{"id":238745,"date":"2026-06-29T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/office-of-academic-innovation-summer-conference-focuses-on-ai-in-higher-education\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:50:10","slug":"office-of-academic-innovation-summer-conference-focuses-on-ai-in-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/office-of-academic-innovation-summer-conference-focuses-on-ai-in-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of Academic Innovation Summer Conference Focuses on AI in Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpp.edu\/news\/content\/2026\/06\/office-of-academic-innovation-summer-conference-focuses-on-ai-in-higher-education\/index.shtml\">Office of Academic Innovation Summer Conference Focuses on AI in Higher Education<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpp.edu\/news\/content\/2026\/06\/office-of-academic-innovation-summer-conference-focuses-on-ai-in-higher-education\/index.shtml\">https:\/\/www.cpp.edu\/news\/content\/2026\/06\/office-of-academic-innovation-summer-conference-focuses-on-ai-in-higher-education\/index.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-29 19:33:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cpp.edu\">www.cpp.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Conference Theme: The 2026 Office of Academic Innovation Summer Conference, themed &#8220;Human at the Core: Navigating AI in Higher Education,&#8221; focused on exploring AI&#8217;s role in teaching, learning, and university operations while maintaining the importance of human creativity and critical thinking.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Dates and Venue: The two-day event was held on June 3-4, 2026, and was hosted by Cal Poly Pomona in collaboration with faculties and institutions outside the university.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Tracks and Sessions: The conference included two tracks\u2014AI in the Classroom and AI Outside the Classroom\u2014offering sessions on practical applications of AI, emerging technologies, and strategies to integrate AI responsibly.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Keynote Speakers: The conference featured keynotes from Frank Wuerthwein, Andrew Currah, and Tiffany Zhu, focusing on research computing, educational innovation, and technology ethics respectively.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Emphasis on Intentional AI Use: Key discussions centered around using AI to augment rather than replace human capabilities, ensuring technology supports rather than detracts from critical thinking and creativity.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Preparing Students for the Future: Perspectives from educators like Monica Palomo, Belal Hasan, and David Pe\u00f1a highlighted AI\u2019s potential to enhance teaching, personalize learning, and prepare students for new workforce demands.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Institutional Commitment: The conference reinforced Cal Poly Pomona&#8217;s commitment to innovation through artificial intelligence, highlighting its role in cybersecurity, geographic information systems, and fostering collaborative research.  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Professional Development: The event showcased ongoing efforts to support faculty and staff with professional development, encouraging collaboration, and responsible innovation as AI evolves in higher education settings.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Office of Academic Innovation Summer Conference Focuses on AI in Higher Education https:\/\/www.cpp.edu\/news\/content\/2026\/06\/office-of-academic-innovation-summer-conference-focuses-on-ai-in-higher-education\/index.shtml Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.cpp.edu\/news\/img\/news\/2026\/06\/26summer-ai-conf-group2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-238745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238747,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238745\/revisions\/238747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}