ASU+GSV Summit Sessions

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Beth Hollenberg, CEO at Everspring; Richard Weiqi Zhang, Co-Founder at Solvely.ai; Mick Hewitt, CEO at Ednition; Greg Hart, CEO at Coursera; and Jennifer Lee, Partner at GSV Ventures. The speakers explored how the shift to AI answer engines, algorithmic feeds, and embedded assistants has fundamentally transformed EdTech d...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Anada Lakra, CEO at BoldVoice; Julie Walbaum, Co-founder & Co-CEO at Wilgo.ai; Hilah Barbot, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Playlab; Benjamin Somers, CEO at Recess. GG; and Amanda Nolen, NED, Advisor, and Investor at Amanda Nolen & Partners. The speakers explored how the assumptions that shaped the last generat...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Rhys Spence, Head of Platform and Research at Brighteye Ventures; Ardis Kadiu, CEO & Co-founder at Andi AI, Inc.; Stephen Laster, CEO at Panopto; Jason Brein, Co-President at Francisco Partners; and Nate Laverriere, Managing Director at Moelis. The speakers explored how the M&A playbook for EdTech has fundamentall...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Rajen Sheth, CEO and Co-founder at Kyron Learning; Darren Person, EVP and Chief Digital Officer at Cengage Group; France Hoang, CEO & Founder at BoodleBox; Melva K. Wallace, President and CEO at Huston-Tillotson University; and C. Edward Watson, Vice President for Digital Innovation at the American Association of Coll...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Tom Dretler, CEO & Co-Founder at Shorelight, LLC; Clare Rawlins, Senior Vice President of Student Recruitment, Marketing and Partnerships at Kaplan International Pathways; Julia Rosen, Vice President of Global Academic Initiatives at Arizona State University; Martin Basiri, Founder & CEO at Passage.com; Alejandro...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Ken Eisner, Managing Director at ETS; Marjorie Hass, President at Council of Independent Colleges; Jonathan Koppell, President at Montclair State University; Frank Shushok, President & CEO at Roanoke College; and moderator Eloy Oakley, President & CEO at College Futures Foundation. The speakers explored how the li...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Fernando Bleichmar, CEO at Risepoint; Susan Burns, President at University of Mount Saint Vincent; Thillainat Sivakumaran, Vice President at Texas State University; and moderator Eloy Oakley, President & CEO at College Futures Foundation. The speakers explored how regional universities have evolved to meet the changin...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this Early Childhood Education Summit session presented by Valhalla Foundation featured Dana Suskind, Co-Founder and Director at the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health, University of Chicago. Dana Suskind explored how protecting human connection has remained essential in early childhood development amid the rapid rise of AI. She dis...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Arun Ramanathan, CEO at PowerMyLearning; Deborah Stipek, Emeriti Professor and Dean at Stanford University; Joanna Bruno, CAO at the Colorado Department of Education; and Dana Nunn, Managing Director at Valhalla Foundation. The speakers explored how early numeracy develops through the interconnected roles of counting, cur...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Nell K. Duke, Executive Director and Professor at the Center for Early Literacy and Learning Success, Stand for Children, and The University of Michigan; Steve Hannon, President and CEO at LENA; Tenette Smith, Chief Academic Officer at the Maryland State Department of Education; and Jackie Mader, Senior Early Childhood Re...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this Early Childhood Education Summit session presented by Valhalla Foundation featured featured Gabe Hakim, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Promise Venture Studio. This session highlighted the power of play in early childhood development and explored how playful learning can create meaningful opportunities for children and families. Gabe...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this Early Childhood Education Summit session presented by Valhalla Foundation featured Jessica Sager, CEO & Co-Founder at All Our Kin; Amir Matallaoui, Co-founder & CEO at HOOPOOH; Celia Stokes, President at Teaching Strategies; and Michelle Kang, CEO at NAEYC. The speakers explored how building stronger infrastructure across early le...