IRIS Fall Symposium 2026
The symposium will particularly celebrate the successful conclusion of the project "Reflecting Intelligent Systems for Diversity, Demography, and Democracy“ (IRIS3D) and offer insights into research emerging from our new project "Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction and Teaming“ (HISIT), which was launched earlier this year. Thereby, it will offer broad opportunities to engage with a diverse community of researchers, students, and partners from Cyber Valley as well as ministry representatives.
Registration is now open: https://eveeno.com/irisfallsymposium2026
We kindly request that you register by November 10 to facilitate catering organization. This event is free and open to anyone interested in attending. You are warmly invited to attend as your schedule permits.
Tentative* Program
| 08:30 – 09:00 |
Registration and Coffee |
| 09:00 – 09:30 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks Prof. Dr. Steffen Staab and Prof. Dr. Maria Wirzberger | From IRIS3D to IRIS-HISIT: Strategic Vision |
| 09:30 – 10:15 | Keynote Talk**
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Laura Kunold, Ruhr University Bochum | Human-Centered Design of Socio-Digital Systems (HCD) **Title and abstract coming soon |
| 10:15 – 10:45 |
IRIS3D Research Group I Presentation |
| 10:45 – 11:00 |
Short Coffee Break |
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
IRIS3D Research Group II Presentation |
| 11:30 – 12:00 |
IRIS3D Research Group III Presentation |
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
Featured IRIS-HISIT Project Presentation |
| 12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch Break |
| 13:30 – 14:15 | Keynote Talk**
Prof. Dr. Kai Arras, University of Stuttgart | Socially Intelligent Robotics Lab **Title and abstract coming soon |
| 14:15 – 14:45 |
Spotlight Poster Talks |
| 14:45 – 16:15 |
Poster Session (Room: UN34.150) with open coffee bar |
| 16:15 – 17:00 |
Panel Discussion: Human-Intelligent Systems
Moderation: Dr. Franziska Dukatz |
| 17:00 – 17:15 |
Closing Remarks |
| 17:15 – 19:00 |
Celebratory Gathering |
*There might be slight adjustments to the content.
Please register here by November 10
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