Date: 16–17 March 2027
Location: Paris, France
Type: International Summit
Website: escp.eu
What Is the AI in Higher Education Summit 2027?
The AI in Higher Education Summit 2027 is an international summit hosted by ESCP Business School, taking place in Paris on 16–17 March 2027. The event examines a question that institutions around the world are now confronting directly: how should universities evolve in an AI-driven world? Rather than treating artificial intelligence as a purely technical matter, the summit frames it as an institutional challenge touching pedagogy, research practice, ethics and governance alike.
ESCP Business School, one of Europe’s established business schools with a multi-campus footprint, convenes the summit as a meeting point between academia and the wider AI ecosystem. The programme brings together academics, institutional leaders, researchers and policymakers — a combination that reflects the reality that decisions about AI in higher education are rarely made by any single group in isolation. Faculty shape curricula, administrators set policy, researchers define integrity standards, and policymakers frame the regulatory environment in which all of this unfolds.
The timing is significant. As AI tools become embedded in teaching, assessment and research workflows, universities face pressure to move beyond ad hoc responses toward coherent strategy. The AI in Higher Education Summit 2027 positions itself as a forum for that transition, offering keynotes, parallel sessions and roundtables designed to surface both practical approaches and unresolved tensions.
Why It Matters for AI Professionals
For AI professionals, higher education is both a talent pipeline and a deployment environment. The students graduating from the institutions represented at this summit will shape how AI is built and governed for decades, and the research integrity frameworks debated in Paris will influence how AI-assisted scholarship is evaluated worldwide. Understanding how universities are adapting — and where they are resisting — is directly relevant to anyone working on AI products, policy or research partnerships in the education sector.
The summit also offers a rare cross-sector view. AI practitioners typically encounter higher education through narrow lenses: a recruiting relationship, a research collaboration, or a procurement process. The AI in Higher Education Summit 2027 assembles the institutional decision-makers behind those touchpoints in one place, creating opportunities to understand how universities are thinking about ethics, governance and pedagogy before those positions harden into formal policy.
What to Expect
The summit programme is organised around four core themes, delivered through keynotes, parallel sessions and roundtables:
- Pedagogy: How teaching and assessment should change when AI tools are widely available to students.
- Research integrity: Standards for AI-assisted research and the institutional mechanisms needed to uphold them.
- Ethics: The normative questions universities must answer as they adopt AI across their operations.
- Governance: Institutional and policy frameworks for overseeing AI use in higher education.
The format — keynotes paired with parallel sessions and roundtables — suggests a mix of forward-looking vision and working-level discussion. Specific speakers and the detailed session schedule are details to be announced; prospective attendees should check the official event page for updates.
Who Should Attend
The summit is aimed at those who shape or study how higher education institutions adopt AI. That includes university leaders and administrators with responsibility for strategy, teaching and learning, or research policy; academics and researchers working on AI, pedagogy or research ethics; and policymakers engaged with education and technology regulation. AI professionals working with the education sector — whether in edtech, research partnerships or responsible AI governance — will find the cross-institutional perspective relevant. Given the Paris location and international framing, the event is likely to draw a European-centred but globally connected audience.
How to Register
Registration details, including pricing and the full programme, are to be announced. The official event page is the authoritative source for updates: escp.eu/events/ai-higher-education-summit-2027-paris-16-17-march. Those planning to attend the AI in Higher Education Summit 2027 in Paris on 16–17 March 2027 should monitor that page for registration opening dates and speaker announcements.
