How do we prepare students for a future shaped by AI without giving in to either techno-euphoria or techno-doom? What creative skills should we as educators be nurturing today, and how do we redefine the role of educators, artists, and designers in a world where machines increasingly generate content? As education systems and creative industries adapt to new and rapidly changing technologies, we find ourselves caught between two extremes: the promise of innovation and the fear of obsolescence.

This panel explores how the swift development of artificial AI is transforming the ways we teach, learn, and practice in the fields of arts and design.

Panellists include practitioners and researchers working across design, arts, science, and industry, who will discuss how these changes affect the way we understand reality itself, especially as digital tools challenge the idea of visual and audiovisual media as stable sources of truth. Drawing on their hybrid experiences, they will offer diverse perspectives on how to navigate this shifting landscape, and invite participants to reflect critically, and creatively, on the future of creative education.

Biographies

Dexter Da Silva

Professor Dexter Da Silva is Professor Emeritus at Keisen University in Tokyo, Japan, where he has been teaching for 35 years. He is an Educational Psychologist who has taught at junior high school, language schools, and universities in Sydney, Australia, and at various educational institutions in Japan. He was educated at the University of Sydney, Australia (BA, Dip. Ed., MA), and the University of Western Sydney, Australia (PhD). He has presented and co-presented at conferences throughout Asia, Australia, Europe, and the United States, and published or co-published a number of books, articles, and book chapters on education-related topics. He is a past president of the Asian Psychological Association and currently a Vice-President of IAFOR. As an Educational Psychologist, he is very interested in how Artificial Intelligence will continue to be incorporated into and impact research and theory on the nature, types, and uniqueness of Human Intelligence(s).

Apipol Sae-Tung

Apipol Sae-Tung is an Academic Coordinator at IAFOR, where he contributes to the development and execution of academic-related content and activities. He works closely with the Forum’s partner institutions and coordinates IAFOR’s Global Fellowship Programme. His recent activities include mediating conference reports for the Forum’s international conference programme and facilitating the IAFOR Undergraduate Research Symposium (IURS).

Mr Sae-Tung began his career as a Program Coordinator for the Faculty of Political Science at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He was awarded the Japanese Government’s MEXT Research Scholarship and is currently pursuing a PhD at the Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan. His research focuses on government and policy analysis, particularly on authoritarian regimes. Mr Sae-Tung holds an MA in International Relations and Diplomacy from Thammasat University, Thailand, where he studied foreign policy analysis and Thailand-China relations. He also holds a BA in History from the same institution.

About the Presenter(s)
-Professor Dexter Da Silva is Professor Emeritus at Keisen University in Tokyo, Japan, where he has been teaching for 35 years.
-Apipol Sae-Tung is an Academic Coordinator at IAFOR, where he contributes to the development and execution of academic-related content and activities.

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