Main Stage | 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 | 8:30AM–9:30AM CT | Karl F. Dean Grand Ballroom, Level 4
Session Type: General Session
Delivery Format: General Session

In a year marked by disruption and uncertainty across higher education, it's the connections we make with one another and across the institution that will strengthen higher education and carry us through. In 2026, our technology leaders will focus on making these connections by building both collective will and individual capabilities through our technologies and data. Learn more about this year’s Top 10, as voted on by the EDUCAUSE community, and about how we can prepare for the road ahead.

 

Sponsored by EDUCAUSE Mission Partners - CDW, Gartner, and Jenzabar

Presenters

  • Crista Copp

  • Olivia Kew

    Chief Data Officer, Vanderbilt University

  • Mark McCormack

    Senior Director of Research & Insights, EDUCAUSE

  • Helen Norris

    Retired CIO, EDUCAUSE Alumni

  • John O'Brien

    President & CEO, EDUCAUSE

  • Brandon Rich

    Director of AI Enablement, University of Notre Dame

  • Eudora Struble

    Executive Director, Technology Accessibility, Wake Forest University