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this Early Childhood Education Summit session presented by Valhalla Foundation featured Elena Silva, CEO at Learning Policy Institute; Heejae Lim, Founder & CEO at TalkingPoints; Alejandro Gibes de Gac, CEO & Founder at Paloma & Springboard Collaborative; Dr. Onia Mayberry, Parent Leadership at NAFSCE; and Michael Levine, Senior Ad...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this Early Childhood Education Summit session presented by Valhalla Foundation featured Isabelle Hau, Executive Director at the Stanford Accelerator for Learning. The session explored how early childhood education remained foundational in shaping human development, particularly in an AI era increasingly defined by technological acceleration. I...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured John Woods, Provost and Chief Academic Officer at University of Phoenix; Susan Winslow, CEO at Macmillan Learning; Lisa Marsh Ryerson, President and CEO at Southern New Hampshire University; Sean D'Arcy, Chief Solutions Officer at Kahoot!; and Ann Kirschner, President and CEO at Comma Communications. The speakers bega...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Geordie Hyland, Chief Executive Officer at American College of Education; Ajita Menon, President and CEO at Calbright College; Chris Lynne, President at University of Phoenix; Jacob Fraire, President at ECMC Foundation; and Charles Westrin, Managing Director and Chief Product Officer at BCG U. The speakers explored how no...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Ben Nelson, Founder and CEO at Minerva Project; Shai Reshef, President at University of the People; Jeannie Tarkenton, Founder and CEO at Funding U; Ian Wilhelm, Deputy Managing Editor at The Chronicle of Higher Education; and Nancy Gonzales, Executive Vice President and University Provost at Arizona State University. The...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Thomas Arnett, Senior Research Fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute; Noelle DeLaney, Chief Operating Officer at the National School Choice Awareness Foundation; Emory Edwards, Vice President of Outreach and Entrepreneurship at EdChoice; and Keri Hunter, Director of K12 at Stand Together Trust. The speakers took a f...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Justin Dent, Founder and CEO at Outschool.org; Jamie Rosenberg, Founder and Executive Chairman at ClassWallet; Chris Minnich, CEO at MetaMetrics Inc.; Raphael Gang, Director of K12 Education at Stand Together Trust; Frank Sikernitsky, Chief Information Officer at Step Up For Students; and Bill Hansen, President and CEO at...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Jorge Elorza, CEO at Democrats for Education Reform; Ashley Berner, Director at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy; Lindsay Fryer, President and Founding Principal at Lodestone DC; Corey DeAngelis, Visiting Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research; and Robert Enlow, President and CEO at EdChoic...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Deirdre Quarnstrom, Vice President of Education at Microsoft Corporation; Pierre Lagrange, CEO at Mrs Wordsmith; Aaron Feuer, CEO and Co-Founder at Panorama Education; Angélica Infante-Green, Commissioner of Education at the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE); and Jenny Anderson, Author, Speaker, Journalist, and...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Mark Angel, Co-Founder and CEO at Amira Learning Inc.; Dacia Toll, Co-CEO at Coursemojo; Jasmine Walker, Director at The Center for Outcomes Based Contracting; McKenzie Snow, Director at Iowa Department of Education; and Christina Grant, Executive Director at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University....

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Tammy Wincup, CEO at Securly; Richard Culatta, CEO at ISTE+ASCD; Curtis Lewis, Founder and President at Boldly Moving Education Ahead (BMEA); Solome Tibebu, President at Behavioral Health Tech; and Aaliyah A. Samuel, Education Consultant. Speakers explored how today’s students are growing up in a radically different envir...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Molly Nagler, Head of Learning at Moderna; Gordon Trujillo, Vice President, Enterprise Learning & Development at DaVita; Austin Ashley, Head of Digital Learning at Bain Academy, Bain & Company; Joshua Clark, Chief Learning Officer at IBM; and Al Dea, Founder at The Edge of Work. This fast-paced show & tell ses...

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Alex Laurs, Chief Learning and Development Officer at Ernst & Young; Janelle Simmonds, Global Enablement Lead, Future Workforce Strategy at Siemens Digital Industries Software; Jenny Dearborn, Chief People & Enterprise Excellence Officer at Greenfield Global; Todd Minor, Global Learning Leader, Microsoft Customer...