Keynote Speakers
Prof. Carlos Delgado Kloos
Universidad Carlos III de
Madrid, Spain
Carlos Delgado Kloos received the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Technische Universität München and in Telecommunications Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He is Full Professor of Telematics Engineering at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where he is also the Director of the GAST research group and Director of the UNESCO Chair on “Scalable Digital Education for All”. He has been Rector’s Delegate for Digital Microcredentials, Vice Rector for Strategy and Digital Education, Vice Rector for Infrastructures and Environment, Associate Vice Rector for International Relations and Cooperation, and Founding Head of his Department. He has carried out research stays at several universities such as Harvard, MIT, Munich, Passau, and Naples.
Prof. Alan Garfield
University of Dubuque, USA
Alan Garfield is Professor Emeritus of the Digital Art and Design Department at the University of Dubuque, in Dubuque, Iowa USA. He is an artist and trained as an art historian, he established the first undergraduate computer graphics curriculum in the United States in 1981. His recent work focuses on the integration of AI in the humanities. He served as Director of the Bisignano Art Gallery from 2008-2019 and continues to advise. He and his wife live in Madison, Wisconsin, one house away from their 3yr old and 5yr old grandsons. “That should tell you everything,” he says. His formal education is eclectic: BA, University of Iowa; MA, State University of New York-Binghamton; Postgraduate work Wadham College, Oxford. His interests, as measured by publications, include ethics in higher education, artificial intelligence, 2D and 3D animation algorithms, video game content, 19th century French philosophies, Holocaust studies, refugee art, and Beat Generation art and poetry. His CV lists over 50 peer reviewed publications and talks at various international conferences. His latest activities have focused on AI in education, with talks at conferences at Cambridge and as editor of various education publications.
Title: “Is AI Coming for your Job as an Educator?”
Abstract: Is AI coming for your job? If you've been doomscrolling headlines, you might be feeling some kind of whiplash. Tech CEOs say humans will soon be rendered obsolete. “The era of mega AI layoffs is here,” warns Business Insider. (And as if to prove their assertion, in May 2026 21% of its own employees will be laid off.) But in October 2025, the Financial Times led with a headline, “AI is not Killing Jobs.” So, what's actually happening? Yes, certain workers are getting squeezed: junior coders, gig workers, anyone doing repetitive digital tasks. But other factors – trade wars, inflation, high interest rates – have played a bigger role in the sluggish labor market. Perhaps we should remember Francis Galton who in the 1890s said, “correlation is not causation.” Still, disruption is coming. At the end of the day, the biggest risk you have as an educator may not be that AI is replacing you, but that you might be replaced by a human who knows better how to use AI.