| 08:30–09:00 |
Registration & Coffee |
| 09:00-09:30 |
Opening & Welcome
Edith SHIH
Council Vice-Chair, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Board Director, Forum for World Education
Yike GUO
Provost, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
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| 09:30-10:45 |
Keynote 1 with Panel Discussion:
The Power and Perils of AI for Primary and Secondary Education |
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- The state of AI and its current use by teachers and students;
- What is working and what is problematic;
- Key challenges for teachers, for students, and for administrators and policy makers
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. CHOI YUK-LIN, JP
Secretary of Education, Hong Kong SAR Government
Moderated Panel
Moderator:
Edith SHIH
Council Vice-Chair, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Board Director, Forum for World Education
Panelists:
Cecilia CHAN
Professor of Education & Founding Director, Teaching and Learning Center, Hong Kong University
Thomas K. F. CHIU
Chinese University of Hong Kong (AI literacy, STEM education)
Siu-Cheung KONG
Education University of Hong Kong (AI literacy & teacher training)
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| 10:45–11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Panel A: Student Voices on AI in the Classroom |
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Secondary school students share their unfiltered perspectives on how AI is shaping their learning experience: what helps, what harms, what worries them, and what they wish their institutions understood.
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| 12:00-12:45 |
Panel B: Teacher Preparation and Upskilling to Improve Efficiency and Outcomes |
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- What new teachers should know beyond subject mastery
- Shifting from “content delivery” to learning designer, coach, and ethical guide
- Risks of over-reliance on AI in novice teachers
- What AI can do and what must remain human
- Strategies for preparing teachers to model critical thinking and judgment
- Recommendations for a competency framework for AI-ready teachers
- Sample revisions to teacher-education curricula
Keynote Speaker:
Katharine Strunk
Dean, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania
Moderated Panel
Moderator:
Rebecca Maynard
University Trustee Chair Professor Emerita, University of Pennsylvania
Panelists:
Alister Jones
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Waikato
Davy Ng
Assistant Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong
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| 12:45–14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00-14:45 |
Keynote 2: Policy Considerations: Effectiveness, Equity, Privacy, and Harms |
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- Assessment & measuring social/emotional skills at scale.
Moderated Panel
Moderator:
Susan Sclafani
Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
Panelists:
Ronghuai Huang
Professor and Co-Dean of the Smart Learning Institute, Beijing Normal University
Janet H. Hsiao
Professor, Division of Social Science, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, HKUST
Nancy Law
Professor, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
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| 14:45–15:15 |
Break |
| 15:15-16:15 |
Case-study Showcase |
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- Short case studies from schools piloting AI tools that emphasize inquiry and reasoning.
Moderator:
Jac Leung
Director of HKUST AI Literacy Hub
Presenters:
Assistant Principal - HKSYC&IA Chan Name Chong Memorial College
Vice Principal - Maryknoll Convent School
La Salle College
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| 16:15-17:15 |
Protect, Prepare, Prosper: Shaping Human-Centered AI in K-12 Education |
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Keynote Speaker:
Rebecca Winthrop
Senior Fellow and Director, Brookings Institution
Moderated Panel
Moderator:
Sean McMinn
Director, Center for Education Innovation, HKUST
Panelists:
Sara Salahaddin Mustafa
Founder of CONNECT MENA
Lucia Dellagnelo
Deputy Director of the OECD Education and Skills Directorate
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| 17:15 |
End of Day 1 Activities |
