BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MediaFutures - ECPv6.15.13.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:MediaFutures X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mediafutures.no X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MediaFutures REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Oslo BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251113T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20251113T190000 DTSTAMP:20260420T094455 CREATED:20250210T134415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T091546Z UID:20239-1763024400-1763060400@mediafutures.no SUMMARY:Annual Meeting 25: Our public flagship conference DESCRIPTION:On November 13\, we are inviting to our yearly international flagship conference on media technology and AI. This is a public event and this year’s focus is: \nNavigating Uncertainty with AI: Battling Misinformation & Empowering Users\n— and we’d love for you to join us. Please register below. \nThe day is open to everyone: media professionals\, researchers\, students\, technologists\, and anyone curious about where media tech and AI are headed. It is a great opportunity to network\, learn\, and explore what is happening locally\, nationally and internationally. \nYou can expect a full day of demonstrations\, posters\, presentations and panel talks\, all centred on what is hot in media technology and AI right now. From theoretical frameworks to hands-on research and practical tools\, the event offers a broad look at current projects and ongoing developments in the field. \nTry out demos we have built\, exchange ideas\, and expand your view on how media tech can be developed and made more responsible for the future. \n \n Registration closed\n \n \n \n \n \n The deadline to register has passed. We can put you on the waiting list if you send us an email with your name and affiliation to office@mediafutures.no. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n KEYNOTE SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cornelia Bjørke-Hill\n Director Communication \n Microsoft Norway \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Cornelia Bjørke-Hill is Communications Lead at Microsoft Norway\, driving strategic narratives that connect global innovation with local impact. With over a decade in communications\, including eight years as comms director within the HR tech industry\, and more than 20 years in broadcast journalism for leading Norwegian media\, Cornelia brings deep expertise in storytelling and trust-building. At Microsoft\, she focuses on making AI relevant for Norway by translating global technology trends into meaningful value creation. \n \n \n \n \n \n Keynote Speech\n Title: Reinventing Communication with AI \nAbstract: \nIn her talk\, “Reinventing Communications with AI\,” she reveals how intelligent tools amplify creativity and impact—without losing the human touch. Through real-world examples from her own craft\, Cornelia demonstrates how AI can transform manual tasks into a strategic advantage\, helping organizations communicate with clarity\, authenticity\, and purpose while using AI to use the human brain where it delivers the most impact. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alex Connock \n Senior Fellow & Professor \n University of Oxford \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Dr Alex Connock is an academic in the media business and AI\, who has written a trilogy of books spanning the contemporary media business  –  Media Management and Artificial Intelligence (2022)  Media Management and Live Experience: Sports\, Culture\, Entertainment and Events (2024) and Entrepreneurship in Media and Entertainment (2025.)   \nHe is also a leading international and industry speaker on the media business and how it is being changed by AI.  \nAcademically\, Alex is Senior Fellow at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School\, teaching AI\, Marketing and Media Business courses at BA\, MBA and EMBA level.  He co-launched and ran Oxford postgraduate diploma in Artificial Intelligence for Business from 2021-3. and is Lecturer at St Hugh’s College\, Oxford in Management.    \nAlex is also Professor in Media and Artificial Intelligence at Exeter University\, and Professor in Media Innovation and Sunderland University.  He has a PhD in video optimisation for e-commerce and degrees from Oxford (PPE) Columbia (Journalism) and INSEAD (MBA).   \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n Keynote Speech\n Title: How can AI be your Superpower in 2026? \nAbstract: \nEveryone in media is now using AI to some extent.  After years of holding back\, many media companies are overtly all-in on it.  