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Speakers

Professor Simon Bates
Vice Provost and Associate Vice President (Teaching and Learning),
Office of the Provost and Vice President Academic,
The University of British Columbia

About the Speaker

Simon Bates is Vice-Provost and Associate Vice President, Teaching and Learning at the University of British Columbia and a tenured Professor of Teaching in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. As well as overseeing UBC’s Academic Integrity Hub he is academic lead for the institutional response to integrating generative AI tools into academic offerings. Over the past year, he has been involved in a number of networks and collaborations considering some of the benefits and challenges these tools pose within Higher Education, including contributing to a pan-Canadian network of institutions and as Academic Lead for the APRU ‘Generative AI in Education’ project.

Professor Susan McCahyan
Vice Provost, Academic Programs and
Vice Provost,
Innovations in Undergraduate Education,
The University of British Columbia

About the Speaker

Susan McCahan is the Associate Vice-President & Vice-Provost, Digital Strategies, and the Vice-Provost, Innovations in Undergraduate Education at the University of Toronto.  She is also the Provostial Special Advisor on Artificial Intelligence, and a full professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. Prof. McCahan is leading the development of a University strategy on AI including in areas related to teaching and learning, operations, and research.

Facilitators

Dr Julia CHEN, PhD FTCL PFHEA
Chair, HKTEA
Director, Educational Development Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Ms Kevinia CHEUNG
Assistant Educational Development Officer I
Educational Development Centre,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Co-organizers

This event is organized by HKTEA and Educational Development Centre of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University