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As societies enter the age of Artificial Intelligence, the central question is no longer how rapidly technologies can advance, but whether they support human and planetary flourishing within sustainable limits. The conference positions flourishing and sustainability as the primary goals, with AI understood as a powerful yet contingent context that must be ethically governed and socially embedded. While AI offers opportunities to address climate challenges, improve public services, and expand access to knowledge, it also raises concerns regarding energy consumption, inequality, and the erosion of human agency. Addressing these tensions requires moving beyond techno-centric narratives toward value-driven, inclusive, and future-oriented approaches.<\/p>\n
As a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary global forum, STAR Scholars Network<\/a><\/span> welcomes contributions from engineering, medicine, environmental sciences, social sciences, humanities, liberal arts, education, policy, and allied fields, fostering dialogue that bridges technical innovation with ethical responsibility and sustainable futures.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Download Conference Brochure<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Keynote Speakers<\/h4><\/div>
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<\/div>Prof. Fazal Rizvi<\/h4>
Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Prof. Lindsay Oades<\/h4>
Provost, University of York, Mumbai<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Dr. Michelle Aguilar Ong<\/h4>
Commissioner, Commission on Higher Education, Philippines<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Prof. Joanna Newman<\/h4>
Vice- Chancellor, Goldsmiths University of London<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Hon\u2019ble Reshu Aryal Dhungana<\/h4>
Member, National Planning Commission, Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Prof. (Dr.) Sonajharia Minz<\/h4>
UNESCO Co-Chair in Transforming Indigenous Knowledge Research Governance & Rematriation and Professor, School of Computer & Systems Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Prof. (Dr.) Obijiofor Aginam<\/h4>
Director, UNESCO's Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Prof. James Robson<\/h4>
Director, Oxford University Centre on SKOPE, Associate Professor of Tertiary Education Systems University of Oxford<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Prof. David Mills<\/h4>
Professor of Higher Education Research and Director of the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Kellogg College , University of Oxford.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Dr. Xin Xu<\/h4>
Senior Departmental Lecturer in Higher and Tertiary Education, Deputy Director of the SKOPE, Kellogg College, University of Oxford.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Dr. Geetika Jaiswal<\/h4>
Assistant Professor, Morgan State University<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Dr. Glenn E. Good<\/h4>
Dean and Professor, College of Education, University of Florida<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Dr. Thomas Tinnefeld<\/h4>
Professor, Saarland University of Applied Sciences, (htw saar)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Mathew Mason, PhD<\/h4>
Lead Clinical Child Psychologist, Kaiser Permanente Autism Clinic Mid-Atlantic Region, USA<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Izak M. Mason<\/h4>
Adjunct Professor of Political Science and PhD Candidate Carleton University (Ottawa Canada)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Dr. Gopi Upreti <\/h4>
Professor, Tirubhuvan University, Nepal<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Prof. Bryant Best<\/h4>
Assistant Professor Morgan State University<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Dr. Gretchen<\/h4>
Professor and the PhD Program Director University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN USA<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>Prof. Michael O'Connell<\/h4>
Consulting Victimologist & Lecturer, Australia<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Pedagogies to navigate, critique, and shape AI<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Redefining the role of educators and researchers in the age of AI<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
University's role in shaping AI and being shaped by AI<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
UNESCO recommendations on the Ethics of AI<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Perspectives for Ethical AI in Finance and Business<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Ethics of AI-Enabled Decision-Making and Due Process in Sports Governance<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
AI in Healthcare transforming the Medical Field<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Impact of AI on the Engineering Field<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Ethical concerns with the use of AI in the arts and creative industry<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Ethical concerns with the use of AI in ESG-Environmental, Social and Governance- reporting<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Emotional Literacy in the times of Generative AI<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Leveraging AI for People and Planetary Flourishing<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>Join us in shaping a future that is inclusive, resilient, and profoundly humane.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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