A Day of Insight and Inspiration
Agenda
Discover the full schedule for the 2026 Taiwan Tech × UC Irvine Symposium on EMI & AI-Integrated Teaching. Join us for a day of engaging sessions focused on AI, EMI and more!
10:30 – 11:10
Keynote Speech I
What Was Called Thinking? Knowledge, Experience and Learning on the AI Horizon
Moderator: Shao-Ting Alan Hung, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Taiwan Tech; Executive Director of the Office of Bilingual Education Initiatives
Speaker: Tyrus Miller, Dean of the School of Humanities, UC Irvine
10:10 – 10:30
Opening Ceremony and Group Photo
09:50 – 10:10
Registration and Welcome
11:10 – 11:20
Break and Session Transition
11:10 – 11:20
Keynote Speech II
AI, Writing, and the "Problem" of Hallucination
Speaker: Jerry Won Lee, Director of the Program in Global Languages and Cultures, UC Irvine
Moderator: Heng-Tsung Danny Huang, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, National Taiwan University
Panel Session I
What Counts as "Learning" in the Age of AI? Humanistic Perspectives on Judgment, Evidence, Language, Interpretation, and Student Agency
Panelists:
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Tyrus Miller, Dean of the School of Humanities, UC Irvine
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Yong Chen, Associate Dean of the School of Humanities, UC Irvine
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Jerry Won Lee, Director of the Program in Global Languages and Cultures, UC Irvine
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Jung-Hsien Lin, Assistant Director of the Program in Global Languages and Cultures, UC Irvine
Moderator: Jung-Hsien Lin, Assistant Director of the Program in Global Languages and Cultures, UC Irvine
13:00 – 13:40
13:40 – 13:50
Break and Session Transition
12:00 – 13:00
Networking Lunch
13:50 – 14:40
Panel Session II
What Challenges and Opportunities Does AI Bring to EMI Classrooms? Disciplinary Perspectives on Literacy, Cognitive Offloading, and Student Agency
Panelists:
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Chen-Yu Kao, Associate Professor in the Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Taiwan Tech
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Chien-Lung Liang, Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiwan Tech
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I-Ju Teng, Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering, Taiwan Tech
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Meng-Yao Gao, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Taiwan Tech
Moderator: Yi-Hsuan Gloria Lo, Professor in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages, Taiwan Tech
Award Ceremony
2025-2026 EMI Teaching Skills Enhancement Award Ceremony
14:40 – 15:05
Afternoon Tea & Book Launch
15:05 – 15:45
Roundtable Forum
From Local Initiatives to Taiwan Tech–UC Irvine Collaboration
Presenters:
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Ting Fang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages, Taiwan Tech
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Wei-Shan Chang, Assistant Professor in the Language Center, Taiwan Tech
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Fang-I Chu, Assistant Professor in the Language Center, Taiwan Tech
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Joey Andrew Lucido Santos, Assistant Professor in the Language Center, Taiwan Tech
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Chee-Peng Mason Seng, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Office of Bilingual Education Initiatives, Taiwan Tech
Moderator: Ting Fang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages, Taiwan Tech
15:45 – 15:55
Break and Session Transition
15:55 – 16:35
Keynote Speech III
Beyond Standardization: Distributed Agency and Inclusive AI-Mediated Education in Multilingual EMI Contexts
Speaker: Seongyong Lee, Assistant Professor in the Institute of Education, University College London
Moderator: Ching-Fen Chang, Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
16:35 – 17:15
Keynote Speech IV
English for Specific Purposes in the Digital Age: What the Journals Tell Us and Where We Go from Here
Speaker: Junjie Gavin Wu, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University
Moderator: Yi-Ju Ariel Wu, Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University
17:15 – 17:20