Programme

Time Zone : Singapore Time (GMT+8)
Conference Venues :
- Lee Kong Chian Lecture Theatre (LKC LT)
- Lecture Theatre 22 (LT 22)
- Lecture Theatre 23 (LT 23)
- NIE Blk 2, Level 2, Tutorial Room 201/202 (TR 201/202)
- NIE Blk 3, Lecture Theatre 10 (LT 10)
TimeProgramme Detail
08:30 ~ 09:00Registration
Venue: LKC LT

09:00 ~
09:15

GOH Welcome Speech 
By Professor TAN Ooi Kiang, Deputy Provost, NTU, Singapore, and
Professor Simon SEE, Senior Engineering Director and Chief Solution Architect, NVIDIA AI Technology Centre (Global), NVIDIA
Session Chair: Mr Jerome LO, Director, Learning Technologies & Digital Media, CITS.
Venue: LKC LT
09:15 ~
10:15		Keynote - Complementing Human Minds with Digital Brains: The Role of GenAI in Learning (ONLINE)
By Professor Chris DEDE, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Graduate School, USA
Session Chair: Prof Yiyu CAI, General Chair, The Inaugural Conference on AI for Education.
Venue: LKC LT
10:15 ~
11:00		Panel Discussion (HYBRID)
Panellists: Professor Chris DEDE (USA), Professor Simon SEE (NVIDIA), Professor LIU Woon Chia (Singapore), Professor Eleni MANGINA (EU), Professor ONG Yew Soon (Singapore)
Session Moderator: Dr HO Shen Yong, Executive Director, Institute of Pedagogical Innovation, Research and Excellence (insPIRE), NTU.
Venue: LKC LT
11:00 ~
11:15		Tea Break (Venue: Foyer Area @ LKC LT)
& Onsite Demo and Exhibition (Venue: Function Room @ LKC LT)
11:15 ~
12:15
By Professor ONG Yew Soon, President's Chair Professor of Computer Science, NTU, and Chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) Scientist, ASTAR, Singapore
Session Chair: Prof Sui Lin GOEI, General Chair, The Inaugural Conference on AI for Education.
Venue: LKC LT
12:15~
12:45
Keynote – Education, Job and AI
By Professor Simon SEE, NVIDIA AI Technology Centre, NVIDIA Corporation
Session Chair: Prof Yiyu CAI, General Chair, The Inaugural Conference on AI for Education.
Venue: LKC LT
12:45 ~
14:00		Lunch Break (Venue: Foyer Area @ LKC LT)
& Onsite Demo and Exhibition (Venue: Function Room @ LKC LT)
14:00 ~
14:45		Invited Talk - AI for Education - The Short Term, Medium Term, and Long Term
By Dr HO Shen Yong, Executive Director, Institute for Pedagogical Innovation Research & Excellence (InsPIRE), NTU, Singapore
Session Chair: Prof Yiyu CAI, General Chair, The Inaugural Conference on AI for Education.
Venue: LT 22
by Dr HAO Jiangang, Research Director, Educational Testing Service, USA, 
Session Chair: Dr Felix Lena STEPHANIE, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Venue: LT 23
14:45 ~
15:30
By Professor Zachary A PARDOS, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Session Chair: Prof TAN Seng Chee, Associate Dean, Professional & Leadership Development, NIE.
Venue: LT 22
Invited Talk - Beyond the Hype: Challenges and Opportunities in AI for Education
By Asst Professor Tanmay SINHA, NIE, Singapore
Session Chair: Prof LUM Guo Zhan, Assistant Chair, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU
Venue: LT 23
15:30 ~
16:15
VARTeL RoundTable – AI for Foes or Friends in Education
Lead: Umesh RAMNARAIN (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), Tin Tin SAMARTA (Ministry of Education, Singapore), Abu Bakr AZAM (Interdisciplinary Graduate College/NTU, Singapore), Ingrid WINKLER (SENAI University, Brazil), Felix Lena STEPHANIE (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), YANG Yin Nicole (Education University of Hong Kong, China), CHAN Kuang Wen (Raffles Institution, Singapore)
Session Chair: Prof Umesh Ramnarain, The University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Venue: LT 22
16:15 ~
16:30		Tea Break (Venue: Foyer Area @ LKC LT)
& Onsite Demo and Exhibition (Venue: Function Room @ LKC LT)
16:30 ~
17:30		Workshop - AIED @ NIE
Contact Person: Prof Shanti Divaharan
Venues :
On foot - NIE Blk 2, Level 2, TR 201/202
By Shuttle-Bus - NIE Blk 3, LT 10		Workshop - Project NALA: NTU AI Learning Assistants Showcase (HYBRID)
by Dr Maung Thway, Ms Nurabidah Bte Jamil, Dr Qiu Wei, Asst Prof Leonard Ng Wei Tat (ONLINE)
Session Chair: Dr LIM Fun Siong, Head, ATLAS, InsPIRE, NTU.
Venue: LT 23
End of Day 1 Programme and Go To Day 2 Programme
TimeProgramme Detail
08:30 ~
09:00		Registration
Venue: LKC LT
09:00 ~
10:00
By Professor Eleni MANGINA, Vice Principal (International), College of Science, University College Dublin, Ireland
Session Chair: Dr NG Aik Beng, General Chair, The Inaugural Conference of AI for Education.
Venue: LKC LT
10:00 ~
11:00		NVIDIA Workshop #1 – Large Language Model
By Darren TAN, NVIDIA
Session Chair: Dr LIM Fun Siong, Head, ATLAS, InsPIRE, NTU.
Venue: LKC LT
11:00 ~
11:15		Tea Break (Venue: Foyer Area @ LKC LT)
& Onsite Demo and Exhibition (Venue: Function Room @ LKC LT)
11:15 ~
12:30
By Megani RAJENDRAN, NVIDIA
Session Chair: Dr LIM Fun Siong, Head, ATLAS, InsPIRE, NTU.
Venue: LKC LT
12:30 ~ 13.15

