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SUMMARY:Ontario Tech University: Embracing the Diversity of the Intellectual and Social Landscapes when Conducting Research in Computing or Developing Intelligent Systems
DESCRIPTION:Alvine Boaye Belle presents at UB 1055\, North Campus\, OntarioTech University. \nTalk description: Digital discrimination occurs when intelligent systems make automated decisions based on specific individual attributes (e.g.\, income\, education\, gender\, and ethnicity) or when relying on biased data engineering practices. This may reinforce social inequities by supporting the automation of consequential and sometimes unfair decisions that may be made by such systems and which may have an adverse impact on credit scores\, insurance payouts\, and even health evaluations\, just to name a few. One of the root causes of digital discrimination is the lack of representativity of some cultural groups in the computing sector. That lack of representativity is notably due to the scarcity of some cultural groups (e.g.\, Black people) in computing undergraduate programs. Another issue that plagues the computing sector is that researchers from some developing countries\, female researchers and/or researchers belonging to minoritized groups seem to be significantly less cited than other researchers belonging to dominant groups. Often same efforts\, same intellectual abilities but less visibility (e.g.\, sometimes 50-75% less citations/paper acceptance). This is notably due to effects such as the “Matthew Effect” (tendency to cite prestigious scientists)\, and “Matilda Effect” (tendency for women to receive less recognition because they are women). This may have an adverse impact on recruitment\, hiring\, promotion\, awards\, etc. So\, how\, as computing professionals should we approach and/or address such discrimination issues to make sure the systems we develop and the research we carry out sufficiently reflect the intellectual and social diversity within computing fields and beyond?
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/alvine-boaye-belle/
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SUMMARY:Al\, Education and Changing Cultural Values
DESCRIPTION:Join the Artificial Intelligence Initiative on March 6th from 12:00-1:30 pm on Zoom for this semester’s first speaker series event. Dr. Isabel Pedersen of the University of Ontario and the Director of the Digital Life Institute will discuss Al\, education and changing cultural values.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/al-education-and-changing-cultural-values/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20240315T140000
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DTSTAMP:20260501T011016
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SUMMARY:Ontario Tech University: From Personal Journey to Collective Action: Navigating EDI Challenges in Education and Research
DESCRIPTION:Ruth Falconer presents at SIRC 4150\, North Campus\, OntarioTech University\,  and Virtual/Online.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/from-personal-journey-to-collective-action-navigating-edi-challenges-in-education-and-research/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20240321T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240321T183000
DTSTAMP:20260501T011016
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SUMMARY:Ontario Tech University: Creative AI?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our spring speakers forum hosted by Digital Life Institute and Trustworthy AI Lab! \nHistorically\, creativity has been judged according to its impact and ways that people moved other people’s thinking\, challenged longstanding beliefs\, or transformed a field. Artificial Intelligence has raised sensationalized debates concerning not only the question over its ability to create\, but whether it can harm society. Do we trust AI? Can AI systems really be creative? Do we risk human creativity as we adopt AI? Will our communities be sustainable? The goal of this event is to highlight three points of view concerning artificial intelligence and creativity. \nLocation: Ontario Tech University\, Room: SHA 024\nAddress: 2000 Simcoe Street North\, Oshawa\nThis event is free & open to the public. \ninfo@digitallife.org \nSpeakers: \nDr. Peter Lewis holds a Canada Research Chair in Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence\, at Ontario Tech University. He is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Business and Information Technology and Director of the Trustworthy AI Lab. He is a member of the AI Implications cluster of the Digital Life Institute. His research advances both foundational and applied aspects of trustworthy\, reflective\, and socially intelligent systems. Drawing on extensive experience applying AI commercially\, he is interested in where AI meets society\, and how to help that relationship work well. His research is concerned with how to conceive of and build AI systems that meet this challenge. He is Associate Editor of IEEE Technology & Society Magazine (TSM) and ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS)\, a board member of the International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL). \nDr. Délon Omrow is a Professor and Sessional Instructor and Postdoctoral Fellow at Centennial College and Ontario Tech University\, respectively. He also an artist and an academic who studies AI and creativity. He is a three-time Canadian Latin Grammy nominee\, a two-time Oshawa Music Award winner and has been featured on CBC Music’s SearchLight 2023 Top 100 List for his single “Peace & Love”. Following his experiences as an artist\, one aspect of his research explores AI and the music industry and how artists are using it in creative practices. He is a member of the Sustainability\, Equity\, and Digital Culture cluster of the Digital Life Institute. \nDr. Isabel Pedersen is the Director of the Digital Life Institute and she leads the AI and Implications cluster at the Institute\, Ontario Tech University. She studies the myriad ways that AI is entangled with culture. She explores how AI is used to augment human creativity through embodied technologies in ways that advance human experiences. At the same time\, she studies the ethical\, political\, and cultural challenges that artificial intelligence has instigated through its emergence and\, increasingly\, its mass adoption. She recently released a book on the topic\, Augmentation technologies and artificial intelligence in technical and professional communication: Designing ethical futures (Ann Hill Duin and Isabel Pedersen\, 2023\, Routledge).
