MARGARIDA ROMERO

CREATIVE USES OF AI FOR TEACHERS AND LEARNER AGENCY.

Abstract
Creative uses of artificial intelligence offer opportunities to move teaching and learning beyond passive and instrumental adoption toward expansive learning supported by AI. Grounded in the #PPAI6 framework, this contribution focuses on higher levels of creative engagement, where AI mediates the development of teacher and learner agency rather than merely supporting interaction or efficiency. The analysis examines how AI can function as a mediating tool for creative action, enabling teachers to act as pedagogical co-designers and learners as creative agents who generate artifacts, concepts, and actions capable of transforming educational practices. At these levels of engagement, AI supports the exploration of contradictions in complex problem spaces, the modeling of activity systems, and the development of collective agency. Using #PPAI6 as both a design and analytical lens, the keynote highlights pathways for strengthening autonomy, shared responsibility, and agency in AI-supported education.

Bio
is a research professor at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC). After the best PhD award in Psychology (2010), she did her tenure track at Université Laval (Canada) and was appointed in 2017 as a full professor at Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, where she founded the LINE, a research unit in the learning sciences. Her research focuses on the study of creative uses of technology (#ppai6), particularly in relation to AIED and creative problem-solving in CSCL.

SERGIO FASCE

AI-ENHANCED LEARNING IN COMPANIES: A NEW LEARNING CONTRACT BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION 

Abstract
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming how organizations operate, how decisions are made and how work is structured. While much attention is focused on technological innovation, the real challenge increasingly lies in preparing people and organizations to work effectively in AI-enabled environments.
Across industries, many companies are investing heavily in AI technologies. However, the practical bottleneck often emerges not in the technology itself but in the capability gap inside organizations: the ability of employees, managers and leaders to integrate AI tools into daily work, decision processes and collaboration models.
At the same time, companies are entering an unprecedented workforce transition. For the first time in history, up to five generations may coexist within the same organization, each shaped by different educational experiences, learning styles and expectations about work, technology and work–life balance.
These transformations expose the limits of traditional models of education and professional development. The historical sequence of “education first, work later” is increasingly insufficient in a context where skills evolve continuously and technologies rapidly reshape industries.
Drawing on leadership experience in global technology companies, this keynote will explore the need for a new learning contract between industry, education systems and individuals. Organizations increasingly require continuous capability development, while universities and learning institutions must collaborate more closely with industry to ensure that skills, adaptability and critical thinking evolve alongside technological progress.
The presentation will also discuss how AI can enable new forms of learning directly embedded in daily work. Through tools such as AI coaches and intelligent assistants, learning in the flow of work can become a practical mechanism for continuous capability development, supporting both younger generations entering the workforce and experienced professionals adapting to rapid technological change.
Ultimately, the success of AI-driven transformation will depend not only on technological progress, but on our ability to design learning ecosystems that support individuals, organizations and societies in adapting continuously to change.

Bio
is an international executive with extensive experience in organizational transformation, leadership development and workforce capability building in global technology companies. He previously served as Senior Vice President HR and Transformation at Nokia and held senior leadership roles across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Earlier in his career he led global business units and served as CEO of Alcatel-Lucent Italy, combining P&L responsibility with large-scale organizational transformation. Throughout his career he has worked at the intersection of business strategy, operating models and workforce capability development. His current focus is on how artificial intelligence and digital technologies are reshaping leadership, skills, learning ecosystems and the future of work across generations.