Keynote - AI in STEM Education: Navigating the Path Forward
By Professor OOI Kim Tiow, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Session Chair: Prof LI King Ho Holden, Associate Chair (Students), School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU.
Venue: LKC LT

13:15 ~
14:00		Lunch Break (Venue: Foyer Area @ LKC LT)
& Onsite Demo and Exhibition (Venue: Function Room @ LKC LT)
14:00 ~
14:45
By Professor Wouter van JOOLINGEN, Scientific Director, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Session Chair: Prof XU Hong, Associate Chair (Research), School of Social Sciences, NTU.
Venue: LT 22
By Professor LOOI Chee Kit, Chair Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, 
Session Chair: Prof WEN Yun, National Institute of Education.
Venue: LT 23
14:45 ~
15:30
By Asst Professor Edwin CHNG, NIE, Singapore
Session Chair: Prof Michael WALSH, School of Art, Design and Media, NTU.
Venue: LT 22
Session Chair: Dr LIM Fun Siong, Head, ATLAS, InsPIRE, NTU.
Venue: LT 23
15:30 ~
15:45		Tea Break (Venue: Foyer Area @ LKC LT)
& Onsite Demo and Exhibition (Venue: Function Room @ LKC LT)
 

VARTeL Symposium 1 – AI for Teaching & Learning
Session Chair: Prof Sui Lin GOEI, General Chair, The Inaugural Conference on AI for Education.
Venue: LT 22

VARTeL Symposium 2 – VR & AR for Teaching & Learning
Session Chairs: Prof Wouter van Joolingen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and Prof Ingrid WINKLER, SENNAI University, Brazil.
Venue: LT 23

15:45 ~
16:00
Speech 1 (ONLINE): 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)
Venue: LT 22
Speech 1: Unlocking New Dimensions in Education using AI and Virtual Reality
By Mahdiyeh Sadat MOOSAVI (Arts et Métiers, France)
Venue: LT 23
16:00 ~
16:15
Speech 2: AIEd Tools in the Singapore Student Learning Space
By Hai Siang CHIA (ETD/MOE, Singapore)
Venue: LT 22
Speech 2 (ONLINE): Virtual Radiation (VR): Enhancing Safety and Engagement in Physics Practicals through VR Simulations
By Rob van RIJN (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Venue: LT 23
16:15 ~
16:30
Speech 3 (ONLINE): Revolutionizing Academia: The Transformative Power of Generative AI
By Rob van der STAR (Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands)
Venue: LT 22

Speech 3: AI-Generated Virtual Learning Environment
By Shasi Kumaran CHANDR and SEOW Tzer Yeun (Edgefield Secondary School, Singapore)
Venue: LT 23
16:30 ~
16:45
Speech 4 (ONLINE): A Scan for AI Literacy in Higher Education
By Pim VOERMAN (Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands)
Venue: LT 22
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)
Venue: LT 23
16:45 ~
17:30
By Assoc Professor Tan Seng Chee , Associate Dean, NIE, Singapore
Session Chairs: Dr NG Aik Beng, General Chair, The Inaugural Conference of AI for Education.
Venue: LT 23
End of Day 2 Programme and Go To Day 1 Programme