Programme

TimeProgramme Detail
08:30 ~ 09:00Registration

09:00 ~
09:15

GOH Welcome Speech 
By Professor TAN Ooi Kiang, Deputy Provost, NTU, Singapore, and
Prof Simon SEE, Senior Engineering Director and Chief Solution Architect, NVIDIA AI Technology Centre (Global), NVIDIA
Session chair: YEONG Wai Yee
09:15 ~
10:15
Keynote - Complementing Human Minds with Digital Brains: The Role of GenAI in Learning
By Professor Chris DEDE, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Graduate School, USA
Session chair: Yiyu CAI
10:15 ~
11:00
Panel Discussion
Panellists: Professor Chris DEDE (USA), Dr Simon SEE (NVIDIA), Professor LIU Woon Chia (Singapore), Professor Eleni MANGINA (EU)
Session moderator: Jerome LO
11:00 ~
11:15
Tea Break & Onsite Demo and Exhibition
11:15 ~
12:15
Keynote – Title To Be Announced
By Professor ONG Yew Soon, President's Chair Professor of Computer Science, NTU, and Chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) Scientist, ASTAR, Singapore
Session chair: Sui Lin GOEI
12:15~
1300
13:05 ~
14:00
Lunch Break & Onsite Demo and Exhibition
14:00 ~
14:45
Invited Talk – Title To Be Announced
By Professor Zachary PARDOS, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Session chair: TAN Seng Chee
by Dr HAO Jiangang, Research Director, Educational Testing Service, USA, 
Session chair: Yiyu CAI
14:45 ~
15:30
Invited Talk - AI for Education: An NTU Perspective
By Dr HO Shen Yong, Executive Director, Institute for Pedagogical Innovation Research & Excellence (InsPIRE), NTU, Singapore
Session chair: Yiyu CAI
Invited Talk - Beyond the Hype: Challenges and Opportunities in AI for Education
By Asst Professor Tanmay SINHA, NIE, Singapore
Session chair: TAN Seng Chee
15:30 ~
16:15
VARTeL RoundTable – AI for Foes or Friends in Education
Lead: Umesh RAMNARAIN (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), Tin Tin SAMARTRA (Ministry of Education, Singapore), Abu Bakr AZAM (Interdisciplinary Graduate College/NTU, Singapore), Ingrid WINKLER (SENAI University, Brazil)
16:15 ~
16:30
Tea Break & Onsite Demo and Exhibition
16:30 ~
17:30
Workshop - Project NALA: NTU AI Learning Assistants ShowcaseWorkshop - AIED @ NIE
End of Day 1 Programme
TimeProgramme Detail
08:30 ~
09:00
Registration
09:00 ~
10:00
Keynote – Title To Be Announced
By Dr Simon SEE, NVIDIA AI Technology Centre, NVIDIA Corporation
Session chair: Yiyu CAI
10:00 ~
11:00
By Professor Eleni MANGINA, Vice Principal (International), College of Science, University College Dublin, Ireland
Session chair: NG Aik Beng
11:00 ~
11:15
Tea Break & Onsite Demo and Exhibition
11:15 ~
12:30
By Dr YANG Juntao, NVIDIA
Session chair: LIM Fun Siong
12:30 ~
13:30
Lunch Break & Onsite Demo and Exhibition
13:30 ~
14:15
By Professor Wouter van JOOLINGEN, Scientific Director, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Session chair: TAN Seng Kee
By Professor LOOI Chee Kit, Chair Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, 
Session chair: Vincent TANG
14:15 ~
15:00
By Asst Professor Edwin CHNG, NIE, Singapore
Session chair: WANG Minjuan
Session chair: LIM Fun Siong
15:00 ~
15:15
Tea Break & Onsite Demo and Exhibition
 

VARTeL Symposium 2 – VR & AR for Teaching & Learning
Session chair: Ingrid WINKLER

15:15 ~
15:30
Speech 1: Drawing upon a Teacher-research Language Resource to Bring Classroom-created Innovations in Teacher Professional Knowledge to the Wider Global Profession, Education Leaders and Policy Makers
By Peter DUDLEY and Patrick CARMICHAEL (Hughes Hall/University of Cambridge, & Cambridge Teacher Research Exchange, United Kingdom)
Speech 1: Unlocking New Dimensions in Education using AI and Virtual Reality
By Moosavi MAHDIYEHSADAT (Arts et Métiers, France)
15:30 ~
15:45
Speech 2: AIEd Tools in the Singapore Student Learning Space
By Hai Siang CHIA (ETD/MOE, Singapore)
Speech 2: A Teacher Portal for VR based radioactive radiation education
By Rob van der STAR (Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands)
15:45 ~
16:00
Speech 3: Revolutionising Higher Education: The Transformative Power of Generative AI
By Rob van RIJN (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Speech 3: AI-Generated Virtual Learning Environment
By Shasi Kumaran CHANDR and SEOW Tzer Yeun (Edgefield Secondary School, Singapore)
16:00 ~
16:15
Speech 4: A Scan for AI Literacy in Higher Education
By Pim VOERMAN (Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands)
Speech 4: Virtual Field Hockey for Physical Education
By Dewi Ayu Kencana UNGU, LIM Ziyuan, Jolene, Yiyu CAI and KONG Pui Wah (NIE & NTU, Singapore)
16:15 ~
17:00
By Assoc Professor Tan Seng Chee , Associate Dean, NIE, Singapore
Session chairs: NG Aik Beng
End of Day 2 Programme