Summer Institute 2026
DATE: July 28-30, 2026
LOCATION: Western University
This year’s Summer Institute is hosted by Western University in London, Ontario!
Visit this page for more information on registration, travel, and accommodations. Registrations will be received up until July 7th and we invite all to consider joining in-person or remotely. Please be sure to register for either modality, but do kindly note that the registration fee is only for in-person attendees to help cover food costs. The event is free to attend virtually.
We are looking forward to gathering in London to share our work and learn from each other and our guest presenters.
Working Agenda
Tuesday, July 28
12:00 - 1:00: Lunch
1:00 - 1:30: Land Acknowledgement, Welcome & Introductory Remarks
1:30- 2:45: Institutional Updates/Lightning Round
2:45 - 3:00: Bio Break
3:00 - 4:00: Western's GenAI Teaching Fellows Panel: Bill Turkel, Guneet Nagpal, Andrews Tawiah
6:00: Dinner at Taverna 1331 (covered by registration)
Wednesday, July 29
8:30 - 9:30: Breakfast and good mornings
9:30 - 10:30: Leading in Times of Uncertainty (Mark Daley, Western University, Rajiv Jhiangini, Brock University and one other panelist TBD
10:15 - 10:30: Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:30 Approaches to Continuity Planning (Roundtable discussion facilitated by Matt Clare, Brock University)
11:30 - 12:30: eCampusOntario Update
12:30 - 1:30: Lunch (sponsored by eCampusOntario)
1:30 – 2:30: Tour of Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory (BLWTL) + Makerspace
2:30 - 3:00: Student Panel on Gen AI & More
3:00 – 3:15: Coffee Break
3:15 – 4:15: TBD
6:00: Dinner (not included in registration, location TBD)
Thursday, July 30
9:00 - 9:30: Breakfast and Good Mornings at WTS
9:30 - 10:40: Tour of Western’s Instructional Technology and AI Resource Centres + discussion on students as partners model
10:40- 11:00: Travel time & coffee break
11:00 - 11:45: OUCEL Business / AGM (membership, reps, tech updates, our partners, priorities for coming year)
11:45- 12:00: Wrap up, next year’s hosts
12:00 - 1:00: Lunch (boxed lunches for those who are travelling)
