Last year’s Conference Theme: Building and Scaling Resilient Programming 

The landscape of higher education and food access programming naturally experiences systemic changes, some larger than others. This year, college hunger experts are anticipating increased demand for food resources, even while threats to funding for tuition and a range of basic needs loom. Now more than ever, food access programming needs to grow in impact and resiliency to ensure the well-being and success of college students. This year’s conference will focus on empowering case studies and useful insights that will contextualize college hunger in the current moment and examine ways to scale services sustainably by utilizing on-campus champions and community allies. 

Last year’s Conference Session Themes: 

• Leveraging external partnerships to augment programming

• Leveraging internal partnerships for program funding

• Centering student voice to increase impact

2026 Schedule & Speakers: 

The 2026 conference schedule of events is still under development as we finalize speakers and collect proposals for sessions. Check back for more details this summer!