- Generative and Agentic AI Impact – PS A.4
- Economies of AI – PS B.4
- DS Special Track Session: State & Citizenship – PS C.4
05/08/2026
Session A4 (Auditorium) :
Chair:
- “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 B4: (Room B)
Chair:
- “The Trust Bandwidth Problem: Structural Verification Deficits and the Political Economy of AI Safety in LMICs.” ; Titi Akinsanmi – Independent Researcher and Olamide Makinde – Independent Researcher. (Submission #199)
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“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)
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“Technological Approaches for In-Market Monitoring of AI Systems.” ; Joseph Davis – The University of Sydney. (Submission #24)
DS Special Track Session C4: 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.
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“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)
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“Cognitive Democracy as Digital Statecraft: Designing Public Decision Systems for the Algorithmic Age.” – Mohammed Alotaibi – UNU-CRIS. (Submission #27)
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“The State as Coordinator: AI Governance Between Competitiveness, Security, and Public Interest.” ; David Uriel Socol de la Osa – Hitotsubashi University. (Submission #155)
