Technology demos without the trade-show pitch. See real solutions, ask candid questions, compare approaches, and hear what implementation actually looks like from higher education peers.
KANE Demo Labs bring higher education professionals and technology providers together around a specific challenge. Providers demonstrate their solutions against practical scenarios, KANE members ask the hard questions, and peers share what implementation actually looks like.
See the actual product instead of another slide deck.
Providers demonstrate against common higher education scenarios so comparisons are meaningful.
Ask about implementation, integrations, support, pricing, limitations, and what does not work well.
Hear from people running these technologies on real campuses—not only vendor-selected references.
No hour-long sales presentations. KANE gives participating providers the same scenario and the same amount of time. The emphasis is on showing how the technology works, what it takes to implement, and what institutions should know before buying.
KANE defines a practical higher education problem.
Each provider gets a focused 15–20 minute live demo.
Attendees ask candid implementation and pricing questions.
Peers share what using the technology is actually like.
We are developing the first KANE Demo Lab topics now. Early concepts include AI platforms for higher education, project and portfolio management, identity verification and enrollment fraud, cybersecurity, IT service management, and data and analytics.
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Inspired by a good idea. The KANE Demo Lab concept was inspired in part by EDUCAUSE Demo Days and adapted for KANE's smaller, collaborative, peer-driven community.
Explore EDUCAUSE Demo DaysKANE is a higher education technology consortium rooted in Kansas and Nebraska and open to broader collaboration. We connect institutions and technology leaders to share expertise, strengthen cybersecurity, develop people, and create more value together.
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