Want to explore how AI and edtech are transforming learning—and connect with experts across TC and Columbia?
Join us for a dynamic morning featuring a panel conversation with experts from across Columbia’s education-focused centers, followed by an informal mixer. Gain fresh insights into how AI is shaping K-12, higher education, and workforce development—and connect with peers, faculty, alums and practitioners driving the future of learning.
Refreshments and coffee will be served!
The panel features speakers from across CU and TC centers:
Grace A McCarty, Director of Research Strategy and Policy at the Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL), Columbia Law School
Dr. Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes: Director of the Technology, Innovation & Digital Engagement Lab (TIDEL) at Union Theological Seminary
Amy Hawley Alvarez, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Teachers College
Dr. Jeff Goldsmith, Associate Director for Education at the Data Science Institute, Columbia Engineering School
About IREA
The purpose of the Intelligent Reality in Education Association is to create a student-led community focused on artificial intelligence in education, research and instructional design. The organization provides opportunities for students to present research, showcase projects, and exchange ideas on how AI can transform teaching, learning, and educational innovation. While AI is our central focus, we also consider related technologies—such as virtual, augmented, and mixed reality—when they intersect with intelligent systems. Our goal is to encourage dialogue, support collaboration across disciplines, and strengthen the sense of community among students interested in advancing education through AI.
About Columbians in EdTech
We are a free, volunteer-led community of Columbians who are interested in technology and education. We build lifelong friendships, connect, amplify, celebrate and share expertise, opportunities and resources, thereby elevating our collective impact across the university and in education as a whole. Members are students, alums, faculty and staff affiliated with the wider Columbia University ecosystem. To learn more and request to join: www.ColumbiansInEdTech.org.