Date: 29 Oct 2026, 16.00 to 18.00 (CET) Format: Online
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About the programme
How can artificial intelligence support the conservation and stewardship of digital and media art and what does responsible adoption look like in practice?
Join us for a public Online Café bringing together experts from galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM), adjacent fields and European research projects to explore these questions.
Through three panels featuring 10 minute presentations and open discussions, we will explore what media art conservation can learn from current research, practical experience and emerging approaches. Topics include responsible AI implementation, ethical and legal considerations, bias, AI-assisted documentation and digital twins. The event welcomes conservators, artists, researchers, cultural heritage professionals, students and anyone interested in the intersection of AI, art and conservation. You do not need to be an EMBARK member to attend.
This Online Café is organised by Sophie Bunz, Jina Chang, Dr. Sandra Alvaro Sanchez and Dr. Yael Eylat Van Essen as part of Working Group 3 of EMBARK (European Media and Born-digital Art Conservation and Knowledge Network).
Schedule
Thursday, 29 Oct 2026, 16.00 to 18.00 (CET)Online
16:00 – 16:15 Welcome and IntoSophie Bunz, Jina Chang
16:15 – 16:30 Panel 1: AI4CultureDr Eirini Kaldel
16:30 – 16:45 Panel 1: LUSTRE projectProf. Lise Jaillant
16:45 – 17:00 Panel 2: BIAS projectProf. Pip Laurenson, Prof. Gabriella Giannachi
17:00 – 17:15 Panel 2: AI ethics, law and media art conservation principlesFreyja van den Boom
17:15 – 17:25 Break
17:25 – 17:35 Panel 3: COST Action CA23141 MAIA Managing Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology Dr Onur Birol
17:35 – 17:45 Panel 3: “Towards Hybrid Digital-Born Performance Art: A Human–AI Co-Creation Paradigm in XR Worlds” Dr Ciprian Marius Făcăeru
17:45 – 18:00 Final Questions and close of the session
This Online Café is organised by Sophie Bunz (EMBARK WG3 Leader, @red_duesseldorf), Jina Chang (EMBARK WG3 Vice Leader and EMBARK Subgroup 3.2 Coordinator, @nasjonalmuseet), Dr. Sandra Alvaro Sanchez (EMBARK Subgroup 3.1 Coordinator, @uabbarcelona) and Dr. Yael Eylat Van Essen (EMBARK Subgroup 3.3 Coordinator, @hit_il).
























