The fourth edition of the UNESCO International Forum on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Education will take place on 5 and 6 December 2022 under the theme Steering AI to Empower Teachers and Transform Teaching. The online event will be co-organized by UNESCO, China, and interested international or regional organizations.

International Forum on AI and Education

5 December 2022 - 6 December 2022

Location: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

The Forum will be structured around the following sub-themes:

  1. Strategies for leveraging AI to enable digital transformation of education
  2. Steering AI by design to empower teachers and transform teaching and learning
  3. Defining and developing teachers' competencies needed to work in AI-rich education settings
  4. Global partnership for centring the most marginalized with priorities for Africa

 

Background

The first International Conference on AI and Education was co-organized by UNESCO and the Government of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing in 2019. During this Conference, the Beijing Consensus on Artificial Intelligence and Education was adopted.

The second International Forum on AI and Education was held both online and in person in Beijing in December 2020.

The third International Forum on AI and Education took place online and in person in Beijing in December 2021,  under the theme Ensuring AI as a Common Good to Transform Education.

Partners

The Forum is organized by UNESCO in partnership with:

  • The Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
  • The National Commission of the People’s Republic of China for UNESCO
  • UN agencies
  • Regional organizations