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

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