About the Summit

Artificial intelligence is not just another tool—it is transforming the very nature of work. As AI automates knowledge-based tasks, higher education leaders face a pressing challenge: how to prepare and lead a workforce that collaborates with, supervises, and is augmented by AI.

This summit focuses on the workforce implications of AI adoption in higher education, equipping participants to lead the way AI reshapes daily operations, academic support, and administrative roles. Leaders must confront the realities of reskilling staff, redefining roles, and aligning culture and strategy to ensure people and AI systems work productively together.

Designed for practitioners, team leads, senior leaders, and decision-makers—anyone involved in supporting AI adoption and transformation, the program will explore how AI is moving from pilots and planning into larger scale initiatives with potential productivity gains and workforce transformation. Through case studies, leadership panels, and interactive sessions, participants will examine both successes and challenges—including tangible evidence of improved outcomes in student success, faculty efficiency, and operational performance.

Work alongside your peers—addressing today’s workforce realities while shaping the strategies and leadership approaches that

will guide higher education’s AI-driven future.

Key Themes

Workforce Transformation and Futures

• How AI is enhancing and supporting roles across academic, administrative, and operational areas—automating routine tasks, while balancing efficiency gains and supporting workforce transitions with human-centered values.

AI-Augmented Teams and Workforce Development

• Skills, strategies, and continuous reskilling needed to lead, supervise, and collaborate with AI-enabled systems and AI-augmented staff, supported by strong AI literacy and ethical oversight.

Change Management and Culture

• Overcoming resistance, redesigning organizational models, and ensuring senior leadership support to guide workforce evolution.

Evidence of Impact

• Case studies demonstrating measurable productivity from AI pilots, including productivity increases, bias reduction, job satisfaction impacts, adaptation strategies, and cost savings.

Integration, Scaling, and Sustainability

• Moving beyond pilots to cohesive, campus-wide adoption—aligning disparate AI initiatives into sustainable strategies with ongoing evaluation.

Leadership for Institutional Readiness

• How leaders set direction, build trust, and create the conditions for effective, responsible, and scalable AI adoption across higher education.

Why Attend

AI is disruptive, timely, and unavoidable. It is already reshaping the knowledge-work landscape and will significantly influence the future of higher education. This summit equips leaders with the fluency, evidence, and strategies to:

• See What Works in Practice – Gain tangible evidence from peer institutions on how AI pilots are delivering measurable outcomes in student success, faculty efficiency, and operational performance.
• Prepare the Workforce for Change – Learn strategies for reskilling staff, redefining roles, and building AI literacy to ensure your teams are ready for an AI-driven future.
• Lead with Confidence – Explore cultural, organizational, and leadership approaches to overcome resistance and guide effective AI adoption at your institution.
• Move from Pilots to Sustainable Impact – Discover frameworks for scaling AI initiatives, integrating efforts across campus, and ensuring long-term institutional value.

Participants will explore how AI is reshaping the higher education workforce—redefining roles, augmenting teams, and requiring new leadership strategies. Through real-world case studies, practical frameworks, and peer insights, they’ll learn to build AI-ready teams, develop essential skills and literacy, and foster cultures that support continuous growth and ethical AI use. This event equips higher education leaders and practitioners to align AI adoption with institutional values, strengthen trust and transparency, and drive sustainable, campus-wide innovation.

EDUCAUSE Summit Key Takeaways

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  Redefine Workforce Roles

  Learn how AI transforms academic, administrative, and operational roles, balancing automation with elevated human creativity.

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  Build AI-Ready Teams

  Develop strategies to reskill staff, strengthen AI literacy, and foster collaboration with AI-augmented colleagues.

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  Lead Organizational Change

  Apply proven change management approaches to overcome resistance, shift culture, and guide sustainable workforce transformation.

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  Measure and Demonstrate Impact

  Examine case studies that showcase tangible productivity, retention, equity, and cost-saving outcomes from AI initiatives.

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  Scale AI Responsibly

  Move beyond pilots to integrate institution-wide adoption aligned with values, governance, and long-term innovation.

Participate as a Team

This event is designed for higher education leaders, practitioners, and change agents responsible for advancing AI adoption, workforce transformation, and institutional readiness. To maximize impact, institutions are strongly encouraged to send cross-functional teams—bringing together both strategy and operations—to translate learning into coordinated action.

While team participation is encouraged, individual attendees are welcome. Solo participants will have ample opportunities to engage with peers through interactive group work and collaborative discussions that promote cross-institutional learning.

To ensure a highly interactive and hands-on experience, space is limited. Early registration is recommended.