ASIIN Global Conference 2023

Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education – a world of opportunity or serious risk?

This is the official website for the ASIIN Global Conference 2023 which will take place on 30 November - 01 December 2023 in Potsdam, Germany.

When

30 November - 01 December 2023

Thursday, 30 November: 09.00 – 16.30
Friday, 01 December: 10.30 – 14.00

Where

German University Of Digital Science
Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 14
14482 Potsdam, Germany
Google Maps

Attendees

The conference addresses mainly representatives of the higher education community and quality management staff of HEIs, as well as representatives of the international business community and political stakeholders.

What

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a vision of the future, but already influences our everyday lives in many ways. The use of AI in higher education has sparked dynamic and controversial discussions about the benefits, challenges, consequences, and potential risks of this technology in recent years and in particular since the arrival of ChatGPT at the end of 2022. In fact, AI is already – and will be to a considerable extent in the future – reshaping, if not disrupting, higher education in many ways, be it in the area of research, teaching & learning (including assessment), administration, and quality assurance. It will therefore be necessary for the higher education sector to adapt its approaches in such a way that AI is used effectively and appropriately. Thus, HEIs will have to take into account and critically analyze the impact of AI tools on learning and teaching, and reinforce their broader role in relation to the impact of such technologies on our societies.

Based in the state of the art input by eminent speakers in the AI community, the conference participants will discuss the best ideas and approaches of how to deal with the opportunities and challenges that the use of AI entails. To what extent can AI revolutionize the higher education sector by improving learning environments, internal processes and quality management? How can AI potentially violate existing regulations or data protection? And how can we manage to ensure a successful introduction of AI tools and a smooth transition to properly use them?

Agenda

The agenda will include presentations, plenary sessions and forum discussions that stimulate in-depth discussion between the participants.

Please find the program here:

Some of our Speakers

For this year's conference we are proud to present an esteemed lineup of international expert speakers. These individuals, hailing from prestigious higher education institutions, quality assurance bodies, political entities, and educational organizations, will converge to explore the evolving landscape of AI in higher education. From diverse vantage points, they will delve into the fresh challenges and promising opportunities that define the global framework for higher education policies.


Eve Alcock
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)

Martin Wan
Project Leader for the German Forum for Higher Education in the Digital Age at the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK)

Mike Bernd
Head of Content AI Campus at Stifterverband

Prof. Dr. Holger von Jouanne-Diedrich
Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences

Prof. Dr. Paul Lukowicz
Scientific Director Embedded Intelligence at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Krafczyk
Vice President for Digitalisation and Sustainability of Technical University of Braunschweig

Dr. Jannica Budde
Senior Project Manager at Centre for Higher Education (CHE)

Prof. Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers
Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW)