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AI & Education Summit

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO JOINED US!
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About

As computers continue to automate more routine tasks, AI education is a key enabler to future opportunities where success depends increasingly on intellect, creativity, empathy, and having the right skills and knowledge. Being digitally literate is no longer sufficient in the era of AI.

Join us at the Boston Marriott Cambridge as we explore creative ways to include AI education in the classroom in the hopes of making learning more effective. Our summit will feature expert speakers, an AI ‘Open House’, and presentations by our Global AI Hackathon challenge champions.

Calls

CALL FOR POSTERS

The organizers of the MIT AI & Education 2024 Summit presented by MIT RAISE are calling for poster abstract submissions. Poster abstract submissions are limited to 250 words and up to three images. Accepted posters will be presented at a poster session reception at the Summit.

Poster presentation topics may include but are not limited to:

  • Case Studies on AI in Education
  • Data Science in Action
    • Climate and Sustainability
    • Health and Wellness
    • Biotechnology
    • and more
  • App Inventor demonstrations
    • IOT-Related apps
    • AI-Related apps
    • Data Science-Related apps
    • Robotics-Related apps
    • and more

General Guidelines:

  • Highlight the main point so that it can be read and understood from a distance.
  • Limit the amount of text for viewers
  • Include meaningful images, graphics, or charts

We are no longer accepting submissions – thank you!

CALL FOR PAPERS

The organizers of the MIT AI & Education 2024 Summit presented by MIT RAISE are calling for abstracts for presentations. Accepted presentations will be organized into different tracks, grouped around common themes.

Tracks will include but are not limited to:

  • Early Results for AI in Education Research
    • How to teach AI in K-12+
    • Using AI to improve or enhance teaching, including AI tutors
    • Generative AI in Education
  • Computational Thinking / Computational Action
  • Data Science in Action
    • Climate and sustainability
    • Health and Wellness
    • Biotechnology
    • and more
  • App Inventor in Action
    • Projects and their impacts on local communities
    • Pedagogical experiences and results
    • Pushing the boundaries with extensions

Submissions will be a two-page extended abstract on US letter-sized paper. Accepted papers will be published on the Summit website under the Creative Commons 4.0 International Share-Alike license.

We are no longer accepting submissions – thank you! 

Schedule (subject to change)

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

8:00 AM Registration Opens and Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Welcome Remarks -Cynthia Breazeal, Eric Klopfer, Hal Abelson
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Katrina Laguarda -Sr Principal Education Researcher at SRI
9:45 AM – 9:55 AM Dr Rosanna Wong – AISL Harrow Schools
9:55 AM – 10:05 AM Ethan Berman – Day of AI (2023 DofAI Impact Report)
10:05 AM – 10:20 AM Yvonne Hao – Secretary of the Executive Office of the Economic Development for MA
10:20 AM – 10:30 AM Bo Stjerne Thomsen – LEGO Education
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Coffee break
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM AI & Education panel
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch Break
12:45 PM – 1:05 PM AI Open House Presenter Lightning Talks
  Selim Tezel -Intro to App Inventor workshop – 3rd floor Discovery Room (25)
  Lydia Guterman – RAICA PD – 3rd floor Enterprise Room (25)
  David Kim – App Inventor Demo -2nd floor Salon 6
12:45 PM – 1:05 PM Sharifa Alghowinem – PRG Playground (Doodlebot Jibo, AI Storybook) – 2nd floor Salon 5
  Jere Boudell – Hack the Climate! – Main Ballroom
  Andrew Whitacre – CoolThink Panel – 3rd Floor Endeavor Room
1:05 PM -1:20 PM Transition Break
1:20 PM – 3:30 PM
Hack the Climate! Hackathon – Main Ballroom
AI Open House Workshops and Demos
CoolThink Special Panel -2nd floor Endeavor Room
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PM Break
3:45 PM – 5PM AI Open House Workshops and Demos Cont.
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
CoolThink Celebration Cocktail Reception
DJ – Phil Tan – provides background World Music

