2023 Conference Agenda

Morning Session at Klarman Hall:

8:30 am Registration, Breakfast, and Networking

9:00 am Welcome Remarks and Introduction

• Dustin Tingley, Professor of Government (FAS); Deputy Vice Provost for Advances in Learning; Faculty Director of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT)

Framing Remarks: “Elevating Teaching and Learning through Generative AI.”

• Mitchell B. Weiss, Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice (HBS)

9:25 am Morning Plenary: “Forecasting the Role of Generative AI on the Future of Higher Education”

• Kristina Ishmael, Deputy Director, US Department of Education, Office of Education Technology
• Ethan Mollick, Associate Professor of Management and Academic Director, Wharton Interactive, UPenn
• Jeffrey Schnapp, Carl A. Pescosolido Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature; Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature (FAS); Faculty co-director of Berkman Center for Internet and Society (HLS)
• Moderated by: Bridget Terry Long, Dean of Faculty; Saris Professor of Education and Economics (HGSE)

10:30 am Break

Breakout Sessions & Lunch at Batten Hall:

10:50 am Concurrent breakout sessions
(see descriptions)

12:00 pm Lunch and networking
Eat, refresh, network, learn about HILT Affinity Groups, or demo the HUIT Generative AI Sandbox during this lunch hour.

Afternoon Session at Klarman Hall:

1:00 pm Afternoon Plenary: “Next Steps: Developing a Harvard Strategy for AI in Higher Education”

• Alan Garber, Provost of Harvard University
• Amanda Claybaugh, Dean of Undergraduate Education; Samuel Zemurray, Jr. and Doris Zemurray Stone Radcliffe Professor of English (FAS)
• Tsedal Neeley, Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research (HBS); Author of The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI
• Moderated by: Bharat Anand, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (CADM); Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration (HBS)

2:00pm Close