Many others are still publicly reticent – whilst secretly going all-in behind the scenes.   So three years after Chat GPT turned the world of content upside down\, what are the particular\, new AI strategies that will win for media producers and owners in 2026 ?   Dr Alex Connock has specialised in the field at Oxford University since 2019 and wrote a globally successful book on it in 2022\, republished from Türkiye to Korea.  He will offer his latest thoughts on this fascinating and ever-changing subject.  He will cover not only generative AI (words\, images\, sound and video) but also other areas of AI which sometimes get less coverage in media circles\, but ought to: AI agents\, Machine Learning techniques in research\, recommendation algorithms and how to win at them\, Intellectual Property and how to think about it\, compliance\, entrepreneurship\, bias\, geopolitics and AGI.  In almost every case\, Alex will explain how the received wisdom in the media industry is as wrong as it is right – and often both at the same time.  And subsequent to that\, in case anyone thinks AI is old hat\, he’s also writing a new book on the Media and Quantum Computing\, so he will offer some initial thoughts on that mind-expanding area as well: the real Black Mirror. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PROGRAM\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n08:00\nRegistration opens\n\n\n08:55\nEvent Intro & Housekeeping\n\n\n09:00\nWelcome Addresses: Lars Nyre (UiB)\, Synnøve Kristine Nepstad Bendixsen (UiB)\, Christian Birkeland (TV2)\, Christoph Trattner (MediaFutures)\n\n\nKeynotes\n\n\n09:15\n1st Keynote: “Reinventing Communication with AI” (Cornelia Bjørke-Hill\, Microsoft Norway)\n\n\n09:45\nModerated Q&A by Mehdi Elahi (MediaFutures & UiB)\n\n\n10:00\n2nd Keynote: “How can AI be your Superpower in 2026?” (Alex Connock\, Oxford University)\n\n\n10:30\nModerated Q&A by Alain Starke (MediaFutures & UvA)\n\n\n10:45\nConference Picture & Coffee Break\n\n\nSession 1: Reimagining Media: Industry at the AI Crossroads\n\n\n11:05\nTalk One: “Multimodal AI Agents in the Media Industry” (Zhixian Bao\, Google Norway)\n\n\n11:20\nTalk Two: “AI Agents in Action: Transforming Work in Media & Entertainment” (Maxim Salnikov\, Microsoft Norway)\n\n\n11:35\nTalk Three: “At the Crossroads of AI and Journalism: Competing\, Collaborating\, and Co-Creating the Future of Media” (Victorina Demirel\, Schibsted)\n\n\n11:50\nModerated Q&A by Andreas Lothe Opdahl (MediaFutures & UiB)\n\n\n12:05\nLunch Break\n\n\nSession 2: Computing for Society: Modeling Trust & Interactions\n\n\n13:15\nTalk One: “Integrating AI into Platform Writing Tasks? Not So Fast” (Mor Naaman\, Cornell Tech)\n\n\n13:30\nTalk Two: “AI-generated stories: the nostalgia of large language models” (Jill Walker Rettberg\, Center for Digital Narrative)\n\n\n13:45\nTalk Three: “Slow AI: When the Journey is the Destination” (Ingmar Weber\, University of Saarland)\n\n\n14:00\nModerated Q&A by Erik Knudsen (MediaFutures & UiB)\n\n\n14:15\nCoffee & Cake Break\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nSession 3: Building Trust: Personalisation\, Engagement & Misinformation\n\n\n14:35\nTalk One: “Beyond facts: Messaging strategies to counter health misinformation” (Daniel Catalán Matamoros\, UC3M MediaLab)\n\n\n14:50\nTalk Two: “Conversational and Understandable News” (Bart Goethals\, Froomle\, University of Antwerp)\n\n\n15:05\nTalk Three: “AI DAY at ORF; Where Technology Meets Content” (Stefan Kollinger\, ORF)\n\n\n15:20\nModerated Q&A by Lilja Øvrelid (MediaFutures & UiO)\n\n\n15:35\nCoffee Break\n\n\nPanel Session: Inside the Newsroom: Norwegian Media’s AI Journey\n\n\n15:55\nCompany Pitches: Magnus Aabech (DN Group)\, Chris R. Hermansen (TV2)\, Jan Stian Vold (Bergens Tidende)\, Erik Bonesvoll (Amedia)\, Victorina Demirel (Schibsted)\n\n\n16:10\nModerated Debate by Morten Langfeldt Dahlback (Faktisk.no)\n\n\n16:40\nRefreshment Break\n\n\nDemo & Poster Session\n\n\n16:55\nMediaFutures’ Gaze-Tracking Project: Yuki Onishi (MediaFutures)\, Nataliya Nymo (VIZRT) & Snorre Alvsvåg (TV2)\n\n\n17:05\nMediaFutures’ AI Video Editor Project: Adane Tarekegn (MediaFutures) & Lubos Steskal (TV2)\n\n\n17:10\nPoster Pitches\n\n\n17:30\nInteractive Demos & Networking\n\n\n18:30\nPoster Awards\n\n\n19:00\nConference Dinner\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Program is subject to change. \n \n \n \n \n \n CONFERENCE DINNER\n \n \n \n \n \n Location: Roast Restaurant\, Scandic Ørnen\, top floor \n\n\n\n19:00\nWelcome Reception\n\n\n19:30\nFirst Course & Director’s Speech\n\n\n20:00\nSecond Course & Show with Bergen Improteater\n\n\n20:30\nThird Course & Live music with Raa Duo\n\n\n21:00\nParty