08:00-08:15
Opening remarks and workshop agenda
Introduction to the workshop and framing of the day.
Schedule
One-day workshop outline (Tentative)
A more detailed program will be posted once the exact workshop day is announced. The workshop will take place in Paris on December 12, 2026.
08:15-09:15
Keynote I
The Philosophical Self in the Age of AI
09:15-10:15
Panel discussion
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the experiential self.
10:15-11:45
Coffee break and poster session I
Time for informal discussion and poster viewing.
11:45-12:45
Lunch
Midday break.
12:45-13:30
Keynote II
The Empirical Self in AI Systems
13:30-15:00
Spotlight presentations
Short talks from accepted papers.
15:00-16:30
Coffee break and poster session II
Additional poster viewing and discussion.
16:30-17:00
Closing remarks
Best paper awards and next steps for the AI and Self community.
Confirmed speakers
Markus Gabriel
University of Bonn
Professor at the University of Bonn and director of the Center for Science and Thought, working on philosophy of mind, selfhood, agency, and ethical questions around AI.
Anders Søgaard
University of Copenhagen
Professor of NLP and machine learning at the University of Copenhagen, working across language models, fairness, language and culture, and philosophical questions about AI.
Advait Sarkar
Microsoft Research · University of Cambridge
Researcher at Microsoft and affiliated lecturer at Cambridge, studying human–AI interaction and how generative AI affects cognition, critical thinking, and knowledge work.
Mariya Toneva
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
Tenure-track faculty at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, leading the BrAIN group at the intersection of machine learning, language, and neuroscience.