EMERGE 2022: Keynote Speakers

Michal Kosinski

Michal Kosinski is an Associate Professor in Organizational Behavior at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He studies humans in a digital environment using cutting-edge computational methods, AI and Big Data. Michal has published over 80 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals. His research inspired a cover of The Economist, a 2014 theatre play “Privacy”, multiple TED talks, a video game, and was discussed in thousands of books, press articles, podcasts, and documentaries.

Matteo Cinelli

Matteo Cinelli is a research fellow in Computer Science at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and a research affiliate at ISC-CNR, Rome, Italy. His research interests include network and data science, computational social science, and big data analytics. Matteo Cinelli is an active member of the Complex Systems Society.

Damian Trilling

Damian Trilling is an Associate Professor at the Department of Communication Science and affiliated with the Amsterdam School of Communication Research at University of Amsterdam. He is also active in the Computational Communication Science Amsterdam Lab and associate editor of the journal Computational Communication Research. Currently, he spents a lot of his time on his ERC-funded project NEWSFLOWS (“Modeling news flows: How feedback loops influence citizens beliefs and shape democracy”).

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December 16:
Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory
45 Kraljice Natalije St.
(4th floor)


December 17 and 18:
Dorcol Platz
59b Dobracina St.
Belgrade, Serbia

Tune in online:
16 December
(Main Hall – Zoom Link
Small Hall – Zoom Link)
17 December
(Main Hall – Zoom Link)
18 December
(Main Hall – Zoom Link)

Friday, 16 December
EMERGE 2022: International Conference on Digital Society Now

Important News: The venue has been changed for the first day of the conference, December 16, to the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, 45 Kraljice Natalije St. (4th floor). The second and third days of the conference, December 17 and 18, will be held at Dorcol Platz, 59b Dobracina St., as planned.

08:00-08:50 Registration & Morning Coffee

08:50-09.00 Opening Words

Gazela Pudar Drasko, IFDT, University of Belgrade, Director
Ljubisa Bojic, IFDT, University of Belgrade, DigiLab Coordinator

9:00-9:45 Keynote Lecture: News and Political Information in the Digital Society – The Role of Human and Algorithmic Feedback Loops

Damian Trilling, University of Amsterdam

09:45-10:00 Short Break

10:00-11:00 Panel Discussion: Democracy & Technology: Bringing Deliberation to the Mass Public

Ceri Davies, Centre for Deliberative Research, NatCen
Suzanne Hall, Policy Institute, King’s College London
Alice Siu, Deliberative Democracy Lab, Stanford University
Irena Fiket, IFDT, University of Belgrade, moderator

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

Parallel scientific Sessions, Dorcol Platz, Room 1/2

11:30–12:45 AI and Society / Online Political Communication
12:45–13:45 Standing Buffet
13:45–15:00 Digital Democracy / Techno-Narratives
15:00–15:15 Coffee Break
15:15–16:30 Cyber order / Postdigital Art and Culture
16:30–16:45 Coffee Break
16:45–18:00 AI in Practice / New Realities

See Detailed Conference Agenda

19:00-21:00 Conference Dinner
Smokvica Restaurant (45a Gospodar Jovanova St.)

Saturday, 17 December
EMERGE 2022: Forum on the Future of AI driven Humanity

Important News: The venue has been changed for the first day of the conference, December 16, to the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, 45 Kraljice Natalije St. (4th floor). The second and third days of the conference, December 17 and 18, will be held at Dorcol Platz, 59b Dobracina St., as planned.

08:00-08:50 Registration & Morning Coffee

08:50-09:00 Opening Words

Gazela Pudar Drasko, IFDT, University of Belgrade, Director
Ljubisa Bojic, IFDT, University of Belgrade, DigiLab Coordinator

09:00-09:45 Keynote Lecture: Echo Chambers and Polarization in Online Social Media

Matteo Cinelli, University of Rome “La Sapienza”

09:45-10:00 Short Break

10:00-10:45 Echo Chambers as a Threat to Democracy

Jörg Matthes, University of Vienna
Damian Trilling, University of Amsterdam
Achim Rettinger, University of Trier
Matteo Cinelli, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Gazela Pudar Drasko, IFDT, University of Belgrade, Moderator

10:45-11:00 Short Break

11:00-11:10 Presentation: What on Earth is Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence? A Quick Tour of ML, AI and Data Science

Dejana Ugrenovic, United Cloud

11:10 -11:30 Presentation: Understanding MetaHumans as a Virtual Identity Standard

Uros Sikimic, 3lateral

11:30-11:45 Short Break

11:45-12:30 How can We Build Ethical AI? Experiences from the Work Group and Beyond

Claudia Roda, American University of Paris
Nevena Ruzic, Open Society Foundation Serbia
Vladimir Cvetkovic, IFDT, University of Belgrade
Milan Gospic, Microsoft Serbia
Ana Corkovic, United Cloud, Moderator

12:30-13:00 Coffee Break

13:00-13:10 Presentation: Data HighWay for Researchers

Radovan Bacovic, GitLab

13:10 -13:20 Presentation: Computational Social Sciences and Digital Skills (For Development?)

