• Generative and Agentic AI Impact – PS A.3
• Economies of AI – PS B.3
• DS Special Track Session: State & Citizenship – PS C.3
• Funding AI – PS D.3

Session A3 (Auditorium) :

• “Generative AI, Policymaking, and Disability Bias” ; Rachel Elena Tng – Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Kok Khiang Lim – Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Kuansong Victor Zhuang – Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, and Chei Sian Lee – Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. (Submission #DAP-2026-0227)
• “A Governance Gap in Agentic AI: Operationalising Data Protection by Design at the Tool-Dispatch Boundary” ; Mays Al-Naday – University of Essex, Lina Barakat – University of Essex, Sri Teja CHILAKAMARRI – University of Essex, Institute for Analytics and Data Science; Attwells Solicitors, Laura Harrington-Rutterford – Attwells Solicitors, Haralambos Mouratidis – University of Essex, Arpan Abani Sarkar – Independent Researcher. (Submission #DAP-2026-0221)
• “AI Epistemic Governance: A Conceptual Framework for Reliable and Legitimate AI-Augmented Decision-Making.” ; Silvio Menezes – IPAM Lisboa. (Submission #52)

Session B3: (Room B)

• “Leveraging Rules as Code for a More Transparent and Efficient Global Economy.” ; Jessica Rapson – University of Oxford.(Submission #41)
• “Transparent policy evaluation through causal machine learning: An application to SME digital subsidies” ; Ana Garcia-Bernabeu – Universitat Politècnica de València, eSMART Research Center, Eugeni Gil-Ocana – Universitat Politècnica de València, eSMART Research Center, and Pablo de Pedraza – Universitat Politècnica de València, eSMART Research Center. (Submission #DAP-2026-0220)
• “Technological Approaches for In-Market Monitoring of AI Systems.” ; Joseph Davis – The University of Sydney. (Submission #24)

DS Special Track Session C3: State & Citizenship (Room C)

Chair: Dr Stefaan Verhulst –  The GovLab, New York University and The Data Tank.

• “Civic Interplay: Towards New AI Governance Imaginaries.” – Sarah Barns – RMIT.
  (Submission #148)
•  “From Data Protection to Data Property: Why Digital Statecraft Must Reconstitute Rights in Subject-Generated Data.” – Irene Ng – Dataswyft and Susan Wakenshaw – University of Warwick. (Submission #56)
•  “Cognitive Democracy as Digital Statecraft: Designing Public Decision Systems for the Algorithmic Age.” – Mohammed Alotaibi – UNU-CRIS. (Submission #27)
•  “Beyond Sovereign AI: Interconnected Resilience and the Coordinating State.” ; David Uriel Socol de la Osa – Hitotsubashi University. (Submission #155)

Session D3 (Room D):

Chair: Dr Claudia Abreu Lopes, United Nations University

• “Economic and Policy Determinants of AI Adoption in Developing and Emerging Economies: A Systematic Literature Review Using the TOE Framework” ; Wilson Wong – The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Data Science and Policy Studies; UCL, School of Management and Chyngyz Kumarbek Uulu – The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Governance and Policy Science. (Submission #DAP-2026-0235)
• “Critical Infrastructure Alignment to Regional Planning Outcomes: A Governance and Asset Knowledge Graph for Planning-Relevant Evidence in Austria.” ; Lucas Reckhaus – TU Wien Institute of Spatial Planning, Unit- Urban and Regional Research, Franziska Sielker – TU Wien Institute of Spatial Planning, Unit- Urban and Regional Research and Johannes Suitner – TU Wien Institute of Spatial Planning, Unit- Urban and Regional Research. (Submission #146)
• “From Model to Policy: A Communication Tool.” ; Friso Selten – Leiden University and Bram Klievink – Leiden University. (Submission #160)