AI is transforming what students need to learn and how employees need to work. Traditional curricula and job requirements are becoming obsolete as AI handles tasks once reserved for human expertise. This interactive panel brings together education and industry leaders to address the urgent questions facing today’s educators, employers, and families.

Core Learning Outcomes: Participants will gain practical strategies to navigate AI’s impact on education and work. You will learn to:

• Distinguish between AI that undermines learning and AI that enhances it
• Identify which human capabilities grow more essential as AI advances
• Design education and training that prepares people for AI-integrated workplaces

Specific Outcomes by Audience:

Business Leaders

• Build frameworks for assessing your workforce’s AI readiness
• Create targeted upskilling programs that develop both technical and human competencies
• Establish metrics for measuring AI literacy across your organization

Policymakers

• Evaluate evidence-based approaches to AI education standards
• Understand the regulatory considerations for AI in educational settings
• Develop policies that balance innovation with educational integrity

Educators

• Design courses that use AI to deepen learning rather than replace thinking
• Preserve essential educational goals—critical reasoning, character development, and intellectual curiosity—while integrating new tools
• Create assessment methods that evaluate genuine understanding in an AI-enabled world

Administrators

• Develop institutional strategies for AI adoption with measurable objectives
• Allocate resources effectively between technology and human-centered programs
• Build consensus among stakeholders with competing priorities

Parents & Community Members

• Understand how AI will shape your children’s educational and career paths
• Ask informed questions about AI use in your schools
• Support your children in developing skills that complement rather than compete with AI