with DJDottir\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Maxim Salnikov\n Applied AI Engineer \n Microsoft Norway \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Maxim Salnikov is a tech and cloud community enthusiast based in Oslo. With over two decades of experience as a web developer\, he shares his extensive knowledge of the web platform\, cloud computing\, and AI by speaking at and providing training for developer events worldwide. By day\, Maxim plays a crucial role in supporting the development of cloud and AI solutions within European companies\, serving as the Senior Solution Engineer at Microsoft focusing on the AI-native developer tools & platforms. During evenings\, he can be found running events for Norway’s largest web and cloud development communities. Maxim is passionate about exploring and experimenting with Generative AI possibilities\, including AI-assisted development. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: AI Agents in Action: Transforming Work in Media & Entertainment \nAbstract: \nAs the media and entertainment industry faces unprecedented change\, organizations are turning to AI agents to boost productivity\, address workforce capacity gaps\, and unlock new value. This session explores how AI agents are reshaping roles\, workflows\, and leadership. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Daniel Catalán Matamoros\n Professor & Director \n UC3M MediaLab \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Daniel Catalán is a full professor of communication with nearly 20 years of experience in research and field work. He has held positions in major international organisations\, including WHO\, ECDC\, and UNHCR\, and currently directs the UC3M MediaLab. Author of over 200 publications with more than 4\,000 citations (h-index = 34)\, he has led and participated in numerous national and international research projects. His work focuses on media effects\, health misinformation\, risk communication\, and public understanding of digital technologies. In October 2025\, he chaired the European Congress on Disinformation and Fact-Checking\, which gathered more than 450 delegates from 58 countries. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: Beyond facts: Messaging strategies to counter health misinformation \nAbstract: \nFacts often fail to change perceptions or beliefs based on health misinformation. Our experimental research explores alternative messaging strategie\, such as narrative storytelling and humour\, to improve engagement\, build trust\, and foster dialogue with skeptical audiences. We examine how different ways of framing health messages affect credibility perceptions\, emotional response\, and behavioural intentions. Our results show that messages that feel personal and emotionally engaging make people more open and less defensive\, and they work better than messages based only on data and statistics. The presentation will also share practical lessons for communicators and health organisations on how to create messages that are persuasive and trustworthy. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zhixian Bao\n AI Specialist \n Google Norway \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Zhixian Bao works as an AI/ML specialist covering EMEA North at Google Cloud. Working in industry for 10 years\, she is driven by a passion for using technology to empower both individuals and organizations to solve complex business challenges and create values. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: Multimodal AI Agents in the Media Industry \nAbstract:  \nThe session will explore the emerging role of Multimodality AI Agents\, marking a critical shift in artificial intelligence from efficiency tools to drivers of innovation. The industry anticipates a transition where AI agents move beyond simple output generation to autonomous action. These advanced systems will leverage deep contextual understanding\, real-time information access\, and diverse modalities. The future trajectory of this technology points toward sophisticated multi-agent ecosystems capable of complex reasoning and tool utilization. