EDUCAUSE 2026
EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2026
Annual conference for higher education IT leadership and research computing.
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About EDUCAUSE 2026
The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2026 runs September 29–October 2, 2026 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. It is the main US higher education IT conference, drawing roughly 6,000 attendees.
Who should attend
Attendees include university CIOs, IT directors, research computing leaders, and higher education procurement staff.
Why it matters
Campus IT organizations are now funding shared AI clusters and central research data platforms alongside traditional enterprise systems. EDUCAUSE shows how those decisions are being made across the higher education sector and how research computing fits into central IT planning.