Wednesday 18.11.2026

08:30 | Registration, coffee & tea

09:30 | Video piece "Covenant" by Charles Sandison, in Lasaretti’s Aurora Hall.

09:45 | KEYNOTE: Keith Mellingen (NOR):
The Geography of XR in Europe: Hubs, Networks and Creative Communities

10:45 | KEYNOTE: Chiara Mastino (IT):
Who Gets to Shape the Space? Lessons from Museums, Heritage and Immersive Technology

12:30 | PANEL: Finnish Arts and Culture Agency KUVI & Creative Net 2.0 (FIN):
Using Space Differently – Art, Accessibility and Emerging Technologies 

• Timo Nummenmaa (FIN)
• Outi Salonlahti (FIN)
• Marja Konttinen (FIN)
• Moderator: Sofia-Charlotta Kakko (FIN)

This panel discussion is brought to you by Finnish Arts and Culture Agency's Creative Net 2.0 project.

14:15 | KEYNOTE: Rob Morgan (UK):
Reskinnable Realities: XR, smartglasses and the ethics of augmenting reality

Thursday 19.11.2026

08:30 | Registration, coffee & tea

09:30 | KEYNOTE: Chimerik (CAN/TW):
Performance, Technology, and Invisible Connections

10:45 | KEYNOTE: Claus Falk Petersen (DK):
Struer – The City of Sound – a place-making strategy that uses sound as a driver for local development, identity and growth

12:30 | PANEL: Beyond Listening – Sound, Technology and New Creative Economies

• Jaakko Autio (FIN)
• Jacob Kreutzfeldt (DK)
• Iannis Zannos (GR)
• Moderator: Kati Nuora (FIN)

14:15 | PARALLEL WORKSHOPS (choose upon event registration):

• Rupert Renevier: Wireless sensing for creative applications with Pipo Interface
• Luke Wilson-Spiro: Everything Is a Sensor – Controlling Digital Systems Without Code
• Roberto Fusco: Traces of Environments, featuring the X-Modal platorm
• Mirko Siikaluoma & Taina Tossavainen: Creating at the Speed of Light
• Rob Morgan: Fundamentals of Spatial Narrative Design for XR
• Antti Tenetz: Survival Kit for More-than-Human Space
• Humak UAS: Creative Cross-Innovation Session with the ekipengine.eu European Platform and Humak UAS

Friday 20.11.2026

08:30 | Registration, coffee & tea

09:30 | KEYNOTE: Arno Geens (BE):
Spacecrafting

10:30 | KEYNOTE: Taija Jyrkäs (FIN):
Can outer space function as a site of public art?

12:30 | KEYNOTE: Roel Heremans (BE):
Inner > Outer Space / Introspection, Neurotechnology & Servers

13:30 | KEYNOTE: Andrew Fladeboe (USA):
Building Space Before It Exists: Virtual Reality for Human Spaceflight

14:15 | PARALLEL WORKSHOPS (choose upon event registration):

• Gabor Papp: Body as Instrument – Building motion-driven interactive installations
• Chimerik 似不像: The Human Interface – Calibrating Attention, Mapping Inner Space
• Davide Giovanzana: What can smartphones reveal about acting? Virtual masks: algorithm enhancing the performer body
• Iannis Zannos: Performing Stories through Networked Live Animation and Sound
• Chiara Mastino: From Audience to Co-Creators – Designing Spaces People Can Belong To