Tune in to SXSW EDU 2026 starting Monday, March 9!!
We are excited to announce that you can tune into SXSW EDU Live to watch this year’s Keynote and Featured Sessions. Starting at 9:00am CT daily, watch education professionals, innovators, and futurists at the top of their fields take the stage for groundbreaking presentations on leading trends and topics across the education space and beyond.
Access 5 daily thought-provoking sessions that will energize your practice, elevate your thinking, and help you drive impact. Follow along from your home, office, or around the conference, so you don’t miss a thing.
Explore the lineup of Keynote and Featured Speakers on this year's program taking place March 9-12, streaming live throughout the event.
Monday, March 9
9:00am - 9:45am CT Featured Session: How State Constitutions Empower & Protect Youth
Speakers: Celina Stewart, Erin Geiger Smith, Harper Seldin, Julia Olson
11:00am - 11:45pm CT Featured Session: Word Magic: How Etymology Ignites Curiosity, Precision, & Joy
Speakers: Jess Zafarris
12:30pm - 1:30pm CT Keynote: Reimagining Early Learning: Connection in a Digital Age
Speaker: Monica J. Sutton
2:00pm - 2:45pm CT Featured Session: Redefining Success: A New Social Contract for Higher Ed
Speakers: Ted Mitchell, Timothy Knowles
4:00pm - 4:45pm CT Featured Session: Feeding Kids Like We Give a Damn: Transforming School Food
Speakers: Jim McGovern, Mara Fleishman, Maya Miller, Norbert Wilson
Tuesday, March 10
9:00am - 9:45am CT Featured Session: Exclusion to Empowerment: Women, Tech, & the Future of Learning
Speakers: Alex Wright-Gladstein, Roya Mahboob
11:00am - 11:45pm CT Featured Session: From the Stage to the Stars: A New Script for STEM
Speakers: Aisha Bowe, Alma Cooper, Scarlin Hernandez, Walt Hickey
12:30pm - 1:30pm CT Keynote: Improving Young Minds & Mental Wellbeing in the AI Era
Speaker:Bruce Reed, Laurie Santos
2:00pm - 2:45pm CT Featured Session: Reasons to Believe: Reclaiming Optimism in Public Education
Speakers: Frances Messano, Aneesh Sohoni
4:00pm - 4:45pm CT Featured Session: When Young People Lead: Rethinking Education Systems
Speakers: Chantale Zuzi, Samih Daher, Tamara Höfer, Yemi Dele Akinyemi
Wednesday, March 11
9:00am - 9:45am CT Featured Session: EdTech Has Been Building for the Wrong Person
Speakers: Dustin Ramsdell, Riley Crimmins
11:00am - 11:45pm CT Featured Session: Redefining Redemption Through Talent, Culture, & Opportunity
Speakers: Alencia Johnson, James Cadogan, Ken Oliver, Larry Miller
12:30pm - 1:30pm CT Keynote: Keeping Teachers at the Center of AI in Schools
Speaker: Adeel Khan, Martha Salazar-Zamora
2:00pm - 2:45pm CT Featured Session: Beyond Bans: Defending LGBTQ+ Stories & Literary Freedom
Speakers: Brian Bond, Casey McQuiston, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Sam Helmick
4:00pm - 4:45pm CT Featured Session: New Ground Rules: Shifts in U.S. International Education
Speakers: Deneyse Kirkpatrick, Jason Czyz, Lawrence Schovanec, Vivian Walker
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