Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Barkhausen-Bau Haus D, Georg-Schumann-Str.11, First floor
Date: Monday, 15/Sept/2025
1:00pm
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6:00pm
Doctoral Consortium
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Date: Tuesday, 16/Sept/2025
8:30am
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9:00am
Opening Remarks
Location: BAR/0I88/U
9:00am
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9:45am
Keynote: Prof. Dr. Andrew Gambino (University of Delaware, USA)
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Chair: Sven Engesser
"Meaningful, Complex, and Collaborative: Building Communication Theory in the Age of Generative AI"
10:00am
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11:15am
Session 1: Institutional and Societal Perspectives on the Machine Actor
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Chair: Daniela Mahl
11:30am
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12:30pm
Session 2: Technological Perspectives on the Machine Actor
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Chair: Esther Greussing
1:30pm
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2:45pm
Session 3: Ontological Perspectives on the Machine Actors – Peculiarities in Classification
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Chair: Katharina Frehmann
3:00pm
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4:30pm
Session 4: Ontological Perspectives on the Machine Actors – Impact of Classification
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Chair: Katrin Etzrodt
4:45pm
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5:45pm
DigiKomm: Business Meeting (hybrid)
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Date: Wednesday, 17/Sept/2025
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"
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
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
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
2:15pm
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3:45pm
Session 8: Methodological and Conceptual Challenges and Approaches
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Chair: Lisa Weidmüller
3:45pm
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4:00pm
Closing Remarks
Location: BAR/0I88/U