ASU+GSV Summit Sessions

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Matthew Kennard, CEO at BetterLesson, Inc.; Tommy Chang, CEO at New Teacher Center; and Tracy Dorland, Superintendent at Jeffco Public Schools. The session challenged the prevailing narrative around teacher retention, which often centers on quick fixes such as professional development or time-saving edtech tools. Instead,...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Marc Brackett, Director at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. The session explored how to manage emotions in today’s fast-paced, high-stakes world. Dr. Brackett unveiled cutting-edge research and shared insights from his upcoming book  Dealing with Feelings . He equipped the audience with science-backed strategie...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Anand Padmanabhan, VP & Chief Information Officer at Fordham University; James Frazee, VP & Chief Information Officer at San Diego State University; Steven Butschi, Director of Education at Google; and Lorne Rodriguez, Manager of Enterprise GenAI at Chicago Public Schools. The speakers discussed how districts and...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Kaiz Alarakyia, Product Manager at DeepMind, Google; Julia Wilkowski, Pedagogy Team Lead at Google; and Anisha Choudhary, Program Manager at Google Research. The speakers introduced LearnLM, Google's suite of AI models and capabilities that integrate learning science into Gemini and the products it enhances, including...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Charles Elliott, Head of Industry at Google. The session explored how educators can harness AI-powered video and image generation tools to reimagine the visual landscape of learning. Charles Elliott demonstrated how state-of-the-art models such as Imagen 3 and Veo 2 allow teachers and students to effortlessly create high-...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Charles Elliott, Head of Industry at Google, and Shashank Agarwal, Software Engineer at Google Research. The speakers explored how Google AI is transforming prototyping for researchers, educators, and analysts. They demonstrated how AI can accelerate the research process by automating data cleanup, analysis, and investiga...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Antonio Delgado, Vice President of Innovation and Technology Partnerships at Miami Dade College; Henry Deng, Employer Engagement Lead at Google; and Kim Rynearson, Assistant Chancellor for Faculty Innovation at Texas A&M System. The speakers discussed the innovative ways AI is transforming career exploration for stude...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Cornell Verdeja-Woodson, Head of DEIB & Talent Development at Pixar Animation Studios; Marcus Felder, Managing Director & Head of Career Pathways at Blackstone; Van Ton-Quinlivan, CEO at Futuro Health; Josh Allen, Group Director of Frontline Learning and Education at Walmart; and Matt Sigelman, President at The Bu...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Devin Bhushan, Founder & CEO at Squint, Inc.; Mark Rudnick, Vice President of Learning Partnerships at Guild; Barrett Evans, Chief Learning Officer at Ford Motor Company; and Sophie Kronk, VP of Partnerships at Aprende Institute. The session focused on reimagining workforce education to better support frontline employ...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Jean Ryan, Head of Global Leadership Development at PepsiCo; Shawna Erdmann, Former SVP of Talent and Learning at Comcast; Heather Stefanski, Chief Learning and Development Officer at McKinsey; Kati Clement-Frazier, Head of Enterprise Learning & Learning Sciences at Takeda; and Meighan Hackett, Corporate People &...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Antoinette Chukudebelu, Chief People & Equity Officer at Murmuration; Lee-Berkeley Shaw, Chief Engagement & Partnership Officer at CWI Works; Stephanie Marken, Senior Partner at Gallup; Susan Gouijnstook, Chief Solutions Officer at Jobs for the Future; and Khurram Jamil, President of Global Markets at Area9 Lyceum...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Susan Winslow, CEO of Macmillan Learning; Bethanie Drake-Maples, Founder and CEO of Atypical AI; Tom ap Simon, President of Higher Education and Virtual Learning at Pearson; and Jack Pinette, VP of Product Strategy at D2L. The conversation was moderated by Jenna Talbot, Chief Communications Officer at Whiteboard Advisors....

