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Like it or not, AI is evolving, and it is cementing its place in education. And the CoSN 2025 Conference is preparing attendees to meet the AI challenge head-on, focusing this year’s conference theme on human leadership in an AI world.
Register here to attend this year’s conference in Seattle.
Ken Shelton, an independent consultant, speaker, advisor, and strategist, opens the conference on Monday, March 31 with his keynote, Reimagining Learning with AI: A Path to Empowerment. Shelton will explore the promises and perils of leveraging AI in education and will delve into strategies for maximizing AI’s benefits while addressing its risks, ensuring that AI becomes a tool for true empowerment in education.
On Tuesday, April 1, panelists Lindsay E. Jones, CEO of CAST, Lindsay Kruse, CEO of All Means All, and Rachell Johnson, director of assistant technology at SCATP, will participate in a general session, Leadership, Not Bystanders, moderated by Sarah Radcliffe, director of Future Ready Learning in the School District of Altoona. Panelists will discuss how can to ensure that no student is overlooked as AI continues to reshape education.
The closing keynote on Wednesday, April 2, Beyond the Algorithm–Building Trust, Access, and Purpose in AI-Enhanced Education, features Richard Culatta of ISTE + ASCD, Victor Lee of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, Pati Ruiz, EdD, of Digital Promise, and Kris J. Hagel of the Peninsula School District. The discussion will focus on ensuring AI enhances, rather than diminishes, human potential in education.
Workshops include:
- Student data privacy
- Generative AI implementation
- Education leadership in the digital age
- AI and leadership
- Organizational change management for digital transformation
Spotlight sessions cover cybersecurity and physical security, tackling cell phones in classrooms, top edtech trends in 2025, edtech and AI quality indicators, and FERPA.
Wondering what the CoSN conference has for you?
Chief Technology Officers
- Learn proven strategies for getting the dollars you need to build the infrastructure for today and tomorrow
- Connect with your peers and build your community of practice
- Discover how to stretch scarce resources to make the greatest impact on teaching and learning Instructional Technology Directors
Instructional Technology Directors
- Hear about new tools and models for engaging students and personalizing instruction
- Strategize about how to bridge the gap between the technical and instructional silos
- Improve your leadership skills and how to scale technology beyond islands of innovation
Superintendents, District Teams, and Education Service Agencies
- Hear from thought leaders on how to create a vision for digital conversion and continuously improving innovative culture in your district
- Learn tips for breaking down the silos and leveraging technology to enable a 21stcentury school system
- Share creative and strategic solutions about how to create robust learning environments at school and at home
Industry, Government, and Nonprofit Representatives
- Understand what is keeping school system technology leaders up at night
- Share information on emerging tools and services for learning
- Learn about better strategies and models for implementing, maintaining, and evaluating technology for learning
