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Defying Cognitive Atrophy

January 22, 2026
11:30–12:15 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

As AI handles more cognitive tasks, debate is growing on whether students, especially younger ones, are losing critical thinking and problem-solving abilities through over-reliance on technology. How does education need to be redesigned to ensure AI enhances rather than atrophies human cognitive capabilities?

This is a livestreamed session.

Speakers

OA
Omar Abbosh
Chief Executive Officer
Pearson
CE
Carl Eschenbach
Chief Executive Officer
Workday
AV
Anna Frances Griffiths (Vignoles)
Director
Leverhulme Trust
TH
The Rt. Hon. The Lord William J. Hague
Chancellor of Oxford University
University of Oxford

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