ASU+GSV Summit Sessions

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Lina Bankert, Managing Director & Partner at Boston Consulting Group; Karie Willyerd, Chief Customer Strategy Officer at Learning Technologies Group; Krishna Kumar, Founder & CEO at Simplilearn; and Karine Allouche Salanon, General Manager of Enterprise at Coursera. The session examined the critical need for conti...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Gordon Trujillo, Vice President of Enterprise Learning & Development at DaVita; Christine Murphy, Global Learning Leader at Deloitte; Julie Stone, Chief Learning Officer at TTEC; Himanshu Palsule, CEO at Cornerstone OnDemand; and Marci Paino, Vice President of Enterprise Learning & Growth at Cisco. The session exp...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Adeel Khan, Founder & CEO of MagicSchool AI; Chris Caren, CEO of Turnitin; Jagriti Agrawal, Co-founder and VP of AI at Kira; and Chrisman Frank, Founder & CEO of Synthesis. The conversation was moderated by Ben Kornell, Co-founder of Edtech Insiders. The session explored how the rise of foundation models and gener...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Michelle Culver, Founder of The Rithm Project; Vriti Saraf, CEO & Co-founder of Ed3 DAO; and Daphne Li, CEO of Common Sense Privacy. The conversation was moderated by Nick Yoder, Associate Vice President, Academies at National University. The session explored the profound questions at the intersection of AI and human...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Shalin Jyotishi, Founder & Managing Director of the Future of Work & Innovation Economy Initiative at New America; Amy Girardi, Senior Program Officer at Ascendium Education Group; Gabriela Cruz Thompson, Director of University Research and Collaboration at Intel Corp.; and Paul Fain, Editor at Work Shift. The ses...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Benjamin Riley, Founder of Cognitive Resonance. The session explored a provocative counter-narrative to the prevailing optimism surrounding AI in education. Riley challenged the assumption that AI will radically transform education for the better, arguing instead that it poses significant hazards to effective teaching and...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Tom Andriola, Vice Chancellor of Information Technology and Data and Chief Data Officer at UC Irvine; James DeVaney, Special Advisor to the President and Founding Executive Director of the Center for Academic Innovation at University of Michigan; Phil Regier, University Dean for Educational Initiatives and CEO of EdPlus a...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Naria Santa Lucia, General Manager of Skills for Social Impact at Microsoft Philanthropies; Kristen Fox, CEO at Business Higher Education Forum; Antonio Delgado, Vice President of Innovation and Technology Partnerships at Miami Dade College; and Pam Eddinger, President at Bunker Hill Community College. The session highlig...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Rosemary Lahasky, Vice President of U.S. Government Affairs at Pearson; Joe Barela, Executive Director at Colorado Department of Labor and Employment; Dr. Steve Taylor, Policy Director and Senior Fellow of Economic Mobility at Stand Together Trust; and Alison Griffin, Contributor at Forbes. The session explored how leader...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Dana Bryson, SVP of Social Impact at Study.com; Dr. Asya Johnson, Principal at NYC Public Schools: HBCU Early College Prep; Megan Moulton-Levy, Vice President at JTCC & USTA; Kareem McLemore, Interim Vice President of Strategic Enrollment Management and International Affairs at Delaware State University; and Sekou Bid...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Christopher Gabrieli, Partner at Empower Schools; James DeVaney, Special Advisor to the President and Founding Executive Director of the Center for Academic Innovation at University of Michigan; Donna Linderman, Senior Vice Chancellor for Student Success at SUNY System Administration; Noe Ortega, Commissioner at Massachus...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Marcus Felder, Managing Director & Head of Career Pathways at Blackstone; Julian Johnson, Corporate Manager, DEI & Engagement at Great Wolf Lodge; Ebony Thomas, Managing Partner at Grads of Life; and Barbara Logan Smith, Chief of Experience and Belonging at Teach For America. The conversation was moderated by Kim...