EUNIC Madrid, in collaboration with CaixaForum Madrid, presents EUNIC Science Day, an initiative aimed at strengthening scientific communication and the visibility of research talent in Europe. The meeting will take place on Monday, June 15, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. at CaixaForum (Paseo del Prado, 36, Madrid), and will feature the participation of experts from seven EUNIC member countries. Free admission with prior reservation: https://caixaforum.org/es/madrid/p/eunic-science-day-madrid
The program will address, from a multidisciplinary perspective, the impact of Artificial Intelligence on strategic sectors such as technology, the arts, and the social sciences. Following the individual presentations, roundtables will be held dedicated to the rigorous analysis of the political, cultural, and ecological repercussions of new technologies. The aim is to showcase research excellence in Europe and foster multidisciplinary reflection on a technology that will define the future.
PROGRAM
5:00–5:10 p.m.: Welcome remarks.
5:10–5:50 p.m.: BLOCK I: The Impact of AI on Art, Culture, and Society.
- Peter Knees (Austria), Professor of Digital Humanism at TU Wien, expert in AI applied to music and humanized recommendation systems: AI and Digital Humanism: Forging a Responsible Digital Future.
- Mathilde Perez (France), researcher at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris. She analyzes how AI-based recommendation systems can reinforce or amplify social biases: AI in Social Networks: How Algorithms Reinforce Inequality.
- Mariann Békésy (Hungary), researcher at Óbuda University, focusing on the social perception of AI and digital literacy: Perspectives on AI in Hungary.
- Călin Segal (Romania), multidisciplinary artist who uses generative systems and digital design to explore human-machine interaction: A Computational Anecdote.
5:50–6:35 p.m. Round Table I: Moderated by Fernando Pescador del Oso, UPM.
6:35–6:55 p.m.: BREAK
6:55–7:25 p.m.: BLOCK II: Latest Technological Advances in the Field of AI.
- Agata M. Wijata (Poland), adjunct professor at Silesian University of Technology, focusing on the application of AI and deep learning methods in biomedical engineering: Under Pressure: Using AI to Understand the Planet’s Invisible Crisis.
- Maria Grandury (Switzerland), founder of SomosNLP and an expert in natural language processing, focusing on linguistic diversity and AI reliability: Natural Language Processing from a Multilingual Perspective.
- Dani Manjah (Wallonia-Brussels), postdoctoral researcher at UC Louvain, specializing in AI applications in robotics and healthcare: Learning from Scattered Data: Privacy-Protecting AI for Affordable Gene Therapies.
7:25 p.m. to 8:10 p.m.: Round Table II: Moderated by Jesús Cerquides, CSIC.
8:10 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.: Closing Remarks