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🚀 On 28 November, we successfully launched the #ASEFInnoLab5 Publication! We welcomed 120 participants from #Asia and #Europe to the successful virtual launch of the publication titled “Universities’ Role in Artificial Innovation (#AI) Ecosystems by 2060 in Asia and Europe”. This collection of 16 forward-looking position papers produced by our online cohort focus on the themes of AI #Governance, AI in #Education, and AI for #Sustainable Development. We opened the session with welcome messages from Ms Reka TOZSA, our Director for Education, and Prof SHEN Yi of Fudan University (复旦大学). Dr Claudio RIVERA and Ms Paula ELKSNE-REVELIŅA of the RTU Riga Business School then gave a background of the publication’s contents and the approach used by the authors in developing the papers. 🎙️ We also had engaging panel discussions where the following authors shared insights on the future of universities’ role in AI innovation ecosystems: • Mr Pawel PUJSZO, College of Europe in Natolin, Poland • Dr Rozanne Tuesday FLORES, Bukidnon State University, Philippines • Mr Balazs HORVATH, Kimitisik, Hungary • Ms Aida NURANOVA, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan • Dr Tehreem MASOOD, The Superior University, Pakistan • Prof Roman SENKERIK, Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně, Czechia The highlight? The unveiling of 16 forward-looking, thought-provoking position papers written by our diverse cohort during the #ASEFInnoLab5 online phase. These papers provide comprehensive insights and recommendations to guide universities in navigating the rapidly evolving AI landscape. 📚 Read more about the launch and download the publication here: https://hubs.ly/Q02_HK9R0. You can also scan the QR code! A heartfelt thank you to everyone who contributed to this meaningful initiative and joined us for the launch. Let’s keep driving collaboration, innovation, and impactful discussions on the role of AI in shaping the future of education! ✨ #ASEF #ASEFEdu #InnoLab #InnovationEcosystems #HigherEducation #SDGs #FutureOfEducation

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🌟 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 – 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 🌐 The Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) gGmbH invites contributions to its international conference "Creating Spaces for Digital Futures", taking place on October 9–10, 2025, at the Makerspace near Ruhr-University Bochum. This two-day event focuses on the intersection of societal challenges and digital transformation, exploring innovative ways to design, utilize, and optimize Public Spaces, Learning Spaces, and Data Spaces. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: The topics addressed – ranging from creating inclusive digital environments to leveraging data spaces for societal impact – are closely tied to some of the challenges we tackle in AI and Machine Learning (ML) research. At Lamarr, we recognize that understanding the dynamics of digital spaces is foundational to developing trustworthy, resource-efficient, and impactful AI solutions. 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: 📝 Types of submissions: Position and theoretical papers (1000 words max). Research reports (500 words max). Workshops and Debate Club proposals. 📅 Key Dates: 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 15, 2025 Notification of Acceptance: May 15, 2025 Join the dialogue and contribute your perspective to the future of digital environments and their interaction with emerging technologies like AI and ML. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dvzdim5F #CfP #InterdisciplinaryResearch #DigitalTransformation © CAIS

Today I participated in Tim Gander’s AIEdCoP meeting. I was profoundly inspired by the stories, experiences, experiments and successes of integration of AI in Education. It is both refreshing and inspiring meeting people committed to work so hard to share expertise and provide leadership to realise the Aotearoa New Zealand blueprint for AI. “The blueprint prioritises six specific sectors for AI investment: agriculture, architecture, engineering and construction (AEC), creative industries, education, environment, and health. These sectors have been identified as critical for New Zealand's long-term economic prosperity and are anticipated to benefit significantly from increased AI adoption”. #ai #aieducation #digitalentanglement #futureschool https://lnkd.in/ge4ExnVE

📢 We are excited to present the collaborative research being conducted by Prof. Vanina Macowski Durski Silva from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina currently conducting her investigation at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt thanks to the Ignaz-Kögler-Stiftung scholarship, Prof. Axmann from Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, and their colleagues from the University of Belgrade and University of Zagreb / Sveučilište u Zagrebu at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt: Driving Innovation: Exploring Generative AI in Logistics Across Borders 🌍 🚀 Unveiling the future of logistics with AI! 🧠 This international research team is diving into the use of Generative AI tools across logistics profiles in Germany, Brazil, Serbia, and Croatia. The preliminary findings? There's an untouched opportunity for innovation. 💡 To explore further, they have crafted a questionnaire to evaluate AI adoption in the logistics office tasks to engage up to 100,000 professionals via LinkedIn. The gleaned insights will illuminate how AI can boost operational efficiency. 👏📊 Stay tuned for more. This groundbreaking study is laying the foundation for future strategies and innovations. 🌐 #AIInnovation #CrossBorderResearch #FutureLogistics #IgnazKöglerStiftung