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Carolyn Pierce, Partner at McKinsey & Company; Allison Danielsen, CEO at Tallo; Byron Auguste, CEO & Co-Founder at Opportunity@Work; Rob Magliaro, Head of Education & Workforce Partnerships at Google; and Abbey Carlton, VP of Social Impact and Sustainability at Indeed. The session explored how leading employer...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Elise Awwad, President and CEO of DeVry University; Mark Milliron, President and CEO of National University; Shai Reshef, President of University of the People; and Martin Herrick, Head of Growth at Clasp. The conversation was moderated by Tyce Henry, Partner and Director at Boston Consulting Group. The panel explored the...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Ben Nelson, Founder and CEO of Minerva Project; Chris Parrish, Co-Founder and President of Podium Education; Geordie Hyland, President and CEO of American College of Education; and Ebony Lee, Chief Strategy Officer of Kaplan North America. The conversation was moderated by Scott Fleming, Director of the State Council of H...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Vishaal Gupta, President of Workforce Skills at Pearson; Joe Farrell, Managing Director of KPMG Learning Services at KPMG; Tim O’Reilly, Founder & CEO at O'Reilly Media, Inc.; and Todd Minor, General Manager and Global Learning Leader at Microsoft. The session explored how demographic shifts and rapid technologica...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Chassidy Tabios, Senior Program Manager at Workday; Byron Auguste, CEO & Co-Founder at Opportunity@Work; Ellen McClain, CEO and President at Year Up United; and Diana Fischer, Senior Director of the Workday Foundation at Workday. The session explored the transformative power of the skills-first talent movement, emphas...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Nathalie Gazzaneo, Director at the Harvard Project on Workforce; Daniel Nivern, Founder & CEO at Virtual Internships; Valerie Capers Workman, Chief Talent Engagement Officer at Handshake; and Ryan Craig, Managing Director at Achieve Partners. The session explored how AI, while freeing employees from repetitive tasks,...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured David Blake, Founder & Co-CEO at Degreed; Kai Roemmelt, CEO at Udacity, part of Accenture; Michelle Westfort, Chief Product Officer at Instride; Sabari Raja, Managing Partner at JFFVentures; and Bryan Hancock, Partner at McKinsey and Company. The session explored how the rapid pace of technological advancement is caus...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Majd Sakr, Chief Learning and Research Officer at Accenture, Accenture LearnVantage; Brandon Sammut, Chief People Officer at Zapier; Yash Tekriwal, Head of Education at Clay; Hannah Calhoon, VP of AI for Indeed at Indeed; and Ken Babcock, Cofounder & CEO at Tango. The session explored how the rise of agentic workflows...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Sven Schütt, CEO of IU Group; Michael Hansen, CEO of Cengage Group; Steve Daly, CEO of Instructure; and Nathan Schultz, CEO of Chegg. The conversation was moderated by Tony Wan, Head of Platform at Reach Capital. The panel explored how higher education must rapidly evolve to bridge the widening gap between traditional aca...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Claire Zau, Partner and AI Lead at GSV Ventures; Ashley Andersen Zantop, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Cambium Learning Group; Bethlam Forsa, President & CEO at Savvas Learning Company; and Alex Galvagni, CEO at Age of Learning, Inc. The session explored how today’s youngest learners—growing up in an era of...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Anupama Vaid, Founder & President of ParentSquare; Kate Eberle Walker, CEO of Presence; and Jack Lynch, CEO of HMH. The conversation was moderated by Nick Kind, Managing Director at Tyton Partners. The panel explored how AI tools—now as ubiquitous in schools as electricity—are shaping the future of K-12 education, wit...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Grammarly; Andrew Grauer, CEO and Co-Founder of Learneo; Himanshu Palsule, CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand; and Kishore Durg, Senior Managing Director at Accenture. The conversation was moderated by Jennifer Lee, Partner at GSV Ventures. The panel explored how AI tools are unlocking “time dividends” b...

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Stephanie Ralston-Khurana, CEO of Axim Collaborative; Mike Tarrant, Head of Global EdTech and Higher Ed at AWS Global Education; Darren Person, EVP and Chief Digital Officer at Cengage Group; and Kees Bol, CEO of 2U. The conversation was moderated by Kim Merritt, Vice President of the Learning Enterprise at Arizona State...