AI Leadership and Human-Centered Design in Global Education: Reflections from Osaka, Japan (2026)

This record preserves the verbatim transcript of a conference presentation delivered by Paul F. Davis on February 14, 2026, at the International Conference on AI, Enhanced Education, and Social Sciences in Osaka, Japan. The presentation explores AI leadership as a human-centered practice grounded in oversight, verification, and ethical accountability. Drawing from practical experience in education, academic writing, and legal self-representation, the talk addresses themes including prompt engineering as digital literacy, citation hallucinations, algorithmic bias affecting multilingual learners, and the necessity of human judgment in high-stakes environments. The transcript documents both the live presentation and subsequent reflective framing intended to support scholarly citation and secondary analysis. It is published as a primary-source conference paper artifact for use in research related to AI governance, human–AI collaboration, educational technology, academic integrity, and access to justice.