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SUMMARY:Arendalsuka: "Responsible AI moving from research into practice in Norwegian news media"
DESCRIPTION:About the Event \nArtificial intelligence is transforming journalism and the media industry at an unprecedented pace\, creating both new opportunities and significant challenges. This event brings together researchers and industry partners from SFI MediaFutures to explore how responsible AI is moving from research into practice in Norwegian news media. \nMediaFutures Centre Leader Christoph Trattner\, Innovation Coordinator Christopher Senf\, and MediaFutures industry partners Schibsted Media AS\, Factiverse and Fatisk.no will present ongoing research\, real-world applications\, and discuss how AI can strengthen editorial practices\, support trustworthy journalism\, and help maintain public trust in an evolving digital landscape. \nOfficial Program website: https://www.arendalsuka.no/program/ansvarlig-ai-i-nyhetsmedier-fra-forskning-til-praksis  \nProgram & Speakers: \n\n11:00—11:02: Welcome & Intro (Christopher Senf\, SFI MediaFutures)\n11:02—11:07: Why responsible AI in news media matters now? (Christoph Trattner\, SFI MediaFutures)\n11:07—11:14: VITAL: Verifying health & lifestyle claims (Christoph Trattner and Tobias Wessel\, SFI MediaFutures)\n11:14—11:21: Tackling misinformation with AI (Gaute Kokkvoll\, Factiverse AS)\n11:21—11:28: AI-enabled detection of fake content (Runa Engen\, Faktisk.no)\n11:28—11:35: Videofy & SuperPod: AI and the Future of Responsible Liquid News (Anna Lunde\, Schibsted)\n11:35—11:45: Moderated Q&A: What must Norway build next? (All speakers\, moderated by Christopher Senf)
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/arendalsuka-responsible-ai-moving-from-research-into-practice-in-norwegian-news-media/
LOCATION:Arendalsuka\, Kunstig Intelligens-teltet Kirkebakken 19\, Tyholmen\, Arendal\, Norway
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SUMMARY:Talks & Panel Event: From Memes to Mass Movements: How India's Gen Z is Shaping the Future
DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED / POSTPONED\nUnfortunately\, our joint event with Det Moderne India has been postponed at short notice. \nOur main speaker\, Saurav Das of the Cockroach Janta Party movement\, is no longer able to join us due to recent political developments in India. A second speaker has also had to withdraw. \nAt the heart of this event is the exchange between voices from inside the movement and researchers working across media\, technology and political science. We therefore want to bring the conversation back when this exchange can take place as intended. \nWe are working on a new date and will share more information as soon as possible. Everyone who has registered for the event will be notified directly. \nStay tuned for a new date. \n MediaFutures × Det Moderne India\nWelcome to our joint event:India’s Digital Generation: From Memes to Mass Movements \nWhat happens when memes turn into a mass movement?\nIn India\, a new generation is finding its own ways to speak up\, organise and challenge established politics. The Cockroach Janta Party grew from digital satire and memes among Gen Z into a large protest movement – bringing questions of unemployment\, education and political accountability from social media into the streets. \nOn October 2\, MediaFutures and The Modern India (Det Moderne India) bring together an exceptional group of researchers and voices to explore what this tells us about the changing relationship between media\, technology\, political communication and democracy. \nWe are especially excited to welcome Saurav Das\, Chief Spokesperson of the Cockroach Janta Party\, joining us directly from India. \nHe will be joined by Rina Sunder\, Anwesha Dutta\, Siri Gloppen\, Özlem Demirkol-Tønnesen\, Manisha Pathak-Shelat and Chris Senf\, Ph.D.\, for talks and a panel discussion.From Memes to Mass Movements: How India’s Gen Z is Shaping the Future \nJoin us in Bergen (SFI MediaFutures\, Media City Bergen)Or join online More information & registration ↓ \n \nTentative event timeline \nFriday\, 4. September\n\n\n\nTime\nProgram\nDetails\n\n\n\n\n10:15\nWelcome\nChristopher Senf & Rina Sunder (SFI MediaFutures & Det Moderne India)\n\n\n10:20\nSetting the scene\nRina Sunder (Det Moderne India)\n\n\n10:30\nInside the Movement\nSaurav Das (Chief spokesperson of Cockroach Janta Party) /Online\n\n\n11:00\nTitle TBA\n Manisha Pathak-Shelat\, Associate Professor\, University of Wisconsin-Madinson /Recorded\n\n\n11:05\nWeapon & Shields: Law and protest movements in India\nSiri Gloppen\, Professor\, Department of Government (UiB)\n\n\n11:15\nPlayful\, Subversive\, Vernacular: Language of dissent and protest in a digital world\nOzlem Demirkol Tønnesen\, Postdoc Research Fellow\, Department of Infomedia (UiB)\n\n\n11:25\nMillennial with Gen Z: From the India We Inherited to the India We Imagine!!\nAnwesha Dutta\, Senior Researcher\, Chr. Michelsen Institute (UiB)\n\n\n11:35\nPanel Debate\nSaurav Das\, Siri Gloppen\, Ozlem Demirkol Tønnesen and Anwesha DuttaModerated by Christopher Senf\n\n\n11:55\nClosing\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLink to the event.  \nJoin on Zoom. \n 
