Thursday, January 7, 2027 · 9 AM to 5 PM ET · Live on Zoom
Reimagining Higher Education
A Summit on the Future of Learning
If we were designing education for the world we’re entering, what would we build? Spend a day with the School of Radical Imagination, on our first birthday, finding out together.
Higher education is at an inflection point.
Fewer people believe the traditional path is worth it, and the world it was built for is changing fast. Instead of asking how to fix the university, this summit asks what we’d build if we started over.
Source: Gallup, August 2025
A day to imagine what comes next
For our first birthday, we’re bringing together scholars, educators, artists, technologists and worldbuilders to share what a year of learning outside traditional institutions has taught us.
Now, we’re inviting you into the conversation. The day ends with a workshop where we write A People’s Blueprint for Learning together, a public set of principles for education beyond the university.
The day
All times ET, with yours under them when it differs.
Welcome + Reflections on Year 1
What have we learned from a year of experimenting with education beyond traditional institutions? We’ll share reflections, lessons, and emerging possibilities from the School’s first year.
Speaker: Besan Abu-Joudeh, Founder, School of Radical ImaginationOpening Keynote
A provocative conversation to help us step outside the assumptions of today’s educational system and begin imagining from somewhere new.
Keynote speaker to be announcedReimagining Higher Education
What should we preserve, and what are we ready to leave behind?
Drawing on new research and emerging models, educators, researchers, and practitioners will examine the assumptions shaping higher education, what’s no longer working, and what alternatives are already taking shape.
Speakers: Dr. Sheila Pontis · Karina Anastasia Mathew · JuPong Lin · Jessie DanielsLearning in the Age of AI
When information is everywhere, what is education for?
AI is transforming how we access knowledge, create, and learn. What does this mean for the role of teachers, the value of expertise, and the human relationships at the heart of learning? And what should we protect as technology reshapes education?
Speakers: Sahra Ali · Oumaima Talouka · Greg Brisco · Amir MansourLiberation, Imagination & the Purpose of Learning
Education has never been neutral.
What might learning look like if its purpose were not simply employment or credentialing, but liberation, imagination, meaning, relationship, and our capacity to make our own choices and create another world?
Speakers: Hanieh Khosroshahi · Keaton Wadzinski · Shawna Wakefield · Renee JohnstonA People’s Blueprint for Learning
Interactive co-design workshop
What if you could design higher education from scratch? What would you preserve, what would you leave behind, and what new possibilities might emerge? In this two-hour interactive workshop, we’ll move from personal reflection to collective imagination and action.
Through small-group conversations and collaborative design, participants will explore what they want to learn, teach, and build—and imagine new ways of sharing knowledge that center liberation, curiosity, belonging, and collective flourishing.
Together, we’ll develop the ideas and principles that will shape A People’s Blueprint for Learning, a public document emerging from the Summit that will help inform the future of education. Along the way, you’ll connect with others who share your curiosity and may become collaborators in bringing these ideas to life.
Tickets
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Keep going after the summit
The School is where this conversation continues all year.
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