Embracing AI in education: opportunities, challenges, and ethical considerations
29 January 2025 16:00, on Zoom
In our eagerly anticipated Professionally Speaking 2025 event, we will welcome the internationally respected academic, Professor Rose Luckin as our keynote speaker.
Professor Luckin will explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in education across Wales. She will address how AI technologies are already having an impact, while offering insights into future trends that educators should anticipate.
During her keynote, Professor Luckin will cover key areas including:
- practical applications of AI to enhance teaching, learning, and administrative tasks
- strategies for leveraging AI to improve educational outcomes
- ethical considerations and safeguarding measures when implementing AI in educational settings
- essential questions for practitioners to reflect on as they navigate this rapidly evolving landscape
This event aims to equip attendees with a forward-thinking perspective on AI in education, balancing enthusiasm for innovation with a thoughtful approach to implementation. Attendees will come away with valuable insights to help them confidently embrace AI technologies while prioritising the wellbeing and success of learners and young people.
This event is suitable for a broad audience of education professionals, including all registrants, and anybody with an interest in the use of AI in education.
Professor Rose Luckin
Rose Luckin is an internationally respected academic and influential communicator across multiple stakeholders about the future of education and technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI). With over 25 years of experience, she is a recognised expert on AI in education, serving as an advisor to policymakers, governments, and industry globally.
Professor Luckin is Emerita at University College London and Founder and CEO of Educate Ventures Research Limited (EVR), a company that provides training and consultancy to the education sector to help them leverage AI ethically and effectively.
Throughout her career, Rose has held key leadership roles in academia, including serving on the Director's Strategy Group at the UCL Institute of Education from 2011-2015 and as Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Science and Technology, and Co-Founding Director of the Human Centred Technology research group at the University of Sussex from 2003-2006.
In recognition of her contributions, Rose was honoured as a Leading Woman in AI EDU at the ASU-GSV AIR Show in 2024 and received the 2023 ISTE Impact Award, becoming the first person outside North America to receive their top honour. She was also awarded the International Francqui Chair in 2018 by the Francqui Foundation in Belgium and named one of the 20 most influential people in education in the 2017 Seldon List.
A prolific author, Rose has published extensively in academic journals, books, and conference proceedings. Her 2018 book, 'Machine Learning and Human Intelligence: The Future of Education for the 21st Century', available in English and Mandarin, describes how AI can be effectively used to support teaching and learning. Her most recent book, 'AI for Schoolteachers', published in 2022, is an essential and accessible guide to AI for anyone involved in education.
As a highly sought-after speaker, Rose regularly delivers keynotes and public lectures across the globe on AI, ethics, and the future of education. She engages with the public through a monthly column in the Times Educational Supplement and op-eds in the Financial Times, Guardian, and China Daily. Rose has also appeared on various media outlets, including BBC Radio 4, ITV News, and CNBC.
In addition to her academic and entrepreneurial roles, Rose serves as an advisor to Cambridge University Press and Assessment and is co-founder of the Institute for Ethical AI in Education. She is also President of The Self-Managed Learning Centre in Brighton and sits on a range of advisory boards within the education and training sector. Rose holds a PhD in Cognitive and Computing Sciences and a First-Class Bachelor's degree in AI and Computer Science, both from the University of Sussex. Prior to her academic career, she achieved Associateship of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.