Harness the Power of AI in Your Teaching

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 Harvard Business School Professor Mitchell Weiss and Harvard Kennedy School Professor Dan Levy, 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.

Through interactive sessions and rich discussions with peers, you’ll:

  • Experience AI-driven teaching approaches you can use immediately
  • Explore how to adapt your courses for an AI-enabled world
  • Learn practical ways to engage students while addressing AI’s limits

Leave inspired, equipped, and ready to transform your students’ learning experience.


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.


Seminar at a Glance:

  • October 9 - 10, 2026
  • 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 first come, first served and will close once capacity is reached, or at 11:59 am Eastern Time, Monday, September 7, 2026, whichever occurs first.

*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

October 9, 2026
  • Deep Dive into AI-Enabled Teaching
    12:00 PM - 2:15 PM
  • Break
    2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
  • Assessment and Evaluation in the AI Era
    2:45 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Q&A and Preview of Day 2
    4:30 PM - 5:00PM

October 10, 2026
  • 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 Learning Exchange
    10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
  • Lunch
    12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Using Generative AI to Engage Your Students During Class
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Break
    2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
  • Getting Hands-On: Applying AI in Real Time and Sharing What We’ve Made
    2:50 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Putting It All Together: Q&A and Takeaways
    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Seminar Concludes
    5:00 PM

Facilitators

Mitchell Weiss is the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, Faculty Chair, Technology and Transformation, and 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).

Dan Levy

Dan Levy has been a faculty member at Harvard University for over 20 years and currently serves as the faculty director of the Public Leadership Credential, the Harvard Kennedy School's flagship online learning initiative. He is also the co-founder of Teachly, a web application designed to help faculty members teach more effectively and inclusively. Throughout his career, Dan has been recognized for his outstanding teaching, receiving numerous awards, including the university-wide David Pickard Award for Teaching and Mentoring.

Dan is the co-author of Teaching Effectively with ChatGPT with Angela Perez, his latest book that explores innovative ways to integrate AI into education. He has also authored Teaching Effectively with Zoom and Maxims for Thinking Analytically. Passionate about effective teaching and learning, Dan enjoys sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm with others. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University.

Lodging

The Atlas Hotel

40 Western Ave, Boston, MA 02134

Telephone: (617) 214-3344  

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



*Metro Cab services greater Boston can be reached by phone at (617) 782-5500.

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