The 2026 Benedict College International Multidisciplinary Conference (BCIMC) is committed to fostering dialogue and collaboration across academic disciplines and professional and community sectors by developing, engaging, and sharing innovative research and scholarship that address the advantages and challenges posed by Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI).

AI’s impact on Academia is pervasive and undeniable.  The 2026 BCIMConference explores the intersection of AI and academic disciplines and the plethora of ways that this powerful tool is poised to reshape the way we teach, learn, research, and anticipate various transformations. By understanding the potential of AI, we can harness its power to improve the way we learn and create knowledge in a new and versatile ways.

The 2026 BCIMConference focuses on the use of AI innovations and tools across the disciplines to improve learning outcomes, research services and operations. It is very important to discuss and establish an understanding of how to use AI tools to shape the future of teaching and learning across colleges and university campuses. While many conferences emphasize the technical development of AI or the use of it at the back end to improve student outcomes, the 2026 BCIMConference focuses on the use of AI at the front end as an innovative tool in the classroom as experienced by professionals and academic faculty.

Conference attendees and presenters will learn ideas from experts, themselves and contribute their own AI experiences and instructional strategies, provide faculty support, while engaging in AI academic integrity and ethical considerations. The 2026 BCIM Conference is open to all academic disciplines and aims to explore Generative AI innovations across academic disciplines by bringing together an international and multidisciplinary community to share research and scholarship that explores the following key questions:

1) How can artificial intelligence assist educators and students in exploring academic teaching, research, and learning?

2) What are the ethical responsibilities of scholars, researchers, and students who use artificial intelligence as a pedagogical tool or resource in the classroom?

3) How can educators, researchers, scholars, and students ensure that reading, writing, and critical thinking are protected practices of communication in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence?