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INSEAD Immersive Teaching Community Workshop

28 - 29 Sep '26

INSEAD Immersive Teaching Community Workshop

INSEAD Middle East Campus
By Invitation Only
28 - 29 Sep '26

INSEAD Immersive Teaching Community Workshop

INSEAD Middle East Campus
By Invitation Only

Overview

Workshop providing hands‑on training that enables participants to confidently integrate immersive XR technologies and AI‑enhanced learning methodologies into their teaching and coaching practices.

A participation fee will be charged to cover the direct costs of the workshop:
Non-Academic fee: 1500AED
Academic fee: 750AED

This fee includes:

  • Access to all workshop sessions
  • Training materials and practical toolkits
  • Certificate of completion issued by INSEAD Immersive Learning

This workshop is by invitation only. You can contact [email protected] if you would like to get an invitation.

Agenda (tentative)

Day 1: Monday, 28th of September (all times are in GST)

09:00 - 09:30Registration
09:30 - 09:45Welcome and overview of the workshop
by Mark Mortensen, Associate Dean, INSEAD Middle East Campus and Florian Schloderer, Director Immersive Learning 
09:45 - 11:15Teaching Masterclass with teaching debrief: Leadership & team Dynamics using immersive tools to drive impactful take aways.
Mission to Mars: New Horizons, by Mark Mortensen, Associate Dean, INSEAD Middle East Campus
11:15 - 11:30Break
11:30 - 12:00Introduction to Immersive Learning in management education with VR and AI. The value proposition & the XR Library. 
by Alon Epstein, Co-founder of AVRIS & Head of Immersive Content Development INSEAD Immersive Learning
12:00 - 12:30Building Executive Presence in GreenCrest
12:30 - 13:15Lunch break
13:30 - 14:00From Innovation to Transformation
with Beyond sustainability at Blue Hill and its AI application bot.
14:00 - 14:45Negotiating the future of Spiral Flow
14:45 - 15:00Technical onboarding: INSEAD XR account setup
15:00 - 16:30Coached group work: Customizing your facilitation plan with VR experiences. 
Participants will work on their unique teaching objectives, taking into account industry, cohort level and explore immersive cases and application (themes of Leadership, Strategy, Innovation) 

Day 2: Tuesday, 29th of September (all times are in GST)

09:30 - 11:00Teaching masterclass with teaching debrief and AI evaluation bot: Explore pathways for strategic innovation and growth 
The Multicolor Chateau, by Prof. Ithai Stern (TBC)
11:00 - 11:15Break
11:15 - 12:30Managing growth through acquisition and integration with Merging Realities and AI knowledge bot.
12:30 - 13:15Lunch break
13:15 - 14:45Coached Group work: Refine your VR session design, present your VR experience and peer feedback.
14:45 - 16:00 AI learning Innovations: Immersive AI Cases, AI roleplays and AI enhanced simulations. 
16:00 - 16:15Closing session

Speakers

Practical Information

How to get to INSEAD Middle East Campus?

The workshop will be held at the INSEAD Middle East Campus: Al Khatem Tower, Floor 29, ADGM Square, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Parking

Park at the Galleria Mall West Car Park (Car Park D)  - Levels P2, P3 or P4.
Take the lift and exit at P4.
The Al Khatem Tower will be directly in front of you on the left.

Campus access

You will be asked to show your ID (Emirates ID or passport) at the Lobby of Al Khatem tower and collect a visitor badge on each day of your visit.

Accommodation

We suggest booking your room in one of the hotels below, all within a walking distance to the campus : 

Dress Code

The dress code for this workshop is business casual.

Media, filming and photography

INSEAD will engage professional photographers for this event. We reserve the right to use any film and/or photography from the event in our print and digital marketing collateral. Attendees who do not wish to be filmed or recorded should contact us prior to the event.