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Lee Weiss, Chief Commercial Officer of Higher Education & General Manager of Higher Education at Kaplan, Inc.; John Woods, Chief Academic Officer & Provost at University of Phoenix; Justin Lonon, Chancellor at Dallas College; Anne Kress, President at Northern Virginia Community College; and Paul Fain, Editor at Wo...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Stig Leschly, President at Postsecondary Commission; Pano Kanelos, President at University of Austin; Courtney Hills McBeth, Chief Academic Officer & Provost at Western Governors University; and Meghan Cressman, Vice President of Development and Partnerships at Merit America. The session explored the significant barri...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Jeff Selingo, Special Advisor at ASU; Michael Sorrell, President at Paul Quinn College; Fernando Bleichmar, CEO at Risepoint; Jacob Fraire, President at ECMC Foundation; and Adela de la Torre, President at San Diego State University. The session explored how the 400+ regional public colleges and universities in the United...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Cordell Carter, Esq., Executive Director at Aspen Institute; Alejandro Gibes de Gac, CEO & Founder at Springboard Collaborative and Paloma Learning; Heejae Lim, Founder & CEO at TalkingPoints; Antoinette Banks, CEO at Expert IEP; and Anupama Vaid, Founder & President at ParentSquare. The session explored how e...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Trish Sparks, CEO at Clever; Ben Dodson, CEO at Doowii; Patrick Gittisriboongul, Assistant Superintendent of Technology and Innovation at Lynwood Unified School District; Doug Levin, Director at K12 SIX; and Eric Gorski, Managing Editor for Local News at Chalkbeat. The session explored how generative AI and new safety tec...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Nate McClennen, Vice President of Strategy & Innovation at Getting Smart; Vriti Saraf, CEO & Co-founder at Ed3 DAO; Carole G. Basile, Dean at ASU / MLF College for Teaching and Learning Innovation; Gwen Baker, Advisor at LearnerStudio; and Norman Atkins, Managing Partner at Array Education. The session examined ho...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Akshay Kirtikar, Senior Product Manager at Google, and Mary Spence, Program Manager at Google. The session explored Google's belief that AI should benefit everyone, highlighting free tools like the Gemini app and NotebookLM as part of their full-stack AI solution. The speakers discussed how faculty and students could...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Jon Woodard, Executive Director of Emerging Technology Initiatives at Wolfram Research, Inc.; Jill Barshay, Columnist at the Hechinger Report; Geoff Converse, Senior AI Scientist at Finetune by Prometric; Jiani Hou, Principal of US Online Campus at Think Academy; and Sean Davenport, Superintendent at NYC Public Schools. T...

Literacy at Light Speed: Scaling Personalized Reading Success Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Anne Wicks, The Don Evans Family Managing Director, Opportunity and Democracy at the George W. Bush Institute; Mindy Sjoblom, Founder and CEO at OnYourMark; Nick Gaehde, President at Lexia; Stephanie Downey Toledo, Superintendent at Central Falls Schools Distri...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Christina Grant, Executive Director at CEPR – Harvard University; Rahul Kalita, Co-Founder at Tutored by Teachers; Susanna Loeb, Professor at Stanford University; Marc Sternberg, Co-Founder & Managing Director at A-Street; Anthony Smith, Deputy Superintendent at Denver Public Schools; and Sohan Choudhury, Co-founder a...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Lisa Schumacher, Director of Education Strategies & Workforce Policy at McDonald's Corporation; Maria Anguiano, Senior Advisor at Arizona State University; Maria Flynn, President & CEO at Jobs for the Future; Ryan Stowers, Senior Vice President at Stand Together; and Gary Eimerman, Chief Learning Officer at Mu...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Shravan Goli, Chief Executive Officer at Colibri Group; Max Wessel, Co-CEO at Degreed; Kenneth Schumacher, Founder & CEO at Ropes AI; and Taryn Hess, Principal, Talent Enablement & Transformation at EPAM Systems. The speakers discussed how today’s fast-changing work environment has made it increasingly difficult t...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Kimberley Gregorie, CEO at KWG Advisors; Marissa Farrar, Chief People Officer at Turnitin; Debbie Lovich, Managing Director and Senior Partner at BCG; and Ashley Chiampo, Chief Learning Officer at Emeritus. The speakers explored how organizations can overcome performance and retention challenges by adopting a purpose-driv...