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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)
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| 09:15 - 10:45 Opening Keynotes | 09:30 - 10:15 Kid Theater Show: Unravel the AI Machine | 09:00 - 17:30 Academic Posters exhibition & talks (Academic Hall) | 09:00 - 17:30
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| 11:00 - 12:30 [Panel] ELSA methods in action | 11:00 - 12:30 Academic Paper Presentations #1 | 10:45 - 11:30 Kid Theater Show: Unravel the AI Machine | 09:30 - 17:30 Future Parade Circus | 12:00 - 17:30 AI Literacy Games Cafe |
14:00 - 15:30 Spoken Language: English | 13:45 - 15:15 Academic Paper Presentations #2 | 13:30 - 14:15 Kid Theater Show: Unravel the AI Machine | 09:30 - 10:00 10:45 - 11:15 13:30 - 14:00 14:30 - 15:00 Futuring AI | 12:45 - 13:45 [Workshop] AI in Public Safety |
| 15:45 - 17:15 [Panel] Who Can You Trust?: On Misinformation and Communication in the Age of AI | 15:30- 17:00 Academic Paper Presentation #3 | 15:30 - 17:00 [Workshop] rewind.ai | 15:30 - 16:30 Daily Takeaways & Fishbowl Session: ELSA Declaration | 14:00 - 15:15 [Workshop] Mutual Learning with AI |
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| 15:30 - 17:15 [Workshop] Virtues of ELSA |
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)
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| 09:15 - 10:45 Panel: AI Governance and sovereignity: Is it possible to become less dependent on Big Tech? | 09:30 - 11:00 Academic Paper Presentations #4 | 09:30 - 10:45 [Panel]When Not to Use AI: Difficult Choices in the Era of AI Overload | 09:30 - 13:30 Roundtable Responsible AI Dilemmas and best practices (invite only) | 09:00 - 17:30 Academic Posters exhibition & talks (Academic Hall) | 09:00 - 17:30
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| 11:00 - 12:15 [Panel] The Impact of ELSA: Conceptualisation, Expectation and Learning Experiences | 11:15 - 12:45 Academic Paper Presentations #5 | 11:00 - 12:30 [Panel] Beyond human centered AI: Multi-species justice (doing research with more than human actors) and resilience | 14:30 - 16:00 [Workshop] Look who's trolling |
| 12:00 - 17:30 AI Literacy Games Cafe |
| 12:30 - 13:45 [Workshop] AI regulation in health & agrifood | 14:00 - 15:30 Academic Paper Presentations #6 | 14:00 - 15:30 [Panel] You're Not My Supervisor: On AI, Human Resource Management, and Broader Socioeconomic Impacts |
| 15:30 - 16:30
| 10:30 - 12:00 [Workshop] AI & Science Communication |
| 15:30 - 16:30 [Start-up competition] Pitches | 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] Regulation for Responsibility: Hindrance or Assistance |
| 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)
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| 09:15 - 10:30 [Panel] The role of art and technology | 10:00 - 11:30 [Panel] Feminist Perspectives on AI in Education | 09:00 - 10:30
| 09:00 - 17:30 Academic Posters exhibition (Academia Hall) | 09:00 - 12:30
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| 10:45 - 11:45 [Panel] Opening the Black Box: Developing AI Literacy for Responsible Use | 10:45 - 11:45 [Workshop] AI and Public safety: think along the responsible way | 09:00 - 10:30 [Workshop] Plural CV: Computer vision goes subjective! | ||
12:00 - 12:30
| 10:45 - 11:45 [Workshop] Rotterdam Sociaal AI Lab: how can cities develop and apply values in the digital world |