300 higher education leaders from across the country came together in Nashville to discuss operational AI. Leaders shared what’s working, lessons learned along the way, and how AI is already changing the way their institutions operate. Higher education is no longer asking if AI will transform the industry.
The shift is already happening. Here's how the day broke down, session by session:
Keynote featuring CEO Zack Perkins
The keynote covered the latest advancements in AI and its impact on the future of higher education. While use cases continue to emerge across enrollment, student success, advancement, finance, and beyond, institutions are adaptively outgrowing point solutions and beginning to tackle integration of enterprise data in order to become truly strategic.
Agents taking action in the real world
Through panels and solution showcases, leaders shared how they’re putting AI to work on their campuses today.
Common threads emerged: freeing up staff time while creating a better student experience, and bringing institutional data together into a unified layer to unlock workflows that span departments.
Roundtables
Breaking into smaller groups, leaders went deeper on the hard questions: breaking down data silos, weaving AI into daily work, getting leadership buy-in, and doing more with less.
This was the space for candid conversations, shared problem-solving, and new ideas for moving AI forward on campus.
Practicum
Attendees rolled up their sleeves to analyze campus challenges, build AI-powered applications, identify opportunities for intervention, and launch agents in the real world.
This was the chance to turn ideas into action, experiencing firsthand how AI can drive real outcomes across campus.
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