For Partners
Technology partners and industry experts participate as community members, not vendors.
If you're accustomed to education conferences with exhibit halls, badge scanners, and sponsored sessions, AI Convergence will feel unfamiliar. That's intentional.
We believe the most valuable conversations between higher education leaders and technology innovators happen when commercial dynamics are removed from the room. When a dean can ask a founder, "What does your tool actually struggle with?" and get an honest answer. When a product leader can hear, "Here's what we wish you would build" without filtering through a sales team.
Technology partners attend as full participants, not observers or sponsors. You'll be in the same working sessions, at the same lunch tables, in the same plenary discussions as institutional leaders. You're here to learn as much as to contribute.
The technology partners who get the most from AI Convergence approach it as customer discovery, not lead generation. You'll hear directly—without filters—what institutional leaders actually need, what's frustrating them about current tools, and where the gaps are that no one is filling. This intelligence can reshape your product roadmap.
Think of the great customer discovery and what you'll learn from being in this space. If you're a founder, that day or two is gold.
We ask a lot of technology partners. In return, we commit to treating you as genuine community members, creating space for your perspectives, connecting you with leaders who are genuinely interested in your work, and being honest when something isn't a fit.
The leaders in this room are making real decisions about real investments. When those decisions align with what you're building, relationships formed here lead to partnerships. But that happens because of trust built over time, not pitches delivered under pressure.
Higher education doesn't exist in isolation. The students we serve enter a world shaped by employers, industries, and economic forces that are themselves being transformed by AI. AI Convergence brings industry voices into our community—not as sponsors or recruiters, but as honest partners in understanding what's changing.
Industry experts join us as invited guests. They bring perspective that academic leaders need but rarely hear unfiltered: What do employers actually see when graduates arrive? How is AI reshaping the work our students will do?
We're particularly interested in voices from the industries our students will actually enter—not just EdTech companies building tools for education, but the employers who will hire our graduates and the sectors being transformed by AI.
If you're an industry leader who can contribute perspective on AI's impact on your sector and what it means for talent development, we'd like to hear from you. Contact us at info@aiconvergence.ai.