The AUDE Annual Conference inspires and encourages members to consider the topical and critical issues that face our sector and the wider world. Our conference also provides unrivalled opportunities for networking, sharing knowledge and expertise, hearing from sector leaders and joining in lively, challenging but overall convivial discussions and debates.
The theme of the 2027 conference, Undaunted, is a call for the higher education estates community to face the sector’s financial, operational and sustainability challenges with resilience, innovation and collective determination, working together to identify practical solutions and create a positive path forward for universities.
The conference programme for AUDE27 is outlined below. This page will be updated regularly as programme details are confirmed.
Please click to expand each session below to find out more about them.
Monday 12 April
Tuesday 13 April
Wednesday 14 April
Thursday 15 April
Delegates will be informed of their hotel accommodation for the duration of the conference closer to the event. Please keep an eye on communications from AUDE for further details.
Radisson Blu or Ten Hill Place
Potterrow, The University of Edinburgh
Potterrow, The University of Edinburgh
Potterrow, The University of Edinburgh
Delegates are welcome to join the morning running club, led by Jane Harrison-White. The group will meet at 5:50am (meeting location to be confirmed) and depart promptly at 6:00am for a 5km run. Open to all abilities, the group will run together at a comfortable pace to ensure no one is left behind.
If interested, please email corinne@aude.ac.uk.
Radisson Blu or Ten Hill Place
Registration, refreshments and the exhibition will be available from 08:00am.
Pleasance Sports Complex, The University of Edinburgh
Pleasance Theatre, The University of Edinburgh
A welcome to Edinburgh from Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Edinburgh.
Pleasance Theatre, The University of Edinburgh
Pleasance Theatre, The University of Edinburgh
Pleasance Sports Complex, The University of Edinburgh
The Lunch and Refreshments are kindly supported by Tate+Co, the health station kindly supported by Stride Treglown, and the Chill and Chat Area kindly supported by MazeMap.
Exhibition Centre (The Edge)
Pleasance Sports Complex, The University of Edinburgh
Delegates will be divided into smaller groups for guided tours of a range of projects and facilities across the university estate. Further details of the tour options will be provided closer to the event.
The University of Edinburgh
Pick up location to be announced shortly.
Dynamic Earth
Dynamic Earth
Pick-up and drop-off locations will be announced shortly.
Delegates are welcome to join the morning running club, led by Jane Harrison-White. The group will meet at 5:50am (meeting location to be confirmed) and depart promptly at 6:00am for a 5km run. Open to all abilities, the group will run together at a comfortable pace to ensure no one is left behind.
If interested, please email corinne@aude.ac.uk.
Radisson Blu or Ten Hill Place
Registration, refreshments and the exhibition will be available from 08:00am.
Pleasance Sports Complex, The University of Edinburgh
An international panel discussion, featuring members of the AUDE Executive, debating a topical issue affecting the sector.
Pleasance Theatre, The University of Edinburgh
Pleasance Sports Complex, The University of Edinburgh
Details of the Premium Supporters' workshop sessions will be announced shortly.
Pleasance Sports Complex, The University of Edinburgh
Plenary details to be announced shortly.
McEwan Hall, The University of Edinburgh
McEwan Hall, The University of Edinburgh
Plenary details to be announced shortly.
McEwan Hall, The University of Edinburgh
AUDE 2028 location revealed.
McEwan Hall, The University of Edinburgh
McEwan Hall, The University of Edinburgh
Pick-up locations for the delegate coach transfers will be announced shortly.
Assembly Rooms
Assembly Rooms
Pick-up and drop-off locations will be shared shortly.
Breakfast for delegates staying at the conference hotels.
