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
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
11:30am - 12:30pmSession 2: Technological Perspectives on the Machine Actor
Location: BAR/0I88/U
12:30pm - 1:30pmLunch
1:30pm - 2:45pmSession 3: Ontological Perspectives on the Machine Actors – Peculiarities in Classification
Location: BAR/0I88/U
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
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
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
11:00am - 12:00pmSession 6: The Machine Actor as an Opportunity for Improving Our Skills and Attitudes?
Location: BAR/0I88/U
12:00pm - 1:00pmLunch
1:00pm - 1:45pmSession 7: The Machine Actor as Transformative Force for Inter-Human Communication and Relationships?
Location: BAR/0I88/U
1:45pm - 2:00pmCoffee Break
Location: BAR/0I89/U
2:00pm - 3:30pmSession 8: Methodological and Conceptual Challenges and Approaches
Location: BAR/0I88/U
3:30pm - 3:45pmClosing Remarks
Location: BAR/0I88/U