![](/sites/default/files/styles/global_header_l/public/uploaded_images/neoma-ai-conference-2026_0.png?itok=NysCEEHf) # Programme

 

 

 
		{
			"@context": "https://schema.org",
			"@type": "BreadcrumbList",
			"itemListElement": [
		        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 1,
            "name": "Home",
            "item": "https://neoma-bs.com/"
        },		        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 2,
            "name": "Programme",
            "item": "https://neoma-bs.com/node/5298580.md"
        }				]
	}
	 - [Home](https://neoma-bs.com/)
- Programme
 
  

 

  - [ Conference: Democracy in the Time of Generative AI ](https://neoma-bs.com/faculty-and-research/research/ai-conference_2026)
- [ Programme ](https://neoma-bs.com/faculty-and-research/research/ai-conference_2026/programme)
- [ Roundtable: Who Owns the Truth? ](https://neoma-bs.com/faculty-and-research/research/ai-conference_2026/roundtable-who-owns-truth)
- [ Registration ](https://neoma-bs.com/faculty-and-research/research/ai-conference_2026/registration)
- [ Venue ](https://neoma-bs.com/faculty-and-research/research/ai-conference_2026/venue)
 
 

 

 

  ## June 11

9.30 - 9.45: Welcome coffee and registration

9.45 - 10:00: **Opening Remarks** - [Alain Goudey,](https://neoma-bs.fr/professeurs/goudey-alain) NEOMA Business School

10.00 - 11.00: **Generative AI. Its power and dangers for democracy** - [Luc Steels](https://ai.vub.ac.be/team/steels/), Vrije University of Brussel

11.00 - 11.30: Coffee break

11.30 - 12.30: **Understanding political polarization** - [Eckehard Olbrich](https://www.mis.mpg.de/people/eckehard-olbrich), Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (MiS)

12.30 - 14.00: Lunch break

14.00 - 15.00: **AI as a Facilitator for Public Deliberation Processes?** - [Jean-Philippe Cointet](https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedialab.sciencespo.fr%2Fequipe%2Fjean-philippe-cointet%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cdominique.berger%40neoma-bs.fr%7Cda4d25c8cd89463fab2308de9a3523fb%7Cea847b31dc734e64b8e954cb237688f3%7C0%7C0%7C639117750660313116%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=aDja%2BaaWA%2FfEdrHF3%2Bs5LFLhNwzjTJFBjFFxkUuTFxU%3D&reserved=0) & [Manon Berriche](https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedialab.sciencespo.fr%2Fequipe%2Fmanon-berriche%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cdominique.berger%40neoma-bs.fr%7Cda4d25c8cd89463fab2308de9a3523fb%7Cea847b31dc734e64b8e954cb237688f3%7C0%7C0%7C639117750660338438%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ICMUigL7BqYZq8KO3PFZdcfsx4Z9NErIKTZG4iLDjQo%3D&reserved=0), Sciences Po médialab

15.00 - 15.30: Coffee break

15.30 - 16.30: **Collective behaviour in human and AI populations: norms, tipping points, and influence** - [Andrea Baronchelli](https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people/academics/andrea-baronchelli), City St George's, University of London

16.30 - 17.00: Coffee break

17.00 -18.30: **Roundtable: Who Owns the Truth?** How AI, social media and journalists co-shape the public sphere and the functioning of Democracy - [Full details are available on the dedicated page](https://neoma-bs.com/faculty-and-research/research/ai-conference_2026/roundtable-who-owns-truth)



 ## June 12

9.00 - 9.30: Welcome coffee

9.30 - 10.30 : **Chatbots for Internet Research: A Critical Reflection** - [Richard Rogers](https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/r/o/r.a.rogers/r.a.rogers.html), University of Amsterdam

10.30 - 11.00 : Coffee break

11.00 - 12.00 : **The Political Economy and Geopolitics of AI Regulation** - [Annabelle Gawer](https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/annabelle-gawer), University of Surrey.

12.00 - 13.30 : Lunch break

13.30 - 15.30 : **Ecologies of LLM Practices** - [Donato Ricci](https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/en/people/donato-ricci/), Sciences Po médialab

15.30 - 16.00 : Coffee break

16.30 - 17.00 : **In LLMs we trust?** - [Carlo Santagiustina](https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/equipe/carlo-santagiustina/), Centre Inria de Paris and Sciences Po médialab



   Attendance is free but registration is required. Please register by May 22nd.

 [  Register  ](https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DMXuE6nPcZE646VTLI3aI8xQYiqM1xVVNsmmGkPOjHdZUN0E1Q1RJR0dNRVZMRkxMM1FHWlM4UTZXWC4u&data=05%7C02%7Cdominique.berger%40neoma-bs.fr%7C2ca19f6704164d5acdef08de6a48227f%7Cea847b31dc734e64b8e954cb237688f3%7C0%7C0%7C639065055219844635%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Ly%2BCvAqotLVvG7WQo2OLwyzt60E9v1ofhmwhvL1iljw%3D&reserved=0) 

 **For any questions or additional information, please contact:**

[Laura Trinchera](mailto:Laura.TRINCHERA@neoma-bs.fr)

[Carlo Santagiustina](mailto:carlo.santagiustina@sciencespo.fr)