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/indias-digital-generation-from-memes-to-mass-movements/
LOCATION:SFI MediaFutures\, MCB
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SUMMARY:PYData Seminar: Stop Early\, Decide Smarter: Bayesian Sequential Testing for LLM Benchmarking
DESCRIPTION:Ryan Marinelli will be holding a tutorial at PyData\, Amsterdam. \nEvaluating large language models is expensive. Standard benchmarking practices run fixed numbers of trials regardless of how quickly signal emerges\, wasting compute when differences are obvious and under-sampling when they are subtle. \nThis talk introduces Bayesian sequential stopping rules as a principled alternative. Rather than committing to a sample size upfront\, sequential methods continuously update a posterior over model performance and halt evaluation once sufficient evidence has accumulated\, or once further sampling is unlikely to change the conclusion. \nWe walk through the statistical foundations\, show how this framework applies to common benchmarking scenarios (accuracy comparisons\, pass@k\, agent task completion)\, and demonstrate a practical open-source Python implementation attendees can use immediately. Real benchmark datasets are used throughout to ground the approach. \nAudience: ML engineers\, researchers\, and data scientists who run model evaluations and care about making reliable comparisons without burning unnecessary compute. \nTakeaways: A conceptual understanding of sequential testing\, practical guidance on when and how to apply it\, and a working tool to take home. \nFixed-sample benchmarking is the default in NLP and LLM evaluation\, but it has two failure modes: it over-runs when models are clearly different early on\, and under-runs when tight comparisons require more evidence than the budget allows. Sequential hypothesis testing\, long standard in clinical trials and A/B testing\, offers a cleaner framework: keep sampling until a decision threshold is crossed\, or until a maximum budget is exhausted. \nThis talk applies that framework specifically to LLM and agent benchmarking and covers: \n\nThe statistical case: Why pass@k evaluation is often wasteful\, and what sequential Bayes factors and posterior stopping criteria offer instead\nDesign choices: Prior elicitation\, stopping thresholds\, and how to handle multi-model comparisons without inflating error rates\nPractical implementation: A walkthrough of a pip-installable Python package built on this framework\nLimitations and scope: When sequential testing helps\, when it doesn’t\, and how to sanity-check results\n\nThe talk is self-contained; attendees need only basic familiarity with probability and Python. \nOutline (30 min):\nMotivation: the cost of fixed-N benchmarking — 5 min\nSequential testing foundations (Bayes factors\, stopping rules) — 8 min\nDemo: the Python package on real benchmark data — 10 min\nDesign guidance\, edge cases\, and Q&A — 7 min
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/pydata-seminar-stop-early-decide-smarter-bayesian-sequential-testing-for-llm-benchmarking/
LOCATION:NDSM-Plein 85 1033 WC Amsterdam\, NDSM-Plein 85 1033 WC Amsterdam\, Netherlands
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20261002T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20261002T170000
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SUMMARY:Public Roundtable: Who Can We Trust? AI\, News\, and the Future of Public Truth
DESCRIPTION:A CuratedAI event \nRoundtable: Who can we trust? AI\, news\, and the future of public truth.\n\nArtificial intelligence is rapidly changing how news is produced\, distributed and encountered. It is becoming part of editorial workflows\, content moderation and recommendation systems\, influencing not only how journalists work\, but also what information reaches the public – and how we decide what to trust. \nWhat does this mean for the ethical foundations of journalism and news media? And how can we ensure that AI strengthens\, rather than undermines\, access to reliable information and democratic public life? \nThis public roundtable brings together Dr. David Danks\, Dr. Maralee Harrell\, Dr. Emily LaRosa\, Dr. Johnathan Flowers\, Dr. Kimon Kieslich and Dr. Natali Helberger – scholars whose work spans AI ethics\, philosophy\, public reasoning\, technology and society\, media governance and communication. Bringing these perspectives into the same conversation creates an opportunity to examine questions that cannot be addressed by technology\, journalism\, policy or ethics alone. Moderated by Dr. Christopher Senf. \nThe discussion will explore trust\, accountability\, public reasoning and justice in AI-mediated news environments\, including the implications of AI for journalism\, content moderation\, recommendation systems\, editorial practices and public access to reliable information. It will also ask a larger question: What ethical frameworks do we need as AI becomes increasingly embedded in the infrastructures