K-State Digital Summit
Explore leading edge digital innovation and learn more about next-gen digital degree and certificate programs.
A summit of opportunity
According to projections by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, demand for digitally skilled professionals by Kansas and regional employers are estimated to need over 40,000 graduates with blended digital skills in the next decade. In addition, the bureau estimates that 1.7 million digital media-related jobs will need to be filled by 2030.
The K-State Digital Summit for high school students is designed to help participants explore how their interests in technology, media, and innovation connect to future academic and career opportunities. As digital tools continue to reshape how we learn, create, and work, the summit offers high school students an early opportunity to discover what’s possible and how they can be part of building what comes next.
Through immersive, hands-on workshops led by Kansas State University faculty and industry experts, students won’t just learn about digital innovation, they’ll experience it. Participants will create, experiment, and problem-solve while gaining exposure to in-demand digital skills and the types of collaborative, project-based learning they can expect in college-level programs and modern careers that value creativity, adaptability, and innovation.
Students can explore areas such as digital media, cybersecurity, computer science, marketing technology, and digital agriculture, while connecting directly with faculty and professionals working in these fields. By engaging with experts, students will gain insight into emerging career paths, develop greater confidence in their college and career decisions, and better understand how their interests can grow into meaningful opportunities in today’s technology-driven world.
Interested in putting together a Digital Summit event for your school? Contact Jana Thomas, Professor of Practice in the A.Q. Miller School.
Digital Summit for High School Students
Participants explore how their interests in technology, media, and innovation connect to future academic and career opportunities
What Digital Summit Attendees Had to Say
"The digital summit gave us opportunities to learn about design and its processes: for example storyboarding and app design." Dayne Williams
"I learned a lot about AI" -Lucas Adams
"It was intriguing to learn more about careers based on the tech. world"-Amin Mohammed
"It opened my horizons on new career opportunities"-Jaeger Anderson
"The Digital Summit was like a dream. I have always loved working with computers since I was in the computer labs in elementary school. The fact that I got to talk to awesome people who work in the field every day and have extremely in-depth conversations about programming, Artificial Intelligence, and whatever else we happened to share a passion for was truly inspiring.
As someone who isn't really surrounded by people who love computers as much as I do, I felt a little weird talking about programming and AI around them. This Digital Summit brought together so many more people like me and people who work in the field so I could talk about whatever passion I had and goals I have for the future instead of someone telling me 'You should try for something more achievable or rational' like I have heard so painfully often because I have fairly lofty goals, I was given resources, help, and guidance I didn't even know was available. I was given reassurance that whatever I am doing to improve myself now is more than enough to prepare for a digital future.
The workshops we did were enlightening and I got to really feel what it was like to work in the field I love so dearly. From AI to drones to whatever else, I left the Digital Summit more knowledgeable and hopeful for the future and, quite frankly, a little sad that it was over so soon.
I will definitely be attending in the future and look forward to more events like this one." - Tyler Burns
"I learned a lot about AI" -Lucas Adams
"It was intriguing to learn more about careers based on the tech. world"-Amin Mohammed
"It opened my horizons on new career opportunities"-Jaeger Anderson
"The Digital Summit was like a dream. I have always loved working with computers since I was in the computer labs in elementary school. The fact that I got to talk to awesome people who work in the field every day and have extremely in-depth conversations about programming, Artificial Intelligence, and whatever else we happened to share a passion for was truly inspiring.
As someone who isn't really surrounded by people who love computers as much as I do, I felt a little weird talking about programming and AI around them. This Digital Summit brought together so many more people like me and people who work in the field so I could talk about whatever passion I had and goals I have for the future instead of someone telling me 'You should try for something more achievable or rational' like I have heard so painfully often because I have fairly lofty goals, I was given resources, help, and guidance I didn't even know was available. I was given reassurance that whatever I am doing to improve myself now is more than enough to prepare for a digital future.
The workshops we did were enlightening and I got to really feel what it was like to work in the field I love so dearly. From AI to drones to whatever else, I left the Digital Summit more knowledgeable and hopeful for the future and, quite frankly, a little sad that it was over so soon.
I will definitely be attending in the future and look forward to more events like this one." - Tyler Burns