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/creative-ai/
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240326T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T011016
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SUMMARY:AMLD EPFL 2024
DESCRIPTION:Lesley Wilton presented at Applied Machine Learning Days (AMLD) 2024 sponsored by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). \nHer presentation\, AI Literacy in the Education Field\, can be viewed here. Lesley and also participated in a panel discussion titled Data and AI Literacy – Quo Vadis\, which can be heard here.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/amld-epfl-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240417T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240417T163000
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CREATED:20240404T020907Z
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SUMMARY:Bioethics and the Ethics of AI
DESCRIPTION:What ethical frameworks for the quick evolution of artificial intelligence and biotechnology? \nWelcome to USP en conversation – SPU Talks! Join us for an engaging event where we bring together experts to discuss a wide range of topics. From ethics to art\, from reconciliation to artificial intelligence\, there is something for everyone. Prepare to listen\, learn and share your ideas. \nIsabel Pedersen will be speaking at this event at Saint Paul University in Ottawa.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/bioethics-and-the-ethics-of-ai/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20240521T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240524T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T011016
CREATED:20240328T195924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T195924Z
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SUMMARY:Joint International Conference on Ethics and Integrity in Academia: Plagiarism\, Prevention\, and Pedagogy in a New Digital Era
DESCRIPTION:Alyson E. King will present her research and chair two sessions at this conference in Gatineau\, Quebec\, Canada \nDay 2: May 22\, 2024\nSo\, now what do I do? Tips for dealing with academic misconduct. Alyson King\, Ontario Tech University\, Canada \nDay 3\, May 23\, 10h45-12h00 – Session Chair: Alyson King\nThe curriculum dilemmas in fostering future citizens to collaborate and to compete. Charlotta Rönn\, Linnaeus University\, Sweden\nAl challenges in Estonian academic writing: lecturers’ perspective. Helen Hint &Djuddah A.J.\nLeijen\, University of Tartu\, Estonia\nExploring Creative Engagement in Study Skills Classes of Multicultural Students: Using Students’ Opinions to improve Academic Integrity. Hysaj Ajrina\, University of Wollongong\, United Arab Emirates\nIntroducing t h e ENAI Academic Integrity Game Evaluator (EAIGE):A Tool for Assessing Gamified Approaches to Ethics Education. Leenath Keza Khan\, University of Wollongong in Dubal\, UAE; Jarret M. Dyer\, College of DuPage\, USA; Sonja Bjelobaba\, Uppsala University\, Sweden; Lorna Waddington\, University of Leeds\, UK; & Shiva Sivasubramaniam\, University of Derby. \nDay 4\, May 24\, 2024\, 13h15-14h30 – Session Chair: Alyson King\nReimagining writing and learning: What students say about Generative Al. Alyson King & Pariss Garramore\, Ontario Tech University\, Canada\nStudent Attitudes Towards Al-Generated Text Detection Jasper Roe\, James Cook University\, Singapore & Mike Perkins\, British University Vietnam\, Vietnam\nPerceptions of teaching staff and students on how academic integrity is embedded and upheld in post graduate taught education. Natasha Croome\, Imperial College London\, UK
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/joint-international-conference-on-ethics-and-integrity-in-academia-plagiarism-prevention-and-pedagogy-in-a-new-digital-era/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20240608T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T011016
CREATED:20240523T093531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T184255Z
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SUMMARY:The rhetoric of AI Adoption: How ‘shock and awe’ operates to instigate cultural adoption and adaptation to emergent AI technologies
DESCRIPTION:Isabel Pedersen speaks at the annual conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric (RhetCan 2024). This event is online and live at McGill University\, Montreal: 2024 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/the-rhetoric-of-ai-adoption-how-shock-and-awe-operates-to-instigate-cultural-adoption-and-adaptation-to-emergent-ai-technologies/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20240620T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240624T170000
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CREATED:20240619T124907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240619T124907Z
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SUMMARY:Fabricating Facts: A Semantic Network Analysis of the Wikidata Ontology
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Iliadis presents at the 74th Annual ICA Conference in Gold Coast\, Australia.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/fabricating-facts-a-semantic-network-analysis-of-the-wikidata-ontology/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240918T170000
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SUMMARY:AI Killed the Radio Star Again
DESCRIPTION:The Digital Life Institute and Ontario Tech University proudly present an in-person research seminar and demonstration exploring the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the music industry. \nWhat does the use of AI-powered tools say about human creativity and machine learning? Algorithms and data-driven platforms have changed the landscape of music production. The seminar will feature a Keynote by Dr. Délon Alain Omrow\, PhD\, panel discussions\, an interactive Q&A session and a live demo by Juno nominated producer\, David Neale. Panellists include singer-songwriter\, producer\, DJ and audio engineer\, ELEV8\, and Canadian hip-hop artist Eddy Jones. \nWe wish to thank our sponsors\, the Carpenters Union Local 397\, Ontario Tech University’s Faculty of Social Science & Humanities\, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)\, for their support of this event.\nOrganizers: Isabel Pedersen\, Délon Alain Omrow\, PhD\, Will McGuirk\, Teresa Goff. \nThis event will take place at the BOND|ST Event Centre\, 44 Bond St E\, Oshawa\, ON L1G 1B1\, Canada.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/ai-killed-the-radio-star-again/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241020T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241021T170000
