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SUMMARY:SEASON 2026 Conference | Search Engines and Society Network
DESCRIPTION:Search Engines and Society Annual Conference (SEASON 2026) brings together researchers\, practitioners\, and policymakers to discuss the societal impact of search technologies. The conference offers keynotes\, panels\, workshops\, and networking opportunities. \nSome of the themes for this year’s conference include: \n\nPolitical bias and elections\nLiteracy and education\nAI overviews and trust\nHealth and high-stakes information\nAI answers\, podcasts\, and behavior\nMethods and infrastructure\n\nExplore the full conference program here.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/season-2026-conference-search-engines-and-society-network/
LOCATION:HAW Hamburg – Finkenau Campus\, Finkenau 35\, Hamburg\, 22081\, Germany
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SUMMARY:PAIRSx Public Sector 2026 | Call for Extended Abstracts
DESCRIPTION:PAIRSx Public Sector is an open one-day symposium that will be hosted at the Ada Lovelace Institute on 5th November 2026 to explore how public bodies are engaging and involving the public and civil society organisations around their adoption of AI\, particularly in the UK. \nThe PAIRSx Public Sector symposium is a spin-out event from the Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium (PAIRS) series which are designed as spaces to present research and case studies on the state of the art in participatory development and governance of AI and to build stronger connections across the field. \nWe are inviting submission of extended abstracts for presentations or posters to be featured at PAIRSx Public Sector. The deadline for submissions is 16th September 2026. Please make submissions through HotCRP here.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/pairsx-public-sector-2026-call-for-extended-abstracts/
LOCATION:PAIRS
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal
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SUMMARY:POLITICO Decoded Summit: AI & Tech Policy
DESCRIPTION:Join POLITICO in Washington\, D.C. for special conversations with policymakers\, regulators\, industry leaders\, investors and innovators crafting the rules of the road for AI and the decisions shaping its future. \n_____ \nAs the development and deployment of artificial intelligence transforms the economy and society\, decisions being made today by policymakers and executives will determine who leads and who is left behind. \nThis fall\, POLITICO will host two complementary events convening the leaders shaping the future of AI: one in Washington\, D.C. where policymakers are crafting the rules of the road for AI\, and one in San Francisco where the technologies driving the next wave of innovation are being built. \nEach event will bring together a global mix of policymakers\, regulators\, industry leaders\, investors and innovators for high-level conversations defining the AI era — from regulation and national security to infrastructure\, energy\, global competition and enterprise adoption. \nWith POLITICO’s unmatched authority at the intersection of power and policy\, each Decoded Summit will provide audience members the opportunity to connect directly with the leaders\, ideas and decisions shaping technology on a global scale. \nRead more and register to attend here.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/politico-decoded-summit-ai-tech-policy/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Governing AI: Policy\, Power\, and Accountability in the Age of Artificial Intelligence | Center for Transformative Media
DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence is no longer an emerging technology — it is already embedded in hiring\, healthcare\, public infrastructure\, and democratic processes\, yet the institutions meant to govern it remain incomplete and unevenly distributed across global contexts.\n\nThis webinar treats AI governance as a political and cultural question rather than a technical one: who sets the rules\, whose values are encoded in them\, and what accountability is possible when systems operate across borders and communities.\n\nDrawing on applied ethics\, media and communication studies\, and labor-centered approaches to AI policy\, the conversation traces how regulation is shaped from above\, through legislation\, industry self-governance\, and international bodies\, and contested from below\, through worker organizing\, civil society advocacy\, and grassroots demands for digital sovereignty. Moderated by John Wihbey\, the session brings researchers into dialogue with each other and the audience around the tensions\, possibilities\, and stakes of governing AI as a medium of social and political life.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/governing-ai-policy-power-and-accountability-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence-center-for-transformative-media/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:IPIE Global Expert Survey 2026 - Launch Webinar
DESCRIPTION:“For the fourth year running\, we asked experts who study the information environment what they’re seeing in their respective countries. The answer is sobering: three in four experts now expect it to worsen over the next year\, the highest level we’ve recorded since the survey began. \nJoin us on 16 September at 18:00 CEST for a virtual briefing on the findings of the IPIE‘s Global Expert Survey 2026\, drawn from 470 experts across 71 countries. \nWhat you will hear: \n\nWhy unaccountable platforms\, not generative AI\, remain experts’ biggest concern\nAn increasing concern over generative AI\, especially AI generated video\nWhat AI summaries in search engines mean for news traffic and the diversity of viewpoints people see\nWhy funding and data access are making the information environment harder to study.”\n\nClick here to register to attend. Note: Event details are listed in CEST (UTC+2). 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/ipie-global-expert-survey-2026/
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