Keynotes, Panels and Public Talks
Selected Keynotes at Major Conferences
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IEEE AIxVR, 7th IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & eXtended and Virtual Reality, Lisbon, “AI-Enhanced Multimodal Communication: How to Build Rapport between Humans and Agents in xVR?”, 27. Januar 2025
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Vortragsreihe des Forum Psychosomatik und E-Mental Health, „Künstliche Intelligenz und Psychotherapie: Ein Überblick zum Stand der Forschung“, 3. April 2025, Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien.
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AI Grid x Sorbonne Center for AI - Summer School 2025, “AI for Voice Synthesis with Emotion and Personality”, 7.-11. April 2024, Paris
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Maschine und Moral - Mainzer Universitätsgespräche, „Menschliche Kompetenzbildung als Voraussetzung für eine verantwortungsvolle KI-Nutzung“, 5. Mai 2025, Mainz
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Invited Leibniz Lecture, DFG 11th German‐Brazilian Dialogue on Science, Research and Innovation, “Sign, Speak and Socialize: AI-Based Tools for Expression, Inclusion, and Empowerment”, 7.-8. May 2025
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Eingeladener Vortrag, 19. Fachtagung Sozialinformatik | FINSOZ e.V., „Chancen und Hürden für eine menschzentrierte KI“, 23. Mai 2025, Eichstätt
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Eingeladener Vortrag und Panelist, Deutscher Psychosomatikkongress, Podiumsdiskussion: Voll-Kraft-Los: Chancen und Risiken der Digitalisierung, Session: Künstliche Intelligenz und Psychosomatische Medizin, Emotionsanalyse in der Psychotherapie: Chancen und Grenzen KI-gestützter Werkzeuge, 14. März 2024, Henry-Ford-Bau, Berlin
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Invited Speaker, European Human Genetics Conference (ESHG), Educational Session, AI meets Genomics, “What is Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence? Exploring its Potential in Facial Genetics”
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Invited Keynote, KI 2024, Würzburg, “Amplifying Human-Human and Human-Agent Interaction with AI”
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Distinguished Lecture Series der ELLIS Unit Stuttgart: AI-supported communication: expressive faces, charismatic voices, and natural gesture
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Eingeladener Vortrag WissensWert, Vector Stiftung, „Sozial-Interaktive Künstliche Intelligenz“, Stuttgart, 9. April 2024
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The Future of HCI in the Era of AI, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Feb. 22-23, 2024
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IJCAI XAI Workshop, “Presenting Users with Alternative Realities: Counterfactual, Semi-Factual, and Alterfactual Explanations in XAI”, 5. August 2024, Jeju Island, Korea
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Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung, „KI-unterstützte Kommunikation: Ausdrucksstarke Gesichter, charismatische Stimmen und natürliche Gesten“, 17. Oktober 2024, München
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DFG-Talk-Veranstaltung "Mensch & KI" Wie Künstliche Intelligenz uns verändert - Enter Science, 26. Nov. 2024, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn
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Invited Keynote: Social Signals as a Facilitator of Human-Robot Interaction. International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, HAI 2023, Gothenburg, Sweden, December 4-7, 2023. ACM.
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Invited Keynote. Wie ChatGPT, Bard & Co. die Arbeitswelt verändern. New Work Days, Mai 22-23, 2023, https://www.new-work-days.de/history/programm-2023/#/
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Invited Keynote. Social Signals as a Facilitator of Human-Human and Human-Machine Interaction, AI.BAY 2023, München, Februar 23 – 24 2023, https://baiosphere.org/aibay2023-agenda/
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Invited Keynote. Socially-Interactive Robots for Care. Geriatronics. Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Juli 2 -3 2023, https://geriatronics.mirmi.tum.de/en/geriatronics-summit-2023/
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Invited Keynote. Enhancing and Supporting Human Conversation through Analytic and Generative AI, Mensch und Computer (MUC). OST Ostschweizer Fachhochschule Campus Rapperswil (SG) am Zürichsee, Schweiz, Sept. 3 -6 2023, https://muc2023.mensch-und-computer.de/de/
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Invited Keynote at 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2022), “Towards Robots with Social Resonance: Principles, Challenges and Perspectives”, Naples, Italy, August 30th 2022
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Invited Lecture at International Doctoral Summer School on Conversational Systems for Health Applications, Granada, 31st August - 3rd September 2022, “Virtual Agents for Mobile Mental Health: Opportunities, Challenges, and Perspectives”, Granada, 31st August - 3rd September 2022.
