Keynotes
Rewatch the Summit’s most impactful talks. Learn how AI is transforming strategy, support, and the student experience.
AI Revolution: How Gen AI is Reshaping Work, Society, and Higher Ed
Generative AI is shifting from tool to teammate, revolutionizing higher-ed workflows in admissions, marketing, tech, and student success.
View slidesBuilding an AI Workforce for Higher Ed: Unveiling Bolt Agent Teams
Element451’s Bolt Agents debut as a plug-and-play AI workforce that tirelessly provides 24 × 7 outreach, campaign planning, and risk alerts across admissions, marcom, and student success.
View slidesPresidents' POV: AI-Powered Resilience for Uncertain Times
College presidents share how AI is fortifying institutional resilience and discuss the need to embrace the yet-to-be-written future of AI and education.
Redefining Digital Engagement in Higher Ed
Drawing on Disney’s legendary queue-optimization tactics, this keynote reveals how AI-powered, hyper-personalized, omnichannel engagement can create a friction-free admissions journey.
View slidesDay 1 Breakouts
Sessions packed with tactical insights—from AI admissions and system integration to no-code tools and crisis communication strategies.
Tambellini Reveals the Top Trends Shaping Higher Ed
Exclusive Tambellini Group market research shows how AI, shifting digital infrastructure, and rising student expectations are redefining higher-education technology priorities.
View slidesBuilding Your Digital Workforce – A Deep Dive into Bolt Agents
Discover how Bolt Agents, autonomous AI assistants, create a scalable digital workforce by understanding context, orchestrating workflows, and automating high-impact tasks across admissions, marketing and student success.
View slidesLessons in Connecting Systems the Right Way
IT leaders reveal hard-won strategies for breaking silos, overcoming data friction, and building a truly integrated higher-ed tech stack.
View slidesAdmissions with Bolt Agents: Fast, Fair, and Fraud-Free
AI-powered Bolt Agents instantly score applications against institutional rubrics and detect fraud in real time, delivering faster, fairer admissions decisions at scale.
View slidesHAIRO: The AI Readiness & Opportunity Model for Higher Ed
HAIRO is Element451’s step-by-step framework for measuring AI readiness, and mapping pilot-to-campus-wide adoption for maximum institutional impact.
View slidesIntegrating AI with Purpose (and a Plan): Trust, Ethics, and the Human Side of Change
A roadmap on how to adopt AI ethically and strategically—building trust, centering equity, and guiding campus teams from pilot projects to scalable change.
View slidesStudents + AI: Why They’d Rather Talk to an Agent
Students gravitate toward AI chat and voice agents for candid, 24 × 7 support and institutions are turning that preference into higher engagement and freed-up staff time.
View slidesMaking Tech Make Sense: Communication & Collaboration Strategies
Master the art of translating complex AI and platform rollouts into outcome-focused stories that win cross-campus buy-in, bridge IT with non-technical teams, and ensure every launch lands.
View slidesVibe Coding: Build Apps by Just Talking to AI
See how quickly you can prototype new ideas, automate routine student-support processes, and create interactive experiences that delight students, all by simply talking to AI.
View slidesZapier + AI: Automate Everything
Connect AI to CRMs like Element451, SIS, and marketing tools with no-code Zapier workflows that automate recruiting pipelines, event registrations, and everyday operations.
View slidesEnhancing Student Success: AI Meets the Human Touch at Check-In
Learn how Johnston Community College blends AI assistants, proactive nudges, and real-time insights to build a one-stop support hub that delivers instant answers, frees staff for high-value conversations, and elevates student success.
View slidesThe Voice-First Campus: AI Agents That Never Sleep
Explore how advances in voice enabled AI answers calls around the clock, in multiple languages, to streamline recruiting and student support.
View slidesBuild Your Own Personal AI Agent
Create an AI assistant that schedules meetings, drafts emails, researches topics, and links to your apps—eliminating everyday busywork.
View slidesMarketing with Bolt Agents: A Higher Ed Revolution
AI-driven Bolt Agents turn real-time student data into perfectly timed, one-to-one messages that replace traditional, generic marketing campaigns.
