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Day 1
Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Juriaanse Zaal (Main Stage)
| Van Capelle Zaal (Main Stage) | Studio 8 (Workshop Space)
| General Area (Expo Space) | Juriaanse Foyer (Expo Space)
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09:30-09:45 Festival opening and speeches
| 11:15-12:45 Papers #1
| 09:00-17:00 Kids Day (more details to follow)
| 09:00-17:00 Demo: ELSA LAB | 12:30-13:30 Book Launch "The algorithm Society"
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09:45-11:00 Keynote Panel on AI Hype, Hope and Humanity
| 09:00-17:00 Demo: Podcast AI MAPS
| 14:00-15:30 Workshop: AI Mutual learning
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11:15-13:00 Panel: Different ELSA methods for Responsible AI in action
| 14:00-15:30 Papers #2
| 09:00-17:00 Demo: Robot Smart Tray
| 15:30-17:00 Workshop: Virtues for ELSA
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14:00-15:30 Panel: "Another generational divide? What conversations do we have about AI at the dinner table"
| 15:45-17:00 Papers #3
| 09:00-17:00 Installation: AICon AI Artworks
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15:45-17:00 Panel: Who Can You Trust?: On Misinformation and Communication in the Age of AI
| 09:00-17:00 Workshop: AICON embroidery
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09:00-17:00 Demo: Fabricated: Unravel Fact from Fiction in Your Digital World
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09:00-17:00 Demo: ENERGENIUS: AI-driven Tools to Help You Reduce Energy Consumption
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Day 2
Thursday, 1 October 2026
Juriaanse Zaal (Main Stage)
| Eduard Flipse Zaal (Main Stage)
| Van Capelle Zaal (Main Stage) | Studio 8 (Workshop Space)
| General Area (Expo Space)
| Juriaanse Foyer (Expo Space)
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09:30-10:45 Panel: AI Governance and Sovereignty: Is it possible to become less dependent from Big Tech?
| 11:15-12:45 Papers #4
| 09:30-11:00 Panel: When Not to Use AI: Difficult Choices in the Era of AI Overload
| 09:00-13:00 Roundtable (per invitation)
| 09:00-17:00 Demo: ELSA LAB | 09:00-17:00 Demo: AI in public safety
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11:15-12:00 Panel: Regulation for Responsibility: Hindrance or Assistance
| 14:00-15:30 Papers #5
| 11:15-12:30 Panel: Beyond human centered AI: Multi-species justice and resilience
| 09:00-17:00 Demo: Podcast AI MAPS
| 09:30-10:00 Workshop: Deliberations vs workloops
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12:45-14:00 Workshop: AI Regulation in Health & Agrifood
| 14:00-15:15 Panel: You're Not My Supervisor: On AI, Human Resource Management, and Broader Socioeconomic Impacts
| 14:15-15:45 Workshop: Look who's trolling
| 09:00-17:00 Demo: Robot Smart Tray
| 10:00-11:30 Workshop: AI in Public Safety
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14:15-15:45 Panel: Impact of ELSA on AI Development
| 09:00-17:00 Kiosk: fanzines, publications, books
| 10:45-12:15 Panel: AICON with David Blok and Moniek Buijzen
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16:00-16:45 Keynote on AI governance and policy (to be confirmed)
| 09:00-17:00 Demo: AI Biechtstoel
| 11:45-13:15 Workshop: Ethical deliberations
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16:45-17:15 Start-Up Competition Awards Ceremony
| 09:00-17:00 Demo: WeNose
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09:00-17:00 Demo: Audiovisual AI
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09:00-17:00 Demo: Digital Pigeon
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09:00-17:00 Workshop: AICON embroidery
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09:00-17:00 Installation: AICon AI Artworks
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09:00-17:00 Demo: Fabricated: Unravel Fact from Fiction in Your Digital World
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09:00-17:00 Demo: ENERGENIUS: AI-driven Tools to Help You Reduce Energy Consumption
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14:00-15:30 Firecamp: Meet-up film club Rewind.ai
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Day 3
Friday, 2 October 2026
Juriaanse Zaal (Main Stage)
| Van Capelle Zaal (Main Stage)
| Studio 8 (Workshop Space)
| General Area (Expo Space)
| Juriaanse Foyer (Expo Space)
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09:15-10:15 Panel: Opening the Black Box: Developing AI Literacy for Responsible Use
| 09:15-10:00 Game: Feminist GenAI Lab
| 09:00-10:30 Workshop: Gender and Intersectionality and Gaps in AI
| 09:00-12:00 Demo: VR-experience IXLABS | 09:15-10:45 Workshop: Data Labeling
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10:30-11:45 Panel: The Role and Art of Technology
| 10:15-11:45 Panel: Feminist Generative AI Lab
| 09:00-12:00 Demo: ENERGENIUS: AI-driven Tools to Help You Reduce Energy Consumption | 09:30-11:00 Workshop: Personalized Computer vision perspectives with PluralCV
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12:00-13:00 Rotterdam Declaration announcement and programme closing with keynote
| 09:00-12:00 Demo: Podcast AI Maps | 10:15-11:45 Workshop: Perma-Computing Oracle | ||
09:00-12:00 Demo: ELSA LAB | 10:45-12:15 Workshop: QFIN Gender & AI
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09:00-12:00 Demo: ELSA LAB | ||||
09:00-12:00 Demo: Robot Smart Tray | ||||
09:00-12:00 Installation: AICon AI Artworks
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09:00-12:00 Workshop: AICON embroidery | ||||
09:00-12:00 Demo: Fabricated: Unravel Fact from Fiction in Your Digital World |