Students are anxious about their future due to automation. A
2023 Junior Achievement Survey found 66 percent of teens are anxious about finding a job in the future due to artificial intelligence. A
2023 Future of Jobs Report by the World Economic Forum found that companies expect that 42% of their business tasks will be automated by 2027. The Jobs Report also found that critical and creative thinking, resilience, flexibility, curiosity, and lifelong learning will be the most important skills needed by workers to adapt to this AI world. Fortunately, psychological and brain sciences research has found that these skills can be learned and can lead to future success. Psychological and brain sciences research has found that these skills can be taught and that being resilient is important for both creativity and curiosity. Cognitive scientist Scott Barry Kaufman has discovered that adversity and trauma can lead to creative growth and that persistence and curiosity can predict creative achievement.
This interdisciplinary conference will bring neuroscientists, psychologists, researchers, and educators together to explore the science of our unique brains, neurodiversity, what makes us different from machines, and what skills we need to thrive in an automated age. Learn how to promote creative, innovative, curious, resilient, life-long, and future-ready learners. Discover ways to incorporate AI in class, teach critical and creative thinking, and develop the skills and potential of all students, from less advantaged, to neurodiverse, to gifted.
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