through which societies understand themselves and the world? \nRather than a series of individual presentations\, the event takes the form of a public roundtable. The format is deliberately conversational: different disciplines\, approaches and positions can meet around the same questions\, allowing participants to respond to\, challenge and build on one another’s perspectives. Opening that conversation to the public also makes the discussion itself part of a wider process of reflection on how AI should shape our shared information environment. \nFor MediaFutures\, these questions go to the heart of the centre’s work on responsible AI for the media sector and its research into misinformation\, polarization\, discrimination and the conditions for healthy information ecosystems. \nI want to attend. Register Now. \nWhen: Friday\, October 2 – Venue: Scandic Ørnen \n\n\n\n\n15:00–17:00\nPublic Roundtable\nDiscussion on trust\, accountability\, public reasoning\, and justice in AI-mediated news environments.\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/public-roundtable-who-can-we-trust-ai-news-and-the-future-of-public-truth/
LOCATION:Scandic Ørnen\, Bergen
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20261105T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20261105T170000
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SUMMARY:Industry Stakeholder Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Industry Stakeholder Workshop \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The Industry Stakeholder Workshop brings together representatives from MediaFutures’ industry partners\, work package leaders and senior researchers for an afternoon dedicated to dialogue\, collaboration and the next steps for the centre. \n  \nThe workshop creates a space for closer exchange between research and industry: sharing perspectives on how AI is currently being used and explored in newsrooms\, identifying ideas and opportunities for new collaborative projects\, and discussing how the knowledge\, partnerships and activities developed through MediaFutures can be carried forward beyond the current SFI period. \n  \n12:00–13:30 | Lunch at Foyer of Media City Bergen \nThe workshop is organised around three sessions: \n13:30–15:00 | AI in the Newsroom NowShort talks from industry and research\, sharing current work\, experiences and perspectives. \n15:00–16:00 | From Ideas to InnovationGroup discussions focused on new ideas and opportunities for collaborative projects. \n16:00–17:00 | Beyond 2028A joint discussion on the next chapter for MediaFutures and how the centre’s collaboration and activities can develop beyond 2028. \nThe workshop is an internal MediaFutures event\, with 2–3 representatives from each partner organisation participating alongside researchers and work package leaders from across the centre. \n19:00–22:00 | Conference dinner at ROAST\, Scandic Ørnen \n 
URL:https://mediafutures.no/event/industry-stakeholder-workshop/
LOCATION:Scandic Ørnen\, Bergen
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20261106T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20261106T183000
DTSTAMP:20261012T170012
CREATED:20260916T181117Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting 26: Our public flagship conference
DESCRIPTION:On November 6\, 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: \nMedia AI at the Crossroads: Innovating with Trust and Safety\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. \nJoning us this year are Ezra Eeman (Strategy & Innovation Director\, NPO\, Netherlands)\, Claes de Vreese (Professor\, University of Amsterdam)\, Victorina Demirel (Head of Data & AI Enablement\, Schibsted News Media)\, Kayleen Devlin (Senior Journalist\, BBC Verify)\, Alex Moltzau (Policy Officer\, KI NORGE)\, Nicolás Grossman (project Director\, GIRAI Index)\, Larissa Magalhães (researcher\, University Bremen\, GIRAI Index)\, Anastasiia Klimashevskaia (Researcher\, University of bergen\, GIRAI Index)\, Skander Ben Attia (CTO\, France TV)\, Andreas Vlachos (Professor\, Cambridge University) Stuart Jennings (Engineering Manager\, AI Security Institute\, London) and Johanna Pirker (Professor\, Technical University Munich). \nYou can expect a full day of presentations and panel talks\, all centred on what is important 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. \nExchange ideas\, and expand your view on how media tech can be developed and made more responsible for the future – with Trust and Safety. \n			\n				Registration\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					Ezra Eeman\n					Strategy & Innovation Director \n					NPO\, Netherlands \n					LinkedIn\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bio\n				Ezra Eeman is the Director of AI in Media at WAN-IFRA. He previously served as the Strategy and Innovation Director at NPO\, the Dutch Public Broadcaster. Ezra writes a weekly industry newsletter\, Wayfinder\, about media innovation and is the author of the annual “Wayfinder Trends Report”. In the past\, he served as Change Director at the international media company Mediahuis\, where he was responsible for coordinating newsroom transformations and digital acceleration across a wide range of cross-media brands. Before that\, Ezra was the Head of Digital at the EBU\, the European Broadcasting Union\, and has held positions at VRT (the Flemish public broadcaster) and VTM (the Flemish commercial broadcaster) as innovation lab head and editor-in-chief\, respectively. