Conference Agenda

Session Overview
 
Date: Monday, 15/Sept/2025
1:00pm - 6:00pmDoctoral Consortium
Location: BAR/0I88/U
6:00pm - 10:00pmGet Together
Location: CeTi Bar

 
Date: Tuesday, 16/Sept/2025
8:00am - 8:30amRegistration
Location: BAR/0I89/U
8:30am - 9:00amOpening Remarks
Location: BAR/0I88/U
9:00am - 9:45amKeynote: Prof. Dr. Andrew Gambino (University of Delaware, USA)
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Session Chair: Sven Engesser
"Meaningful, Complex, and Collaborative: Building Communication Theory in the Age of Generative AI"
9:45am - 10:00amCoffee Break
Location: BAR/0I89/U
10:00am - 11:15amSession 1: Institutional and Societal Perspectives on the Machine Actor
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Session Chair: Daniela Mahl
11:30am - 12:30pmSession 2: Technological Perspectives on the Machine Actor
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Session Chair: Esther Greussing
12:30pm - 1:30pmLunch
1:30pm - 2:45pmSession 3: Ontological Perspectives on the Machine Actors – Peculiarities in Classification
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Session Chair: Katharina Frehmann
2:45pm - 3:00pmCoffee Break
Location: BAR/0I89/U
3:00pm - 4:30pmSession 4: Ontological Perspectives on the Machine Actors – Impact of Classification
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Session Chair: Katrin Etzrodt
4:45pm - 5:45pmDigiKomm: Business Meeting (hybrid)
Location: BAR/0I88/U
6:30pm - 10:00pmConference Dinner
Location: Johann Restaurant & Elbe Lounge

 
Date: Wednesday, 17/Sept/2025
8:00am - 9:00amRegistration
Location: BAR/0I89/U
9:00am - 9:45amKeynote: Prof. emerita Leopoldina Fortunati (University of Udine, Italy)
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Session Chair: Sven Engesser
"The Domestic Sphere: AI’s Next Frontier"
9:45am - 10:00amCoffee Break
Location: BAR/0I89/U
10:00am - 10:45amSession 5: Adaptation Patterns in Verbal and Nonverbal Communication with a Machine Actor
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Session Chair: Andrew Prahl
11:00am - 12:00pmSession 6: The Machine Actor as an Opportunity for Improving Our Skills and Attitudes?
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Session Chair: Jihyun Kim
12:15pm - 1:15pmLunch
1:15pm - 2:00pmSession 7: The Machine Actor as Transformative Force for Inter-Human Communication and Relationships?
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Session Chair: Marco Dehnert
2:00pm - 2:15pmCoffee Break
Location: BAR/0I89/U
2:15pm - 3:45pmSession 8: Methodological and Conceptual Challenges and Approaches
Location: BAR/0I88/U
Session Chair: Lisa Weidmüller
3:45pm - 4:00pmClosing Remarks
Location: BAR/0I88/U