Keynotes, Panels and Public Talks
Selected Keynotes at Major Conferences
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Invited Keynote at 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2022), “Towards Robots with Social Resonance: Principles, Challenges and Perspectives”, Naples, Italy, August 30th 2022
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Invited Lecture at International Doctoral Summer School on Conversational Systems for Health Applications, Granada, 31st August - 3rd September 2022, “Virtual Agents for Mobile Mental Health: Opportunities, Challenges, and Perspectives”, Granada, 31st August - 3rd September 2022.
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Invited Keynote at 18th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, “Socially-Interactive Artificial Intelligence: Perception, Synthesis and Learning of Human-Like Behaviors”, June 17-20 2022
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Invited Keynote: “Socially-Aware Conversational Interfaces: Challenges and Perspectives” Conversational User Interfaces (CUI), 27-29 July 2021. Online Streaming.
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Invited Talk at DELTA 2021, 2nd International Conference on Deep Learning Theory and Applications, July 7-9, 2021, Online Virtual Conference,
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Invited Talk at CUI 2021, Conversational User Interfaces, July 27-29 2021, Online Virtual Conference,
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Invited Talk at ICMI 2021, 23rd ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, October 18-22, 2021, Montréal, Canada
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Invited Talk at CCEM 2021, 10th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing in Emerging Markets, October 27 – 30, 2021, Virtual Conference, hosted from New Jersey, USA,
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Invited Talk at IJCAI-PRICAI 2020, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence – Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, January 7-15, 2021, Yokohama, Japan.
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Invited Keynote at TPNC 2019, 8th International Conference on the Theory and Practice of Natural Computing (TPNC), Kingston, Canada - December 9-11, 2019
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Invited Talk at DIGICON 2019, November 20-21, 2019, Munich, Germany
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Invited Talk at GFAIH Workshop on Human-Machine Co-Creation, Co-Learning and Co-Adaptation, Global Forum on AI for Humanity October 28-20, 2019, Paris, France
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Invited Panelist at Forschungsgipfel 2019, March 2019, Berlin, Germany
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Invited Keynote at ICMI 2019 21st ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Invited Keynote at IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG) 2018
- Invited Keynote at 9th International Conference ICT Innovations, Skopje, R. Macedonia, " Empowering Multimodal Behavior Analysis by Interactive Machine Learning"
- Invited Keynote at 26th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, " Emotional and Social Signals: A new challenge for ANN?"
- Invited Keynote at Mobile HCI 2017, Vienna, Austria, " Exploring Social Augmentation Techniques for Mobile Training and Assistive Applications"
- Invited Keynote at SIGdial 2017, Saarbrücken, Germany, " Empowering Human-Robot Dialogue by Affective Computing Research"
- Invited Keynote at British HCI 2017, University of Sunderland, UK, " Digital Make-Belief through Emotion-Oriented Technologies:Towards Deeper Engagement with Games and Interactive Entertainment"
- Invited Keynote at “XIV Kultur und Informatik”, Schloß Köpenick, Berlin, "Exploring Social Augmentation Techniques for Training and Assistive Applications”
- Invited Keynote at International School on Human-Centred Computing (HCC 2016), Bremen, Germany, “ Socially Sensitive Technologies for Human-Centered Computing”
- Invited Keynote at 8th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment (INTETAIN 2016), Utrecht, " Socially Sensitive Technologies for Interactive Entertainment"
- Invited Keynote at 14th German Conference on Multiagent System Technologies (MATES 2016), Klagenfurt, Austria, “ Creating Affective Bonds in Human-Robot Interaction”
