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Achieving Accessibility: Streamlining PDF Compliance in Higher Education

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

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Join Adobe and its partners for a dynamic webinar tailored to higher education leaders and decision-makers. Discover practical strategies to meet the DOJ’s 2026 mandate for PDF accessibility and ensure document compliance across your institution.

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EduMAX 2025

Creativity and AI literacy are the most sought-after skills in the job market today. Don’t let your students fall behind — join us to discover how equitable access to future-ready creative and AI tools helps students better engage with their learning, solve complex problems, and communicate their ideas with impact.

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Now or Never: Higher Education at the AI Crossroads

October 7-9, 2025
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Generation AI on Campus

Join us for an engaging, hands-on, in-person event series designed to empower academic communities with the tools, insights, and strategies needed to navigate this transformative landscape.

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Achieving Accessibility: Streamlining PDF Compliance in Higher Education

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

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Digital Literacy Café Series

The Digital Literacy Café webinar series provides academic leaders with various perspectives on preparing students for success in the modern economy.

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Adobe Express + Firefly Series

Join us in this webinar series to discover how higher education leaders and faculty can use new creative and generative AI technologies to reimagine assessments, boost student engagement, build career readiness, and more.

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Adobe Higher Education Events

As AI continues to reshape creative industries, students in the arts and design fields need future-ready skills that balance technical expertise with creative expression. Find out how top higher education institutions are using Adobe Creative Cloud to catalyse this transformation.

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Next Office Hour Event

Explore practical frameworks and strategies for integrating AI literacy across disciplines to create a powerful advantage for graduates.

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Buzzwords to Blueprints Event

Discover how campus leaders are turning AI buzzwords into actionable strategies that enhance student success, drive innovation, and strengthen institutional readiness. Learn from real-world examples of AI adoption in higher education and how it’s shaping the future of learning.

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Beyond the Plagiarism Panic: Rethinking Learning and Leadership in the Age of AI

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

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AI is already reshaping the classroom — and for many in higher education, it raises tough questions. Do we ban it? Treat it as cheating? Ignore it and hope it goes away?

This session took a different approach.

Instead of defaulting to plagiarism panic, colleges and universities have a chance to lead by rethinking how AI fits into teaching, learning, and assessment. Our experts looked at how two institutions are embracing AI as a tool for student creativity, critical thinking, and career readiness while still upholding academic integrity.

Watch our on-demand and explore how to design practical, forward-thinking classroom strategies that integrate AI without losing what matters most in higher ed.

Our speakers shared:

How to use AI to boost student engagement, faculty innovation, and institutional distinction

Ways to support faculty in building assignments that are authentic, accountable, and intellectually challenging — not easily gamed by AI

Approaches that empower students to explain, critique, and stand behind their AI-assisted work (just like they’ll need to in the workforce)

Policy and guidance frameworks that support ethical AI use — from idea development to research support — without going full automation

Tactics to preserve and promote critical thinking when it’s tempting to let AI take the wheel
Dr. Anne Leftwich
Associate Vice President of Learning Technologies, Indiana University.
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Dr. Shawn Schulenberg
Professor of Political Science at Marshall University, Chair of the Faculty Senate and Co-Chair of the Presidential AI Task Force.
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Dr. Jodie Penrod
Chief Information Officer, Marshall University.
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Dr. Justin Hodgson
Associate Professor of Digital Rhetoric & Director Digital Gardener Initiative, Indiana University.
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Buzzwords to Blueprints: What AI on Campus Actually Looks Like

August 12, 2025

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As AI continues to transform higher education, institutions are moving beyond theory to real-world implementation. In this thought-provoking webinar, leaders from Auburn University, California State University Monterey Bay, Adobe, and The Chronicle of Higher Education will share how campuses are adopting generative AI in ways that align with academic goals, enhance student success, and prepare graduates for an AI-driven workforce.

