Programme

The full programme descriptions can be found here.
The programme PDF can be viewed here.

Day 1

Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Jurriaanse Zaal (Main Stage)	Van Capelle Zaal (Main Stage)	StadsLab / Studio 8 (Main Stage)	Ground floor (Fairgrounds)	1st floor (Fairgrounds)
09:30 - 10:30 Opening the Festival with Prof. Jantine Schuit, Rector Magnificus Erasmus University Rotterdam		09:30 - 10:15 Family Theater Show: Unravel the AI Machine (FULLY BOOKED)	09:00 - 17:00 Future Parade	09:00 - 17:00 Demos: AI Photobooth Pigeon AI Smart Tray fabricated Energenius Sociaal AI Lab Rotterdam Overcoming polarisation EUR Immersive Xperience Lab: Outsourced
11:00 - 12:30 [Panel] Different ELSA Methods for Responsible AI in Action	11:00 - 12:30 [Academic] Talk Session: Public Attitudes and Trust in AI	10:45 - 11:30 Family Theater Show: Unravel the AI Machine (FULLY BOOKED)	09:30 - 10:00 10:45 - 11:15 13:45 - 14:15 14:30 - 15:00 Futuring AI: Youth’s Voices on a Future with Digital Technology	11:00 - 17:30 AI Literacy Games Cafe
14:00 - 15:30 [Panel] Generational divide? What Conversations Do We have About AI at the Dinner Table?	13:45 - 15:15 [Academic] Talk Session: AI Literacy	13:00 - 13:45 Family Theater Show: Unravel the AI Machine (FULLY BOOKED)	10:00 - 17:00 Hope & Humanity: Gaming together for Cancer Research	12:45 - 13:45 [Workshop] AI in Public Safety: Think Along About the Responsible Way!
15:45 - 17:15 [Panel] Who Can You Trust? On Misinformation and Communication in the Age of AI	15:30- 17:00 [Academic] Talk Session: AI and Work(ers)	15:30 - 17:00 [Workshop] REWIND.ai – Understanding (the future of) AI through Science Fiction Films	11:00 - 17:00 [Academic] Posters Exhibition & Presentations	14:00 - 15:30 [Workshop] Reinventing in Workplace Learning in the AI Era
			11:00 - 15:30 [Workshop] Festina Lente: Embroidery AI Workshop	15:30 - 17:15 [Workshop] Virtues for ELSA
			15:30 - 16:30 Share your experiences in our ELSA Declaration Fishbowl

Day 2

Thursday, 1 October 2026

Jurriaanse Zaal (Main Stage)	Van Capelle Zaal (Main Stage)	Flipse Zaal (Main Stage)	StadsLab / Studio 8 (Main Stage)	Ground floor (Fairgrounds)	1st floor (Fairgrounds)
09:15 - 10:45 [Panel] AI Governance & Sovereignty: Hope, Hype, and a Way Forward	09:15 - 10:45 [Academic] Talk Session: Guardrails and Governance	09:30 - 10:45 [Panel] When Not to Use AI: Difficult Choices in the Era of AI Overload	09:30 - 13:30 Responsible AI Roundtable: Dilemmas and Best Practices in Leading from Principles to Value (invite only)	09:00 - 17:00 [Academic] Posters exhibition & talks	09:00 - 17:00 Demos: AI Photobooth Pigeon AI Smart Tray fabricated Energenius Sociaal AI Lab Rotterdam Overcoming polarisation EUR Immersive Xperience Lab: Always watching
11:00 - 12:15 [Panel] Realising Impact with ELSA Research: Why Is It So Darn Difficult?	11:00 - 12:30 [Academic] Talk Session: Citizen Engagement	11:00 - 12:15 [Panel] Roekoe – How Do You Do? Conversations with Digital Pigeons	14:00 - 15:30 [Workshop] Look Who's Trolling? When AI Manipulates, Deceives, and Defends: Where Do We Draw the Line?	10:00 - 17:00 Hope & Humanity: Gaming together for Cancer Research	11:00 - 17:00 AI Literacy Games Café
13:45 - 15:00 [Panel] Sociaal AI Lab Rotterdam: Responsible AI design With and For Rotterdammers	14:00 - 15:30 Academic Talk Session: Operationalising ELSA Frameworks and Methods	12:30 - 13:30 [Screening & Panel] Dutch Premiere Shortfilm: The Human Equation	15:45 - 17:00 [Workshop] AI Regulation in Health & Agrifood	10:30 - 14:30 [Workshop] Analog AI: Existential Clay Sculpting - Work in Progress	10:30 - 12:00 [Workshop] AI & Science Communication
15:30 - 16:30 [Start-up competition] Start-up Finalist Pitches		14:00 - 15:15 [Panel] You're Not My Supervisor: How AI Is Disrupting Employment		11:00 - 15:30 [Workshop] Festina Lente: Embroidery AI Workshop	12:30 - 15:30 [Workshop] Design together with algae and discover the impact of AI on nature
16:30 - 17:00 [Start-up competition] [Panel] Do Regulations for Responsibility Help or Hinder Start-ups?		15:45 - 17:00 [Academic] Closing and Awards of the Academic Track, Launch of the ELS-X Community & Networking Session		15:15 - 15:45 Share your experiences in our ELSA Declaration Fishbowl	16:00 - 17:00 [Workshop] Don’t Worry Mum, ChatGPT Says I’ll Be Fine!"
17:00 - 17:15 [Start-up competition] Awards ceremony

