Conference Program
Teaching in the Age of AI:
Nurturing Connections and Empowering Learners
Friday, September 22, 2023
2023 HILT conference
Harvard Business School
| Morning Session |
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)
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| 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)
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| 10:30 am |
Break |
| Breakout Sessions & Lunch |
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.
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| Afternoon Session |
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)
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| 2:00 pm |
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