ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION
OCTOBER 21ST, 2018
Reception at Shopify
18:00 – 20:00
Shopify, 150 Elgin, 8th Floor, Ottawa
18:00
• Welcome
18:15
• Panelists (introductions and discussion)
19:45
• Networking session
OCTOBER 22ND, 2018
Symposium at the University of Ottawa
8:00 – 16:45
STEM Complex, 150 Louis Pasteur, University of Ottawa
Room 224
8:00 – 8:30
• Breakfast & Registration
8:30 – 8:50
• Welcome and Introduction
8:50 – 9:00
• Icebreaker
9:00 – 10:15
Probe 1: To what extent does the drive towards ever-increasing development of AI – as played out in realms of research and private-sector interests – displace traditional skills, knowledge and expertise? What impact does this have on current educational offerings? What societal safeguards might we need to create and implement in light of such a potentially radical disruption?
• Panel: Chris Dede, Ian Kerr, James Barrat
• Facilitator: Alastair Summerlee
10:15 – 10:45
• Coffee Break / Networking Session
10:45 – 12:00
Probe 2: What are some of the current and potential benefits AI can bring to education? To what extent can educational institutions play a role in the harnessing of AI?
• Panel: Alastair Summerlee, Mathew Mckean, Sofian Audry
• Facilitator: Nevena Francetic
12:00 – 13:00
• Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:15
Probe 3: How might an ethically and morally-informed AI be conceived in a culturally diverse global context? How might we realize a more equitably-designed, developed and deployed AI in light of the rate and range of disruption some have forecast as inevitable?
• Panel: Abhishek Gupta, Nevena Francetic, Stephen Downes and video clips of Timnit Gebru & Rediet Abebe
• Facilitator: Tylor Burrows
14:15 – 15:15
Disruptive Dialogue & Key Takeaways
• Facilitator: Chrystia Chudczak
15:15 – 15:30
• Coffee Break / Networking Session
15:30 – 16:30
Disruptive Dialogue & Key Takeaways (continued)
• Facilitator: Chrystia Chudczak
16:30 – 16:45
• Closing Remarks: Stephen Downes