Higher Education Community

To maximize your Summit experience, arrive on or before Sunday for check-in and special opening events. Full-day programming kicks off bright and early Monday and concludes Wednesday evening with a can’t-miss closing celebration at the iconic Rady Shell.

The Higher Ed Experience at ASU+GSV Summit

Four days of impactful learning and catalytic connections

Actionable Insights

Discover proven models, emerging ideas, and practical strategies you can bring back to your institution and put into action

Peer Connection

Connect with Higher Ed leaders tackling similar challenges to exchange ideas, compare approaches, and build lasting relationships

Cross-Sector Strategy

Connect across technology, workforce, policy, philanthropy, and K-12 to build partnerships and tackle challenges no institution can solve alone

Innovation Ecosystem

Tap into a year-round network of leaders and innovators exchanging ideas, building partnerships, and advancing what’s next in Higher Ed

Global Higher Education Stage

Among 800+ speakers and 300+ sessions at Summit, the dedicated Global Higher Education Stage tackles Higher Ed’s biggest questions, from AI and academic innovation to affordability, workforce alignment, access, and institutional sustainability.

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Curated Receptions & Events

Connect beyond the sessions through signature experiences like the Presidents & Higher Ed Leaders Reception, Leading Women in Higher Ed Breakfast, and dedicated spaces like the Crow’s Nest built for conversation and connection.

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ASU+GSV Higher Ed Insights Board

A year-round collective of 40+ presidents and chancellors surfacing early signals, examining responsible innovation, and engaging in candid dialogue on the forces reshaping higher education.

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ASU+GSV HBCU Partnership

A year-round initiative connecting HBCU leaders and partners to expand opportunity through executive leadership, mentorship, programming, and career pathways for students and institutions.

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Google & GSV Ed Leader Fellowship

A global community of K–12 and Higher Ed leaders building fluency in emerging technology, exchanging insights with international peers, and leading transformational initiatives at their institutions.

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AI & EdTech Innovation

Explore the technologies, companies, and ideas reshaping Higher Ed through AI-focused programming and GSV platforms like the GSV Cup 50, GSV 150, and StarTrack, each featuring Higher Ed-relevant companies, leaders, and conversations.

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ASU+GSV Higher Education
Insights Board

Built for Transformational Postsecondary Leaders

Across the institution, GSV brings together the people shaping strategy, academics, technology, transformation, and student outcomes

Institutional Leaders

Presidents, chancellors, rectors, and system executives setting institutional strategy, driving transformation, and shaping what comes next

Technology & Transformation

CIOs, CTOs, CAIOs, and innovation executives advancing AI, digital strategy, emerging technology, and new models across the institution

Academic Leadership

Provosts, deans, academic affairs, and faculty executives advancing teaching, learning, research, and academic innovation

Student Success

Enrollment, student success, career, workforce, and continuing education teams expanding access, strengthening outcomes, and creating new pathways

Presidents and provosts get dozens of vendor pitches each week. We need real evidence of what worked, where, and why.”

Courtney Hills McBeth

Chief Academic Officer & Provost,Western Governors University

The Summit is a rare convening where the distance between vision and execution shrinks, because the people who imagine what’s next and the people who can build, fund, and scale it are actually talking to each other.

James DeVaney

Assoc. Vice Provost & Founding Executive  Director, CAI, University of Michigan

Honoring a Lifetime of Impact

The GSV Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates visionaries whose contributions have transformed education, expanded opportunity, and inspired generations, including extraordinary figures across Higher Ed whose impact continues to shape institutions and learners around the world.