ADOBE DIGITAL LEADERS WEBINAR

From digital transformation to AI orchestration: the next era for higher education

Length: 48 mins

A powerful shift is underway across Australian universities. Digital transformation is taking a new direction in the age of AI, reshaping student expectations, enrolment and learning pathways, and demanding new operational responses.

Our new State of Higher Education report for 2026 highlights emerging drivers of change, quantifies student experience performance, and crucially, rates the preparedness of Australian universities for an AI-enabled future.

Join Adobe’s Scott King who will reveal the report’s findings in conversation with Skye Murray, Head of Digital Performance, University of Sydney and Christopher Webster, Partner Experience Design & Digital Engineering at EY. This will include a real-world view of how student experience and AI readiness is being enhanced as part of University of Sydney's major digital transformation.

Together, we’ll unpack:

• How the industry stacks up against Adobe’s student experience evaluation
• Strengths and weaknesses in experience delivery and tactics to boost performance
• AI Readiness scores across the sector and what this means for students and staff
• Where top-scoring universities are focusing and what sets them apart
• How leading universities are translating experience insights into transformation roadmaps to uplift student outcomes and operational efficiency