View slidesSmarter, Faster, Calmer: How AI Is Changing Crisis Communications
AI tools speed up message drafting, adapt to fast-moving situations, and keep campus updates clear and student-centric when crisis strikes.
View slidesDay 2 Breakouts
Explore topics like human-centered AI, continuing-ed enrollment, marcom strategy, AGI trends, system governance, and more.
Student Success with Bolt Agents: Unified Data, Personalized Support
Watch Bolt Agents transform scattered LMS and SIS data into real-time, one-to-one guidance that keeps every student on track.
View slidesHeart Over Hype: The Power of Empathetic Marketing
Combine AI segmentation with emotion-driven storytelling to create higher-ed marketing that feels personal, relevant, and truly cuts through the noise.
View slidesResponsible AI in Action: Safety, Evaluations, and Real-World Lessons from ASU
See how ASU turns responsible-AI principles into practice with structured evaluations, live monitoring, and fairness-first safeguards that any campus can copy.
Continuing Ed with Bolt Agents: Smarter Enrollment, Less Effort
Showcases an AI-powered storefront that matches adult learners to the right courses in real time and turns browsing, enrollment, and payment into one seamless flow.
View slidesLessons in Scaling AI Up & Across the Institution
Discover UC Irvine’s ZotGPT playbook for taking AI campus-wide—empowering 35,000 users and delivering practical lessons for rapid, responsible adoption at any institution.
View slidesThe AGI Frontier: What Happens When AI Can Do Everything?
Examine how near-future AGI could outpace human intellect, upend knowledge work, and push higher ed to reinvent its purpose.
View slidesThe Future of Data Analysis with AI Agents
AI-driven agents translate campus data into instant, plain-English insights on enrollment, marketing, and student behavior—no reports required.
From Chaos to Clarity: Western Idaho's Playbook for Student-First CRM Success
Learn how College of Western Idaho rebooted its Element451 rollout with an agile, student-first playbook that accelerated adoption, improved outcomes, and unleashed the power of AI.
View slidesAgents Without Borders: Expanding Bolt's Capabilities with Plugins
See how the Model Context Protocol and Zapier plugins let Bolt Agents reach any campus system, unify data, and automate complex workflows without limits.
View slidesFrom Zero to AI: A Practical Guide to Launching Element451
Get a step-by-step roadmap—planning, training, and data migration—for rolling out Element451’s AI-powered CRM fast and delivering value from day one.
View slidesFrom Silos to Synergy: Creating a CRM-Powered Campus
See how Chowan University broke down departmental silos with Element451, unifying data and teams to deliver a seamless, student-first experience.
View slidesAI DeepResearch: Using ChatGPT, Gemini, and NotebookLM
Harness ChatGPT, Gemini, and NotebookLM to instantly surface insights and synthesize research for market strategy, program planning, and SEO.
View slidesAsk Us Anything: AMA with the Element451 Product Team
Hear candid answers from Element451’s designers, engineers, and product leaders as they field audience questions on features, AI capabilities, and the roadmap ahead.
Happy Applicants, Higher Yield: Data-Driven Strategies for Enrollment Success
Happy students don’t just apply—they enroll. Learn how UX research and design are driving better website experiences for students yield breakthroughs for schools.
View slidesTop AI Tools to Know Today
Get your AI toolbox in shape. We’ll break down the best tools higher ed leaders are actually using—and why they matter now.
View slidesAdvanced ChatGPT Features You Should be Using in 2025
You’re only scratching the surface. Discover the hidden power of ChatGPT’s latest features and how they apply to higher ed.
View slidesVibe Marketing at the Speed of AI
Marketing moves fast—but AI moves faster. In this dynamic session, discover how to tap into the power of AI to create marketing that doesn’t just keep up—it sets the pace.
View slidesGarbage In, Garbage Out: Best Practices for Your Knowledge Base
Master content governance and AI-friendly formatting to keep your knowledge base clean, current, and ready to power smarter engagement.
View slidesClosing Keynote: The Future Is Ours to Shape
Ardis Kadiu, Dr. JC Bonilla, and President Tracy Brundage wrap up Engage 2025 by distilling the summit’s breakthrough ideas and charting a bold, AI-driven vision for the future of higher-education engagement.
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