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Invited Keynote at 18th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, “Socially-Interactive Artificial Intelligence: Perception, Synthesis and Learning of Human-Like Behaviors”, June 17-20 2022
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Invited Keynote: “Socially-Aware Conversational Interfaces: Challenges and Perspectives” Conversational User Interfaces (CUI), 27-29 July 2021. Online Streaming.
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Invited Talk at DELTA 2021, 2nd International Conference on Deep Learning Theory and Applications, July 7-9, 2021, Online Virtual Conference,
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Invited Talk at CUI 2021, Conversational User Interfaces, July 27-29 2021, Online Virtual Conference,
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Invited Talk at ICMI 2021, 23rd ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, October 18-22, 2021, Montréal, Canada
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Invited Talk at CCEM 2021, 10th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing in Emerging Markets, October 27 – 30, 2021, Virtual Conference, hosted from New Jersey, USA,
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Invited Talk at IJCAI-PRICAI 2020, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence – Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, January 7-15, 2021, Yokohama, Japan.
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Invited Keynote at TPNC 2019, 8th International Conference on the Theory and Practice of Natural Computing (TPNC), Kingston, Canada - December 9-11, 2019
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Invited Talk at DIGICON 2019, November 20-21, 2019, Munich, Germany
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Invited Talk at GFAIH Workshop on Human-Machine Co-Creation, Co-Learning and Co-Adaptation, Global Forum on AI for Humanity October 28-20, 2019, Paris, France
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Invited Panelist at Forschungsgipfel 2019, March 2019, Berlin, Germany
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Invited Keynote at ICMI 2019 21st ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Invited Keynote at IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG) 2018
- Invited Keynote at 9th International Conference ICT Innovations, Skopje, R. Macedonia, " Empowering Multimodal Behavior Analysis by Interactive Machine Learning"
- Invited Keynote at 26th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, " Emotional and Social Signals: A new challenge for ANN?"
- Invited Keynote at Mobile HCI 2017, Vienna, Austria, " Exploring Social Augmentation Techniques for Mobile Training and Assistive Applications"
- Invited Keynote at SIGdial 2017, Saarbrücken, Germany, " Empowering Human-Robot Dialogue by Affective Computing Research"
- Invited Keynote at British HCI 2017, University of Sunderland, UK, " Digital Make-Belief through Emotion-Oriented Technologies:Towards Deeper Engagement with Games and Interactive Entertainment"
- Invited Keynote at “XIV Kultur und Informatik”, Schloß Köpenick, Berlin, "Exploring Social Augmentation Techniques for Training and Assistive Applications”
- Invited Keynote at International School on Human-Centred Computing (HCC 2016), Bremen, Germany, “ Socially Sensitive Technologies for Human-Centered Computing”
- Invited Keynote at 8th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment (INTETAIN 2016), Utrecht, " Socially Sensitive Technologies for Interactive Entertainment"
- Invited Keynote at 14th German Conference on Multiagent System Technologies (MATES 2016), Klagenfurt, Austria, “ Creating Affective Bonds in Human-Robot Interaction”
- Invited Keynote at 21st Annual Meeting of the Intelligent Interfaces Community (ACM IUI 2016), Sonoma, USA, “ Socially-Sensitive Interfaces: From Offline Studies to Interactive Experiences”
- Invited Speaker at International Symposium on Companion Technology (ISCT 2015), Ulm, Germany, “Trust Me, I am Your Companion: Modeling and Evaluating Trust in Human-Computer Interaction”
- Invited Keynote at 8th International Symposium on Attention in Cognitive Systems (ISACS 2015), Hamburg, Germany, “ Modeling the Dynamics of Gaze-Contingent Social Behaviors in Human-Agent Interaction”
- Invited Keynote at the 11th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, Prague, Czech Republic, “Towards the Creation of Empathic Experiences in Intelligent Environments”
- Invited Keynote at 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2014), Edinburgh, UK, “Exploring the Effect of Unconscious Cues in Human-Robot Interaction”
- Annual Assembly of the Leopoldina 2013 "Mind, brain, genome and society: How do we become the person we are?", Halle, Germany, 21.9.2013, „Lässt sich Empathie simulieren? Ansätze zur Erkennung und Generierung empathischer Reaktionen anhand von Computermodellen“
