Keynote Sponsor
E3
Greg Lindsay
Greg Lindsay | Journalist (NYT, WSJ, CNN), Director of the Emergent Cities Project, NYU visiting scholar, Writer for Fast Company, and Co-Author of "Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next"
Keynote
What’s the purpose of physical space when learning, work, and collaboration can happen anywhere? This question sits at the heart of every challenge facing higher education facilities today — and offers a framework for navigating an uncertain future. Drawing on a decade of research into how technology reshapes the built environment, Greg Lindsay will explore how AI is transforming facilities management, why adaptive reuse beats new construction, and how campuses can become engines of unexpected innovation. Attendees will leave with practical frameworks for thinking about space differently—not as fixed infrastructure, but as dynamic platforms for human connection.
Key Takeaways:
- The emerging AI toolkit for facilities: digital twins, spatial analytics, and what’s actually useful now
- Designing for serendipity: how physical space drives collaboration and discovery
- The campus as urban anchor: leveraging Texas institutions’ growing role in their communities