A 2-day conference dedicated to artificial intelligence research and innovation. This event is designed to engage a broad audience, from faculty and students to industry professionals.
Overview
Date:
Starts 29 October 2026, 08:30Ends 30 October 2026, 14:30Location:
Language:
EnglishLast sign up date:
18 October 2026
The conference is organized by CHAIR (Chalmers AI Research Centre), and is supported in part by WASP Lighthouse at Chalmers University of Technology.
Agenda at a Glance
October 29
Morning sessions:
Keynote by Volker Sorger, Walden and Paula Rhines Endowed Professor in Semiconductor Photonics at the University of Florida.
Coffee break w. fika
Thematic session: AI Foundations
Invited talks & panel discussion
Afternoon sessions:
Keynote by Julie Josse, Senior researcher at Inria, the French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology.
Thematic session, AI in Research: Invited talks on how AI is changing science and how we do research.
Talks from ELLIS Unit Sweden, CHAIR, and Chalmers Next Labs
Mingle + provided food
October 30
Morning sessions:
Keynote by Demetri Psaltis, Professor of Optics and the Director of the Optics Laboratory at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL).
Coffee break w. fika
Thematic session, AI and Health: Invited talks from AI and health researchers.
Keynote by Julian Togelius, Wallenberg Chair at Chalmers University of Technology, Professor of Computer Science.
Closing remarks
Lunch + mingle
The programme will include keynote talks from international experts in AI and its applications, as well as thematic sessions in topics of special interest to Chalmers researchers and CHAIR partners Ericsson, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, and Volvo AB.
This year’s sessions will span AI and Health, AI Foundations, and AI in Research.
Keynote speakers:
Julie Josse
Senior researcher at Inria and the leader of the PreMeDiCaL (Precision Medicine by Data integration and Causal Learning) team.
Beyond the Average Doctor: Uncertainty-Aware AI for Clinical Triage
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Demetri Psaltis
Professor of Optics and the Director of the Optics Laboratory at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL).
Optical Computing: Past, Present and Future
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Volker Sorger
Walden and Paula Rhines Endowed Professor in Semiconductor Photonics at the University of Florida.
Talk title and abstract TBA.
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Julian Togelius
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
Talk title and abstract TBA.
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Programme team:
Giovanni Volpe, University of Gothenburg
