#  2023 Conference Agenda 

 



## HILT Conference 2023 "Teaching in the Age of AI: Nurturing Connections and Empowering Learners"

Held on Friday, September 22, 2023, at the Harvard Business School (HBS).



 

##  Program Overview 

**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*](https://hilt.harvard.edu/2023-breakout-sessions))

**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



 

##  Additional 2023 Conference links: 

- [Breakout Sessions](https://hilt.harvard.edu/2023-breakout-sessions)
- [Professional Photography](/2023-conference-photo-gallery "2023 Conference Photo Gallery")
- [Speaker Bios](https://hilt.harvard.edu/2023-speaker-facilitator-bios)
- [Resources](https://hilt.harvard.edu/2023-conference-resources)
- [Event Logistics](https://hilt.harvard.edu/2023-event-logistics)