D.A.R. Continuum
Conference on Data, AI, Automation, and Robotization
Location: CIIRC CTU, Jugoslávských partyzánů 1580/3, 160 00 Prague 6 – Dejvice (Multifunctional room, entrance B)
Date: April 29, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Stakeholders and target audience: researchers, R&D stuff, policymakers, funders, and interested members of the public
Language: English
Contact: Michal Trčka (the event coordinator) | michal.trcka@jh-inst.cas.cz | +420 775 112 135
ZOOM: https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/99900727226
Download the press release here / posters/banners here.
The event aims to explore the continuum between open and FAIR data, the automation and robotization of processes, and artificial intelligence, highlighting how these domains mutually shape one another. This process is accelerated as data infrastructures evolve into algorithmic intelligence and materialize into autonomous and robotic systems operating within human social environments. The event will bring together researchers, R&D staff, policymakers, funders, and interested members of the public to engage in interdisciplinary dialogue on these developments. Particular attention will be devoted to how AI-based technologies are reshaping knowledge production, governance, and responsibility in the age of data sharing (open science) and autonomous systems (e.g., self-driving laboratories).
Program
8:30–9:00 Participant registration & Welcome Coffee
9:00–9:20 Opening & Welcome Remarks
Martin Kalbáč (HIPC CAS), Josef Lazar (Scientific Council of the CAS)
9:20–10:45 Science for AI and AI for Science
Discussion moderated by Juraj Hvorecký (CETE-P, Institute of Philosophy CAS):
Martin Víta (Institute of Computer Science CAS),
Jan Šedivý (CIIRC CTU),
Barbara Zitová (Institute of Information Theory and Automation CAS).
10:45–11:15 Coffee Break
11:15–12:30 The Continuum Linking Data, AI, and Autonomous Systems
Short presentations & discussion moderated by Marek Cebecauer (HIPC CAS):
Tilman Becker – RICAIP (CIIRC CTU),
Zdeněk Hanzálek – OP JAK ROBOPROX (CIIRC CTU),
Petr Kadera – Intelligent Systems Department (CIIRC CTU),
Vladimír Petrik – ELLIOT project (CIIRC CTU).
12:30–13:30 Lunch
13:30–15:30 From Research Labs and Offices to Semantic Web and Self-Driving Systems
Keynote speakers: Patrick Lambrix (Uni Linkoping), Maciej Haranczyk (IMDEA Madrid).
Panel discussion chaired by Marek Cebecauer (HIPC CAS), including keynote speakers and:
Michal Tarana (HIPC CAS) – From lab desk to the repository – and Knowledge Graphs,
David Novák (Institute of Archeology CAS).
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–17:20 Responsible Research and Data Production in the Age of AI
Discussion moderated by Tereza Stöckelová (CAS):
Michaela Liegertová (UJEP & TAH),
Jan Zeman (Vice-Rector for Science, Research and Doctoral Studies CTU),
Jaroslav Anděl (curator, conceptual artist)
The program will include a participatory discussion in the style of a deliberative online forum.
17:20–17:30 Closing Remarks
Patrik Španěl (Academic Council of the CAS) and Ondřej Velek (CIIRC CTU)
17:30–20:00 Networking Reception
From 5:30 PM, a guided tour of the second floor of the Testbed Labs will take place.
A selection from Jaroslav Anděl’s exhibition AI & PREDECESSORS – Between Facts and Values will be installed on site.
The OP JAK AMULET project, The Czech Academy of Sciences, CIIRC CTU, with the support of the RICAIP, ROBOPROX, and ELLIOT projects.
Under the auspices of the Scientific Council of the Czech Academy of Sciences and with the patronage of the President of the CAS.
In cooperation with The AI: Artificial Intelligence for Science and Society and Breakthrough Technologies for the Future – Sensing, Digitisation, Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Technologies – programmes under the Strategy AV21, ACADEMIX, and the Open Science Department—Library of the CAS.
Media partners: The Vědavýzkum.cz portal, the Vesmír magazine, Academix revue.