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bart Goethals\n Computer Science Prof. & CEO at Froomle \n University of Antwerp    \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Bart Goethals is full professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Antwerp in Belgium where he leads the Adrem Data Lab\, which performs fundamental research on artificial intelligence and data science. \nHe is founder and CEO of Froomle\, a university spin-off company that provides a Recommender Systems Platform to the News and Media industry. \nHis primary research interests are the study of data mining and recommender systems. He received several awards for his theoretical studies on frequent itemset mining. He was general chair of IEEE ICDM 2012 and program chair of ECML PKDD 2008\, and SIAM DM 2010 and will be program chair of ACM RecSys 2026. \nHe has served as general chair of the ECML PKDD Steering Committee\, action editor of the Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery journal\, and associate editor of the ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems\, IEEE Transactions of Knowledge and Data Engineering\, the Knowledge and Information Systems journal\, and Recommender Systems Section Editor of Frontiers on Big Data\, and he was Editor-in-Chief of the ACM SIGKDD Explorations newsletter. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: Conversational and Understandable News  \nAbstract: \nIn this talk\, I present Froomle Voice\, a personalised conversational news assistant that delivers news tailored to individual interests\, and our recent work on making recommendations understandable — to increase transparency\, user trust\, and editorial oversight. The presentation will demonstrate these technologies and discuss their implications for responsible AI in the media sector. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ingmar Weber\n Alexander von Humboldt Professor \n Saarland University \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Ingmar Weber is an Alexander von Humboldt Professor for AI and Chair for Societal Computing at Saarland University. His work looks at how data and AI can be used to understand and support social development. Previously\, he held positions at the Qatar Computing Research Institute\, Yahoo Research Barcelona\, and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He is among the 2% of most cited researchers and is currently leading a EUR 29M initiative to use novel data sources to measure societal phenomena and to support timely decision making. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: Slow AI: When the Journey is the Destination \nAbstract: A common software design mantra is “don’t make the user think”. Using software should be effortless and help get the user’s job done as quickly as possible. While this is often desirable\, this efficiency-first approach can be detrimental for democracies where engagement with societal discussions\, rather than just ticking a box should be the goal. In our group\, we explore how “slow AI” could be used to make people think more\, not less. Examples range from using LLMs for informing voters during elections\, to a debate-yourself setup to promote tolerance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victorina Demirel\n Data & AI Activation and Governance Lead \n Schibsted New Media \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Victorina works at the intersection of data\, AI\, and strategy at Schibsted\, one of the Nordics’ leading media groups. She focuses on how media can harness AI responsibly through strong governance and strategic collaboration\, ensuring user trust and the sustainability of independent journalism. Victorina’s work centers on redefining how trusted media engage audiences and navigate the uncertainty that characterizes today’s rapidly evolving information landscape. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: At the Crossroads of AI and Journalism: Competing\, Collaborating\, and Co-Creating the Future of Media \nAbstract:As generative AI reshapes how information is created\, distributed\, and consumed\, media companies stand at a defining crossroads. On one side\, big tech platforms—OpenAI\, Google\, and others—are rapidly changing audience behavior and diverting traffic. On the other\, they represent potential allies in building frameworks that safeguard independent journalism and empower users with trustworthy information. \nIn this talk\, I will explore how we\, as a modern media company\, navigate this tension between competition and collaboration. How can we shape the rules of engagement to ensure media’s continued relevance and resilience in the age of AI? And how do we reimagine our role—not just as content providers\, but as active co-creators of an information ecosystem where truth\, trust\, and technology can coexist? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mor Naaman\n Professor & Associate Dean \n Cornell Tech \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n I am the Don and Mibs Follett professor of Information Science at Cornell Tech where I lead the Social Technologies research group and serve as the associate dean for faculty affairs. Previously\, I was an assistant professor at Rutgers SC&I\, led a research team at Yahoo! Research Berkeley\, and got a PhD from Stanford. Before all that\, I played professional basketball in Israel. I sometimes consult or even co-found startups. \nMy research focus is on topics related to Technology\, Media and Democracy\, and in particular the trustworthiness of our information ecosystem. We use a wide range of tools—from machine learning\, to computational social science\, to online experiments\, to qualitative methods—to understand and try to address these challenges\, with an increasing focus on the impact of AI-mediated communication. Our sponsors over the years included\, among others\, Yahoo\, Google\, Facebook and the National Science Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: Integrating AI into Platform Writing Tasks? Not So Fast \nAbstract: \nOnline platforms increasingly integrate LLM-based writing tools\, raising questions about GenAI’s impact on individuals’ content production and outcomes. In this project\, we had a unique opportunity to measure the impact of such tool introduced by Change.org\, an online petition platform. The results provide causal evidence that in-platform AI writing tools can profoundly reshape online content\, but the tools practical utility for improving desired outcomes may be less beneficial than anticipated\, and they introduce unintended consequences like content homogenization. This finding adds to a growing body of work showing the potential impact of AI-mediation communication on media. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jill Walker Rettberg\n Professor & Co-Director \n Center for Digital Narrative \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Jill Walker Rettberg is Professor of Digital Culture and Co-Director of the Center for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen. She leads the project AI STORIES: Narrative Archetypes of Artificial Intelligence\, which is funded by an ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council. Jill’s books include Machine Vision: How Algorithms are Changing the Way We See the World (Polity 2023) and Seeing Ourselves Through Technology: How We Use Selfies\, Blogs and Wearable Devices to See and Shape Ourselves (2014). She is currently a member of an expert committee for Teknologirådet’s report on artificial intimacy\, and is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: AI-generated stories: the nostalgia of large language models \nAbstract: What are the dominant narratives of generative AI\, and what is at stake in their circulation? The AI STORIES project starts from the hypothesis that LLMs replicate and perhaps increase certain narrative patterns\, which could mean that we lose diversity in storytelling. Research so far suggests this is true – the thousands of AI-generated stories we have analysed in the AI STORIES project emphasise stability and nostalgia\, telling remarkably similar stories of threatened communities saved by reconnecting with heritage. LLMs also excel at simile and at affirmation\, generating additive texts – more and more and more – rather than critical analysis. What does this mean for media\, journalism and research? \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Stefan Kollinger\n Chief Innovation Officer \n ORF \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bio\n Stefan Kollinger is an experienced professional in the field of media technology and digitalization\, currently serving as the Chief Innovation Officer at ORF. In this role Stefan focuses on leading strategic initiatives from AI to Smart Producing to promote technological innovations and integrate digital solutions into the company’s existing operational processes. His work involves close collaboration with various departments to ensure that ORF remains at the forefront of digital transformation and efficiently uses the latest technologies to enhance program quality and reach. \n \n \n \n \n \n Talk Abstract\n Title: AI DAY at ORF; Where Technology Meets Content \nAbstract: \nAt the Media Futures event\, Stefan Kollinger will present strategic action fields and emerging opportunities for integrating artificial intelligence into content creation\, production\, and distribution at ORF. His talk explores how AI can drive innovation\, enhance storytelling\, and open new pathways for public media in a rapidly evolving digital ecosystem where technology and creativity meet to shape the future. