Are you exploring the intersections of citizen engagement, futures methods and artificial intelligence? Do you experiment with arts-based and/or participatory futures methods to reimagine digital futures? We invite you to share your work at our upcoming show-and-tell workshop.
Conference Program
WELCOME
6:00 -7:30 pm
Venue: tba
Screening: Data Shadows
Sabina Leonelli, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Jacob van der Beugel
Roundtable
Reception
WELCOME and REGISTRATION
8:30 am
Venue: ScaDS.AI Living Lab, Löhrs Carré, Humboldtstrasse 2, 04105 Leipzig
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PANEL 2 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
9:00 - 10:30 am
Exploring User-AI Relations: Participatory Methods for Creative Inquiry and Citizen Empowerment
Martina Skrubbeltrang Mahnke, Roskilde University, Denmark
Sandra Simonsen, Aarhus University, Denmark
‘Amai!’: Empowering citizens as drivers of AI innovation, a practical approach and lessons learned
Neena Singh, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Steve Bers, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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COFFEE BREAK
10:30 - 11:00 am
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PANEL 2 PARALLEL PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
PRESENTATIONS
A(I) Typewriter - Nostalgic Interface for Human-Chatbot Interaction
Karola Köpferl, Albrecht Kurze & Andreas Bischof
Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
Listening and Playing (with) AI: How Music can Offer an Opportunity for Understanding and Engaging with AI
Federico Neresini & Nicola Orio
University of Padova, Italy
WORKSHOP
11:00 am -12:30 pm
The 2084 Protocol - social deduction game
Kassie Headon, University of Surrey, UK
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LUNCH
12:30 - 1:30 pm
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PANEL 3 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
1:30 - 3:00 pm
StoryTrails 2.0
Helen Scarlett O'Neill, University of London, UK
Techno-Enhancing Foresight – Co-, De-, and Re-construct futures through digital means
Wenzel Mehnert & Pia Weinlinger
Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
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COFFEE BREAK 2
3:00 - 3:30 pm
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PANEL 4 PARALLEL PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS
3:30 - 5:00 pm
PRESENTATIONS
Thawing, Positionality, and Authentic Microcosm: Co-created Interactive Video and Situational Mapping in Discussions of Controversial AI Issues
Xiaoyu Hao, University of Edinburgh, UK
Constant Washing Machine: Re-thinking responsible AI with embedded arts research and soap
Denis Newman-Griffis & Susan Oman, University of Sheffield, UK
Hannah Redler Hawes
WORKSHOP
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Interrogating Entagled Instruments
Steve Symons, University of Sussex, UK
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Dinner (self-pay)
7:00 pm
Venue: tba
Venue: ScaDS.AI Living Lab, Löhrs Carré, Humboldtstrasse 2, 04105 Leipzig
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Panel 5 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
8:30 - 10:00 am
LLooM: A Participatory Textile Method for Mapping AI Interactions
Kimberley Paradis, University of Edignburgh, UK
Twin Cinema Poetry in the Age of AI: Reimagining Singaporean Poetic Forms Through Human-AI Collaboration
Wenlin Tan
Luca Dell'Anna, University of Genoa, Italy
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COFFEE BREAK
10:00 - 10:30 am
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PANEL 6 PARALLEL PRESENTATIONS & CONVERSATION
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
PRESENTATIONS
Live Action Role Playing Participatory Co-Design: Innovatove Methods for Alternative Digital Futures
Connal Parsely, Kent Law School, UK
Conor Heaney, Kent Law School, UK
Ruth Catlow
Designing and Imagining Algorithmic Futures in the Dark
Debarun Sarkar, University of Bergen, Norway
Cheshta Arora, Western Norway Research Institute, Norway
Gabriele de Seta, University of Bergen, Norway
PANEL 7 CONVERSATION
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Artistic explorations towards an un/common language for AI
Verena Friedrich, University of Arts Linz, Austria
Benjamin Gerdes, Institute for Future Studies, Sweden
Anne Kaun, Södertörn University, Sweden
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LUNCH & FAREWELL
1:00 - 2:00 pm