The 6th Coimbra Group High-Level Seminar on Education Policy aims to explore and discuss both benefits and challenges in integrating generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the academic life, by approaching timely topics such as:

• The need to embed AI literacy as part of the broader digital literacy into the study programmes, but also to acknowledge the strengths and weaknesses of incorporating generative AI into curriculum design;
• The potential of generative AI to enhance teaching, learning and assessment in higher education;
• The promise of generative AI to create new opportunities to foster creativity across academic communities, and to support equity and inclusion (through personalized learning, interactive learning experiences, real-time feedback, etc.);
• The role of generative AI in (re)considering university teachers’ roles and workloads;
• The need for ethical considerations to be well thought-out (ensuring academic integrity, promoting responsible AI use, addressing potential biases in AI-generated content etc.) and explicitly addressed in institutional policies and educational practices.

The High-level Policy Seminar is designed to offer Rectors and Vice-Rectors for Education of Coimbra Group Universities, as well as Vice-Rectors for Internationalization and the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the twelve CG Working Groups, unique perspectives, valuable knowledge, dynamic dialogues and an engaging experience on the responses to the widespread adoption of generative AI tools in our academic communities. The members of the CG Education Innovation Working Group already identified institutional policies and academic practices on the use of generative AI tools, and will provide a number of relevant examples, as premises for further and richer exchanges.

• Simon Roy, OECD, Head of Higher Education Policy – The Implications of AI for Higher Education: Emerging Patterns in OECD Countries
• Pinar Heggernes, University of Bergen, Vice-Rector for Education and Digital Knowledge, Member of Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium – The Role of Higher Education for Successful Digital Transformation and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
• Vincent Wade, Trinity College Dublin, Chair of Computer Science (Est. 1990), Co-Founder of ADAPT SFI Research Centre for AI & Digital Media Technologies, Co-Director of SFI Centre for Postgraduate Research Training in Digitally-Enhanced Reality (School of Computer Science & Statistics) –Opportunities, Challenges and Adoption Strategies of GenAI technology in Education
• Beatrix Busse, University of Cologne, Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Teaching (TBC)
• Florin Olariu, Technical Manager at Centric IT Solutions Romania, Member of an OpenAI working group (TBC)