From policy frameworks to classroom innovation, panelists will explore the challenges, opportunities, and actionable strategies that turn AI buzzwords into impactful blueprints for teaching, learning, and institutional growth.
Asim Ali, Ph.D.
Biggio Center at Auburn University
Tara Hughes
California State University Monterey Bay
Dhruva Chandrasekhar
Adobe
Rick Seltzer
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Why Generative AI Skills Belong in Every Creative Curriculum

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

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Join our webinar to discover why the next generation needs more than Adobe proficiency—they must master generative AI to stay competitive. As content demand surges, employers want graduates who can deliver high-quality creative fast.

Learn how integrating Adobe Firefly with Creative Cloud empowers students to stand out and meet evolving industry needs.

Our speakers shared:

What the industry is looking for in today’s creative professionals

How Adobe Firefly is enhancing our students' craft and making them more employable

How Adobe is helping our students get their careers started
Niels Stevens
Senior Solutions Consultant, Education, UK, Adobe
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Linda McNair
Creative Professional Product Marketing, Adobe Higher Education
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Lyndsay Duthie
Pro Vice Chancellor for Academic Partnerships and Industry Engagement, University for Creative Arts
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Daryl Yeoman
Lead Video Editor, VML UK
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Fiona Camino
Head of UK Higher Education, Adobe
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Why Generative AI Skills Belong in Every Creative Curriculum

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

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As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes industries and job roles, higher education faces an urgent challenge: preparing students for an AI-enhanced workplace. Employers are increasingly seeking graduates who not only understand AI but can combine AI fluency with digital skills and visual competencies to drive innovation and productivity.

During this Next Office Hour, we'll explore practical frameworks and strategies for integrating AI literacy across disciplines to create a powerful advantage for graduates.

Our speakers shared:

How combining AI literacy with creative competencies and visual storytelling equips students to solve complex problems across various industries.

Best practices for empowering students to harness AI as a collaborator, enhancing their creativity and design capabilities to stand out in the job market.

Creating programs that connect academic learning with real-world AI applications, ensuring graduates have the skills employers demand.

Building pathways that combine AI literacy, digital fluency, and creative design to prepare well-rounded, career-ready graduates.
José Antonio Bowen
Co-Author, Teaching With AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning
Angela Gunder
Chief Executive Officer/Founder, Opened Culture (OEC)
Matthew Kinservik
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, University of Delaware

Connecting AI Literacy, Learning Outcomes & Career Readiness

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

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To integrate generative AI across the curriculum, higher education institutions must find meaningful connections between students’ day-to-day academic work, their learning outcomes, and the growing demand for AI literacy everywhere.

This on-demand session explores ways to do that work from the perspectives of both education and industry. Our featured panelists reflected on what measurable skills and learning experiences students need in order to face the future classroom and an uncertain future of work.

They also offered insights into what employers and academic institutions are looking for in terms of integrated approaches to generative AI across the curriculum.

Our speakers shared:

How innovative institutions in North America approach curricular transformation and career readiness in the age of generative AI

Strategies to thoughtfully and equitably invite all students to develop AI literacy through learning outcomes shared by all disciplines

The growing expectations industry stakeholders have for college graduates transitioning to or upskilling in the workforce
Dr. Magdalena Barrera
Vice Provost for Faculty Success, San José State University.
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Dr. Megan Workmon
Director of Learning Experience Design for Enterprise Technology, Arizona State University.
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Dr. Bob Caron
Specialist Leader in Higher Education, Deloitte.
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Dr. Todd Taylor
Adobe Pedagogical Evangelist & Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Dr. Shauna Chung
Adobe Pedagogical Evangelist and former English faculty, New York City College of Technology, CUNY.
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Exploring in-class exercises and lesson plans that integrate generative AI

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

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To ensure that our students become critical, ethical, and agile users of generative AI, we need to integrate it into courses in every discipline. In this session, four faculty members shared a dozen successful classroom exercises and lesson plans that engage students and help build transferable skills like creativity and collaboration.

