Schedule

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Breakfast and Opening Remarks

Keynote: AI and Libraries

Ben Lee, University of Washington

Scholars Studio

Alex Wermer-Colan, Temple

Tutorial: AI as a Tool for Writing (Room 113)

Miles Satlof, Writing Tutor, Student Success Center

Lunchtime Alumni Panel: Temple Owls in Government and Industry

Arian Arab, FDA

Anisa Ara, IBM

Jamielyn Samper, Meta

Tamer Morsy, Spotlight News

Panel: AI on Campus

Deputy Chief Michael Smith, TU Dept of Public Safety 

Jennifer Zaylea, Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT)

Jonathan Larsen, Center for Public Health Law Research

Student Research: Virtual Reality Lab (Scholars Studio, Third Floor)

Jo Liberman, CLA

Keynote: AI Governance
(OpenAI Model Spec)

• • Jason Wolfe, OpenAI
  • Eli Alshanetsky, College of Liberal Arts

Reception

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Breakfast

AI Writing Instruction

Amy Friedman, CLA

Robot Demonstration

Philip Dames, Temple

LLMs and Cognition

Jamie Reilly, Public Health

Jason Chein, CLA

Chelsea Helion, CLA

Lunchtime Student Research Presentations

Moderated by Konstantin Bauman, Fox School of Business

Student Research Poster Session (Atrium) 

AI and Fiction Writing

Andrew John Wit, Tyler

Embracing Luddite Wisdom

Gregg Feistman, Klein

AI Image Creation Tutorial

Tara Pixley, Klein

AlphaFold Demonstration

Vincenzo Carnevale, Temple 

Closing Panel on AI Ethics and Future Directions of AI Research
Facilitated by Konstantin Bauman, Fox School of Business

• • Richard Souvenir, Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives, OVPR and CST
  • Sunil Wattal, Associate Dean of Research, Fox School of Business 
  • Andrew Iliadis, Associate Professor, Klein College of Media and Communication
  • Joe Lucia, Dean of Libraries

Closing Reception