#  2025 Conference Event Logistics 

 



## Event Details

*"Learning Now: Strategies for a Changing Landscape"*  
*Presented by the Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning*  
*Friday, October 3, 2025*  
*Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University*



 

##  Venues 

All sessions are in-person and will be held on the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) campus. Venues include:

- **Askwith Forum, Longfellow Hall**, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138
- **Gutman Conference Center (GCC), Monroe C. Gutman Library**, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138

A HILT conference name tag is required for entrance to all event venues listed above. Please be sure to **bring your Harvard ID** **to access all HGSE buildings** listed above.

[**View a map of accessible pathways and building entrances**](https://mapprod.cadm.harvard.edu/portal/apps/indoors/index.html?appid=2c3969f8d1b14147920610a68f6db713#).



 

##  Event Schedule at a Glance: 

**Where do I check in?** Registration will be located in the **Gutman Conference Center (GCC)** **from 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM.** Nametags can be picked up at GCC until 1:30 PM.

The conference **morning p****lenary session** will take place in **Askwith Hall** from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

All **concurrent breakout sessions** will be held in the **Gutman Conference Center (GCC)**, located on the ground floor of the Monroe C. Gutman Library between 10:15 AM and 12:30 PM. Please note the breakout session locations/rooms below.

**Lunch** will be held in the **Gutman Conference Center (GCC)** from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM. Attendees are welcome to sit in any of the available spaces on the ground floor and connect with colleagues. The lunch hour will also offer opportunities for attendees to engage in a variety of networking activities.



 

##  Breakout session locations: 

Registered attendees are invited to join the [concurrent breakout sessions](https://hilt.harvard.edu/2025-concurrent-breakout-sessions) beginning at 10:15 AM, held in the following locations within the Gutman Conference Center (GCC).

**Part 1 of Concurrent Breakout Sessions 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM**

- **GCC E1** Beyond Information: Empowering Students and Educators in an Age of Knowledge Abundance
- **GCC E2&3** Behind the Screens: Technology in Just-In-Time Online Learning
- **GCC E4** Engaged, Not Exhausted: Active Learning That Galvanizes Attention and Energy
- **GCC E5** Fostering Community Across Learning Modalities

**Part 2 of Concurrent Breakout Sessions 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM**

- **GCC E1** Discovery and Discomfort: Facilitating Productive Disagreement
- **GCC E2&3** Redesigning Assignments in the Age of AI
- **GCC E4** Beyond Checking the Box: From Participation to Engagement
- **GCC E5** Debating the Future of Learning - a session with the Harvard Debate Council