Conference

Symposium: ‘Moving forward together with AI at our faculty'

Date

Thursday 28 May 2026

Time

13:00 - 18:00 hour

Address

Kamerlingh Onnes Building
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden

Room

Cleveringazaal (C1.31)

Join us for a symposium ‘Moving forward together with AI’ organised by the faculty's AI working group and share your views on the future of AI in our education, research and organisation.

At this symposium, the AI working group will present its key insights in a conversation with you – our teaching staff, researchers, and support staff.

Think along with us, ask questions, and help shape our shared approach to AI. Read about AI and the latest developments on the LTC Hub (currently only in Dutch). Please apply for the symposium before 19 May and view the preliminary programme below.

Apply here for the Symposium or a part of the programme

Time	Programme	Location
12.30-13.00	Walk-in	Coffee and tea in Restaurant KOG and welcome in C1.31 (Cleveringa lecture hall)
13.00 - 13.15	Welkom	C1.31
	Opening by chairman Egbert Koops
	Welcome by vice-dean Jan Crijns, portfolio Education
13.15-13.45	Faculty Working Group AI
	Recommondations Working Group AI and results of a.o. faculty survey about the use of AI by Marije Schneider, chair Faculty Working Group AI
13.45 - 15.00	AI in Education
	Working Group AI  in education & examples of AI use in education Help – what’s allowed and how to guide students in using (or not using) AI? – Tycho de Graaf, chair of AI in Education working group. Working group results: What is and isn’t legally permitted to upload into AI, and what should you keep in mind when using AI?     How AI can be used well in education – Marije Schneider How do you use ICAP without AI? How do you use ISAR with AI? Lexi – Turnaround Management Student Tutor Bot – Rikardt Kemp, Dept. of Business Studies, & Julian v.d. Kraats, ISSC. How I used LUCA to build a chatbot that helps students engage with course content in a Socratic way – my experiences and the educational value of the chatbot. Using AI for feedback on essays – Marije Schneider. How I let students use AI to get feedback on their own essays – my experiences and how it helped my teaching.Discussion Using AI to write essays or help with writing – Bastiaan van Ganzen, Dept. of Tax Law. How I let students use AI to write an essay – my experiences and how it helped my teaching.
15.00-15.30	Tea break	Restaurant KOG
15.30-16.00	AI in Research
	Examples from the Working Group AI in Research Introduction to Research and AI – Jan-Jaap Oerlemans, chair of AI in Research working group. Introducing the guidelines, focussing on the use of AI by lecturers, senior lecturers and professors at the faculty: what to keep in mind, with an example using Copilot and NotebookLM. Example of an AI tool – Dimitri Kardol, Information Management, Leiden Law SchoolAn example of using AI to transcribe an interview, relevant e.g. for criminology and researchers holding interviews. AI and PhD research – Maria-Lucia Rebrean, Graduate School of Legal Studies. A quick look at the guidelines for the section on PhDs and supervisors with 1 or 2 examples of how PhD candidates use AI. Discussion
16.00 -16.30	AI in the Organisation
	LTC teams share examples from practice – Jeroen Leijen, chair of AI in the Organisation working group Examples using Copilot Automating work processes Discussion about AI literacy
16.30-17.00	Panel conversation with Francien Dechesne, Katrien Klep, Timothy Metz, Jan Robbe, Indy Visscher (student)
17.00 -17.15	Conclusion
	Conclusion by dean Suzan Stoter
17.15 -18.00	Drinks reception	Restaurant KOG

Questions?

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