Conference Agenda

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

 
Date: Tuesday, 16/Sept/2025
8:00am
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8:30am		 Registration
Location: BAR/0I89/U
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"
9:45am
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10:00am		 Coffee Break
Location: BAR/0I89/U
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
12:30pm
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1:30pm		 Lunch
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
2:45pm
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3:00pm		 Coffee Break
Location: BAR/0I89/U
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
6:30pm
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10:00pm		 Conference Dinner
Location: Johann Restaurant & Elbe Lounge

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