Towson University Educators Summit
Centering the Human: Creativity and Our AI-Shaped Future
Registration and Call for Proposals
TU Educators Summit
Monday, January 11, 2027
Title: Centering the Human: Creativity and Our AI-Shaped Future
Please register for the summit and save the date! The keynote speaker is Ken Goldberg – pioneering UC Berkeley roboticist, artist, and National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow. Additionally, if you have a perspective to share with our campus community, consider submitting a proposal.
The TU Educators Summit Planning Committee seeks engaging, interactive session proposals that keep humans at the center of AI-shaped work. Proposals are welcome from faculty and staff in every college, division, and office. The committee is especially interested in how colleagues are applying, questioning, adapting to, or deliberately setting aside AI in their teaching, research, creative work, services, and daily operations. Strong sessions will: put human skills first, engage participants actively, travel across campus, and provide participants with something usable to take away with them.
Learn more about the summit and submit your proposal today!
Proposals due by 5:00 p.m., December 4, 2026
Summit Program
| Title | presenter |
|---|---|
| Introduction |
Luis Engelke, Department of Music |
| Hymn of Acxiom |
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| Welcome |
Provost Melanie Perreault |
| Keynote Address | Ken Goldberg |
| Panel Discussion | TU Faculty and Staff |
| AI Showcase and Networking | TU Faculty and Staff |
| Breakout Sessions | TU Faculty & Staff Presenters |
| Concluding Thoughts | Marc May, Department of Film, Audio, Media Arts |