Our speakers shared:

Practical day-to-day approaches to integrating generative AI in ways that promote student learning outcomes

Pedagogical principles behind the lesson plans and exercises
Dr. Wanda White - Walker
Director of the Center for Innovative and Transformative Instruction and an Adobe Thought Leader, CIT Winston-Salem State University.
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Dr. Farah Bennani
Dean of Math, Science, and Engineering, Elgin Community College.
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Dr. Matthew Acevedo
Executive Director of Learning Innovation and Faculty Engagement, University of Miami.
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Dr. Daniel Frank
Continuing Lecturer, Writing Program, University of California Santa Barbara.
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Dr. Todd Taylor
Adobe Pedagogical Evangelist & Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Dr. Shauna Chung
Adobe Pedagogical Evangelist and former English faculty, New York City College of Technology, CUNY.
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Driving student engagement with Adobe Express and Adobe Firefly generative AI

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

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After years in learning environments that couldn't accommodate creative, unstructured, exploratory, or even hands-on learning experiences, many of today's college students arrive on campus with a hyper-focus on checklists and grades.

In this session, Indiana University's Professor Justin Hodgson shared how educators can build more meaningful learning experiences — even failure-friendly experiences — that focus on the joy of discovery and integrating digital fluency into the classroom.

Our speakers shared:

How to shift rote coursework to approaches like “ungrading” that prioritize conversations and the development of skills including creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and collaboration

How to drive engagement with creative projects that challenge students to show what they know

How students can use Adobe Express and Firefly to craft media they’ll be proud to share while becoming critical, ethical, and agile users of AI
Amogh Busnur
Cognitive Science Student, Indiana University Bloomington.
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Dr. Justin Hodgson
Associate Professor of Digital Rhetoric & Director Digital Gardener Initiative, Indiana University.
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Building student's career-readiness and success with digital badges and credentials

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

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To help students succeed in a competitive job market, higher education leaders need to equip students with sought-after skills and ways to showcase them to employers.

Professor Justin Hodgson of Indiana University demonstrated how projects with integrated digital badges can help students articulate their learning and their career-ready skills, supplementing traditional degrees. By combining micro-credentialing with creative digital coursework, educators can help students stand out and land their dream jobs.

Our speakers shared:

How digital badging programs provide a quick mechanism for students to cultivate real-world career skills

How digital badging enhances student projects and offers success measures outside of traditional grades

How badges and credentials can help hiring managers identify that students have both practical skills and growth mindsets

How self-paced Adobe Express and Firefly badging and credentialing programs align with academic goals and workforce-ready skillsets to help students stand out
Holly Johnson
Associate Director of Digital Learning Experience Innovation and Outreach, Adobe Creative Campus Thought Leader, University of Utah.
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Dr. Brian Johnsrud
Global Head of Education Thought Leadership and Student Success, Adobe.
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Dr. Justin Hodgson
Associate Professor of Digital Rhetoric & Director Digital Gardener Initiative, Indiana University.
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One year later: exploring new policies and guidelines for integrating generative AI across the curriculum

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

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At the start of the 2023-2024 school year, thought leaders from four campuses visited the Adobe Digital Literacy Café to share how they established initial guidelines around the use of generative AI in academics. One year later, three schools have gathered and shared how they have evolved their approaches to responsibly integrating the technology across the curriculum — as well as one EDUCAUSE researcher who recently coauthored a report on AI integration in the education sector.

Our speakers shared:

How they’ve been working to ensure that their students and faculty can benefit from game-changing technology while maintaining academic integrity

How their new policies and guidelines are designed to help students develop in-demand career skills

Access to reports, projects, and other materials they’re creating related to generative AI policies and guidelines
Melissa Vito
Vice Provost of Academic Innovation, UTSA.
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Jenay Robert
Senior Researcher, EDUCAUSE.
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Matthew Kinservik
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, University of Delaware.
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Amir Dabirian
Provost and Vice President, California State University.
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Dr. Todd Taylor
Adobe Pedagogical Evangelist & Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Dr. Shauna Chung
Adobe Pedagogical Evangelist and former English faculty, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
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Navigating the AI-Driven Future
of Higher Education

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

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As AI continues to reshape both education and the workforce, higher education leaders need to ensure that their institutions are prepared to reimagine teaching and learning and help students build critical new skills. In our exclusive webinar designed for presidents, provosts, and other senior leadership, our speakers shared actionable insights and success strategies for driving innovation on campus, transforming the educational experience, and sharpening your competitive edge with generative AI.

