Agentic education is transforming the traditional higher education landscape by empowering learners and institutions through intelligent, adaptive technologies. Chancellors who embrace these agentic models will position their universities at the forefront of innovation, driving improved outcomes and institutional agility. This session explores the strategic advantages of agentic education and why executive leadership should prioritize its adoption.

With the rapid shift from policy mandates to actionable AI deployment, higher education leaders are under pressure to enable AI across every department. This session provides a strategic framework for assessing institutional readiness, accelerating adoption, and driving value campus-wide—within remarkably short timelines. Learn how to navigate the journey from vision to execution at scale.

A truly AI-ready campus requires a unified, intelligent data fabric—enabling real-time insights and seamless integration across institutional systems. Learn how Splunk, in partnership with Cisco, can empower higher education leaders to break down silos, enhance decision-making, and accelerate AI initiatives. Splunk dashboards can turn this complex data into real-time views of campus health.

Small Language Models are emerging as an attainable AI technology to use in the classroom, in research, and in administration.  In this session we'll discuss emerging SLM use cases, what security and trust issues need to be considered when using SLMs, and what SLMs mean for student learning.