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Thursday, April 23 Schedule

AI Week at MSOE: Thursday, April 23 Schedule

Reimagining Education: AI, Critical Inquiry and Transformative Practice

Audience: K–12 educators and administrators, higher education faculty and institutional leaders, university students, and education policymakers

Overview

This symposium, in partnership with the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute, brings together K-12 educators, teachers, administrators, university faculty and students to address the integration of artificial intelligence in education. Through national keynote presentations and discussion panels featuring leaders from K-12 and higher education, participants will examine practical approaches to AI implementation in curriculum design, pedagogy, assessment and AI literacy development. Sessions address AI ethics, responsible use policies, and implications for student preparation in an AI-driven workforce, prioritizing actionable frameworks and evidence-based practices over speculative discourse.

Why Attend?

Participants will gain insights from educational leaders navigating AI adoption, engage with current governance challenges, and explore how critical inquiry can guide transformative practice in the age of generative AI.

 
Agenda and Speakers 

Time

Activity

Location
8-8:30 a.m. Registration & Breakfast Diercks Hall Atrium
8:30-8:45 a.m.

Welcome & Introductions
Liz Taylor, director of STEM outreach and K-12 education programs, MSOE

 Direct Supply Innovation & Technology Center (ITC)
8:45-9:30 a.m.

K-12 Policy in the Age of AI: Applying Values in Practice

Daniella DiPaola, Ph.D. candidate, MIT Media Lab

 Direct Supply Innovation & Technology Center (ITC)
9:30-10 a.m.

AI in Wisconsin Schools: 
State Strategy Meets District Reality

Amy Bires, computer science and digital learning consultant, WI Department of Public Instruction

 Direct Supply Innovation & Technology Center (ITC)
10-10:15 a.m.

Break

 Direct Supply Innovation & Technology Center (ITC)
10:15-11:45 a.m.

Panel Discussion:
Leading the AI Transformation: K-12 Approaches to Innovation, Governance and Student Success 

  • Moderator: Amy Bires, computer science and digital learning consultant, WI Department of Public Instruction
  • Lauren Croix, Ph.D., executive director of educational services, Mequon-Thiensville School District
  • Kelli Kwiatkowski, director of secondary schools, School District of New Berlin
  • Julia Leeson, director of teaching and learning, Grafton School District
  • Tony Spence, superintendent, Waterford School District
  • Rachel Yurk, chief of information technology, Pewaukee School District 
 Direct Supply Innovation & Technology Center (ITC)
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m.

Lunch

 Diercks Hall Atrium
12-12:50 p.m.

Panel Discussion: 
The Turing Test: Can MSOE Students and the MSOE President Agree on AI's Future?

MSOE students and MSOE's 6th president, Dr. Eric T. Baumgartner, go beyond the buzzwords with Dr. Olga Imas '99, director of applied AI education, to talk about AI in education, work, leadership and what it really means for the future of MSOE and its students.

  • Moderator: Ben Paulson '25, computer science, machine learning
  • Zachary Burke, user experience
  • Noah Campbell, industrial engineering
  • Sydney Emineth, architectural engineering
  • Caitlyn Grant, computer engineering, machine learning
  • Miguel Hernandez, mechanical engineering
  • Sydney Madden, software engineering
  • Andrew Needham, computer science, machine learning
  • Liam Salas, computer science
  • Brett Storoe, computer science, machine learning
 Diercks Hall Atrium
1-1:45 p.m.

Agentic AI for Teaching and Learning

Andrew B. Williams, Ph.D., MBA, Dean of Engineering, The Citadel, also representing the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)

 Diercks Hall, NVIDIA Auditorium
1:45-2:30 p.m.

AI Didn't Break Education: How it Exposed What We Were Afraid to Measure

Tina Austin, founder of GAInable.ai, AI ethics consultant and biomedical researcher

 Diercks Hall, NVIDIA Auditorium
2:30-2:45 p.m. Break Diercks Hall
2:45-4:15 p.m.

Panel Discussion:
Leading the AI Transformation: Higher Education Approaches to Innovation, Governance and Student Success

  • Moderator: Michele Trawicki, MBA in Education Leadership program director, MSOE
  • Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute partners:
    • Walter Bialkowski, Ph.D., associate professor of practice, Department of Computer Science, Marquette University
    • Segun Onilude, AI project manager, Waukesha County Technical College
    • Nick Semenkovich, MD, Ph.D., assistant professor, founding member, Medical College of Wisconsin Data Science Institute
    • Brian D. Thompson, chief innovation and partnership officer, UW-Milwaukee
    • Charles Tritt, Ph.D., associate professor, Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering Department, MSOE

Diercks Hall, NVIDIA Auditorium
4:15-5 p.m.

What Does AI Actually Change About Teaching? Lessons from the Latest Research

Chris GauthierDickey, head of Dwight and Dian Diercks School of Advanced Computing, MSOE

 Diercks Hall, NVIDIA Auditorium

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