Our speakers showcased peer-led discussions, thought leadership, and industry research focused on enhancing student engagement, academic outcomes, and workforce readiness.

Our speakers shared:

Peer insights: Hear from academic leaders using AI and Adobe tools to enhance teaching and learning

Industry research: Gain insights from leading experts on the future of AI in education

Student outcomes: Learn how AI is revolutionizing personalized learning and career readiness

Demo: Watch a demonstration showcasing the journey to generative AI creativity, collaboration, and automation

Watch our webinar and leave with a clearer vision for how to prepare your faculty, staff, and students for success in an AI-driven world.
Dr. Justin Hodgson
Associate Professor of Digital Rhetoric & Director Digital Gardener Initiative, Indiana University.
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Chitra Mittha
Product Marketing Director, Education, Adobe.
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Joshua Meredith
Client Relationship Executive, Deloitte Consulting.
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Natasha Chan
Principal Education Solutions Consultant, Adobe.
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Empower Creative Students with Future-ready Skills

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

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As demand grows for AI literacy in creative careers, students in creative arts programs need the skills to express their ideas and deliver standout work using both industry-leading apps and new AI-powered tools.

Join us to hear how Adobe is equipping the next generation of creative professionals, faculty and staff with cutting-edge creative technology and responsibly designed, commercially safe generative AI.

Our speakers shared:

How students can learn industry standard skills for the future

Ways to amplify students’ originality and create a more engaged campus

How you can help students become compelling visual communicators in the classroom, their future careers, and beyond with Adobe Creative Cloud
Niels Stevens
Senior Solutions Consultant, Education, UK, Adobe
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Chitra Mittha
Product Marketing Director, Education, Adobe
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Brian Johnsrud
Global Head of Education Thought Leadership and Student Success, Adobe
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Fiona Camino
Head of UK Higher Education, Adobe
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Showcasing Inspirational Student Work Amplified by Generative AI

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

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In our final Digital Literacy Café (DLC) session of the academic year, we featured students who’ve created innovative course projects using generative AI. Coming from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, these inspiring students described their creative decision-making processes and shared their experiences of learning with generative AI tools like Adobe Firefly. Our Café moderators also quickly recapped the previous five DLC sessions to reflect on the ways in which higher education thought leaders and faculty have enabled these students’ success.

Our speakers shared:

Student perspectives on using generative AI for teaching and learning

Ideas for redesigning course deliverables to integrate AI tools across the curriculum

Practical insights for helping all students become critical, ethical, and agile users of emerging technologies
Nicole Hopkins
Instructional Technology Support Specialist, Academic Technology & Outreach, Montana State University
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Lizette Rodriguez
Physics & Astronomy Student & Research Assistant, Society of Physics Students Outreach, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
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Cole Taylor
Interior Design Undergrad Student, Central Michigan University
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Dr. Todd Taylor
Adobe Pedagogical Evangelist & Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Integrating visual communication with generative AI

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

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In higher education, most of the conversation about the impact of generative AI has focused on text output for research and writing projects. But what about image generation with AI? Join us to hear how three faculty members shared their diverse approaches to helping their students build essential visual communication skills, increasingly leveraging the power of Adobe Firefly and other generative AI tools.

