Educators Forum Program

📅 Tuesday, Sept 2nd, 2025

📍 "Triana" Hall and "Magnolia" Hall

Session 1 (11:00 - 13:00, Triana Hall): Technology Enhanced Learning

Hour

Title

Authors

11:00-11:15

Opening

Chairs

11:15-11:30

Educating for Next-Generation BPM: A PBL-Process Mapping Blueprint Anchored in the Drifts of the Digital Era

Silvia Dallavalle, Luiz Ricardo Brito Ribeiro and Sérgio Adriany Santos Moreira

11:30-11:45

Project-Based Learning in BPM for interdisciplinary groups -- Teachers' Experience

Katarzyna Gdowska, Edyta Brzychczy and Krzysztof Kluza

11:45-12:00

Teaching Process Redesign with a Competition

Felix Schumann, Matthias Ehrendorfer, Michel Kunkler and Remco Dijkman

12:00-12:15

Generative AI's aid in (Business) Process Modeling Instructional Design: case study

Ilia Maslov, Stephan Poelmans, Yves Wautelet and Kristina Rosenthal

12:15-12:30

Revisiting BPMN Assignments with AI in Mind: Insights from Experiments with Large Language Models in Process Modeling Education

Krzysztof Kluza, Marzena Grzesiak, Piotr Śliz and Leszek Szala

12:30-12:45

Comparing the Design Space of Explorative BPM: MBAs versus genAI

Michael Rosemann and Philipp Joebges

Session 2 (14:30 - 16:00, Magnolia Hall): Curriculum Innovation

Hour

Title

Authors

14:30-15:30

Keynote by Deniz Iren: AI Tutors in Practice: Lessons from the Field

Deniz Iren

15:30-15:45

Improving the practice of acquiring knowledge in the field of BPM – a pedagogical framework

Patrycja Hoffa-Dąbrowska and Katarzyna Grzybowska

15:45-16:00

Building BPM Talent in Emerging Markets: A 10-Year Curriculum

Tolusha Dahanayake Yapa, S.W.S.B. Dassanayaka, H.A.D.R. Gunarathne, Prasanna Illankoon, Harishani Liyanage, I.R. Malawige, K.M.S. Senevirathne, Methsiri Suwandaarachchi, Vathsala Wickramasinghe and Amali Wijekoon

Keynote Summary – AI Tutors in Practice: Lessons from the Field

In this keynote, Deniz Iren will present the Augmented Reality Tutor (ART), which is a virtual AI tutor currently used by over a thousand students and piloted in seven universities across four countries. He will explain the core technology and the pedagogy-first, teacher-centric approach behind ART, share insights from its deployment in real educational settings, and reflect on how AI is reshaping learning environments. The session will conclude with a hands-on demo of ART and an interactive discussion on the future of education in the AI age.

Deniz Iren is an Associate Professor at the Open Universiteit in the Netherlands. His work focuses on affective computing, AI regulation, and the application of AI in education. He is the creator of the Augmented Reality Tutor (ART), an award-winning AI tutor designed to deliver personalized, safe, and scalable learning support. His educational innovation efforts have earned him a Comenius Teaching Fellowship (2023) and the Education Product of the Year Award (2024). Outside of academia, Deniz is a passionate adventure race athlete and ultramarathon runner.

Session 3 (16:30 - 18:00, Magnolia Hall): Bridging Academia & Industry

Hour

Title

Authors

16:30-16:45

Process Mining for Predicting Failure To Rescue: a Case Study

Reyes Grangel, Noelia Palomares, María Sánchez-Galán, David Luna-Aleixos and Irene Llagostera-Reverter

16:45-17:00

Education as an affordance actualization driver - Investigating learning data from a Process Mining Ecosystem

Adrian Joas

17:00-17:15

Bridging the BPM Education Gap: Reflections on Affordances of BPM Techniques and a Call for Collaboration

Mahendrawathi Er and Avisha Nathania

17:15-17:30

The Envisioned Global Process Institute: Transforming BPM Education through EaaS and Process Learners in a B2P Model

Andrea Magdaleno and Michael Rosemann

17:30-18:00

Closing & Wrap-up