- Invited Speaker at the 15th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA 2012), "Pathways towards more empathetic human-agent interactions: Synergies and challenges", Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
- Invited Speaker at International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AMI 2012), Pisa, Italy, “ Bringing Social Computing to Ambient Environments: Synergies and Challenges”
- Keynote Talk CHIST-ERA 2012 Conference (European Coordinated Research on Long-term Challenges in Information and Communication Sciences & Technologies ERA-Net), “ Exploring Unconscious Signals In Human-Computer Interaction: Identification Of Key Issues And Outline Of A Roadmap For Future Research”, Edinburgh
- Keynote at the 35th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI 2012), Saarbrücken, Germany, “Exploring the potential of social signal processing for human-machine interaction: Synergies and challenges”
- Keynote at 2010 VI Conference on Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects (AMDO), “Towards Empathetic Artificial Listeners”, 09.07.2010, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
- Keynote at 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI) / Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT), “ Engaging in a Conversation with Synthetic Agents along the Virtuality Continuum”, Hongkong
- Keynote at IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME), “ Towards Emotional Sensitivity in Human-Computer Interaction”, 08.07.2005, Amsterdam,
- Invited Speaker at the 1st International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment Intetain 2005: “Towards Emotional Sensitivity in Interactive Entertainment and Educational Games”, 02.09.2005, Madonna di Campiglio, Italy
- Invited Evening Lecture at 16th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (LLI) “ Enhancing Embodied Conversational Agents with Social Intelligence”, Nancy 17.08.2004,
- Invited Speaker at International Conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-based Systems, “Enhancing Adaptive Hypermedia Presentation Systems by Lifelike Synthetic Characters”, Trento, 2000
Keynotes at Smaller Events
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32. Forschungswerkstatt Musiktherapie 2020, Keynote: Multisensorische Schmerz- und Emotionserkennung als Grundlage für ein personalisiertes Schmerzmanagement, February 7 – 8, 2020, Augsburg, Germany
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Hybrid Societies / Summer School, Keynote: Socially-Interactive Interfaces: Challanges and Perspectives, 15. Juli 2021, Virtual Online Event hosted by TU Chemnitz
Selected Panels
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Panel Datenschutz und Digitalisierung auf dem Prüfstand, 2. Dezember 2020, Virtual Panel hosted by Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
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Panel at re:publica 21, 21.05.2021, Live Discussion – Die Zukunftsmaschine: Welche Zukunft wählen wir? Künstliche Intelligenz in der Medizin
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Panel Embodied AI: The international landscape of embodied agents, 24. September 2021, Virtual Panel hosted by Utrecht University
- Panel Social Signals and Multimedia: Past, Present, Future at ACM Multimedia, October 20 – 24, 2021, Hybrid Conference, Chengdu, China
- Wenn Maschinen Zukunft träumen: Ein Festival zum Leben mit Künstlicher Intelligenz, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden, Panel: Unfälle und Täuschungen technischer Intelligenz, November 12 -14, 2021
Selected Public Talks and Exhibitions for the Public
- Podiumsdiskussion: Humanoide Roboter, Gespräch im Rahmen von "Next Frontiers. Applied Fiction Days 2025" mit: Elisabeth André, Emma Braslavsky, Frederike Wiechmann (Moderation), 5. Juni 2025, Stuttgart
- Hamburger Horizonte zum Thema „KI und Wir”, Körberstiftung, 26. September 2024, Hamburg, mit: Elisabeth André, Emma Braslavskym, Nicole Krämer und Stephanie Rohde (Moderation)
- Podiumsdiskussion mit dem Thema Recht im Umbruch: KI als Gamechanger? 33. Deutscher EDV-Gerichtstag, Teilnehmende: Staatssekretärin Dr. Angelika Schlunck, Bundesministerium der Justiz, Berlin, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth André, Lehrstuhl für Menschenzentrierte Künstliche Intelligenz, Universität Augsburg, Dr. Stefan Brink, Gründer und Geschäftsführender Direktor, Wissenschaftliches Institut für die Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt, wida, Thomas Langkabel, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Deutschland, Dr. Florian Geissler, Senior research scientist for quantum-enhanced AI, Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems (IKS), München, Moderation: Dr. Anke Morsch, Vorstandsvorsitzende EDVGT, 12. September 2024, Saarbrücken