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SUMMARY:Traversing Paradigm Shifts: A Collaborative Autoethnography of Teaching with Generative AI
DESCRIPTION:Katlynne Davis\, Stephen Fonash\, Mollie Stambler\, Jessica Campbell\, Gustav Verhulsdonck\, Lesley Wilton\, and Jason Tham spoke at the SIGDOC 2024 conference in Washington\, DC.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/traversing-paradigm-shifts-a-collaborative-autoethnography-of-teaching-with-generative-ai/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241030T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241031T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T011016
CREATED:20240914T091343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240914T091343Z
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SUMMARY:Technology and Trafficking: Risks and Prevention in the Digital Age
DESCRIPTION:Isabel Pedersen\, Delon Omrow\, Shawna Longboat (Hamilton Regional Indian Centre)\, and Julius Kaka (The Global Initiative Network) will be presenting at the 24 hour Conference on Global Organized Crime 2024 (OC24).
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/technology-and-trafficking-risks-and-prevention-in-the-digital-age/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20241107T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20241108T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T011016
CREATED:20240826T135831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240826T135831Z
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SUMMARY:Responsible use of AI in the independent education space
DESCRIPTION:Lesley Wilton presents at the Annual Independent School Summit 2024 in Toronto.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/responsible-use-of-ai-in-the-independent-education-space/
LOCATION:Centennial College Event Centre\, 937 Progress Ave\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M1G 3T8\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241202T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241202T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T011016
CREATED:20241112T121016Z
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SUMMARY:Create Me\, Break Me\, Remember Me: Art and AI in an Age of Reinvention
DESCRIPTION:Isabel Pedersen will present the Fourth Annual Stéfan Sinclair Lecture @ Concordia. She focuses on embodied computing\, algorithmic culture\, augmented reality\, emergent media\, and AI ethics. Her talk will be followed by a round-table chaired by Geoffrey Rockwell with three graduate students. \nThe live event will take place at Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705\, Concordia University\, 1515 St. Catherine’s Street W.\, Montréal. The event will also be streamed (click More Information for advance registration). \n 
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/create-me-break-me-remember-me-art-and-ai-in-an-age-of-reinvention/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250307T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250307T163000
DTSTAMP:20260501T011016
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SUMMARY:"I Get You": Empathy\, Rhetoric\, & the Design of AI Assistants
DESCRIPTION:Isabel Pedersen presents: The goal to achieve novel AI systems has been ignited by an urgent commercial preoccupation with making emotionally engaged\, empathetic AI assistants. The promise of empathy offers the alluring condition of being known by another\, when someone simply “gets you.” Inventors work to embed the appearance of emotional signs in functional AI applications through meaning-making systems that mimic interpersonal communication. However\, how do we come to terms with the ethical conundrum of artificial empathy? Is anthropomorphized AI leading to deceptive\, destructive systems or the possibility of beneficial\, creative\, dialogic exchanges with artificial agents? \n 
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/i-get-you-empathy-rhetoric-the-design-of-ai-assistants/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250602T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250605T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T011016
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SUMMARY:“Decoding the brain’s own language”: Brain implants\, neurorights\, and the corporate race to decode thought
DESCRIPTION:Isabel Pedersen will present at the annual conference of the Canadian Communication Association. \nPrecision Neuroscience\, Synchron\, Neuralink\, and Paradromics are racing to develop brain implants for many applications including therapeutic use\, cognitive enhancement\, and for general\, ‘everyday’ communication. The Paradromics website\, for example\, claims “we will continue to expand the capabilities of our massively scalable platform to support a pipeline of future applications that could benefit millions”. Precision Neuroscience celebrates the concept of “decoding the brain’s own language” (Vimeo\, 2024). Elon Musk’s Neuralink has been approved for clinical trials in Canada (Reuters\, 2024). \nThis presentation questions and explores how ‘neurorights’ can be established as these technologies evolve at an unprecedented pace and offer advancements due to the decoding of neurodata.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/decoding-the-brains-own-language-brain-implants-neurorights-and-the-corporate-race-to-decode-thought/
