They share their vision and process, aiming to offer insights into our complex relationship to creative thinking and the computational systems that increasingly shape our world. Crossing Wires investigates topics like sustainable robotics, the future of Generative AI, creative computers and the complex dynamics between Art and AI. Focusing on exploration rather than definitive answers, this event opens a space for dialogue and exchange on how artistic and scientific practices can challenge each other in shaping tomorrow’s society. This event is presented by Ohme and hosted in collaboration with BrIAS - Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies, to celebrate the closure of the second edition of their Sustainable Robotics artistic residency. ---------- -------------- PROGRAMME -------------- All days: Art installations developed throughout the Sustainable Robotics residency – Dewi Brunet, Kris Verdonck & Guillaume Slizewicz Monday 26 May ▸ 17:00 – 18:00 → AI in education – Where are the opportunities? Prof. Sarah Howard (University of Leeds, UK) & Prof. Jo Tondeur (VUB) ▸ 18:30 – 20:00 → Workshop: Carbon Technostructures Guillaume Slizewicz & Gijs de Heij ⸻ Tuesday 27 May ▸ 13:00 – 14:00 → Creating conditions for the successful adoption of AI in developing countries: interdisciplinary applied research strategies Prof. Hector Cruz Enriquez (Universidad Central Marta Abreu de las Villas, Cuba) ▸ 14:30 – 16:00 → Vicious and virtuous interaction between Art and Generative AI Prof. Willem Zuidema (UvA) & Prof. Marianne de Heer Kloots (UvA, Amsterdam) ▸ 16:30 – 18:00 → More than Generative AI: Creative Computers and the Future of Humans Prof. Hannu Toivonen (University of Helsinki) & Prof. Geraint Wiggins (VUB) ⸻ Wednesday 28 May ▸ 18:00 – 19:00 → Panel talk: Focus on Sustainable Robotics artistic residency 2025 Guillaume Slizewicz & Prof. Yael Edan (BrIAS senior fellow) ▸ 19:00 – 19:30 → Focus on Sustainable Robotics artistic residency 2024: Meet the BrIAS artists Kris Verdonck & Dewi Brunet ▸ 19:30 – 20:30 → Cocktail Dinner ▸ 20:30 – 21:30 → Live performance – to be announced soon!