#  2012 Conference Agenda 

 



## 2012 HILT Conference, "Inaugural HILT Symposium"

Held on Friday, February 3, 2012, in the Northwest Building, Harvard University.



 

##  Program Overview 

**7:30 am** Breakfast/Registration

**8:15 am** Welcome and Opening Remarks from President Faust. Overview of HILT with Erin Driver-Linn.

**8:30 am** The Science of Learning. Motivating question: What research most informs higher education, and how can this research be incorporated into its practices and policies in an ongoing way? This session is facilitated by Mahzarin Banaji, with panelists Henry “Roddy” Roediger, Steven Pinker, and Carl Wieman.

**10:00 am** Break, Informal Discussions

**10:30 am** Innovation in Higher Education. Motivating question: Why and what should higher education innovate? This session is facilitated by John Palfrey, with panelists Clayton Christensen, Cathy Davidson, and Joi Ito.

**12:00 pm** Lunch

**1:00 pm** Improving Learning through Innovation in Practice: Demonstrations and Ideas. The various breakout session panelists: **Group A)** Bridget Long \[facilitator\], Michael Hays, Tom Kelly, Eric Mazur, Jennifer Leaning; **Group B)** Todd Rakoff \[facilitator\], Peter Galison, Alyssa Goodman, Dan Levy, David Malan; **Group C)** Xiao-Li Meng \[facilitator\], Peter Bol, Elizabeth Breen, Liz Lerman, Rob Lue, Jonathan Zittrain; **Group D)** Nancy Kane \[facilitator\], Anne Harrington, Andrew Ho, Hisa Kuriyama, Peter Der Manuelian; **Group E)** Logan McCarty \[facilitator\], Melissa Franklin, Lani Guinier, Jeffrey Schnapp, Shari Tishman

[**Full list of speaker bios**](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:f6b39cc4-6b23-40ca-aee6-305be8962e6e)

**3:00 pm** Break, Informal Discussions

**3:30 pm** Looking to the Future: An Interactive Discussion with Attendees. Motivating question: How can Harvard create lasting (2nd and 3rd generation) and sustainable impact with its pedagogical innovation? This session is facilitated by Alan Garber, with panelists Lawrence Bacow, Youngme Moon, and Michael Sandel.

**5:00 pm** *Cocktail Reception with President Faust*