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16 October 2026

14.30 20:00 hour

Utrecht CampusKroonstraat 503511 RCUtrechtDirections

During the TIAS Elevate Sessions, TIAS professors share their insights on current themes, while the TIAS community engages with each other to exchange experiences and gain new perspectives. These meetings are accessible to alumni, participants, and anyone with an interest in the subject.

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In short

About this TIAS Elevate Session

Experts predict that within five years, more than 90 percent of all digital content will be wholly or partially AI-generated. In a synthetic society, it may no longer be possible to distinguish what is real from what is not. The impact of this new reality on democracy, the legal system, the press, and personal relationships could be unprecedented.

This is just one of many fundamental shifts that AI is bound to bring about. While many organizations are currently shaping their AI strategies and implementation plans, they tend to focus primarily on what AI can do for them today. However, the world may look fundamentally different in five years. What work will humans still do ourselves, and what tasks will be taken over by AI? What will public administration look like in an AI-driven world, and will public duties be outsourced even further to Silicon Valley tech giants? How will personal relationships take shape, and to what extent will they be replaced by connections with chatbots and humanoid robots?

During this Elevate Session, we will explore these and other critical questions. The goal is to ensure that organizations pursue an AI transition aligned with the world of ten years from now, rather than the world of yesterday. This requires deeper reflection on what makes us human, how AI will reshape society, and what the role of organizations will be in this rapidly changing world.

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Why join this event?

By the end of this session, you will understand:
  • the different scenarios in which AI may develop over the coming years;

  • the impact of these scenarios on personal, social, and economic institutions;

  • how to translate these insights into a future-proof organizational vision for AI.

Program

14.30 - 15.00 hour

Walk-in with coffee and tea

15.00 - 16.15 hour

Keynote

16.15 - 16.30 hour

Break

16.15 - 17.30 hour

Deep dive into selected themes

17.30 - 17.45 hour

Break

17.45 - 18.30 hour

Breakout sessions in small groups

18.30 - 19.00 hour

Group feedback and wrap-up

19.00 - 20.00 hour

Eat & Meet

Bart van der Sloot

Bart van der Sloot specializes in law and technology, artificial intelligence, and human rights. He is an Associate Professor at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society at Tilburg University, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the European Data Protection Law Review. Bart studied Philosophy and Law and has received several prestigious accolades, including the NWO Top Talent Grant, the NWO Veni Grant, and the KNAW Early Career Award.

As a lecturer, he is involved in the Driving Business Value with AI program, which was developed in collaboration with the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS).

Bart van der Sloot