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Keynote Speech\n				Title: The Agentic News Map: Six Choices That Will Shape Media Abstract: As AI shifts from a tool inside the newsroom to an interface between publishers and audiences\, familiar assumptions about news products and business models are being tested. Through six interactive questions\, Ezra will explore possible futures for audience habits\, story formats\, newsroom workflows\, trust\, discovery and value capture. For each\, the audience will consider both what seems likely by 2030 and which direction publishers should choose to strengthen. Current signals and examples will show where publishers can act now\, and what to watch as the landscape changes. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Claes de Vreese\n					Professor \n					University of Amsterdam \n					LinkedIn\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bio\n				Claes Holger de Vreese is Professor of AI and Society with a special emphasis on Media and Democracy. He co-directs the Amsterdam based AI\, Media and democracy lab\, he is the founder of the Digital Democracy Centre (SDU) and he is currently Chair in Residence at the Danish Institute of Advanced Study. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Keynote Speech\n				Title: Old and new challenges for democracy in the AI era Abstract: AI is creeping into democratic processes and institutions. It is in news\, search\, vote advice\, politics\, and campaigns. This creates new challenges and adds to existing challenges. The keynote will offer an overview and a forward-looking agenda.  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				PRELIMINARY PROGRAM\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				REGISTRATION & HOUSEKEEPING  \n08:00  | Registration Opens  \n08:55  | Event Introduction & Housekeeping \nWELCOME ADDRESSES  \n09:00  | Lars Nyre (Deputy Leader at the Infomedia Department\, UiB)\, Synnøve Kristine Nepstad Bendixsen (Dean SV-Faculty\, UiB)\, Christian Birkeland (Chief Digital Officer\, TV2)\, Christoph Trattner (Professor & Director\, MediaFutures) \nKEYNOTE SESSION  \n09:15  | Keynote 1: Old and new challenges for democracy in the AI eraSpeaker: Claes de Vreese (Professor\, University of Amsterdam) \n09:45  | Moderated Q&AModerator: Erik Knudsen (Professor\, UiB) \n10:00  | Keynote 2: The Agentic News Map: Six Choices That Will Shape MediaSpeaker: Ezra Eeman (Director of AI in Media\, WAN-IFRA) \n10:30  | Moderated Q&AModerator: Alain Starke (Assoc. Professor\, University of Amsterdam) \n10:45  | Conference Picture & Coffee Break \nSESSION 1: Immersive\, Liquid and Adaptive Media \n11:05  | Talk 1: TBASpeaker: Johanna Pirker (Professor\, TU Munich)  \n11:20  | Talk 2: Journalism Beyond the Destination: Liquid Content\, AI Platforms and the Next Media Business Model.Speaker: Victorina Demirel (Schibsted News Media) \n11:35  | Talk 3: TBASpeaker: Skander Ben Attia (CPTO\, France TV) \n11:50  | Moderated Q&AModerators: TBA \n12:05  | Lunch Break \nSESSION 2: Verification\, Fact-Checking and AI Alignment \n13:15  | Talk 1: Verification in the Age of AISpeaker: Kayleen Devlin (Senior Journalist\, BBC Verify) \n13:30  | Talk 2: Facts in the Era of LLMsSpeaker: Andreas Vlachos (Professor\, University of Cambridge) \n13:45  | Talk 3: TBASpeaker: Stuart Jennings (Manager\, AISI\, London) \n14:00  | Moderated Q&AModerators: Vinay Setty (Assoc. Professor\, UiS) \n14:15  | Coffee & Cake Break \nSESSION 3: Responsible AI\, Global Governance and Norway’s Role \n14:35 | Talk 1: The Global Index on Responsible AI 2026: Insights on Norway in Global and Regional Context \nSpeaker 1: Anastasiia Klimashevskaia (AI Researcher\, University of Bergen\, GIRAI Index) \nSpeaker 2: Nicolás Grossman (Project Director\, GIRAI Index) \nSpeaker 3: Larissa Magalhães (AI Researcher\, University Bremen\, GIRAI Index) \n15:05  | Talk 2: International Collaboration on AI Security and Safety: Norway’s New Position.Speaker: Alex Moltzau (Policy Officer\, KI NORGE) \n15:20 | Moderated Q&AModerators: TBA \n15:35  | Coffee Break \n  \nPANEL SESSION: AI Adoption\, Trust and Control in Norwegian Newsrooms \n15:55  | Company Pitches \n\nMarianne Gade Gørbitz (CTO\, DN Media Group)\nChris R. Hermansen (Head of Editorial AI\, TV2)\nLasse Lambrecht (Head of AI\, Bergens Tidende)\nErik Bonesvoll (Utviklingsredaktør\, Amedia)\nVictorina Demirel (Head of Data & AI Enablement\, Schibsted)\nTBA (NRK)\n\n16:10  | Moderated Panel DebateModerators: TBA\, Medieklyngen \n16:40  | Refreshment Break \nDEMO & POSTER SESSION  \n16:55  | MediaFutures Project Presentations // The Vital Project \n17:10  | Poster Pitches \nModerated by: TBA \n\nQuick 1-2 minute pitches from poster presenters\n\n17:30  | Interactive Demos\, Browsing & Networking \n18:30  | Poster Awards \n18:45  | Transition from Conference to Finger Food and Drinks \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				CONFERENCE DINNER 05.NOV\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Location: Roast Restaurant\, Scandic Ørnen\, top floor \nWant to join for dinner? \nRegister here \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\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					Kayleen Devlin\n					Senior Journalist \n					BBC Verify \n					LinkedIn\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bio\n				Kayleen Devlin is a Senior Journalist with BBC Verify\, specialising in open-source investigations\, misinformation and data-led reporting. Her recent work has included investigating the obscuring of sensitive sites in satellite imagery of China\, examining the real-world consequences of online misidentification and false claims\, and tracking maritime activity and the consequences of conflict in and around the Strait of Hormuz. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Talk Abstract\n				Title: Verification in the Age of AI Abstract: What does verification look like when misinformation can have real-world consequences and AI is adding new layers of uncertainty? This talk will explore the practical approach to verification\, drawing on real cases where false information has affected real people. It will also look at some of the ways we assess suspected AI material\, and the limits and opportunities within this field. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Skander B. Attia\n					CPTO \n					France TV \n					LinkedIn\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bio\n				Skander Ben Attia holds a telecommunications engineering degree (Télécoms Tunis) and an MS from Telecom ParisTech (2009). He began his career in 2007 at Orange\, where he held various positions (technical architect\, functional architect\, project manager\, and program manager)\, working on diverse areas such as Voice over IP (VoIP)\, contactless payment\, and identity management. \n  \nIn 2016\, he joined a company specializing in the Defense sector as Head of Project Delivery for governmental clients in Europe and Africa\, before joining France Télévisions in 2019 as Deputy Director of Engineering and Process Support within the Technology and Information Systems Department. \n  \nOn September 10\, 2024\, he was appointed Director of Engineering\, Process Support\, and Media Factory and took on the interim role of Director of Technology and Information Systems (CTO) in September 2025\, before being confirmed in this position on February 1\, 2026. \n  \nHe also completed the Media Executive Program from the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) in 2023. \n  \nSince May 11\, 2026\, Skander Ben Attia has been Director of Product and Technology. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Andreas Vlachos\n					Professor \n					University of Cambridge \n					LinkedIn\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bio\n				Andreas Vlachos is professor of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning at the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Cambridge and a Dinesh Dhamija fellow of Fitzwilliam College. Current projects include dialogue modelling\, automated fact-checking and imitation learning. He has also worked on semantic parsing\, natural language generation and summarization\, language modelling\, information extraction\, active learning\, clustering and biomedical text mining. His research team is supported by grants from ERC\, EPSRC\, ESRC\, Facebook\, Amazon\, Google\, Huawei\, Cambridge Language Sciences\, DARPA\, Imminent and the Alan Turing Institute. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Talk Abstract\n				Title: Facts in the era of LLMs Abstract:  Fact-checking\, the task of assessing whether a claim is true or false\, is considered a key weapon against misinformation. In the first part of this talk I will present our work on automating this task using natural language processing. In the second part of this talk\, I will discuss how fact-checking enters our conversations and how internet users engage in constructive disagreements and problem-solving deliberation. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Johanna Pirker\n					Professor \n					TU Munich \n					LinkedIn\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bio\n				Johanna Pirker conducts research at the intersection of artificial intelligence\, virtual worlds\, games\, virtual and augmented reality\, and human-computer interaction. Her work focuses on developing interactive\, adaptive\, and immersive systems and exploring their applications in education\, science\, therapy\, and industry. In particular\, she investigates the potential of games and virtual environments as tools for learning\, simulation\, and innovation. \nJohanna Pirker studied software development at Graz University of Technology\, during which she completed a research stay at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). After earning