Accelerating Higher Education
The New CRUI-Google Framework
A high-level executive briefing exploring AI, cloud infrastructure, digital transformation and innovation in higher education.
Event Highlights
An editorial space dedicated to the most significant visual moments and institutional voices from the event.
Agenda
The evolution of the CRUI-Google partnership. Bridging the gap between advanced research labs and daily university operations.
- Gianluigi Greco — Rector Università della Calabria, Delegate CRUI ICT
- Anna Artemyeva — HE Lead EMEA & JAPAC at Google for Education & Ivana D’Errico, Field Sales Manager Public Sector at Google Cloud
How DeepMind’s research (e.g., AlphaFold) accelerates scientific discovery. The architecture of Gemini: designed for reasoning and pedagogical support.
- Terra Terwillinger — Director, Strategic Initiatives and Public Engagement at Google DeepMind
- Miriam Schneider — Learning & Education Director, Learning Initiatives at Google DeepMind
Enhanced Teaching & Learning: Enhancing human potential with Gemini and NotebookLM. Impact: Boosting productivity and increasing accessibility via multimodal AI. Security: Uncompromising data protection (zero data training).
- Simona Maccari — Higher Education Lead Italy at Google for Education
- Ivan Parodi — Education Solution Engineer Italy, UK, CEE at Google for Education
Faculty: Strategies for "Teaching with AI" and ethical integration in the classroom. Students: Building core AI competencies for learning and future workforce. Staff: Digital upskilling to enhance operational workflows.
- Emanuele Pozzi — Digital Transformation Manager, Google for Education
Data & Research: Google Cloud HPC for research labs and predictive analytics for student retention. Gemini Enterprise (Agentic AI): Connecting LLMs to university systems (SIS, LMS, ERP) to build agents that automate complex processes.
- Silvia Bellucci — Customer Engineer, Google Cloud
Operational steps to activate the framework and technical prerequisites.
- All speakers + CRUI Technical Coordinator.
Photos & Interviews
Rettore Gianluigi Greco
A strategic reflection on the role of artificial intelligence and innovation in higher education.
Miriam Schneider
An international perspective on learning, research and the future of knowledge in the age of AI.