Tiago Peixoto, World Bank

13:20-12:30 Short Break

13:30-14:15 The Prospects of Metaverse

Francesco Parisi, University of Messina
Ivana Uspenski, McCann Germany
Dusan Zica, 2142AD
Aleksandra Jovanic, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade
Jelena Guga, IFDT, University of Belgrade, Moderator

14:15-15:00 Standing Buffet

19:00-20:30 Conference Dinner
Smokvica Restaurant (45a Gospodar Jovanova St.)

21:00 Exhibition & Party (N.eon Gallery, 10 Crnogorska St., Belgrade)
AI-Generated Art: Is a Swarm of Bees Happy? Should We Create a Future for Humans or Machines? [Artworks, Catalogue]

Sunday, 18 December
EMERGE 2022: Forum on the Future of AI driven Humanity

09:00-09:50 Registration & Morning Coffee

10:00-10:45 Keynote lecture: The End of Privacy

Michael Kosinski, Stanford University Graduate School of Business

10:45-11:00 Short Break

11:00-11:10 Presentation: The AI Institute of Serbia

Dubravko Culibrk, AI Institute of Serbia, Director

13:10-13.20 Presentation: Digital Transformation of Agriculture Using AI and Robotics

Oskar Marko, Assistant director of the Biosense Institute, University of Novi Sad

11:20-11.30
Video Addresses:
Teresa Ribeiro, The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Jan Braathu, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia
Brankica Jankovic, The Commissioner for Protection of Equality, Republic of Serbia

Signing of the Belgrade Digital Freedom Plegde

11:30-12:00 Coffee Break

12:00-12:45 Human Rights and Democracy in the Digital Sphere

Michael Kosinski, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Susan Perry, American University of Paris
Ljubisa Bojic, IFDT, University of Belgrade
Grant Baker, Freedom House
Cedomir Markov, IFDT, University of Belgrade, Moderator

12:45-13:00 Short Break

13:00-13:10 Presentation: How Telegram is contributing to disinformation related to the war in Ukraine

Walid Al-Saqaf, Södertörn University

13:10-13:20 Presentation: New Technologies and Forced Migration

Nina Khamsky, PhD candidate, Geneva Graduate Institute

13:20-13:30 Short Break

13:30-14:15 Winners and Losers in the Brave New World of Digitalized Work

Aleksandra Kanjuo Mrčela, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences
Andrej Kohont, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences
Miroljub Ignjatović, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences
Tej Gonza, University of Ljubljana
Branka Anđelković, Public Policy Research Center, moderator

14:15 – 15:00 Conference Closing and Standing Buffet

Introduction
Speakers
Schedule
Book of Abstracts
Conference Program (PDF)
Committees
Call for Papers
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Venue:


December 16:
Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory
45 Kraljice Natalije St.
(4th floor)


December 17 and 18:
Dorcol Platz
59b Dobracina St.
Belgrade, Serbia

Tune in online:
16 December
(Main Hall – Zoom Link
Small Hall – Zoom Link)
17 December
(Main Hall – Zoom Link)
18 December
(Main Hall – Zoom Link)

Scientific Committee

Ljubisa Bojic, Research Fellow, University of Belgrade, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Chair, Serbia

Jelena Guga, Research Fellow, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Matteo Cinelli, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University of Venice, Italy

Milad Mirbabaie, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Paderborn University, Germany

Jörg Matthes, professor, Department of Communication, University of Wien, Austria

David Roden, Honorary Associate, Philosophy Department, Open University, UK

Claudia Roda, Professor, American University of Paris, France

Susan Perry, Professor, American University of Paris, France

Evi Sampanikou, Professor, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of Aegean, Greece

Zeljko Radinkovic, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Romina Surugiu, Associate Professor, Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania

Bojana Romic, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Culture and Society & School of Arts and Communication, Malmo University, Sweden

Smiljana Antonijevic, Adjunct Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, USA

Vera Mevorah, Research Fellow, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Cedomir Markov, Research Fellow, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Vladimir Cvetkovic, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Organizing Committee

Cedomir Markov, Research Fellow, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Chair, Serbia

Jelena Guga, Research Fellow, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Chair, Serbia

Jörg Matthes, professor, Department of Communication, University of Wien, Austria

Claudia Roda, Professor, American University of Paris, France

Vera Mevorah, Research Fellow, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Susan Perry, Professor, American University of Paris, France

Ljubisa Bojic, Research Fellow, University of Belgrade, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Chair, Serbia