Our speakers shared:

How image-based AI tools can facilitate both general AI literacy and practical visual communication for academic work and beyond

Cross-curricular strategies to engage and empower learners through images, graphics, and creative thinking

Ways to equip students to become critical, ethical, agile users of visual generative AI, especially in their future careers
Dr. Allison Christians
H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Tax Law, McGill University.
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Dr. Sheneese Thompson
Associate Professor of Afro-American Studies, Howard University.
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George Garrastegui
Chair of the Communication Design Program, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
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Dr. Todd Taylor
Adobe Pedagogical Evangelist & Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Dr. Shauna Chung
Adobe Pedagogical Evangelist and former English faculty, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
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From creativity to career success: a student's digital journey

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

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Nobody knows what the next three-to-five years are going to look like, but skills such as creative thinking, resilience, and digital agility are poised to rise in significance by 2027 — becoming critical indicators of student success.

Join us to discover how you can help your students develop these essential skills. Professor Justin Hodgson of Indiana University showcased how integrating digital creativity into the classroom can increase student engagement and facilitate dynamic learning experiences. By combining low-stakes activities and high-impact practices that center on digital creativity, you can empower your students to develop the skills and knowledge employers need today and in the future.

In this session, Professor Hodgson was joined by a former student who’s navigated the transition from undergrad to industry professional by using creativity and visual communication in the most unexpected ways.
Sarah Scarpitti
Business Development & Marketing Coordinator, Zuckerman Investment Group
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Dr. Justin Hodgson
Associate Professor of Digital Rhetoric & Director Digital Gardener Initiative, Indiana University.
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Don't miss our higher education webinars.

Join higher ed leaders and faculty along with Adobe experts as we dive into critical topics around education technology, institutional innovation, and student success.

Achieving Accessibility: Streamlining PDF Compliance in Higher Education

EduMAX 2025

Now or Never: Higher Education at the AI Crossroads

October 7-9, 2025 Adobe Founders Tower, San Jose CA 95113

Generation AI on Campus

Achieving Accessibility: Streamlining PDF Compliance in Higher Education

Digital Literacy Café Series

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Adobe Express + Firefly Series

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Adobe Higher Education Events

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Next Office Hour Event

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Buzzwords to Blueprints Event

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How Higher Education Leaders can Navigate an AI-driven Future

Explore Inspiring Student Work Amplified by Generative AI

Connecting AI Literacy, Learning Outcomes, and Career readiness

Explore One Student’s Journey from Creativity to Career Success

How Higher Education Leaders can Navigate an AI-driven Future

Explore Inspiring Student Work Amplified by Generative AI

Connecting AI Literacy, Learning Outcomes, and Career readiness

Explore One Student’s Journey from Creativity to Career Success

Dr. Anne Leftwich

Dr. Shawn Schulenberg

Dr. Jodie Penrod

Dr. Justin Hodgson

Asim Ali, Ph.D.

Tara Hughes

Dhruva Chandrasekhar

Rick Seltzer

Niels Stevens

Linda McNair

Lyndsay Duthie

Daryl Yeoman

Fiona Camino

José Antonio Bowen

Angela Gunder

Matthew Kinservik

Dr. Magdalena Barrera

Dr. Megan Workmon

Dr. Bob Caron

Dr. Todd Taylor

Dr. Shauna Chung

Dr. Wanda White - Walker

Dr. Farah Bennani

Dr. Matthew Acevedo

Dr. Daniel Frank

Dr. Todd Taylor

Dr. Shauna Chung

Amogh Busnur

Dr. Justin Hodgson

Holly Johnson

Dr. Brian Johnsrud

Dr. Justin Hodgson

Melissa Vito

Jenay Robert

Matthew Kinservik

Amir Dabirian

Dr. Todd Taylor

Dr. Shauna Chung

Dr. Justin Hodgson

Chitra Mittha

Joshua Meredith

Natasha Chan

Niels Stevens

Chitra Mittha

Brian Johnsrud

Fiona Camino

Nicole Hopkins

Lizette Rodriguez

Cole Taylor

Dr. Todd Taylor

Dr. Allison Christians

Dr. Sheneese Thompson

George Garrastegui

Dr. Todd Taylor

October 7-9, 2025
Adobe Founders Tower, San Jose CA 95113