This program is subject to change but has been generally given to allow people to plan as much in advance as possible.

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Monday, 2nd December 

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Workshops 

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Empowering Animals Through Technology: Enhancing Animal Agency in the sound environment

TBC GMT 

Advanced Research Center, Room 237 A&B​

Description: This in-person workshop will explore how innovative technologies can be designed to give animals some control over their sound environments, as enrichment and for research in different scenarios. Participants will discuss advancements in acoustic technologies, applications in different animal settings, species-specific interface design, and practical methods for implementing and evaluating these solutions. The outputs of this workshop will include designs for technological apparatus that allow animals to control their sound environments, as well as methods for evaluating these as enrichment devices.

Website: https://animalacousticenrichment.wordpress.com/

Contact person:  Dominique Potvin dpotvin@usc.edu.au 

 

More Than Human Digital Civics

TBC GMT 

Advanced Research Center, Room 237 A&B

Please register interest on the workshop website prior to attending with the recommendation of submitting a position paper by the 30th October 

Description: We will explore through critical discussion the role of companion animals and their caregivers in their online representation, as well as how legislation impacts nonconsenting animals in this digital world. This will be followed by the design of interventions that aim to correct these potentially misleading representations. The aim of this is to expand digital civics research to further include the more than human aspect in this expanding field of research, creating the potential for new research collaborations.

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/more-than-human-digital-civics/

Workshop Email: more.than.human.digital.civics@gmail.com

Contact person: Sam Gowland sam.gowland@northumbria.ac.uk

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Tuesday, 3rd December

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Doctoral Consortium Tutorials

10:00 – 15.00 GMT 

Advanced Research Center, Room 237 A&B

Building on the successful 2023 Doctoral Consortium program, 2024 will feature a full day tutorial program open to all attendees registered for the ACI 2024 workshop program. While the tutorial program is designed to provide graduate students with a hands on experience designing, prototyping, and critiquing an ACI system, it is a fun day for all involved regardless of their level of experience. Full details on the program are forthcoming, but senior community members will give short lectures and provide hand out materials, as well as assign and participate in brainstorming, prototyping, and design reviews along with DC participants. 

 

Whether you’re a student attending the ACI conference for the first time or a seasoned veteran, the DC tutorial program should be a fun, engaging, and thought provoking community experience. With topics ranging from ethics, to psychophysics, to embedded systems programming, there’s room for all to both learn and to contribute!

 

Contact person:  DC Chair, David Roberts (dlrober4@ncsu.edu).

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Welcome Civic Reception

18.00 - 19.30 GMT 

Glasgow City Chambers, 82 George Square, Glasgow G2 1DU

Conference opening drinks and welcome speech by Lord Provost or Bailie. Open to all registered for the workshop program 

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Wednesday, 4th December

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Paper Track

09:00 – 17.00 GMT 

Advanced Research Center, Room 237 A&B

Details on accepted papers and sessions to come soon

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The Conference Dinner

TBC GMT

The Drawing Room, 32 University Ave, Glasgow G12 8LX

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Thursday, 5th December

 

Paper Track

09:00 – 17.00 GMT 

Advanced Research Center, Room 237 A&B

Details on accepted papers and sessions to come soon