3. Professional Judgment: The Art and Accountability of Case-by-Case Aid Administration

5:00PM - 6:30PM | Sponsorship Reception - ALL are welcome to join!

6:30PM - until | Dinner on Your Own

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

9:00AM - 10:00AM | Concurrent Sessions

1. Streamlining Veteran Affairs Certification: Building a Dynamic Forms Workflow (and Adapting it to Any E-Form Platform)
2. Beyond the Lender List: Supporting Students in Today's Private Student Lending Marketplace
3. Working in Multigenerational Offices

10:15AM - 11:15AM | General Session - Workforce Pell

11:30AM - 1:30PM | SCASFAA Awards and Recognition Luncheon

1:45PM - 2:45PM | Concurrent Sessions

1. The COA Compass: Defining Costs and Navigating Adjustments
2. Who Owns the Stop-out?  The Intersection of Financial Aid, Student Accounts, and Retention
3. Surveying the Landscape: Mastering State Residency

3:00PM - 4:00PM | Birds of a Feather Sessions - How are You Handling Changes Within Your Systems?

1. Banner
2. Colleague
3. PowerFAIDs

4:00PM - 5:00PM | General Session - OB3 and SOR

5:30 - 8:00PM | Dinner on Your Own

8:00PM - 11:00PM |Networking and Entertainment Event

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

9:00AM - 10:00AM | What's Your ETA?

10:00AM - 11:30AM | State Update (SC Student Loan, SC Tuition Grants, SC Tech System, SC CHE)

11:30AM - 12:00PM | Closing Business Meeting and Veterans Day Recognition