Agenda

2026 Edition

Schedule & agenda

AI and health
8:30 - 9:00
Breakfast (offered)
9:00 - 9:10
Opening Address
Dr Thomas Souverain : Postdoctoral fellow at French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy
9:10 - 9:30
Talk | Overview of current bioethical issues in the healthcare industry
Prof Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby : Professor of Medical Ethics and Associate Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine
9:30 - 9:50
Paper | Epistemically-Aware AI
Dr Adrià Segarra : Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge
Leon Assaad : PhD candidate at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, LMU Munich
9:50 - 10:10
Paper | Hybrid Intention and Augmented Agency: Allocation of Criminal Culpability in Neuroprosthetic Control
Janko Munjić : PhD candidate at the University of Kragujevac
10:10 - 10:30
Paper | Regulating the Unseen: AI Accountability in UK Healthcare Sector
Dr Mehmet Unver : Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire
Iheanyichukwu Henry Ogu : Investigations and Information Compliance Officer at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
10:30 - 11:00
Poster session & coffee Break (offered)
11:00 - 11:20
Paper | Setting boundaries: Defining “neurodata” and the implications for AI policy and Regulation
Iris Coates McCall : Research Analyst at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada
Dr Sara Berger : Sr Research Scientist and Director of Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab at IBM Research
Dr Alexis Baria : Senior Data Scientist at UL Standards & Engagement
11:20 - 11:40
Paper | Predictive Digital Phenotyping in Mental Health: Normality, Risk, and the Ethics of Anticipation
Eike Buhr : PhD candidate at the University of Oldenburg
11:40 - 12:40
Panel | Integrating ethical standards in health organisation’s activities
Prof Katrina Bramstedt : Global Head of Bioethics at Roche & Adjunct professor at Queensland University of Technology
Saila Rinne : Head of Unit “AI in Health and Life Sciences” at the EU AI Office, European Commission.
Dr Thomas Souverain : Postdoctoral fellow at French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy
12:40 - 2:00
Lunch break (offered)
AI and work
2:00 - 2:20
Talk | The Macroeconomics of AI
Dr Antonin Bergeaud : Associate professor of economics at HEC Paris
2:20 - 2:40
Paper | Reconfiguring Creative Labour: Generative AI, Work Practices, and the Ethics of Distributed Agency
Claudia Solinas : PhD candidate at University Sapienza di Roma
Marta Grasso : PhD candidate at University Sapienza di Roma
2:40 - 3:00
Paper | The Fabricated Front: A Typology of GenAI Opacity Mechanisms at Work
Dr Tom van Nuenen : Lecturer and Senior Data Scientist at UC Berkeley
3:00 - 3:20
Paper | The double responsibility gap with Generative AI: praise deflection and blame diffusion in workplaces
Francesco Gallo : Graduate student at the European University Institute
3:20 - 3:50
Poster session & Coffee Break (offered)
3:50 - 4:10
Paper | Generative AI as a Third Agent: Rethinking Academic Work and Principal‚ AI Agent Dynamics in Higher Education
Rafael Plaza : Research Director at IMPACTO – AI Governance & Institutional Design
4:10 - 4:30
Paper | From Extraction to Exchange: A Data Streaming Framework for Equitable AI Content Economics
Dr Primavera De Filippi : Director of research at CNRS & Associate researcher at the Berkman Klein Center, Harvard University
Hannah London : J.D. Candidate at Berkeley Law School
Sebnem Erener : Managing Legal Counsel at Klarna Bank
4:30 - 5:30
Panel | The future of work: research evidences, trends and expectations
Dr Mar Carpanelli : Head of AI and Skills research at LinkedIn (Economic Graph)
Jeremy Lamri : CEO at Tomorrow Theory & Les Émergences
Dr Hubert Etienne : CEO at Quintessence AI
AI and social interactions
8:30 - 9:00
Breakfast (offered)
9:00 - 9:10
Opening address
Prof Sven Nyholm : Professor of AI Ethics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
9:10 - 9:30
Talk | The Social Lure of Generative AI
Prof Matthias Scheutz : Karol Family Applied Technology Professor at Tufts University & Director for Human-AI Interactions at the Tufts Institute for AI
9:30 - 9:50
Paper | Are we going towards a Human-AI Coevolution? A multi-leveled framework to study the impact of human-AI interaction on societal behaviors
Chiara Marcoccia : Graduate student at École Normale Supérieure - PSL