- Invited Keynote at 21st Annual Meeting of the Intelligent Interfaces Community (ACM IUI 2016), Sonoma, USA, “ Socially-Sensitive Interfaces: From Offline Studies to Interactive Experiences”
- Invited Speaker at International Symposium on Companion Technology (ISCT 2015), Ulm, Germany, “Trust Me, I am Your Companion: Modeling and Evaluating Trust in Human-Computer Interaction”
- Invited Keynote at 8th International Symposium on Attention in Cognitive Systems (ISACS 2015), Hamburg, Germany, “ Modeling the Dynamics of Gaze-Contingent Social Behaviors in Human-Agent Interaction”
- Invited Keynote at the 11th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, Prague, Czech Republic, “Towards the Creation of Empathic Experiences in Intelligent Environments”
- Invited Keynote at 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2014), Edinburgh, UK, “Exploring the Effect of Unconscious Cues in Human-Robot Interaction”
- Annual Assembly of the Leopoldina 2013 "Mind, brain, genome and society: How do we become the person we are?", Halle, Germany, 21.9.2013, „Lässt sich Empathie simulieren? Ansätze zur Erkennung und Generierung empathischer Reaktionen anhand von Computermodellen“
- Invited Speaker at the 15th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA 2012), "Pathways towards more empathetic human-agent interactions: Synergies and challenges", Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
- Invited Speaker at International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AMI 2012), Pisa, Italy, “ Bringing Social Computing to Ambient Environments: Synergies and Challenges”
- Keynote Talk CHIST-ERA 2012 Conference (European Coordinated Research on Long-term Challenges in Information and Communication Sciences & Technologies ERA-Net), “ Exploring Unconscious Signals In Human-Computer Interaction: Identification Of Key Issues And Outline Of A Roadmap For Future Research”, Edinburgh
- Keynote at the 35th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI 2012), Saarbrücken, Germany, “Exploring the potential of social signal processing for human-machine interaction: Synergies and challenges”
- Keynote at 2010 VI Conference on Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects (AMDO), “Towards Empathetic Artificial Listeners”, 09.07.2010, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
- Keynote at 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI) / Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT), “ Engaging in a Conversation with Synthetic Agents along the Virtuality Continuum”, Hongkong
- Keynote at IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME), “ Towards Emotional Sensitivity in Human-Computer Interaction”, 08.07.2005, Amsterdam,
- Invited Speaker at the 1st International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment Intetain 2005: “Towards Emotional Sensitivity in Interactive Entertainment and Educational Games”, 02.09.2005, Madonna di Campiglio, Italy
- Invited Evening Lecture at 16th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (LLI) “ Enhancing Embodied Conversational Agents with Social Intelligence”, Nancy 17.08.2004,
- Invited Speaker at International Conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-based Systems, “Enhancing Adaptive Hypermedia Presentation Systems by Lifelike Synthetic Characters”, Trento, 2000
Keynotes at Smaller Events
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32. Forschungswerkstatt Musiktherapie 2020, Keynote: Multisensorische Schmerz- und Emotionserkennung als Grundlage für ein personalisiertes Schmerzmanagement, February 7 – 8, 2020, Augsburg, Germany
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Hybrid Societies / Summer School, Keynote: Socially-Interactive Interfaces: Challanges and Perspectives, 15. Juli 2021, Virtual Online Event hosted by TU Chemnitz
Selected Panels
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Panel Datenschutz und Digitalisierung auf dem Prüfstand, 2. Dezember 2020, Virtual Panel hosted by Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
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Panel at re:publica 21, 21.05.2021, Live Discussion – Die Zukunftsmaschine: Welche Zukunft wählen wir? Künstliche Intelligenz in der Medizin