Simona Zikic, Research Assistant, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Jelena Novakovic, Research Assistant, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Ana Lipij, Research Assistant, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Introduction
Speakers
Schedule
Book of Abstracts
Conference Program (PDF)
Committees
Call for Papers
Powered by
Submit Abstract
Apply for Audience

Venue:


December 16:
Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory
45 Kraljice Natalije St.
(4th floor)


December 17 and 18:
Dorcol Platz
59b Dobracina St.
Belgrade, Serbia

Tune in online:
16 December
(Main Hall – Zoom Link
Small Hall – Zoom Link)
17 December
(Main Hall – Zoom Link)
18 December
(Main Hall – Zoom Link)

EMERGE is an annual event organised by the Digital Society Lab of the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade. Its goal is to connect actors from the tech industry, policy makers, and academic researchers in discussing the social and economic impact of emerging technologies. EMERGE 2022 will consist of the EMERGE Forum on The Future of AI driven Humanity and the International Scientific Conference on Digital Society Now. It will take place in Belgrade, Serbia and online, 16–18 December.

We invite scholars from diverse fields to evaluate the risks, benefits, and potential outcomes of emerging technologies and to critically examine the ways these technologies affect and shape societies. We welcome submissions examining different aspects of emerging technologies from the perspective of specific disciplines as well as interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary approaches to the topic.

Emerging technologies have brought about ground-breaking changes to societies across the globe. Leading global regulators are struggling to keep up with technological development and impose new rules and regulations. Our choices and habits, personal freedoms, human rights, and power relations are being fundamentally transformed through our constant interaction with and reliance on technology. The development of autonomous vehicles, military drones, and other types of AI systems opens up significant questions in the domains of ethics and law.

In interacting with media such as news content, ads, and search engine results, citizens are exposed to algorithmic decisions by AI-based recommendation systems on an individual level and are subjected to echo chambers, misinformation, and personal data misuse by big tech and third parties. Freedom of speech and regulation of social media have been the battlefields of leading global tech corporations.

New markets are constantly being opened by the creative industry sector propelled by the evolution of digital technologies. This has become a sector of strategic importance. New apps are being developed on multiple platforms, offering additional functionalities and transforming the needs and habits of digital consumers. The fusion of creativity, art, advertising, and start-up culture has become a driving force of creative economy growth across the world.

Immersive virtual spaces are being introduced under the umbrella term Metaverse designated as an open and shared sum of all virtual reality spaces (worlds). The shift to the virtual realm has been significantly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and military conflicts around the world. Major corporations are investing billions to create a new market that will transport our daily activities, such as shopping, work, leisure, entertainment, and socialization, into the virtual realm.

Beyond its use in cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology has promising potential in handling misinformation and fake news and therefore could serve the purpose of regaining trust in online news media. At the same time, blockchain technology has a very significant environmental impact, it is vulnerable to cyberattacks, and any information stored on it (including, for example, child pornography) cannot be corrected or erased.

The fast pace of technological development is followed by the development of posthumanist concepts, shedding light on implants, cognitive enhancement, bio-hacking, and other emergent technologies. EMERGE 2022 seeks both specific and broad perspectives on current technological advancements. As Nick Montfort wrote in his exploration of the concept of the future, our goal should be consciously trying to contribute to future-making rather than anticipating and predicting the future.

The topics of EMERGE 2022

  • AI technology (the ethics and implications of machine learning algorithms, the impact of AI on the future of societies, quantum computing, non-human agency)
  • The question of creativity in digital society (creative industries, the future of art and culture, machine creativity)
  • Virtual and augmented reality from philosophical and theoretical perspectives (tool or media, real virtuality, ubiquitous technologies, pervasive content)
  • Journalism and emerging technologies (citizen journalism, fake news and post-truth discourse, blockchain, AI automated fact checking)
  • Users and emerging technologies (digital citizens, privacy, activism, democratic processes, the digital divide, addictions, data monetisation, the impact of health tech, autonomous vehicles and IoT)
  • Metaverse (cognitive load, the Brain-Computer Interface, interoperability, NFTs, digital twins)
  • Cyber order (hybrid warfare, cyber security, surveillance and biometrics, Internet governance, digital capitalism)  
  • The societal impact of blockchain (NFTs, the ecological impact of blockchain tech, cryptocurrencies, security)
  • The new normal or a new vision for society (the Covid-19 pandemic, human rights, Universal basic income technologies, attention economy, the (anti)sociality of social media, space technology, posthumanism)
  • Techno-narratives (postdigital, science fiction as social reality, dystopia, film/literature/art, futurism, human – nonhuman relations)
  • Posthumanism (trans/post/meta-humanism, post-nature, non-human cultures and communities, religious context, anthropocene)

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The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world’s largest regional security organization, with 57 participating States in North America, Europe, and Asia.

USAID leads international development and humanitarian efforts to save lives, reduce poverty, strengthen democratic governance and help people progress beyond assistance.

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