Generative AI is reshaping the way educators teach, and students learn, bringing both challenges and unparalleled opportunities to higher education. The Teaching with AI Seminar at Harvard Business School is a special in-person faculty event designed to provide both hands-on experience and big-picture discussions on the role of AI in higher education.

Led by Mitchell Weiss, an award-winning educator and faculty member at Harvard Business School, this 1.5-day immersive program blends interactive faculty-led sessions, expert insights, and peer collaboration to help educators confidently integrate AI into their courses. 

Participants will explore:

  • AI-powered course design, class facilitation, and assessment strategies.
  • Live demonstrations and hands-on experimentation with AI tools for educators.
  • Peer discussions on real-world challenges and best practices.
  • An expert-led session on the evolving role of AI in higher education.

Who Should Attend:

This event is designed for faculty members who want to actively shape their teaching practices for the AI era. Whether you’re experimenting with AI in your classroom or just beginning to explore its possibilities, this faculty-focused experience will provide practical takeaways, new ideas, and a network of peers committed to innovation in teaching.

Join us at Harvard Business School for this interactive and forward-thinking seminar on AI-powered teaching.


Seminar at a Glance:

  • June 19 - 20, 2025
  • 1.5 days of instruction
  • $1,195 per instructor
  • Certificates of Completion will be awarded (requirements on registration form)

Registration Requirements: This seminar is offered only to teaching faculty at degree-granting institutions. Registrations will be cancelled for corporate trainers, government employees, and teachers in other non-degree-granting programs. We welcome up to 10 faculty from each participating university.

Registration Deadline: Registration is on a first come, first serve basis and closes at 11:59 am Eastern Time, Friday, May 16, 2025.

*Please add hbspseminars@harvardbusiness.org to your safe sender list to ensure your registration confirmation and seminar logistics may be delivered.

If you have any questions, please email hbspseminars@hbsp.harvard.edu or call Customer Service at 800-545-7685 (outside the U.S. and Canada call +1-617-783-7600).

Tentative Schedule

June 19, 2025
  • Deep Dive into AI-Enabled Teaching
    12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Break
    2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Assessment and Evaluation in the AI Era
    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Q&A and Preview of Day 2
    4:30 PM - 5:00PM

June 20, 2025
  • Exploring AI Tutors: What Works, What Doesn’t
    9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  • Break
    10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
  • Navigating AI Together: A Peer Learning Exchange
    10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
  • Lunch
    12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
  • Leveraging AI in Case-Based Instruction
    1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Break
    2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Getting Hands-On: Applying AI in Real Time and Sharing What We’ve Made
    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Seminar Concludes
    5:00 PM

Facilitator

Mitchell Weiss is the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School and the Chair of the school’s first year program. He is an award-winning case-method teacher and a prolific case writer. He created and teaches the school’s course on public entrepreneurship and was for several years the course head for the required first year course, The Entrepreneurial Manager. Mitch is the author of “We the Possibility: Harnessing Public Entrepreneurship to Solve our Most Urgent Problems” from Harvard Business Review Press (2021).

Lodging

DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Boston – Cambridge
400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02134
Telephone: (617) 783-0090 or (800) 222-8733 

The Charles Hotel in Harvard Square
1 Bennett St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 864-1200

Harvard Square Hotel
110 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 864-5200

Hotel Veritas
1 Remington St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 520-5000

Courtyard by Marriott Boston Cambridge
777 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02139
Telephone: (617) 492-7777

Studio Allston Hotel Boston
1234 Soldiers Field Rd, Boston, MA 02135
Telephone: (617) 206-1848

Sheraton Commander Hotel
16 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 547-4800

Residence Inn Boston Watertown
570 Arsenal St, Watertown, MA 02472
Telephone: (617) 929-4500

Hampton Inn & Suites Watertown Boston
25 Bond St, Watertown, MA 02472
Telephone: (617) 926-0005

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