12 Ways to Dive into AI at SXSW EDU This March 9-12, the SXSW EDU Conference & Festival returns to Austin, TX, to commemorate innovation, experimentation, and finding out throughout every stage of education. Participants will deal with education’s crucial issues and trends through a variety of sessions, workshops, hands-on experiences, and more. 
Sessions concentrated on artificial intelligence in higher education have multiplied on the SXSW EDU agenda this year, providing complex ways to engage with the topic. Here are 12 of our leading choices.
< img height="368" alt="A panel conversation from SXSW EDU 2025" width="644" src="https://campustechnology.com/-/media/EDU/CampusTechnology/2026/02/20260211sxswedu.jpg"/ > A panel conversation from SXSW EDU 2025 (Picture: Daniel Poe)
1) Community Colleges & AI Success for Students & Communities
California Neighborhood Colleges Chancellor Sonya Christian will share how her organization is preparing trainees for AI-powered careers through industry collaborations, faculty cooperation and AI curriculum customized to genuine labor force requirements.
2) Mentor on the Frontier: Skills for the AI Period
The next generation of learners will not just use AI– they’ll lead with it, states Rachel Wortman Morris, director of Microsoft’s NextGen Knowing Lab. Wortman Morris will use techniques for gearing up students with essential skills such as crucial thinking, efficient triggering, and cooperation with AI representatives.
3) Experiencing Learning: Hedging Against AI Interruption
Panelists from London Organization School, MIT Sloan School of Management, Carnegie Mellon University, and Symplicity will talk about how AI can augment experiential learning and assistance establish the distinctively human skillsets needed for the future of work.
4) Institutional AI Adoption: Moving from Buzz to Habit
In this workshop, professionals from the Knowing Design Alliance, WGU Labs, and Axio AI will explore the challenges and strategies of integrating AI into existing organizational ecosystems.
5) Making AI Work for Higher Ed: A Management Conversation
Panelists from the Gates Structure, Every Student All Over, and T3 Advisory will discuss what accountable AI execution appears like in practice.