ASK4AI Melbourne Summit 2024

Event date:  15 August 2024

Australia faces a critical skills gap as AI rapidly transforms industries and everyday life, necessitating innovative interdisciplinary solutions to address widening inequalities.

ASK4AI (Adaptive Skills and Knowledge for the Age of AI) brings together researchers, policymakers, industry leaders, and community members with a shared goal of preparing Australians for the increasing role of AI technologies. The initiative focuses on developing evidence-based practices and resources to equip individuals with essential adaptive skills. Through collaboration with partners, ASK4AI seeks to shape educational practices and policies, and to empower communities to navigate the challenges and opportunities of AI.

The ASK4AI Melbourne Summit, held at Monash College, Docklands, included keynote addresses that highlighted the transformative role of AI in human learning, education, and workforce development. There were also interactive sessions and opportunities for networking with national and global leaders in AI, technology, education, learning and development, assessment, and digital transformation.

Monash University was represented at the Summit by leading researchers in the AI field, including Professors Dragan Gašević, Geoff Webb, Joanna Batstone, Ann Nicholson, Monica Whitty, Greg J. Bamber, and Simon Wilkie.

All Speakers

• Professor Dragan Gašević – Director of Centre for Learning Analytics, Monash University
• Professor Allie Clemans – Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education, Monash University
• Professor Ann Nicholson, FTSE – Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
• Professor Rose Luckin – Founder, Educate Ventures Research and University College London
• Professor Simon Wilkie – Dean Faculty of Business and Economics, Head Monash Business School, Monash University
• Professor Greg J. Bamber, FAcSS, FAHRI, FASSA, FBAM, FCIPD – Co-Director, International Consortium for Research in Employment & Work, Department of Management, Monash Business School, Research Theme Lead: Future of Work @ Monash Data Futures Institute, Monash University
• Professor Ryan Baker – Director of Penn Centre for Learning Analytics, University of Pennsylvania
• Professor Annemaree Carroll, FASSA – Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Queensland
• Professor Geoff Webb, FIEEE – Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Monash University
• Professor Umesh Sharma – Associate Dean (Equity and Inclusion) - Faculty of Education, Monash University
• Professor Monica Whitty – Head of Department of Software Systems and Cybersecurity, Monash University
• Professor Joanna Batstone – Director of the Monash Data Futures Institute, Monash University
• Professor Pauline Taylor-Guy – Research Director, Centre for School and System Improvement, Australian Council for Educational Research
• Professor Shane Dawson – Executive Dean of UniSA Education Futures, University of South Australia
• Associate Professor Rachel Fitzgerald – Deputy Associate Dean (Academics) - Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, University of Queensland
• Associate Professor Hassan Khosravi – Associate Professor in Data Science and Learning Analytics, University of Queensland
• Associate Professor Sarah Howard –  Education Lead, University of Wollongong
• Associate Professor Jason Lodge – Deputy Associate Dean (Acad), University of Queensland
• Dr YJ Kim – Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin
• Dr Nathan Zoanetti – Research Director of Methodology and Measurement, Australian Council for Educational Research
• Dr Kevin Bell – Head of Higher Education and Research – ANZ, Amazon Web Services
• Dr Catherine McTavish – Director Research Services, Queensland Department of Education
• Dr Claire Mason – Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
• Dr Andrew Kyngdon – Chief Psychometrician, NSW Education Standards Authority
• Dr Liam Byrne – Future of Work and Unionism Project Coordinator & Historian, Australian Council of Trade Unions
• Dr Koteswara Ivaturi – Manager, Accenture Research, Accenture
• Andrew Smith – CEO, Education Services Australia
• David Linke – Managing Director, EduGrowth
• Jim Crisp – Director, Strategy & AI Enabled Transformation, Deloitte
• Bilal Arshad – Chief Executive Officer, Babble Beans
• Daniel Ingvarson – Director, IAMAI
• Danielle Purdy – General Manager (Student and Learning Technologies), Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools
• David Bowser – Chief Executive Officer, Curio
• Ben Leighton – Senior Experimental Scientist, CSIRO
• Dr Lixiang Yan – Research Fellow, Monash University