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Global Education Innovation Forum

April 24-25, 2026

All activities will take place in person at Duke Kunshan University’s campus (UTC/GMT +08:00).

Speakers are listed alphabetically by last name.

Friday - April 24
Morning Sessions

Location: Community Center Theater, 2nd Floor

8:40 – 9:00 am

IGHE Forum Check-in (For Participants Arriving on Friday)

9:00 – 9:30 am

Opening Remarks

Moderator: Yisu ZHOU, Interim Dean for Academic Strategy and Learning Innovation (ASLI), China Director for the Institute for Global Higher Education (IGHE), DKU

  • Yaolin LIU, Chancellor, DKU
  • Scott MacEachern, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, DKU

9:30 – 10:30 am

Keynote Address

  • Sebastian Sunday Grève, Associate Professor, Peking University

10:30 – 10:45 am

Tea Break

10:45 – 12:00 noon

Main Panel

From Execution to Orchestration: Cultivating Evaluative Agency and System Leadership

Moderator: Yisu ZHOU, Interim Dean for Academic Strategy and Learning Innovation (ASLI), China Director for the Institute for Global Higher Education (IGHE), DKU

Demo: Jiesen HUANG, Class of 2026, DKU

  • Anindito Aditomo (Nino), Fulbright scholar, Humboldt scholar, and associate professor, University of Surabaya
  • Shuangye CHEN, Associate Dean of Faculty of Education, East China Normal University
  • Noah Pickus, Head of Global Strategy and Partnerships, Senior Advisor to the Provost, Duke University
  • Hua SHEN, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, NYU Shanghai
  • Tan Yap Peng, Provost, VinUniversity

12:00 – 1:30 pm

Lunch at Community Center Dining Hall (CCT 1-3 Floor)

Friday - April 24
Afternoon Sessions

Location: Academic Building (AB), 2nd Floor

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Parallel Sessions 

Session A: Reclaiming the Struggle: Fostering Deep Learning When AI Can Do the Work

Location: AB 2103

Moderator: Junyi LI, Lecturer of English language, DKU

  • Pasoot Lasuka, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University
  • James Miller, Professor of Humanities, Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Initiatives, DKU
  • Ben Van Overmeire, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, DKU
  • David Pickus, Professor of History and Director of Global Studies, American University in Vietnam
  • Yang SHEN, Assistant Professor in Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University
  • Lei ZHENG, Doctor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education, Peking University

 

Session B: Beyond Opt-in and Opt-Out: Authentic Teaching and Learning

Location: AB 2107

Moderator: Laura Davies, Senior Lecturer in English Language, Assistant Director for UG English for Academic Purposes (EAP), DKU

  • Jiawen CAI, Senior Coordinator of Undergraduate Academic Activities, DKU
  • Diane GENG, Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs, NYU Shanghai
  • Liu HONG, Associate professor, School of social development and public policy, Fudan University
  • Andy W. H. Khong, Deputy Associate Provost (Students); Director of Students (Innovation and Entrepreneurship); co-Director (Delta-NTU Corp Lab), Nanyang Technological University

  • Intan Azura Mokhtar, Assistant Provost (Community-Engaged Learning [CEL]), Singapore Institute of Technology

  • Nashan ZHAO, Class of 2028, DKU

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Tea Break

3:30 – 5:30 pm

Parallel Sessions 

Session A: The Crisis of Mastery: Rethinking Pedagogical Practices in the Era of Autonomous Agents

Location: AB 2103

Moderator: Bikalpa Panthi, Class of 2027, DKU

  • Shanyun HE, Associate Professor of Education, Zhejiang University
  • Ming-Chun HUANG, Associate Professor of Data and Computational Science, DKU
  • Aashique Iabal, Assistant Professor of History, KREA University
  • Adison Juntrasook, Dean of the Faculty of Learning Sciences and Education, Thammasat University
  • Emad Mohamed, Professor of Linguistic, Nazarbayev University

 

Session B: Reimagining the Educator—From Knowledge Transmitter to Learning Architect

Location: AB 2107

Moderator: Kristinn Már Ársælsson, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science, DKU

  • Joseph Davies, Senior Lecturer in English Language, Assistant Director for PG English for Academic Purposes (EAP), DKU
  • Laura Davies, Senior Lecturer in English Language, Assistant Director for UG English for Academic Purposes (EAP), DKU
  • Tati Durriyah, Associate Professor and the Head of the MA in Education program, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia
  • Jun MAO, Lecturer, Teaching Center for Writing and Communication, Tsinghua University
  • Luyao ZHANG, Assistant Professor of Economics, DKU
  • Tong ZHANG, Assistant Professor in English Language Instruction, DKU

5:30 – 8:30 pm

Evening Reception for All Attendees

Location: Conference Center 1st Floor

Saturday - April 25
Morning Sessions

Location: Academic Building (AB), 2nd Floor

9:00 – 10:00 am

Panel Discussion

Hybrid Human-AI Humanistic Research and Creative Practice

Location: AB 2103

Moderator: Vivian XU, Assistant Professor of Media and Art, DKU

  • LLM (Chatbot)
  • Benjamin Bacon, Associate Professor of Media and Arts, DKU
  • Ziv Ze’ev Cohen, Assistant Professor of Digital Media, DKU
  • Rui HU, Assistant Professor of Computation and Design, DKU
  • Mark J.V. Olson, Associate Professor of the Practice of Visual & Media Studies, Duke University
  • Victoria Szabo, Research Professor of Art, Art History, & Visual Studies, Duke University

10:00 – 10:15 am

Tea Break

10:15 – 11:15 am

Panel Discussion

AI and Authenticity: Community and Local knowledge

Location: AB 2103

Moderator: Kaley Clements, Assistant Professor of Media and Art, DKU

  • James Kah, Associate Professor, Vice-Dean (Outreach & Special Projects), National University of Singapore
  • Nopparat Lamun, Program Manager, The Mekong School
  • Hong LIU, Executive Director, PEER
  • Malee Pattanaprasitporn, The Mekong School
  • Rong XIANG, Research Director, Yunnan University

11:30 – 12:00 noon

Closing Remarks