Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Wednesday, 17/Sept/2025
8:00am
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9:00am
Registration
Location: BAR/0I89/U
9:00am
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9:45am
Keynote: Prof. emerita Leopoldina Fortunati (University of Udine, Italy)
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Chair: Sven Engesser
"The Domestic Sphere: AI’s Next Frontier"
9:45am
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10:00am
Coffee Break
Location: BAR/0I89/U
10:00am
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10:45am
Session 5: Adaptation Patterns in Verbal and Nonverbal Communication with a Machine Actor
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Chair: Andrew Prahl
 

Face-to-Face Conversations with ChatGPT-Based Robots: Introducing the "CAT Technology Equivalence Model

Caja Thimm, Dorothe Stahl, Nils Dengler, Lea Henneberg, Maren Bennewitz



Co-Creation through Communication in Human-Autonomy Teamwork (HAT)

Iremnur Tokac Celikyay, Sigrid Brell-Cokcan, Caja Thimm



Are Agents More Persuasive After They Become Your Avatar? An extension of CASA and Proteus effect theories

Rabindra Ratan, Andrew Gambino, Benjamin Li, Alex Lover, Junru Huang, Dayeoun Jang, Jiahui Liu, Sonny Rosenthal, Gabe Hales, Zachary Schultz, Taenyun Kim, Jack Waier

11:00am
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12:00pm
Session 6: The Machine Actor as an Opportunity for Improving Our Skills and Attitudes?
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Chair: Jihyun Kim
 

Imagining Sustainable Futures (With ChatGPT): Can a Climate Fiction Writing Exercise Foster Environmental Cognitive Alternatives and Creative Self-Efficacy?

Julia Winkler, Tanja Messingschlager, Wojciech Małecki, Markus Appel



Persuasive AI: How Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLM) Improve the Design and Evaluation of Digital Health Messages

Sijia Yang, Yibing Sun, Luhang Sun



The Impact of Explainable AI on Fairness Perceptions in Academic Performance Prediction: The Role of AI Literacy and Trust in Algorithmic Decision-Making

Laurids Blume, Marco Lünich



Reducing Political Polarization Through Conversations with Artificial Intelligence

Timon M. J. Hruschka, Markus Appel



Immerse & Befriend: The Role of Synthetic Relationship Perception and Narrative Transportation in a Mental Health App

Stefanie Helene Klein, Marisa Tschopp, Henrik Skaug Sætra, Sonja Utz

12:15pm
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1:15pm
Lunch
1:15pm
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2:00pm
Session 7: The Machine Actor as Transformative Force for Inter-Human Communication and Relationships?
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Chair: Marco Dehnert
 

How does interacting with AI-based chatbots change how we interact with each other?

Stefanie Helene Klein



Emotional connections with AI-enabled chatbots: A qualitative interview study

Margot Jannet van der Goot, Yunhua Tan, Jiayi Yan



Exploring Synthetic Relationships Through Features of AI Companions

Ezgi Dede, Hande Sungur, Jeroen Lemmens, Jochen Peter

2:00pm
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2:15pm
Coffee Break
Location: BAR/0I89/U
2:15pm
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3:45pm
Session 8: Methodological and Conceptual Challenges and Approaches
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Chair: Lisa Weidmüller
 

When Tomorrow is Too Far Away: Methodological Considerations in Futuristic Human-Machine Communication

Andrew Prahl



From human experts to artificial authorities? Reconsidering the concept of epistemic authority in the context of generative AI

Esther Greussing, Evelyn Jonas, Monika Taddicken



Trust in Voice-Based Assistants: A User-Centered Perspective

Katharina Frehmann, Marc Ziegele



Measuring AI Literacy: Developing a Comprehensive Self-Assessment Tool

Danilo Harles, Ulrike Mendel, Antonia Schlude, Christian Stumpf, Roland A. Stürz



Real-Time-Response-Measurement in HMC Research: An Example Based on Trustworthiness Evaluations of Empathic and Humorous Communicative AI as an Intermediary for Science-related Information

Evelyn Jonas, Monika Taddicken

3:45pm
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4:00pm
Closing Remarks
Location: BAR/0I88/U