- Podiumsdiskussion "Grundlagen & Technologie“ auf acatech Themenkonferenz Grundfragen der KI mit: Elisabeth André, Universität Augsburg / acatech, PLS, Andreas Dengel, TU Kaiserslautern / Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI) GmbH / acatech, PLS, Andreas Kaminski, TU Darmstadt, Ulf Schlichtmann, TU München / acatech, Moderation: Klaus Mainzer
- Podiumsdiskussion „Voll-Kraft-Los: Chancen und Risiken der Digitalisierung“, mit: Elisabeth André, Ramona Richter (Freie Journalistin), Ulrike Lubek, Direktorin Landschaftsverband Rheinland, Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Rose, Berlin, Prof. Dr. Jochen A. Werner, Essen, Christiane Poertgen (Moderation), 14. März 2024, Henry-Ford-Bau, Berlin
- Quo vadis Menschheit? Zwingt uns die Digitale Revolution zur Erweiterung des Inklusionsbegriffs? mit Grégory Darcy (DieTanzKompanie), Prof. Elisabeth André (Universität Augsburg), Prof. Ralf Otte (Technische Hochschule Ulm, Moderation: Eva Wolfsangel, 16. Nove. 2023, Heilbronn
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Leibniz Science Campus: Digital Public Health, Invited Guest Speaker: ForDigitHealth - Healthy Use of Digital Technologies and Media, 29. October 2020, Bremen
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Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity 2021, Session: AI for Human Peace and Preservation of Global Environment, Invited Speaker: Artificial Intelligence and Democracy: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks, June 24 – 26, 2021, Hybrid Event hosted at Haevichi Hotel & Resort Jeju, Korea
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Humanoide Roboter: Gespräch zwischen Elisabeth André, Emma Braslavsky, Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart, 13.10.2021
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Wenn Maschinen Zukunft träumen: Ein Festival zum Leben mit Künstlicher Intelligenz, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden, Keynote: Künstliche Intelligenz: Wobei kann sie uns helfen, und was sollten wir wissen, um sie sinnvoll zu nutzen? November 12 -14, 2021
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bidt Konferenz 2021, Digitale Transformation gestalten – verantwortungsvoll, souverän, europäisch, Panel: Wettbewerb um die Arbeitsplätze von morgen im Zusammenspiel von Mensch und KI, October 13 – 14, 2021, Hybrid Event hosted by bidt
- Invited Talk and Panelist at Streit ums Politische: Zweisamkeit mit Robotern, 25. November 2019, Schaubühne, Berlin, Germany
- Invited Talk, Reden wir über Digitalisierung - Stadt Augsburg, 21. Mai 2019, Augsburg, Germany
- Invited Talk at Berührungswelten, Berührungswelten: Wie fühlt unsere Gesellschaft? 19. Februar 2019, Berlin, Germany
- Invited Talk at the Annual Meeting of Deutscher Ethikrat 2019, " Psychologische und soziale Aspekte an der Schnittstelle zwischen Mensch und Maschine", Berlin 2019
- Invited Talk at Vorlesungsreihe 2017: Künstliche Intelligenz für den Menschen: Digitalisierung mit Verstand, Mainz, Germany, " Können Computer Emotionen verstehen und ausdrücken?"
- Invited Talk at Die Digitalisierung und ihre Auswirkungen auf Mensch und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany, " Mensch - Mensch, Mensch - Maschine und Mensch - Maschine - Mensch, die Zukunft sozialer Kontakte"
- Invited Talk at Smart FIPA - Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels, Biarritz, France, " L'informatique empathique au service de la narration"
- Deutscher Sparkassentag, Podiumsdiskussion „Kollege Maschine – Ist der Sparkassenberater ein Auslaufmodell?“
- Jahrestagung des Deutschen Ethikrates, 2015, Berlin, „ Zu Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion und Big Data“
- Augsburg Puppet Theatre Museum, Special Exhibition on Robots and Robot-Like Beings, 8.10.2014- 12.4.2015
- Symposium turmdersinne: Das soziale Gehirn: Neurowissenschaften und menschliche Bindung (The social brain: Neuro sciences and human relationships), „ Lässt sich Empathie simulieren? Empathische Reaktionen und ihre Modellierung im Computer“, Fürth, 26.-28.9.2014
- Psychosomatisches Dienstagskolloquium „Seele – Körper – Geist“, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, "Lässt sich Empathie fördern?Ein Computerprogramm für soziales und emotionales Lernen im Klassenzimmer", 07.07.2009
- Parlamentarischer Spieleabend, „ Computerspiele für soziales und kulturelles Training“, 17. Juni 2009
- Eingeladener öffentlicher Vortrag in Stuttgart, Stadtbücherei Wilhelmspalais, Emotionalisierung der Mensch-Technik-Interaktion, 22.5.2007
- Augsburger interdisziplinärer Gesprächskreis, Neue Paradigmen der Mensch-Maschine Interaktion, 09.06.2011
- “Galileo in Hell”: Art Installation presented in Arcimboldi Theatre in Milano by Studio Azurro making use of technology for emotion recognition from acoustic signals developed by Prof. André’s team