her PhD in Computer Science\, focusing on immersive worlds\, she established a research group dedicated to games and immersive technologies in Graz. Her academic career has also taken her to ETH Zurich and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Since 2025\, she has been Professor of N-Dimensional User Experience at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Talk Abstract\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Victorina Demirel\n					Head of Data & AI  \n					Schibsted \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:  Abstract:  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Stuart Jennings\n					Manager \n					AISI\, London \n					LinkedIn\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bio\n				Stuart Jennings is an Engineering Manager at the UK’s world-leading AI Security Institute\, the first and largest state-backed AI safety research organisation. He leads a team building the tools and infrastructure that enable evaluations of dangerous capabilities from frontier AI. He previously founded and scaled the BBC’s first production generative AI team and has a background as a software engineer. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Talk Abstract\n				Title: Frontier AI risks and what they mean for the media Abstract: Drawing on experience from the BBC and the UK’s world-leading AI Security Institute\, Stuart Jennings discusses the wide range of AI risks that affect the media\, including cyber security risks and the implications of incidents like the OpenAI-Hugging Face attack\, and the broader risks from job losses\, concentration of power\, AI-enabled biology and loss of control. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Nicolás  Grossman\n					Project Director \n					GIRAI Index \n					LinkedIn\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bio\n				Nicolás Grossman – Project Director of the Global Index on Responsible AI at the Global Center on AI Governance (GCG)\, a think tank dedicated to amplifying the voices of the Global South in international AI governance. He leads the Index’s development and coordinates a network of more than 150 experts in 138 countries. The Index has influenced national AI strategies and is used by multilateral organizations to guide policies and global debates on responsible AI. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Talk Abstract\n				Title:     Abstract:     \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Anastasiia Klimashevskaia\n					AI Researcher \n					University of Bergen \n					LinkedIn\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bio\n				Anastasiia Klimashevskaia is a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Bergen\, Norway. She currently works at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care as a data scientist and engineer in the ERC-funded 5-D project. Her fields of interest and expertise vary greatly from computational linguistics and language technology\, to data science and digital media studies. Additionally Anastasiia have researched the topics of fairness\, biases and ethics in AI\, defending a PhD thesis on Popularity Biases in Recommender Systems. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Talk Abstract\n				Title:     Abstract:  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Larissa Magalhães\n					AI Researcher \n					University of Bremen \n					LinkedIn\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bio\n				Larissa Galdino de Magalhães Santos is an expert in digital governance\, data\, GovTech\, and responsible AI. She is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow and currently serves as Data Steward at NOVA School of Business and Economics. Larissa holds a PhD in Political Science\, with a focus on open government\, and has previously worked at the United Nations University. Since 2020\, she has been a CyberBRICS Fellow\, contributing to research on digital policies and governance across the BRICS countries \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Talk Abstract\n				Title:     Abstract:     \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Alex Moltzau\n					Policy Officer \n					AI Norway \n					LinkedIn\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bio\n				Alex Moltzau is currently setting up the Norwegian Government AI Unit (KI Norge) within the Norwegian Digitalisation Agency. His current work is focused on national AI compute capacity. He returned to this role from Brussels where he worked at the European AI Office as a seconded national expert on a foreign service contract from Norway. Within the AI Office he worked in DG CNECT Directorate A2 Artificial Intelligence Regulation and Compliance. \nWhile working at the European AI Office he helped write implementing acts within the EU AI Act\, setting up the new European AI Office\, assisting with recruitment\, events\, and coordinating industrial collaborations. Notably\, working directly with the Commissioner’s team\, he put together the AI Pact and helped launch the initiative including OpenAI\, Anthropic\, Microsoft\, Aleph Alpha\, InfoSys and collection of the largest international companies working in the field of AI and software more broadly. When he left the AI Office the AI Pact included 3\,200+ members spanning industry\, civil society\, and the public sector. As well as 230+ voluntary pledgers committing to proactive compliance efforts. He also co-wrote the draft implementing act on AI regulatory sandboxes. