Keynote 1 - From Wow to How: Unleashing Human Brilliance with AI

Dr. Klara Jelinkova

Vice President and University Chief Information Officer

Harvard University

This keynote explored how AI is reshaping content creation, learning experiences, and institutional operations, while also redefining how knowledge is generated, shared, and applied across disciplines. It delved into how human creativity can be a key ingredient in creating human centered AI-powered processes. It also examined the critical challenges and opportunities presented by AI, with a focus on strategies that enable organisations to effectively balance technological innovation with human expertise and navigate the complexities of this rapidly evolving era.

Keynote 3 - A Human-Centric Approach to AI Adaptation: Managing Constant Changes and Sustaining Growth

Dr Simon See

Solution Architect

Engineering Senior Director

Global Head for NVIDIA AI Technology Centre

NVIDIA

As artificial intelligence continues to impact workplace and learning, how can we ensure that human remains at the heart of this transformation? This keynote explored how to keep human development at the forefront of AI adaptation, particularly in adult learning and professional growth. It examined strategies on how AI can complement rather than replace human skills, with a focus on cultivating critical thinking, creativity, and emotional intelligence alongside AI integration. 

Concurrent Session 1a: Synergistic Content Creation by Humans and AI for Spatial Learning Experiences

Mr. Yethoven Tukimin
Head of Solutions Architect, APAC
Meta Reality Labs

AI is revolutionising content creation, but the best results arise from a synergy between human creativity and AI efficiency. This session explored how AI tools enhance, rather than replace, human ingenuity in content production specifically for the immersive extended reality (XR) medium. It discussed real-world applications of AI in writing and media design, highlighting where AI excels and where human intervention is crucial.

The session also addressed the common pitfalls of AI-assisted content creation—such as over-reliance on automation and ethical considerations—offering actionable strategies to maintain authenticity while delivering the desired outcomes of your spatial learning and development experiences.

Concurrent Session 1c: AI-Augmented Teaching and Learning – A Holistic Approach to Support Learners and Instructors in Applied Learning

Dr. Karin Avnit
Associate Professor, Deputy Director (EdTech), SIT Teaching and Learning Academy (STLA)
Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)

In an era marked by rapid technological transformation, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into education presents unprecedented opportunities to enhance both teaching and learning experiences. This session explored a holistic approach to AI-augmented education, focusing specifically on applied learning in higher education in which the emphasis is on realistic problem solving and authentic assessment.

It examined the different aspects of teaching and learning in which AI can potentially improve current practices, and how they may be able to complement each other to form a holistic learner-centric approach, which is also manageable and meaningful to instructors. 

Concurrent Session 2b: AI-Driven Learning and Business Innovation in Adult Education

Mr. Frederick Neo

Senior Manager (Data Analyst), Centre for Workplace and Learning Innovation

IAL

Ms. Delphine Foo

Chief Legal Officer and Senior Director, Learning and Professional Development Division

Singapore Academy of Law (SAL)

This session discussed the state of innovation within the training and adult education sector in Singapore, and the conditions that need to be met for training organisations to become innovative. It explored whether AI can support these enabling conditions—highlighting SAL’s success story in leveraging AI to reduce resource demands, optimise skills utilisation, and extend high-quality training to a broader learner base.

Concurrent Session 3a: Workplace Transformation: Augmenting Human Decision-Making

Dr. Sng Hock Lin

Chief of Silver Generation Office

Agency for Integrated Care (AIC)

Organisations are adopting digital transformation with AI and technology for enhanced productivity. The key concern is embracing high tech leads to low (human) touch. It needs not be binary - we could adopt an "AND" instead of "OR" mindset in embracing learning and digital transformation. 

This session delved into Silver Generation Office's holistic approach to embrace Digital Transformation in value-adding their staff, volunteers and supporting our older adults. 

Concurrent Session 3c: Achieving Competency-based Learning with LLMs

Dr. Ben Leong

Associate Professor, School of Computing, National University of Singapore

Chief Data Officer, AI Singapore, 

Director, AI Centre for Educational Technologies

Modern workplaces are becoming increasingly complex and there is an urgent need for higher education to align classroom instruction with the practical demands of professional workplaces. Recent advances in generative AI (GenAI) offer an opportunity to implement role play in higher education, since Large Language Models (LLMs) today can mimic human behaviours very well. 

This session explored NUS's use of LLMs to simulate realistic workplace interactions and generate context-rich scenarios that allow learners to learn domain-specific skills.  This includes role-playing scenarios with LLMs for diverse domains such as law and nursing to bridge the gap between academic instruction and workplace readiness.

Masterclass

Dr. Thomas Guskey

Professor Emeritus
University of Kentucky

Educators today struggle in their efforts to implement meaningful and efficient grading and reporting practices. This Masterclass delved into the history of grading and reporting, the use of online grading programs, and research on effective grading and reporting policies and practices. It examined the importance of fairness, honesty and equity in grading and described ways to ensure meaningful communication between educators and adult learners. It further highlighted procedures to implement competency-based grading model and the policies and practices to avoid due to their negative consequences for key stakeholders.