To examine this transition rigorously, the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), Almaty Management University (AlmaU), and Global Education Futures (GEF) are producing a major collective volume titled Universities After AI. The book brings together senior academic leaders, researchers, and innovators from across the world to define the strategic choices universities must make now and to outline what a genuinely AI-native university could look like. The initial edition will be released electronically by IAUP, followed by an extended version published with a major international academic publisher.
As part of the book’s development, the organizing institutions are convening three invitation-only Expert Foresight Sessions. These high-level, moderated dialogues will bring together senior participants in structured collective intelligence processes. They are not panels or webinars, but carefully designed discussions aimed at identifying patterns, tensions, and breakthrough possibilities that no single institution could identify alone. The insights generated will directly inform the analytical chapters of the book.
Invitations are extended to join one or more of the following sessions:
25 February 2026
Curriculum for the AI Age: What Must Universities Teach, and How?
As AI increasingly outperforms graduates in knowledge-based tasks, this session examines the evolving value of university education. It explores curriculum redesign, moving from disciplinary silos toward competency architectures and from passive knowledge transfer toward uniquely human capacities that AI cannot replicate.
Moderators: Pavel Luksha and Assel Aryn
04 March 2026
The AI-Transformed University: Institutional Models for a New Era
This session explores how universities may need to restructure their faculties, research models, partnerships, and operating logic as AI reshapes the economics and epistemology of knowledge production. Emerging institutional models and transformation pathways will be mapped and discussed.
Moderators: Pavel Luksha and Vadim Novikov
11 March 2026
University Identity in a Fractured World: Mission, Responsibility, and Global Role
As geopolitical tensions deepen and AI accelerates inequality, this session examines the university’s responsibility to society and humanity. It explores the emerging “fourth mission” of universities, extending beyond teaching, research, and technology transfer toward active stewardship of civilizational transitions.
Moderators: Pavel Luksha and Sholpan Tazabek
All sessions will be held at 14:00 UTC (15:00 CET / 09:00 EST / 19:00 Almaty / 19:30 IST).
Participation format:
• Online, by invitation
• 90 to 120 minutes per session
• Interactive, moderated discussion among senior experts
Contributions will be acknowledged in the publication. Selected participants may also be invited to develop a short analytical or reflective piece for inclusion in the volume.
Ethical commitments: Participation is voluntary and confidential. Discussion content will be used solely for the purposes of the book project and accessed only by the organizing team. Raw session data will be stored securely and deleted upon project completion. Any direct quotation or attribution in published outputs will require explicit permission from the contributor.
Interested individuals are invited to complete a short Expression of Interest form, which takes less than three minutes and supports the creation of balanced, regionally and sectorally diverse groups for each session:
Expression of Interest survey:
https://forms.office.com/r/Nx3nRVzv1k
This initiative represents an opportunity to contribute to a collective intelligence process that will shape how universities worldwide envision their future.
With warm regards,
Organizing Team
AlmaU, IAUP, and GEF