What’s on the programme at #AIES2026?

The ninth AAAI / ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society (AIES) is taking place in Malmö, Sweden from 12-14 October 2026. The programme features keynote talks, a panel, discussion sessions, paper presentations, and posters.

Keynote speakers

There are four keynote talks:

• Sandra Wachter – How geopolitics, deregulation, and the AI hype cycle threaten human rights protection
• Stefan Larsson – Chasing the Moving Target: AI Governance in the Nordic Public Sector
• Irina Shklovski – Why can’t we get it right? The challenges and limits of Responsible AI
• Tadayoshi Kohno – The Last Quarter Century of Computer Security Research: Lessons and Provocations for AI and AI Ethics

Panel discussion

The panel discussion will take place on Tuesday 13 October.

• Who Sets the Terms? AI Governance as Geopolitics – Virginia Dignum (moderator), Kim van Sparrentak, Melody Musoni, Paul Verhagen, Jimena Sofia Viveros Alvarez, Matthias Spielkamp

Paper sessions

The six paper sessions, taking place over the three days of the conference, will be split by the following themes:

• Bias and discrimination in AI systems
• AI across work and education
• Law, regulation, and AI accountability
• AI in health and care
• Auditing and evaluating AI
• Generative AI and human vulnerability

Discussion sessions

The conference will also feature discussion sessions, on these topics:

• Participation, sovereignty, and power in AI governance
• Trust, dependence, and human oversight
• AI at work: power and social justice
• AI across contexts: responsibility, values, and power

Find out more at the conference webpage.

Lucy Smith is Senior Managing Editor for AIhub.

Lucy Smith is Senior Managing Editor for AIhub.