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Panel Embodied AI: The international landscape of embodied agents, 24. September 2021, Virtual Panel hosted by Utrecht University
- Panel Social Signals and Multimedia: Past, Present, Future at ACM Multimedia, October 20 – 24, 2021, Hybrid Conference, Chengdu, China
- Wenn Maschinen Zukunft träumen: Ein Festival zum Leben mit Künstlicher Intelligenz, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden, Panel: Unfälle und Täuschungen technischer Intelligenz, November 12 -14, 2021
Selected Public Talks and Exhibitions for the Public
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Leibniz Science Campus: Digital Public Health, Invited Guest Speaker: ForDigitHealth - Healthy Use of Digital Technologies and Media, 29. October 2020, Bremen
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Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity 2021, Session: AI for Human Peace and Preservation of Global Environment, Invited Speaker: Artificial Intelligence and Democracy: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks, June 24 – 26, 2021, Hybrid Event hosted at Haevichi Hotel & Resort Jeju, Korea
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Humanoide Roboter: Gespräch zwischen Elisabeth André, Emma Braslavsky, Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart, 13.10.2021
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Wenn Maschinen Zukunft träumen: Ein Festival zum Leben mit Künstlicher Intelligenz, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden, Keynote: Künstliche Intelligenz: Wobei kann sie uns helfen, und was sollten wir wissen, um sie sinnvoll zu nutzen? November 12 -14, 2021
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bidt Konferenz 2021, Digitale Transformation gestalten – verantwortungsvoll, souverän, europäisch, Panel: Wettbewerb um die Arbeitsplätze von morgen im Zusammenspiel von Mensch und KI, October 13 – 14, 2021, Hybrid Event hosted by bidt
- Invited Talk and Panelist at Streit ums Politische: Zweisamkeit mit Robotern, 25. November 2019, Schaubühne, Berlin, Germany
- Invited Talk, Reden wir über Digitalisierung - Stadt Augsburg, 21. Mai 2019, Augsburg, Germany
- Invited Talk at Berührungswelten, Berührungswelten: Wie fühlt unsere Gesellschaft? 19. Februar 2019, Berlin, Germany
- Invited Talk at the Annual Meeting of Deutscher Ethikrat 2019, " Psychologische und soziale Aspekte an der Schnittstelle zwischen Mensch und Maschine", Berlin 2019
- Invited Talk at Vorlesungsreihe 2017: Künstliche Intelligenz für den Menschen: Digitalisierung mit Verstand, Mainz, Germany, " Können Computer Emotionen verstehen und ausdrücken?"
- Invited Talk at Die Digitalisierung und ihre Auswirkungen auf Mensch und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany, " Mensch - Mensch, Mensch - Maschine und Mensch - Maschine - Mensch, die Zukunft sozialer Kontakte"
- Invited Talk at Smart FIPA - Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels, Biarritz, France, " L'informatique empathique au service de la narration"
- Deutscher Sparkassentag, Podiumsdiskussion „Kollege Maschine – Ist der Sparkassenberater ein Auslaufmodell?“
- Jahrestagung des Deutschen Ethikrates, 2015, Berlin, „ Zu Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion und Big Data“
- Augsburg Puppet Theatre Museum, Special Exhibition on Robots and Robot-Like Beings, 8.10.2014- 12.4.2015
- Symposium turmdersinne: Das soziale Gehirn: Neurowissenschaften und menschliche Bindung (The social brain: Neuro sciences and human relationships), „ Lässt sich Empathie simulieren? Empathische Reaktionen und ihre Modellierung im Computer“, Fürth, 26.-28.9.2014
- Psychosomatisches Dienstagskolloquium „Seele – Körper – Geist“, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, "Lässt sich Empathie fördern?Ein Computerprogramm für soziales und emotionales Lernen im Klassenzimmer", 07.07.2009
- Parlamentarischer Spieleabend, „ Computerspiele für soziales und kulturelles Training“, 17. Juni 2009
- Eingeladener öffentlicher Vortrag in Stuttgart, Stadtbücherei Wilhelmspalais, Emotionalisierung der Mensch-Technik-Interaktion, 22.5.2007
- Augsburger interdisziplinärer Gesprächskreis, Neue Paradigmen der Mensch-Maschine Interaktion, 09.06.2011
- “Galileo in Hell”: Art Installation presented in Arcimboldi Theatre in Milano by Studio Azurro making use of technology for emotion recognition from acoustic signals developed by Prof. André’s team