AIES 2026

About AIES 2026

AIES 2026 is a hybrid research conference organized by AAAI at Malmo Live, Dag Hammarskjöld Square 2, Malmo, Sweden, from Monday, October 12 to Wednesday, October 14, 2026. The schedule lists 34 sessions, such as Paper Session 1 on bias and discrimination in AI systems, Paper Session 2 on AI across work and education, discussion sessions on AI governance and on trust and oversight, and poster sessions.

Prof. Dr. Sandra Wachter delivers Keynote 1. Stefan Larsson, Irina Shklovski and Tadayoshi Kohno complete the four-person speaker list. Google, IBM, AI Policy Lab, Tech Policy Lab and Ericsson appear as sponsors or partners. Ticket prices are not published there.

Location

Dag Hammarskjöld Square 2, Malmö, Sweden

Venue: Malmo Live

Agenda

Monday, October 12

• 08:00–08:30 · Registration
• 08:30–09:00 · Opening Remarks
• 09:00–10:15 · Discussion Session 1: Participation, Sovereignty, and Power in AI Governance
• 10:15–10:45 · Refreshment Break
• 10:45–12:00 · Paper Session 1: Bias and Discrimination in AI Systems
• 12:00–13:30 · Lunch Break (on your own)
• 13:30–14:00 · Keynote 1: Prof. Dr. Sandra Wachter — Prof. Dr. Sandra Wachter
• 14:00–15:15 · Discussion Session 2: Trust, Dependence, and Human Oversight
• 15:15–15:45 · Refreshment Break
• 15:45–17:00 · Paper Session 2: AI Across Work and Education
• 17:00–17:30 · Poster Session 1
• 13:30–14:00 · How geopolitics, deregulation, and the AI hype cycle threaten human rights protection — Prof. Dr. Sandra Wachter

Tuesday, October 13

• 08:30–09:00 · Keynote 2: Stefan Larsson — Stefan Larsson
• 09:00–10:15 · Student Lightning Talks
• 10:15–10:45 · Refreshment Break
• 10:45–12:00 · Paper Session 3: Law, Regulation, and AI Accountability
• 12:00–13:30 · Lunch Break (on your own)
• 13:30–14:30 · Panel: Who Sets the Terms? AI Governance as Geopolitics
• 14:30–15:15 · Paper Session 4: AI in Health and Care
• 15:15–15:45 · Refreshment Break
• 15:45–17:00 · Discussion Session 3: AI at Work: Power and Social Justice
• 17:00–17:30 · Poster Session 2
• 08:30–09:00 · Chasing the Moving Target: AI Governance in the Nordic Public Sector — Stefan Larsson

Wednesday, October 14

• 08:30–09:00 · Keynote 3: Irina Shklovski — Irina Shklovski
• 09:00–10:15 · Discussion Session 4: AI Safety, Alignment, and Responsibility Across Contexts
• 10:15–10:45 · Refreshment Break
• 10:45–12:00 · Paper Session 5: Auditing and Evaluating AI
• 12:00–13:30 · Lunch Break (on your own)
• 13:30–14:00 · Keynote 4: Tadayoshi Kohno — Tadayoshi Kohno
• 14:00–15:15 · Paper Session 6: Generative AI and Human Vulnerability
• 15:15–16:00 · Poster Session 3 (Refreshment Break included)
• 16:00–17:00 · Closing Remarks and Awards
• 08:30–09:00 · Why can’t we get it right? The challenges and limits of Responsible AI — Irina Shklovski
• 13:30–14:00 · Thoughts for the AI and AI Ethics Community, from a Computer Security Research Perspective — Tadayoshi Kohno

Speakers

• Prof. Dr. Sandra Wachter
• Stefan Larsson
• Irina Shklovski
• Tadayoshi Kohno

Sponsors

• Google
• IBM
• AI Policy Lab
• Tech Policy Lab
• Ericsson

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