Stephanie Verkoeyen (PhD) is the Special Advisor, Generative AI at McMaster University where she has been at the forefront of raising awareness and responding to its implications for higher education at McMaster. She plays a key role in advancing the university's strategic efforts to harness the transformative potential of generative AI. Stephanie has extensive experience facilitating interdisciplinary conversations, creating practical resources around Generative AI, and produces and hosts the podcast AI Dialogues.