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SUMMARY:2025 Teaching With AI Conference
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Lesley Wilton is the keynote speaker at the 2025 Teaching With AI Conference. \nRapidly evolving as a general-purpose technology\, AI is increasingly enmeshed in formal and informal learning environments. Meaningfully integrating AI into teaching and learning requires understandings of what AI is\, what it does and what pedagogies (including AI pedagogies) best benefit learners. Troubling our thinking is: what are we teaching? and how?—and what is the role of AI? We are guided by societal and educational frameworks. Educators have a wide range of technical backgrounds–from little technical understanding to AI experts. In context\, technology transience highlights the importance of AI Literacy. Evolving frameworks\, such as UNESCOs\, are important in navigating both our understandings of teaching with AI and of how learners use AI for learning. AI systems are complex\, so the promise of agreed-upon descriptive structures (e.g. consistent model-card type information for each AI tool) may help educators better understand what an AI system actually does and identify its educational value. Responsible use of AI requires us to think critically and to consider the inherent risks of safety\, privacy\, data collection\, bias\, explainability and more. This keynote will guide staying the course toward learning as we navigate the uncharted waters of the WHAT and WHY of AI in education. \nClick here to view the program.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/2025-teaching-with-ai-conference/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251025
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SUMMARY:CPTSC 2025 Annual Conference + SIGDOC 2025
DESCRIPTION:Jessica Campbell\, Katlynne Davis\, Jialei Jiang (online)\, Nupoor Ranade (online)\, Mollie Stambler\, Jason Tham\, and Gustav Verhulsdonck are all presenting at the CPTSC 2025 Annual Conference + SIGDOC 2025\, October 23–25\, Texas Tech University in Lubbock\, Texas.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/cptsc-2025-annual-conference-sigdoc-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251030T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251030T143000
DTSTAMP:20260501T011016
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SUMMARY:Navigating AIED in Context
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for this speaking event featuring top AI in Education (AIED) researchers! \nProgram: \nWelcome & Introductions – Lesley Wilton\, OISE\, University of Toronto \, Chair\, AIED Cluster \nApplications of AI: A Taxonomy\, Stephen Downes\, Senior Research Officer Digital Technologies\, National Research Council Canada \nExploring Vibe Coding Practices in Computer Science Education\, Rutwa Engineer\, University of Toronto \nMultilingual data collection\, Annie En-Shiun Lee\, Ontario Tech University \nFlying the plane while it’s under construction – AI Literacy\, Lesley Wilton \nModerator: Isabel Pedersen\, Ontario Tech University \nZoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/7203067407
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/navigating-aied-in-context/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20251031T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20251031T150000
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SUMMARY:What is Digital Literacy Today & Why Does It Matter?
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: \nKatlynne Davis\, Assistant Professor in Professional Writing in the College of Arts and Sciences\, University of St. Thomas \nJason Tham\, Associate Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric in the Department of English at Texas Tech University \nGustav Verhulsdonck\, Assistant Professor in Business Information Systems\, Central Michigan University. \nJialei Jiang\, Assistant Professor of Writing in the Department of English\, University of Pittsburgh \nDaniel L. Hocutt\, School of Professional & Continuing Studies\, University of Richmond \nModerator: \nIsabel Pedersen\, Ontario Tech University \nOpen to everyone. \nZoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/7203067407
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/what-is-digital-literacy-today-why-does-it-matter/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260506T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260508T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T011016
CREATED:20260422T180633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T095929Z
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SUMMARY:Insights on innovation: Charting trends in digital education through a novel hybrid AI-human coding methodology
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Erika Grogan-Graham\, Tracy Byers Reid\, Janette Hughes & Diana Petrarca \nThe Fifteenth International Conference on Networked Learning (NLC2026) will take place from 6 to 8 May 2026. The conference will take place in Brussels\, Belgium and will be hosted by FARI – AI for the Common Good Institute and d-teach – Online School and Training Centre. \n 
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/networked-learning-conference-2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260506T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260508T170000
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SUMMARY:Smart Education Stacked Layers for AI-Informed Networked Learning
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Ann Hill Duin\, Jason Tham\, Jessica Campbell\, Nupoor Ranade\, Gustav Verhulsdonck\, Daniel Hocutt & Isabel Pedersen \nThe Fifteenth International Conference on Networked Learning (NLC2026) will take place from 6 to 8 May 2026. The conference will take place in Brussels\, Belgium and will be hosted by FARI – AI for the Common Good Institute and d-teach – Online School and Training Centre.
URL:https://www.digitallife.org/event/smart-education-stacked-layers-for-ai-informed-networked-learning/
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