AI in Tertiary Education ANZ Symposium 2027
How are you using, questioning or responding to AI in your teaching? We’re looking for real examples, emerging ideas and honest lessons from educators to contribute to a global conversation.
Submit an expression of interest to present at the AI in Tertiary Education ANZ Symposium 2027 by 11 October.
Date: Tuesday 9 February 2027 (tbc)
Location: RMIT University, Melbourne City Campus, and online
Cost: Free, but registration is essential and in-person spaces are limited
Please note that presenters must attend in-person.
Artificial intelligence continues to reshape tertiary education, opening exciting new possibilities and raising challenging new questions for teaching, learning, assessment and curriculum design.
As it is increasingly integrated into teaching practice, it’s essential that we equip our educators and students with the requisite capability, confidence and ethical judgement.
The AI in Tertiary Education ANZ Symposium brings together educators, learning designers, academic leaders and practitioners to explore what thoughtful, responsible and imaginative practice looks like now.
Now entering its fourth year, the Symposium has become a vibrant forum for sharing bold, creative and practical uses of AI in teaching and learning across higher education and vocational education and training.
The Symposium will continue to focus on the realities of practice on the ground: what educators are trying, what students are experiencing, what is working and what we are learning along the way. We invite presenters and attendees to share emerging innovations, exchange insights across institutions and build our collective capability to navigate change with confidence and care.
In 2027, RMIT is excited to host the Symposium and welcome colleagues from across Australia, New Zealand and beyond to share their work, challenge their thinking and help shape what comes next.
The Symposium is an opportunity to look at real examples of AI in education.
We are looking for sessions grounded in practice: what you set out to do, how you built or adapted it, what your students made of it, and what you would change.
Prototypes, teaching materials, activity designs and honest accounts of what did not work are all welcome.
All sessions at the Symposium will be 15-minutes in length. Presenters are encouraged to focus on one example, idea or question:
If you’re interested in presenting at the Symposium, submit an expression of interest before 11 October 2026 by filling in the form.
Presenters will need to present in-person at RMIT Melbourne City Campus, on Tuesday 9 February.
The AI in Tertiary Education ANZ Symposium 2027 is hosted by the Generative AI Lab for Education (GAILE) at RMIT University.
If you have any questions about the Symposium, please contact the team.
We gratefully acknowledge the Organising Committee bringing the 2027 Symposium to life: Dr Russell Butson and Dr Ammar Karkar (University of Otago), Professor Michael Cowling, Stefanie Cutrera, Toni Jones and Dale Leszczynski (RMIT University), Professor Mollie Dollinger (Curtin University), Associate Professor Tim Fawns and Associate Professor Trish McCluskey (Monash University), Professor Danny Liu (University of Sydney), and Professor Jason Lodge (University of Queensland). Their collective leadership, expertise and generosity are helping to build a thoughtful, connected community of practice across Australia and New Zealand.
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