Program & speakers

Conference Day Program (November 17, 2025)

More details and speakers coming soon!

09:00 AM to 9:20 AM
Studio 4

Opening remarks

Speeches by the two universities, Université Libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel

09:20 AM to 9:50 AM
Studio 4

Keynote speech

9:50 AM to 11:05 AM
Studio 4

Session 1
AI agents in a LLM world: what and why?

11:05 AM to 12:20 PM
Studio 4

Session 2
Do’s and Don’ts for Human, AI, and Robot Collaboration

Lunch and Networking

12:20 PM to 13:50 PM

13:50 PM to 15:05 PM
Studio 4

Session 3
Simulating and imagining a society with AI Agents

15:05 PM to 16:20 PM
Studio 4

Session 4
Regulating and governing AI and Robotic agents

16:20 PM to 16:50 PM
Studio 4

Keynote Speech

16:50 PM to 17:20 PM
Studio 4

Closing words

  • FARI Director, Karen Boers (FARI)

17:20 to 20:00 PM

Cocktail and Networking

  • Geoffrey Aerts

    FARI Academic Director - Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

  • Pieter Ballon

    Vice-rector research Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Director of imec-SMIT

  • Xabier Barandiaran

    Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country and researcher at the IAS-Research Centre for Life, Mind, and Society

  • Tony Belpaeme

    Professor at Ghent University, Senior Researcher at imec and Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth.

  • Roger Brownsword

    Barrister, Professor of Law at Kings College London, Honorary Professor in Law, University of Sheffield

  • Marius Gilbert

    Full Professor, Vice-rector of research and valorization, Vice-rector of culture and scientific mediation at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

  • Catholijn Jonker

    Professor at Delft University of Technology and Leiden University. Chairperson of IPN the platform of ICT Research in the Netherlands.

  • Ronald Leenes

    Professor in Regulation by Technology at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (Tilburg University).

  • Tom Lenaerts

    FARI Academic Director - Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

  • Gregory Lewkowicz

    FARI Academic Director - Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

  • Vanessa Matz

    Federal Minister in charge of Public Action and Modernization

  • Ann Nowe

    FARI Academic Director - Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

  • Sasha Vezhnevets

    Research Scientist at Google DeepMind