The Ethos+Tekhne Community Seasonal School (3rd Edition) brings together policymakers, regulators, researchers, engineers, legal scholars, standards professionals, civil society leaders, and industry practitioners for an intensive two-day programme dedicated to the governance, oversight, and societal implications of artificial intelligence.

Convened under the theme EVERYTHING AI, the 2026 edition reflects the Ethos+Tekhne community’s commitment to building genuinely multidisciplinary spaces where technical, institutional, legal, and ethical expertise meet operational reality.

What distinguishes the 3rd edition of Ethos+Tekhne is the mix of people in the room. Rather than separating policy, engineering, law, and ethics into parallel conversations, the Seasonal School deliberately convenes them together. Through this format, the community connects EU policy and governance debates, democratic resilience practice, AI policy research, and industry-led assurance and robustness testing, with a shared focus on translating principles and standards into institutional practice.

Across the programme, participants engage with AI “in the wild”, from agentic systems and judicial applications to red-teaming, digital twins for policymaking, sustainability debates, and governance controls in high-stakes environments. The result is a learning experience that remains ambitious without drifting into abstraction, and practical without losing sight of long-term societal values. Participants leave with concrete insights into what responsible, accountable, and implementable AI governance looks like in real institutional settings.

Programme Overview

Day 1: AI & Society

– Data-driven learning and institutional decision-making

– From AI ethics to operational standards

– European AI regulation and democratic governance

– Elections, misinformation, and public trust

– Generative AI in judicial systems

– Stress-testing AI for security and crisis contexts

– Digital twins for policymaking and public accountability

Day 2: AI Governance & Technical Frontiers

Sessions are led by experts from the European Commission, International IDEA, Numalis, BeEthical, Vanguard, and the Future of Life Institute, alongside leading European universities and global research, policy, and assurance communities. The programme brings together speakers and contributors with experience across the EU, the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand, and India.

WHEN

13 &14 May 2026

WHERE

Onsite, at UN House, Brussels

APPLICATION DEADLINE

25/03/2026