Thursday, July 25, 2024

8:00 AM Registration Opens and Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Opening Remarks and Presentations/Talks – Main Ballroom
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM Brief Welcome
9:05 AM – 9:20 AM Keynote – Francesca Lazzeri (Microsoft)
9:20 AM – 9:30 AM Tom Berry, Amazon
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Heather Herring + Matt White IDOE AI Ed talk
9:45 AM – 9:55 AM Joseph Wehbe -DAIMLAS
9:55 AM – 10:10 AM Raechel Walker – Data Activism talk
10:10 AM – 10: 20 AM Parker Malachowsky – RAISE Playground talk
10:20 AM – 10: 25 AM NeoTalk
10:20 AM – 10:30 AM DocTongue
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM AM Break
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM MIT App Inventor talks and panel – Mark Friedman and Evan Patton
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch Break – Opportunity to meet Tim the MIT Mascot
  AI Open House Presenter Lightning Talks
  Parker Malachowsky – RAISE Playground demo -Salon 5
  Brandon Hanks -Education Arcade – Salon 7
12:45 PM – 1:05 PM Evan Patton – App Inventor Demo – Salon 6
  Selim Tezel – App Inventor workshop – 3rd floor Disovery Room
  Play at Heart Workshop – 3rd floor Enterprise Room
1:05 PM -1:20 PM Transition Break
1:20 PM – 3:30 PM
Hack the Climate! Hackathon
AI Open House Workshops and Demos
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PM Break
3:45 PM – 5PM AI Open House Workshops and Demos Cont.
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Competition Track Presentation and Panel Dinner moderated by Natalie Lao – Main Ballroom

Friday, July 26, 2024

8:00 AM Registration Opens and Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM Brief Remarks
9:05 AM – 9:15 AM Jeff Freilich – FutureMakers Talk (2023 FutureMakers Impact Report)
9:15 AM – 9: 20 AM 1st Paper presentation by Clifford Lee “Using Humanizing Data Expression to Make Meaning of AI with BIPOC Youth”
9:20 AM – 9:25 AM 2nd Paper presenation by Mathieu Beau “Enhancing Teaching with the Implementation of AI Technology”
9:25 AM – 9: 30 AM 3rd Paper presenation by Tianyi Huang “Extracurricular Success of Early AI Education: A Case Study of the App-In Club”
9:30 AM – 9:35 AM 4th Paper presentation by Davinia Hernandez-Leo “Reflective Perspectives on Generative AI in Education: High School Teachers’ Insights on Tasks, Benefits, and Harms”
9:35 AM – 9:40 AM 5th Paper presentation by Anjali Nambiar “Securing Student Data in the Age of Generative AI”
9:40 AM – 9: 45 AM 6th Paper presentation by Adolfo Kvitca “Enhancing K-12 Education with AI: Initial Insights and Outcomes”
9:45 AM – 9:50 AM 7th Paper presentation by Barnas Monteith “Engaging Students through Creativity: The Impact of Arts-Based AI Education Programs on Middle and High School Student Conceptual Understanding and Interest”
9:50 AM – 9:55 AM 8th Paper pesentation by Calvin Zhou “AIBEE: AI-Driven Block-coding Educational Environment for Teaching, Learning, and Prototyping AI”
9:55 AM – 10:00 AM 9th Paper presentation by Ali Nadaf “Evidence-based R&D Results in Using AI Math Pathway to Close Accumulated Math Skill Gaps in UAE K12 Education”
10:00 AM – 10:05 AM 10th Paper presentation by Sreedath Panat, Raj Dandekar and Rajat Dandekar “On-ground challenges for large-scale AI teacher training: A case study in India from 320 schools”
10:05 AM – 10:15 AM MIT Jameel World Education Lab: AI in the classroom, AI as curriculum: What we are learning from educational innovators in the Global South and across the world
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM App Inventor Foundation featuring Natalie Lao, Foundation Executive Director
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM AM Break
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM AI Funder Panel featuring: Microsoft, Robin Hood, Overdeck, Gates, LEGO Education
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch Break
12:45 PM – 1:05 PM AI Open House Presenter Lightning Talks
 
App Inventor Demo – Salon 6
Poster judging announcement -voting closes at 2:30 PM outside the Main Ballroom down the hall and in Salon 5.
Robert Parks – Data Science with App Inventor Workshop – 3rd floor Discovery Room
Quest Alliance Workshop – 3rd floor Enterprise Room (27 classroom)
1:05 PM -1:20 PM Transition Break
1:20 PM – 3:30 PM
Final chance to submit vote for best poster – 2nd floor Main Ball Room (close by 2:30PM)
AI Open House Workshops and Demos
– Quest Alliance, India
AI Open House Workshops and Demos
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PM Break
3:45 PM – 5:30 PM
Announcing Poster Contest and Hackathon Winners
Closing Keynote – Dan Huttenlocker
Closing Remarks

travel

Please be advised that public transportation to MIT is disrupted by MBTA repairs. You can view updates to the MBTA subway schedule here.

The conference will be located at the Boston Marriott Cambridge, steps away from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Rain is in the forecast for parts of the event, so please keep that in mind when packing or planning your commute to the event in the morning.

SPEAKERS

Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Please contact us: mit-aieducationsummit@mit.edu