[IREG 2024 Conference] Artificial Inetelligence (AI) Altering Higher Education and Rankings The advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to transform the academic world, influencing how higher education institutions are ranked and how ranking organizations collect and analyze data. At the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence 2024 Conference, global experts and university leaders will explore AI's impact on research, teaching, evaluation, and university rankings. The Chairperson of UI GreenMetric has been invited by Prof. Waldemar Siwiński and Dr. Kazimierz Bilanow to present during the 6th session, "Transformative Integration: Universities Embracing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Societal Impact." Prof. Riri Fitri Sari, Chairperson of UI GreenMetric, will share insights on "Experience of UI GreenMetric: from Rankings to Sustainable Universities in the AI-based Upheaval Era". The conference will be held on: 🗓 6-9 November 2024 📍Bucharest, Romania Click the link to learn more about the conference details! 📎 https://lnkd.in/dJbeR2gY Join us for an insightful discussion as we explore the role of Artificial Intelligence in the academic world! 🌐🏫 #IREGCONFERENCE2024 #UIGREENMETRIC #HIGHEREDUCATIONCOLLABORATION

Are you coming to DRUID SKEMA Business School tomorrow and cannot resist the urge to talk about #AI? Then, we have the PDW perfect for you: Ludovic Dibiaggio, Gautam Ahuja and yours truly organise one on 'Researching the Artificial Intelligence Imperative'. It takes place tomorrow (13/06) from 9-12 at the Conference Venue (Saint Jean d'Angely campus of EUR Economie et Management - ELMI Université Côte d'Azur). Who are the speakers? We opted for a mix of experience and early-career researchers, in both cases working on excellent projects: Hyunjin Kim, Milan Miric Iris Poon Ekaterina Prytkova The aim of the PDW is to gather scholars interested in sharing questions, ideas, and insights about the impact of AI on #organizational and #strategic challenges. “Researching the AI imperative” is a unique opportunity to develop and test theories that link #industrial #dynamics, #ecosystems #evolution, and #firms’ strategy and initiate a discussion about relevant empirical analyses, materials, and data. The PDW is organized in two parts. FIRST, speakers will present four ongoing research projects; the goal of this part is to showcase work on the frontier of strategy and economics of AI. SECOND, we will have a roundtable titled “Which directions for research on the AI imperative?”; its goal is to kickstart an open discussion on the future of research on AI in our fields. Like AI? Join us tomorrow! Look at the cool poster we have! #innovation #research #conference

🌟 Join the Official Launch of the ASEFInnoLab5 Publication! 🌟 📅 When: 28 November 2024 🕒 Time: 16:00-17:30 SGT / 09:00-10:30 CET 📍 Where: Online via Zoom Universities are at the heart of #AI's transformative journey, navigating opportunities and challenges in shaping the Asia-Europe education landscape. Explore this future with us through the #ASEFInnoLab5 Publication, featuring 16 visionary position papers created by our diverse online programme cohort from all over #Asia and #Europe. This volume is divided into three main sections aligned with ASEFInnoLab5’s areas of focus: Universities’ Role in AI #Governance by 2060, Universities’ Role in AI in #Education by 2060, and Universities’ Role in AI for #SustainableDevelopment by 2060. We are proud to present this output to the public and invite all to join us as we showcase the online cohort’s work. 🚀 💡 You will learn more about the approach the teams used in developing their papers and hear an overview of the publication’s contents through mini-panel discussions with select members of the cohort. There will be a Q&A after each thematic panel. Read more at https://hubs.ly/Q02YLl6T0 to find out more and register. Join us as we launch this collection of works that explore what could be the future role of universities in the fast-paced, evolving context of AI! 🔎 #ASEF #ASEFEdu #InnoLab #Innovation #HigherEducation #SDGs #FutureOfEducation

As part of the Smart Nation 2.0 initiative announced by #Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, the government will invest S$120 million in “AI for Science” initiative.🌠 Led by the National Research Foundation Singapore (#NRF), the initiative will focus on developing and adopting #AI methods and tools that are transferable across multiple domains of science to enhance research productivity and advance scientific discovery. It will fund collaborations between AI researchers and scientific domain experts in thematic areas that are of interest to Singapore, such as advanced materials research and biomedical and health sciences. The government will introduce a new Digital Infrastructure Act in 2025 to improve the resilience and security of key digital infrastructure and services. Smart Nation policy seeks to achieve the goals of building trust, growth, and community. https://buff.ly/3Y68yd4 Ministry of Digital Development and Information IMDA Smart Nation Singapore Josephine Teo #SmartNation #artificialintelligence

A fascinating panel discussion showcasing the potential of the CoRE AI, one of many multilateral, bottom-up collaborations between excellent researchers based in Africa and Europe #AfricaEuropeCoRE. It was inspiring for me to co-organise this event on behalf of The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities with GÉANT, NORDUnet, UbuntuNet Alliance, ASREN and West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) The Africa-Europe CoREs have ambitious research, education and capacity building plans that align with the #AU - #EU Innovation agenda and the #globalgateway. Excellent researchers and research institutions are well aware of the assymetries that can undermine equitable partnerships, in many sectors and disciplines. We have ideas, potential and track records for advancing the state of the art and addressing our shared challenges. We are ready to contribute more through a myriad of approaches, including: - Partnership programmes for infrastructural, economic and societal development led by African Governments and supported by #globalgateway - Excellent research projects supported across the pillars of #horizoneurope - education and mobility activities supported by #erasmusplus Find out more and contact us if you are working with similar aims: https://lnkd.in/deRhzZHh