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Talk Abstract\n				Title: International Collaboration on AI Security and Safety: Norway’s New Position.   Abstract: In recent times Norway has taken a proactive position on international AI policy\, as shown by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Call for Control of Frontier AI Models to UN Members together with Finnish Leadership. This call was followed up by the government of concrete investments in AI\, including a new responsibility for AI Norway to assist in coordination of AI security. What does this look like in the times ahead? How can multilateral collaboration on AI policy within AI security and safety be strengthened? \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Christoph Trattner\n					Founder & Director \n					SFI MediaFutures \n					LinkedIn\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bio\n				\nChristoph Trattner a Full Professor (1404) of Information Science at the University of Bergen and Founder/Director of SFI MediaFutures. His research develops responsible AI and recommender systems for trustworthy media\, health and food technologies. \nTrattners research is positioned in Information Science and lies at the intersection of responsible AI\, recommender systems\, computational user behaviour\, behavioural data analytics\, and human-AI interaction. He studies how AI systems shape human decisions\, preferences\, trust and behaviour\, and how such systems can be designed to support informed\, critical and beneficial use rather than blind reliance or rejection. \nSince 2009\, he has published more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles in leading international journals and conferences\, including Nature Food\, Nature Sustainability\, Communications of the ACM\, The Web Conference\, ACM RecSys\, ACM UMAP\, AAAI ICWSM\, ACM SIGIR\, JASIST\, IPM and UMUAI. His research has received several awards and distinctions\, including a Best Paper Award Honorable Mention at The Web Conference\, and he has helped secure more than 650 million NOK in competitive research and innovation funding as PI and Co-PI\, including SFI MediaFutures. \n\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				Bio\n				Christian Birkeland is the Chief Digital Officer at TV 2\,Birkeland has more than 15 years of experience as executive within digital transformation\, OTT / broadband / broadcast industry and subscription / content services. \nHis specialties spans from Digital transformation\, agile / lean product development\, strategy processes in technology intensive and disruptive industries\, media\, business development\, management\, to operation of OTT / streaming services. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Lars Nyre\n					Deputy Leader \n					InfoMedia Department\, UiB \n					LinkedIn\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bio\n				Lars Nyre is Professor of Media Studies and Deputy Head of the Department of Information Science and Media Studies at the University of Bergen (UiB)\, Norway. His research focuses on media design\, emerging technologies\, innovation\, and the development of new media solutions. He is particularly interested in journalism support tools\, immersive media\, and climate change communication. Nyre leads TekLab\, an initiative that brings together students\, researchers\, and industry partners to explore and develop innovative media technologies. His work combines research\, education\, and practical experimentation\, with an emphasis on responsible innovation and technological sustainability. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Synnøve K. N. Bendixsen\n					Dean \n					SV Faculty\, UiB \n					LinkedIn\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bio\n				Synnøve Kristine Nepstad Bendixsen is Professor of Social Anthropology and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Bergen (UiB)\, Norway. Her research focuses on migration\, social inequality\, marginalization\, and inclusion\, with particular attention to irregular migration\, border policies\, and Islam and Muslim communities in Europe. She has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Germany\, Norway\, and along the Balkan migration route. Her work explores how political structures\, social institutions\, and migration policies shape people’s everyday lives\, identities\, and opportunities. She has also contributed to international research projects examining precarious employment\, migrant women’s participation in the labour market\, and social inequality. \n			\n			\n				\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-26-our-public-flagship-conference-2/
LOCATION:Scandic Ørnen\, Bergen
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