Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the ways in which art and culture are created, curated, and experienced. While these technologies open up new artistic possibilities, they also raise profound ethical, legal, and social questions: How will AI redefine authorship and originality? How is AI already changing the working conditions for artists? How can we ensure that innovation in the cultural field remains responsible, transparent, and inclusive? And what responsibilities do we share as artists, institutions and policymakers in navigating these growing challenges?
This panel brings together experts and artists from the Nordics and Germany to explore the opportunities and risks of AI in the arts. Together, we will discuss how cross-border collaboration, especially on EU and Nordic level, can help develop both technological and cultural policy solutions that balance innovation, ethics, and creative freedom.
Join us for an open and forward-looking discussion.
Panel
Katarina Renman Claesson, Association lawyer for the Swedish Artists‘ Association
Kolbeinn Hugi, Icelandic artist
Johanne Stenseth Huseby, Researcher at the Norwegian research foundation FOFA in a research project on the influence of AI on artists‘ working conditions
Jussi Lahtinen, Artist and part of the research project »Artificial Intelligence in Art and Society« (UrbanAI) at the University of Tampere in Finland
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Moderator: Prof. Dr. Julius Heinicke, Professor of Cultural Policy and chairholder of the UNESCO Chair »Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development« at the University of Hildesheim, Germany
Program
5.30 pm_Arrival and registration
6.00 pm_Panel discussion
7.30 pm_Reception