IASA-BAAC 2026 Conference

Name: Depolarising How We Talk About AI
Start: 2026-10-19T09:30:00+0300
End: 2026-10-19T12:30:00+0300

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Monday October 19, 2026 9:30am - 12:30pm EEST

Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Workplace conversations about AI often get stuck. This workshop gives participants the practical tools and confidence to change that – moving beyond the for-or-against standoff toward something more nuanced and constructive.
AI isn't new, especially for heritage communities. For over 20 years, conversations about machine learning stayed within specialist circles (researchers developing sector-specific tools for metadata enrichment). Today, those conversations have expanded to include curators, project managers, HR departments, and legal teams. People with very different understandings of what AI is, what it's for, and what it means are being asked to sit down together and agree on organisational policies or cross-departmental “AI” projects. More often than not, these conversations end in frustration. But it doesn’t have to.

That's what How to Talk to People About AI was made for. Developed by the Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision and AIxDESIGN, it's a practical playbook of workshop activities, icebreakers, and facilitation guides that help teams create an environment for more honest, grounded, and productive dialogue about using AI in the workplace.

In this interactive workshop, participants try out these tools firsthand and leave with techniques they can bring back to their own organisations. Because the real work – reimagining stewardship ethics, or building infrastructures for metadata exchange – is hard enough without getting derailed by arguments about AI.

Speakers

Rasa Bocyte

Senior Advisor for Research Collaborations, Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Rasa Bocyte (she/her) is a cultural heritage professional with a passion for forging cross-sectoral connections underpinned by creative and critical approaches. She advocates for sustainable innovation practices that prioritise public values, slowness and care. In her current role... Read More →

Ploipailin Flynn

Researcher, AIXDESIGN

Ploipailin Flynn is a AI researcher interested in making AI work for "the rest of us.”She is the co-founder of AIxDESIGN, a global community of 8,000+ creative technologists building alternatives to Big Tech AI. She also also lecture at ual: central saint martin and ual: Creative Computing Institute in London... Read More →

Nadia Piet

Researcher, AIXDESIGN

Nadia Piet is a designer, researcher, and organizer exploring the intersection of technology, AI/ML, and (digital) culture. Her work examines how we shape technology and it shapes us in return, centering participatory, protopian, and feminist approaches. She is the co-founder and... Read More →

Monday October 19, 2026 9:30am - 12:30pm EEST
Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

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Zoom link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86939636277
Zoom password 289030

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