October 20-22, 2026

Agentic AI and the Student Experience 2026

Experience three days of agentic AI innovation

AI is accelerating, and higher education must lead the way. Agentic AI and the Student Experience brings together education and industry leaders who are committed to designing AI systems that enhance human agency, expand access and strengthen learning in meaningful ways.

Over three immersive days, participants will explore how agentic AI is transforming the student journey from recruitment through lifelong learning.

This year, we're building on the momentum of last year's sold-out debut with an expanded program and more opportunities to impact the future of learning in an AI-driven world.

From Oct. 20-22, 2026, ASU and our partners will welcome over 700 global education and industry leaders to co-design the future of AI and education. Learn more about this year's summit!

Registration details

Registration is sold out.

October 20-22, 2026

Omni Tempe Hotel at ASU | Tempe, AZ

To join the waitlist, please complete our Stay in the know form below

2026 agenda at-a-glance

With more than twice as many proposals submitted this year, we’ve expanded our program to bring more sessions, more voices and more ways to design how we want agentic AI to help shape the student experience.

View the full agenda

Featured speakers

Michael M. Crow

President, Arizona State University

will.i.am

Creative artist, tech entrepreneur, ASU Professor of Practice

Founder & CEO of FYI.AI

The Honorable Sethuraman Panchanathan

University Professor of Technology and Innovation, ASU

Former Director, U.S. National Science Foundation

John Markoff

Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist

Amy Kurzweil

Cartoonist and author of Artificial: A Love Story

Watch her TED Talk, viewed over 500,000 times

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Download the event app now

Time to start planning your event experience. The app includes the ability to browse the agenda, select breakouts you’re interested in attending, connect with other participants, review speakers and much more.

3 easy steps to access the event app

Download the ASU Events app (App Store or Google Play)
In the ASU Events app, select ‘Agentic AI and the Student Experience’.
To login, use the email address you registered with, and the last name you registered with is your password.

Questions? Email [email protected].

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Gathering global perspectives

For this year’s summit, our program is evolving with the pace of the AI landscape. We’re expanding our number of breakout sessions to focus more on real-world implementation and peer-led conversation, with all new tracks to demonstrate on how agentic AI is influencing recruitment and retention, teaching and learning, building the AI stack for the enterprise, and future-ready career pathways.

We are proud to highlight our call for proposals received 200+ session submissions, with insights and ideas shared from across 10 countries and nearly 100 universities.

Our call for proposals has closed at this time. If you have submitted a session proposal, you will be notified on the status of your proposal in July. For any questions, please contact: [email protected]

Sponsor and build the future together

As a sponsor, you’ll be positioned at the center of critical conversations—connecting with campus leaders, showcasing your solutions and demonstrating your commitment to advancing innovation in higher education worldwide.

2026 sponsor opportunities

Launch off with Agentic AI

Omni Tempe Hotel

We're returning to the Omni Tempe Hotel at ASU for the second annual Agentic AI summit from Oct. 20-22, 2026. Please note the hotel block has closed.

Omni Tempe Hotel