Upcoming event · San Diego
Artificial Intelligence: how AI is reshaping work, education, and institutions
When: Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM (Pacific)
Where: UCSD Design & Innovation Building, San Diego
Hosted by: UCSD Design Lab
Cost: Free
This fall, we're asking: what will the university be in 20 years?
AI is reshaping the economy faster than institutions can adapt. Career paths are unrecognizable. Credentials that were supposed to be portable lose meaning overnight. And yet institutions move slowly.
This speaker series brings together people working on that gap. Researchers and practitioners designing new models of education, rethinking what credentials actually signal, and asking hard questions about what institutions need to become. Some work inside universities trying to change them. Others build alternatives from outside. Across five sessions, we will share time with thought leaders examining institutional futures with hiring practitioners working in industry right now.
How to Start by Jodi Kantor is the core reading for the course. Drawing on years of reporting on work and ambition, Kantor offers a practical framework for figuring out what to do next when the old rules for careers no longer apply. Purchase the book here.
About Our Speaker
Prof Scott Klemmer is a Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science & Engineering at UC San Diego, where he co-founded the Design Lab. He previously served as Associate Professor of Computer Science at Stanford, where he co-directed the HCI Group, held the Bredt Faculty Scholar chair, and was a founding participant in the d.school. He has a PhD in CS from Berkeley and a dual BA in Art-Semiotics and Computer Science from Brown (with Graphic Design work at RISD).
For online ticket holders please follow this link for the live stream:
https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/96276700737?pwd=eLfLgneg8TW7rnnUtChwpNA0fuhaOt.1
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