Venue: De Zalen van Zeven, Boothstraat 7, 3512 BT Utrecht

8:30-9:00: Coffee, tea, registrations 

9:00-9:15: Welcome Note: Professor dr. Thomas Vaessens, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University 

9:15-10:15 Panel (Hybrid): Hope-oriented approaches: Building AI to work for us

Moderated by Dr. Astrid Mager, Senior Academy Scientist at Institute of Technology Assessment, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Austria)

Carine Roos, Researcher at the University of Sheffield, previously the Founder & CEO of Newa, a social impact consultancy (Brazil) 

Siddhi Gupta, Design Director, Inclusive AI Lab (India)

Ron Guerrier, Chief Technology Officer Save the Children, Former Illinois Secretary of Innovation, CIO Hall of Fame Inductee, USC Doctoral Candidate (USA)

Prof. Pan Ji, Professor in the Journalism School and the Center for Information and Communication Studies, Fudan University Shanghai (China) 

10:15-10:45 Podcast Launch: on Responsible AI Season 2

Eduardo Briceño, Director of Strategic Communications, FTI Consulting & Inclusive AI Podcast host (Colombia)

Interviewed by Rana Kuseyri, Inclusive AI lab’s Responsible AI Researcher & UU PhD working on the NL welfare state (NL)

10:45-11:15: Coffee Break

11:15-12:00 Demo by Franklin Ozekhome, Pop Culture Architect. Founder of Pop Culture Varsity, and creator of HumanOS and Advertising Humans (Nigeria)

Introduced by Eduardo Briceño 

12:00-13:00: LUNCH

13:00-15:00: Deep Dive sessions: Future-making AI

These deep dive sessions align with the core themes of the Inclusive AI Lab: Responsible AI Governance, Cross-Cultural AI Ethics in Practice, Diversifying Creative AI Data Practices, Sustainable AI and Feminist AI Approaches to Platforms of Power. Hosted by affiliate labs, each session brings together civic, academic, tech, creative, and policy perspectives to enable collective deliberation and build shared insights.

15:00-15:30: Coffee break

15:30-16:00: Interactive Experience

Stuart Acker Holt, Filmmaker & Photographer, Creator of The Most Interesting Person, Visual Ethnographer

16:00-17:00: Mapping insight & Wrap Up

Moderated by Prof. Payal Arora, Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures and Inclusive AI Lab Co-Founder

17:30-19:00 Connected Power Launch: Networking Drinks & Snacks

Hosted by Unfurl Futures and Inclusive AI Lab

Venue: The Oranjerie,  Hortus cafe, Lange Nieuwstraat 106, 3512 PN Utrecht

Connected Power is a 12-months, global initiative to create the first comprehensive mapping of the feminist digital ecosystem – and a blueprint for its future.

Note from the Founder: Jensine Larsen, Founder of Unfurl Futures/ and pioneer of the Connected Power project