General Session

Opening Keynote | Human Connection in the Age of AI: Disruption, Dystopia, or Discovery?

09/25/2025

8:00 am - 8:45 am

Julia Freeland Fisher

Director, Education

Clayton Christensen Institute

AI is ushering in a new dawn of personalization — but how will this shape students' access and ability to form social connections? In this keynote, Julia Freeland Fisher will describe the ways AI threatens to disrupt human connection and the proactive steps school leaders and edtech providers can take to ensure that all students have the relationships they need to thrive.