2026 International ACAC Conference Session Proposal Form

Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days. In a professional context promising better targeting, smarter predictions, and personalized recruitment at scale. But the reality is often more complicated. Most of us know how to use AI for basic tasks like drafting emails, and sense there is far more potential in workplace efficiency, yet remain unsure what meaningful, responsible use actually looks like in practice within the international education sector. This TED-style talk is not delivered by a technologist or software engineer. Instead, it offers a grounded, practitioner-led perspective. Drawing on real institutional contexts and sector experience, the session explores what AI can look like for those of us without a tech background: where it adds value, where it creates noise, and where it quietly reshapes how decisions are made, reframing AI as something that must be interpreted, questioned, and contextualized. It is a leadership conversation about how international recruitment professionals can stay thoughtful, credible, and human in a data-driven world.