SunGard Summit 2007: A Community of Learning

Every day you direct your attention to supporting the educational mission of your institution by creating the best experience you can for the members of your campus community. For four days in March, we invite you to focus on a different kind of learning experience – one designed especially for you.

SunGard Summit 2007 offers SunGard Higher Education customers the opportunity to engage with colleagues, thought leaders, and solutions experts in an environment where every class and campus amenity fosters cooperative, collaborative, and active learning. The result? Information and insight. Inspiration and innovation. Expertise and skill. Qualities that can help you redefine your relation to your profession, your colleagues, and your home institution.

SunGard Summit provides a unique opportunity for you to learn about SunGard Higher Education products and services and introduces you to the innovative approaches and best practices of your colleagues. A thought-provoking general session, two lively keynotes, a technology lab, the SunGard Higher Education Collaborative Hall, and exciting social events combine with a superior curriculum to create a one-of-a-kind learning experience for you.

CURRICULUM
Close to 800 educational classes--all focused on your needs--form the cornerstone of the conference curriculum. Assembled by a talented and dedicated program committee drawn from institutions like yours, the curriculum offers a wide variety of major programs, supplemented by functional, technical, and strategic electives and cross-disciplinary courses. These rich and expansive offerings ensure that all students – from executives to managers to individual contributors – will benefit from their participation in the conference.

The best learning happens when engaged and committed individuals come together as a community. At SunGard Summit 2007 we can promise that you will be inspired by the best educators we know – your colleagues and peers from around the world.

PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING
At SunGard Summit, the learning that happens outside the classroom is just as important as the courses available to you. In addition to formal learning opportunities, SunGard Summit also provides countless occasions for you to learn with and from your peers around the world in a variety of settings, whether birds-of-a-feather gatherings, informal study groups, or lounges and common areas where you can relax and chat with people that you know have similar goals and interests. Access to superior minds—as well as to superior content—is what makes SunGard Summit unique.

COLLABORATIVE HALL
The SunGard Higher Education Collaborative is an industry-leading partner program designed to deliver proven technology products and services, with reliable integration, to colleges and universities. At the Collaborative Hall, SunGard Summit participants will have an opportunity to speak one-on-one with more than fifty Collaborative members about how they can help you achieve your vision of a Unified Digital Campus. Visit and be stimulated by the bold ideas and solutions of our partners.

SPECIAL EVENTS
What would a great learning experience be without the opportunity to kick back and get a little wild? In our own special version of spring break, SunGard Higher Education will host a private performance by Hootie and the Blowfish just for SunGard Summit 2007 participants. Join us at the Mandalay Event Center on Tuesday evening for Hootie’s special blend of blues and rock – and be prepared to boogie!

VIVA LAS VEGAS!
SunGard Summit 2007 will be held at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. World-class entertainment, fine dining, and superb resort amenities are just steps away from the convention floor. The Mandalay Mile, linked by walkways and trams, offers all the best that Las Vegas has to offer – power shopping, casinos, spas, and, of course, never-ending night life.

The convenience of Mandalay Bay brings you all the excitement of Las Vegas with none of the hassle.  Because the SunGard Summit schedule is flexible, you can enjoy the fun, then return to the conference ready to learn even more!