9:50 - 10:10
Paper | Moral Competence Before Moral Content: Why AI Systems Lack the Prerequisites for Value Alignment
Dr Arno Libert : Research scientist at Aithos Research Foundation
10:10 - 10:30
Paper | Measuring AI Accountability Through Argumentation Analysis: Can Model Reasoning Withstand Scrutiny
Daan Henselmans : Executive director at Aithos Research Foundation
10:30 - 11:00
Poster session & coffee break (offered)
11:00 - 11:20
Paper | Educating for autonomy in the age of AI: Children‚ AI Rights, AI Literacy, and Formative Technologies
Michael Anslow : Researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratories
Martina Galletti : Researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratories
11:20 - 11:40
Paper | Irrationality, Loops, and Affective Personalization in Human-AI Interaction
Alexandru Mateescu : PhD candidate at Université Panthéon-Sorbonne
11:40 - 12:40
Discussion | Interacting with LLMs: beyond risks and opportunities
Dr Nataliya Kosmyna : Research scientist at MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group & Visiting Research Faculty at Google
Prof Maria Melchior : Research director at Inserm, Deputy head at Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique & Annual chair in Public Health at Collège de France
Prof Sylvie Delacroix : Jeff Price Chair in Digital Law & Founding Director of the Centre for Data Futures at King's College London
12:40 - 2:00
Lunch break (offered)
AI and the environment
2:00 - 2:20
Talk | AI for Sustainability and the Sustainability of AI: Two Sides of a Different Coin
Dr Sasha Luccioni : AI & Climate Lead at Hugging Face and Holder of the AI & Social Justice Chair (Abeona/ENS/OBVIA)
2:20 - 2:40
Paper | Environmental Impacts of Data Centers and Criminal Law Responses: A Comparative Perspective
Marco Di Donato : PhD candidate at University of Verona
2:40 - 3:00
Paper | The Calculated Planet: AI-Enabled Climate Modelling and the Politics of Environmental Futures
Helen Hayes : PhD candidate at McGill University
3:00 - 3:20
Paper | Toward a Self-Organizing Literature Review: An Application to the Financial Impacts of Physical Climate Risks
Prof Vincent Vigneron : Professor of Statistical Learning for Precision Medicine at the University of Évry & head of the SIAM team (IBISC Lab) at the IBISC Lab
3:20 - 3:50
Poster session & coffee break (offered)
3:50 - 4:10
Paper | AI, Democracy and environmental justice in Africa
Oluwakorede Ajibona : PhD candidate at the Center for Cyber-Social Dynamics at the University of Kansa
4:10 - 4:30
Paper | Will AI Help Solve Climate Change? Assessing the Evidence
Théophile Lenoir : Coordinator of the Observatory on the Environmental Footprint of AI at Ecole Normale Supérieure & PhD candidate at the University of Milan
4:30 - 5:30
Discussion | Implementing Sustainable AI in Practice in Organisations
Theo Alves : Partner AI & Sustainability at Ekimetrics & President at Data For Good
Dr Golestan (Sally) Radwan : Chief Digital Officer at the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Vice-Chair of Ethics of AI at UNESCO’s AdHoc Expert Group
Dr Somya Joshi : Research Director at SEI and Chair of the AI Task Force & Docent at Stockholm University
Prof Matthias Scheutz : Karol Family Applied Technology Professor at Tufts University & Director for Human-AI Interactions at the Tufts Institute for AI
5:30 - 5:40
Greetings
Dr Hubert Etienne : CEO at Quintessence AI
5:40 - 7:00
Closing cocktail

We thank our sponsors

Organization committee


Organisation team



Dr Hubert Etienne

Quintessence AI

Dr Thomas Souverain

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy

Juliette Guerard

Sciences Po & HEC Paris

Scientific committee



Dr Hubert Etienne

Quintessence AI

Dr Thomas Souverain

French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy

Prof Sven Nyholm

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Dr Claire Benn

the University of Cambridge

Prof Sylvie Delacroix

King's College London

Prof Joanna Bryson

the Hertie School of Governance

Dr Paul Egré

Ecole Normale Supérieure

Thematic chairs



Prof Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby

Baylor College of Medicine

Prof Matthias Scheutz

the Tufts Institute for AI

Dr Sasha Luccioni

Hugging Face and Holder of the AI & Social Justice Chair (Abeona/ENS/OBVIA)

Dr Antonin Bergeaud

HEC Paris
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