Day 3

Friday, 2 October 2026

Jurriaanse Zaal (Main Stage)	Van Capelle Zaal (Main Stage)	StadsLabs / Studio 8 (Main Stage)	Ground floor (Fairgrounds)	1st floor (Fairgrounds)
09:00 - 10:15 [Panel] Opening the Black Box: Developing AI Literacy for Responsible Use	10:00 - 11:30 [Panel] Feminist Perspectives on AI in Education	09:00 - 10:00 [Workshop] AI in Public Safety: Think Along About the Responsible Way!	09:00 - 12:30 [Academic] Posters Exhibition (Academia Hall)	09:00 - 12:30 Demos: AI Photobooth Pigeon AI fabricated Energenius Sociaal AI Lab Rotterdam Overcoming polarisation EUR Immersive Xperience Lab: Always watching
10:30 - 11:45 [Panel] The Role of Art and Technology		10:15 - 11:45 [Workshop] Gender and Intersectionality and Gaps in AI	10:00 - 11:30 [Workshop] REWIND.ai; Exploring the Implications of AI Through Cinematography of the 20th Century	09:00 - 10:30 [Workshop] Making labelling visible: Critical citizen engagement with computer vision systems
12:00 - 12:30 Seren-AI-de: First Insights to the ELSA Declaration				10:45 - 11:45 [Workshop] Sociaal AI Lab Rotterdam: How Can Cities Develop and Apply Values in the Digital World

Jurriaanse Zaal (Main Stage)

Van Capelle Zaal (Main Stage)

StadsLabs / Studio 8 (Main Stage)

Ground floor (Fairgrounds)

1st floor (Fairgrounds)

09:00 - 10:15
[Panel] Opening the Black Box: Developing AI Literacy for Responsible Use

10:00 - 11:30
[Panel] Feminist Perspectives on AI in Education

09:00 - 10:00
[Workshop] AI in Public Safety: Think Along About the Responsible Way!

09:00 - 12:30
[Academic] Posters Exhibition (Academia Hall)

09:00 - 12:30
Demos:

AI Photobooth
Pigeon AI
fabricated
Energenius
Sociaal AI Lab Rotterdam
Overcoming polarisation
EUR Immersive Xperience Lab: Always watching

10:30 - 11:45
[Panel] The Role of Art and Technology

10:15 - 11:45
[Workshop] Gender and Intersectionality and Gaps in AI

10:00 - 11:30
[Workshop]
REWIND.ai; Exploring the Implications of AI Through Cinematography of the 20th Century

09:00 - 10:30
[Workshop] Making labelling visible: Critical citizen engagement with computer vision systems

12:00 - 12:30
Seren-AI-de: First Insights to the ELSA Declaration

10:45 - 11:45
[Workshop] Sociaal AI Lab Rotterdam: How Can Cities Develop and Apply Values in the Digital World

Closing the Festival

"Seeing like an AI" - Inaugural lecture of Professor Jason Pridmore

The closing of the AI HHH Time will be jointly marked by the inaugural lecture of Professor Jason Pridmore at 16:00, which will be held at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Dr. Jason Pridmore, who is appointed as professor of Human Centric AI and Society at Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, will publicly accept his appointment on Friday, 2 October 2026 with the inaugural lecture entitled Seeing like an AI.

We warmly invite partners and attendees of the AI HHH to this inaugural lecture.
The inaugural lecture can be viewed via livestream.

Location: Aula in Erasmus Building
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Burgermeester Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam