The 2nd Russia-China Education Research Conference on Digital Transformation of Education and Artificial Intelligence

China National Institute of Education Sciences and the National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) would like to cordially invite you to attend the Second Russia-China Education Research Conference, which will be held in Moscow on September 26–28, 2019.

The integration of ICT in education, which has been underway for several decades, has now reached a new quality level. The transition from a simple replacement of outdated information tools to digital ones, to the full use of the potential of digital technologies for a fundamental renewal of education, has begun. Today, the digital technology supports changes in the content, methodology and organization of educational practices, which would have been impossible without the ICT use. This process is in general defined as the digital transformation of education. It leads to radical changes in the everyday work of educational organizations and significantly improve their operations. Digital transformation promises to ensure equal access to quality education for all, as well as the achievement of the required educational results for each student. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the frontier technological breakthroughs. It is one of the most promising areas for educational research and development.

The 2019 Conference participants will engage in vibrant, multi-format discussions of current trends and opportunities that educational landscapes in Russia and China are facing in today’s technological saturated world.

The conference solicits empirical and theoretical papers particularly (but not exclusively) on the following topics: digital transformation of education and potential of AI to support research and application:

Digital transformation and equal access to quality education
Legal, policy and ethical instruments of digital transformation in education
Models of learning within digital transformation
AI impact on teaching and new pedagogical opportunities
Digital transformation and innovative use of data

Conference is supported by

Axel Berg Institute of Cybernetics and Educational Computing

Kazan Federal University

Moscow City Teacher Training University

Moscow University of Psychology and Pedagogy

Russian Association of Educational Research

Important dates

August 20, 2019

Deadline for registration for participants with reports
August 30, 2019

Notification of acceptance
September 10, 2019

Conference programme publication
September 24, 2019

Deadline for registration for participants without reports
September 26–27, 2019

The 2nd Russia-China Education Research Conference
October 2019

Invitation to publish articles in 'Informatics and Education' Journal

Gu Xiaoqing

Professor at the Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, doctoral supervisor; Director of the Department of Education Information Technology, ECNU; director of the Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Digital Education Equipment.

Shijin Wang

Executive President of iFLYTEK Company AI Research Institute, President of Education Research Institute.

Alexei L. Semenov

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Education, chair of the Department of Mathematical Logic and Theory of Algorithms, Lomonosov Moscow State University; director of Axel Berg Institute of Cybernetics and Educational Computing RAS; professor of Institute of Education, HSE; advisor to the HSE Rector. Laureate of the UNESCO Prize, Prizes of the President and Government of Russian Federation, Kolmogorov Prize. Member of key AI development groups since the mid-1960s; in the field of digitalization of education since the mid-1980s.

Shuming Tang

Director of Key Laboratory of Complex Systems and Intelligence Science, and Laboratory of Complex Adaptive Transportation Systems Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, associate researcher; secretary general of Intelligent Vehicle Working Committee, Chinese Association of Automation; member of Management Committee, IEEE ITS