Panel Title: Building Human-Centric Curriculum with AI and Immersive Tech in a Machine-Driven Era
Panel Description: Over the past two years, the launch of generative AI has sparked a surge of innovation across education. Institutions are inundated with AI-powered tools and agentic systems promising personalization, efficiency, and scale. Yet the central challenge remains: how do we leverage AI for “co-intelligence” without drifting toward machine-dominated work and decision-making?
AI has the potential to reinvigorate the delivery of education, dramatically improving access, tailoring instruction, and accelerating mastery through adaptive pathways. Early evidence shows that personalized learning powered by AI can increase completion, strengthen learner engagement, and drive measurable gains in retention and outcomes. At the same time, immersive technologies such as VR, AR, and simulation-based practice are reshaping how learners build critical skills, confidence, and competence.
This panel will explore how leading innovators are designing AI-enabled and immersive solutions that elevate, not replace, the human experience in learning. We will examine:
- How AI is being deployed to create personalized, flexible, mastery-based learning journeys
- The role of virtual simulation and XR technologies in building skills
- Measurable learner outcomes institutions are seeing from AI and immersive platforms
- How to balance automation with human-centered pedagogy and design AI-powered tools that augment rather than substitute learning
- The capabilities institutions must build to adopt these technologies responsibly at scale
- Lessons learned from this experimentation in education
From K-12, higher education to workforce prep, this conversation will highlight the next generation of platforms that integrate AI and immersion while keeping people, learners, educators, employers, at the core. Join us as we explore how technology, when thoughtfully designed, can elevate human potential and reshape learning for a rapidly evolving world.
When: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 11:00 am – 11:40 am
Where: The Seaport Village Parking Lot Stage
Panelists/Participants:
- Moderator: Sean K Brown, Managing Director, Juvo Ventures
- Panelist: Mark Atkinson, Founder and CEO, Mursion
- Panelist: Steve Grubbs, Founder and CEO, VictoryXR
- Panelist: Dan Gohl, HP, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer of US Education
- Panelist: Dr. Muhsinah Morris, Director Metaverse Programs, Morehouse College