| April 2014 |
Emily Weers (Texas A&M) & Missy Peterson (Univ of MN) connected while looking for peers interested in networking with other professionals in the field |
| March 2015 |
Started Google Group |
| March 2015 |
Group of 5-6 met at the Forum |
| October 2015 |
12 members met at NACUBO Global Ops |
| February 2016 |
1st Conference at Arizona State University (13 registered participants) |
| Summer 2016 |
Officially named ourselves HEIBO |
| October 2016 |
2nd Conference at the University of Minnesota (26 registered participants) |
| October 2016 |
Voted on a HEIBO Logo |
| October 2016 |
Members volunteered to serve on committees |
| Summer 2017 |
Rotating Steering Committee & Conference Planning Committees started meeting |
| October 2017 |
3rd Conference at Rutgers University (43 registered participants) |
| October 2017 |
Developed HEIBO Mission/Vision |
| October 2017 |
Discovered HEIBO in Chinese = Black Wave |
| January 2018 |
Rolled out the HEIBO Website |
| January 2018 |
Best Practices Small Working Groups (SWGs) started working on their area of interest |
| October 2018 |
4th HEIBO Conference hosted by UT Austin, in collaboration with Texas A&M and Baylor (74 registered participants) |
| October 2019 |
5th HEIBO Conference hosted by Boise State University (69 registered participants) |
| October 2019 |
Developed HEIBO Bylaws |
| September 2020 |
6th HEIBO Conference virtually hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (263 registered participants) |
| September 2021 |
7th HEIBO Conference held virtually via Gatherly (133 registered participants) |
| September 2022 |
8th HEIBO Conference hosted by the University of Maryland (49 registered participants) |
| September 2022 |
Voted on updated Bylaws |
| October 2023 |
9th HEIBO Conference hosted by the University of Colorado Denver (49 registered participants) |
| October 2024 |
10th HEIBO Conference hosted by the University of Utah (73 registered participants) |
| October 2024 |
HEIBO’s first white paper about reserves was presented at the conference |
| COMING SOON: October 2025 |
HEIBO 10th Anniversary Conference hosted by THE Ohio State University |
