AI Day: Rethinking Teaching and Learning with AI
About
Date: August 19, 2025
Time: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Lister Centre, U of A North Campus
Generative AI is sparking profound, generational shifts in how we approach teaching and learning. Where the use of GenAI aligns with learning objectives, it can enable new possibilities. But where it doesn’t align with objectives, it can be very difficult to contain.
Join us for AI Day on August 19th, where the U of A community will gather to explore the opportunities and challenges brought about by this rapidly advancing technology.
The day will include:
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A keynote address from Simon Bates, Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning at UBC
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A panel of U of A experts from a cross-section of disciplines—chaired by U of A professor of philosophy and digital humanities, Geoffrey Rockwell—will discuss the impacts they see GenAI having upon higher education, human capacities, and society more broadly
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Hands-on demonstrations from your fellow U of A instructors who are applying GenAI in their teaching
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Lunch will be provided.
Registration
This is an in-person event, open to current U of A faculty and staff. Recordings of presentational portions of the day will be made following the event for those who are unable to attend in person. Access details for these recordings will be provided at a later date.
Registration will close August 12, and seating is limited; register now!