- Experts in higher education, AI, VR and ethics will share their knowledge and expertise in an event that will take place the 22nd of May
- The HECOF Project drives systemic change in higher education by promoting innovation in teaching practices
Brussels, 13/05/2025. Finnova Foundation will bring the HECOF Project to Brussels by leading the communication of the project’s Final Conference. The event will be on the 22nd of May from 15:00 to 17:30, and it is open to the public. The project is an initiative to drive systemic change in higher education by promoting innovation in teaching practices and national education reforms. HECOF achieves this through the development and testing of an innovative personalized, adaptive way of teaching. This consists in the exploitation of the digital data from students learning activity in immersive environments and the use of computational analysis techniques from data science and AI.
The final conference of HECOF will be a dynamic event bringing together innovators, thought leaders and decision-makers to shape the future of digital education. The event will explore how AI-driven personalization, data-informed learning and immersive technologies are transforming higher education. Through engaging discussions and expert panels, the conference will examine both the opportunities and ethical challenges that come with these advancements.
The agenda
The conference will start with the welcome and opening remarks conducted by Dr. Angelos Liapis, CEO of Konnektable Technologies. After that, in the first session of the conference, Epameinondas Koutavelis, Research Project Delivery Manager in Konnektable Technologies, will present the results of the HECOF Project. Then, Nuromedia GmbH and Adaptemy will explain the VR and the AI-based Adaptative Learning Demos. Jason Horn and Christian Tismer from Nuromedia will show the VR Demo and Ioana Ghergulescu from Adaptemy will show the AI-based Demo.
For the second session, the Italian and Greek partners Xue Pie, Assistant Professor (Politecnico di Milano) and Maria Karoglou, Laboratoy Teaching Staff (the National Technical University of Athens, School of Chemical Engineering) will speak about the insights of the pilot experiences conducted in those countries.
The third session of the conference is going to be about the ethical and legal considerations of the AI in education. It will be hosted by Ioana Ghergulescu, Head of Research and Adaptive Learning in Adaptemy.
The fourth and last session of the HECOF Final Conference will consist of synergies with sister projects. Here the guests Angelica Marsico, Communication Officer in EIT Manufacturing South and Dr. Erwin de Ley, Research Director in Supportsquare NV, will present the XR2Learn Project. Also, Michael Barngrover, Managing Director at XR4Europe, will talk about OPENVERSE Project. To conclude the conference, Epameinondas Koutavelis will close the event with the final remarks about the HECOF Project.
Any policymaker, educator, researcher, technologist, AI or VR expert, or anyone passionate about the evolution of higher education that want to attend the HECOF Final Conference may register in the following link: https://www.eventbrite.es/e/hecof-final-conference-join-us-in-brussels-tickets-1341752952199?aff=oddtdtcreator
For more information about the HECOF Project visit the website here: https://hecof.eu/
About Finnova Foundation
The Finnovaregio Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in the European Union. Finnova supports transformation projects in the education and business sectors by promoting sustainability and digitalisation, contributing its experience and resources to initiatives such as EduDemoS. This event reaffirms the commitment of European institutions to advanced, sustainable and digitised education, building a bridge to a more connected and environmentally conscious future.