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Snorre Alvsvåg\n Backend Developer \n TV2 \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lubos Steskal\n Strategic AI Advisor \n TV2 \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nataliya Nymo\n Senior UX Designer \n Vizrt \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Yuki Onishi\n Researcher \n MediaFutures \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Adane Tarekegn\n Researcher \n MediaFutures \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Morten Langfeldt Dahlback\n Head of Innovation & Tech \n Faktisk.no \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PANEL SESSION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jan Stian Vold\n Utviklingsredaktør \n Bergens Tidende \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Erik Bonesvoll\n Utviklingsredaktør \n Amedia \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Magnus Aabech\n Utviklingsredaktør \n DN Media Group \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Chris Ronald Hermansen\n Head of Editorial AI \n TV2 \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victorina Demirel\n Data & AI Activation and Governance Lead \n Schibsted New Media \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WELCOMING NOTE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lars Nyre\n Professor & Deputy Leader \n Infomedia\, UiB \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Christian Birkeland\n Chief Digital Officer \n TV2 \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Christoph Trattner\n Professor & Director \n MediaFutures\n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Synnøve Kristine Nepstad Bendixsen\n Dean SV-Faculty \n UiB \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MODERATION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Christopher Senf\n Innovation Coordinator \n MediaFutures & UiB \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anastasiia Klimashevskaia\n Researcher \n MediaFutures & UiB \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alain Starke\n Assistant Professor \n MediaFutures & UvA \n LinkedIn\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DEMOS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nName\nTitle\n\n\nProfessor Andreas L. Opdahl & Øyvind Skjervheim\nDemokratibasen: Data-Driven Democracy in Action\n\n\nDr. Yuki Onishi\nGaze Tracking Project with TV2 and Vizrt\n\n\nTobias Jovall Wessel \nVerified Satirical Reframing: AI Reframing with Fact-Checking as a Tool for Next-Generation Journalism\n\n\nVegard Erlend Bolstad\nInteractive Podcast Project: SuperPods\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n POSTERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nTobias Jovall Wessel\nUsing Large Language Models to ‘Lighten the Mood’:Satirically Reframing News Recommendations to Reduce News Avoidance\n\n\nMapalo Kayeyi\nStill More of The Same: A Longitudinal Evaluation on Ceiling Effects in a New Recommender System\n\n\nHalvor Nedrebø\nEnriching User Recommendation Experience Through Incorporation of Sequential Recommendation\n\n\nOlav Gangenes\nAnalysis of User Interactions with a Personalized News Recommender System\n\n\nMarlene Holzleitner\, Dietmar Jannach\nControlled Personalization in Legacy Media Online Services: A Case Study in News Recommendation\n\n\nAdane Tarekegn\nAutomated News Clip Generation via Robust Video Summarization\n\n\nPeter Røysland Aarnes\nNumerical Perturbations to Probe Language Models for Veracity Prediction\n\n\nBilal Mahmood\nLLM-Powered Tool to Support Editors & Journalists Select Related News Articles\n\n\nVegard Steinhaug Brevik\nA Hybrid Approach to Mitigate Popularity Bias in Recommender Systems\n\n\nJeng Jia-Hua\nThe role of GPT as an adaptive technology in climate change journalism\n\n\nYuki Onishi\nDesigning User-centric TV Production Control Rooms: from Eye-gaze to Understanding Decision-making.\n\n\nVegard Erlend Bolstad\nSuperPods\n\n\nKhadiga Seddik\nCan style personalization\, rather than political personalization\, increase engagement with diverse political news?\n\n\nJiajing Wan\nPersonalizing News Headlines with Retrieval-Augmented Generation\n\n\nYelyzaveta Lysova\nWhen AI Becomes a Chef: Leveraging LLMs to Generate and Promote Healthy Recipes on Online News Platforms\n\n\nSvenja Lys Forstner\nReducing selective news avoidance of young audiences with personalized content adaptations and explanations\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LOCATION\n \n \n \n \n \n Scandic Ørnen is located at Lars Hilles Gate 18\, right next to the main bus terminal.The closest public transport stop is “Bergen Busstasjon”\, the main bus terminal. URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/annual-meeting-25/ LOCATION:Scandic Ørnen\, Bergen CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mediafutures.no/wp-content/uploads/Frame-138-6.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR