Wed 19.11.

14:00-15:30 Creative North networking afternoon @Oulu STARTS Lab

14:00-16:00 Mutual Play: sound art performances and Oulu Sound Hack showcases @Oamk Sound Dome

Thu 20.11.

8:30-9:00         Registration and coffee
9:00-9:05         Kohtaaminen
9:05-9:15         Welcome words, opening the event
9:15-9:45         Selim Krichane, Swiss Museum of Games (CH)
                         The Power of Play: Games, from Board to Keyboard
9:45-10:15       Mike von der Nahmer, composer/sound researcher (GER) 
                         When Science Finds a Voice:
                         Revealing hidden patterns of structures, systems, and human experience through art
10:15-10:30     Break
10:30-11:00     Anders Hasmo& Peer Perez Øian, Det Norske Teatret  (NOR)
                         New Friends/partners in New Time? Cross-Sector Collaboration in Theatre
11:00 -11:30  Panel discussion: "Future and Trends in Audiovisual Arts and Creations"
                         Maria Gullsten, VISIO (FIN)
                         Gilles Freissener, Arte (FRA)
                         Kristof Timmerman, Maxlab (BE)
                         Sergiu Ardelean, Artivie (AT)
                         Akshay Jirage, multimedia artist; researcher (IN)
11:30-12:30    Lunch                                                  
12:30-15:50   ArtTech Prize       

• Pitches of 8 international selected start-ups
• Vote
• Gwendolyne Knybühle: 2017 ArtTech Winner: What Have You Become? for Smartify (UK)
• Pierre Blaise Donnet: 2023 ArtTech Winner: What Have You Become? for Synegram (FRA)
• Kati Uusi-Rauva, EiT Culture & Creativity North (FIN): High expectations! Path for international success
• Award

15:50-16:00   Closing day 1

Fri 21.11.

8:30-9:00        Registration and coffee
9:00-9:15        Welcome words, opening day 2
9:15-11:30      WORKSHOPS/SESSIONS
                        ArtiVive: Storytelling with Augmented Reality
                        Akshay Jirage: Dream Machines - Experimental Cinema in the Age of AI
                        Arte: Shaping the Future of Culture: ARTE’s Digital and Gaming Strategy
                        EXPERIENCE AIKA: Designing with Time, Presence, and Nature
                        VISIO: Deep Space pitching session
                        Why The-"AI»-ter? Cross-Sector Collaboration Between Arts and Technology                       
                        Coding Sound - Live Algorithms as Musical Instruments                                              Creative Europe: EU funding for cultural and audiovisual sectors
                        EIT Culture and Creativity Funding Clinic: Boosting innovation projects      
11:30-12:30     lunch
12:30-12:45     Lumo Art&Tech 2026 launch 
12:45-13:25     Cie Gilles Jobin: Cosmogony - Live remote digital performance (CH)
13:25-13:55     Pierluigi Orunesu (CH): Cybel’Art – Humanizing digital : Virtual Hall ®
13:55-14:15     Coffee break
14:15-14:45     Roundtable: AI in artistic processes:
                         Koray Tahiroglu (TR)
                         Peer Perez Øian (NOR)
                         Taika Jalohaikara (FIN)
14:45-15:15     Kati Nuora (FIN), Arts Promotion Centre Finland: Play to Innovate: Building the Future with Art and Technology

15:15-15:30     Closing Day 2

16:00    LUMO LIGHT FESTIVAL OPENING
18:00    Reception by the city of Oulu