TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 | 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM

J.B. DUKE HOTEL | DURHAM, NC

The 2026 Emerging Pedagogies Summit: AI and Teaching Futures is a pedagogy-focused opportunity for Duke faculty and instructors to explore the future of teaching and learning.

The Summit will create space for curiosity, honest dialogue, and practical exploration of AI in teaching and learning. Whether participants are enthusiastic adopters, thoughtful skeptics, or hold divergent opinions of AI, the Summit invites faculty and instructors to engage with new ideas, challenge assumptions, and learn alongside colleagues.

Rather than prescribing or accepting a single vision for the future of education, the Emerging Pedagogies Summit aims to spark conversations that will continue long after the event concludes. Our goal is for every participant to leave inspired and motivated to shape the future of teaching and learning, particularly as that future pertains to AI and pedagogy.

Event Format

The Summit is intentionally designed as a two-part experience. The morning begins with three hands-on workshops, with participants joining a concurrent workshop facilitated by nationally-recognized educators and pedagogy thought leaders. These two-hour workshops give instructors the time and space to dig deeply into ideas, develop new capacities, and engage in meaningful dialogue with colleagues in a smaller setting.

The afternoon brings everyone together for a shared experience that builds on ideas and practices surfaced during the morning sessions. Following lunch and opening remarks, our Community Conversation session will feature Duke students and instructors sharing short presentations and engaging in structured dialogue about AI and education. The Summit’s final session will feature moderated reflections about the ideas that surfaced throughout the day and speculations about the futures for teaching and learning we are willing to build.

Following closing remarks, we will end the day together with a happy hour infused with poetry and play. After exploring difficult questions, experimenting with new approaches, and developing new capacities, we’ll make space for connection, creativity, and hope as we imagine new possibilities for teaching and learning.

Have a question about the Summit? Contact us at [email protected].