The Third ICCS Conference
"Creativity: Minds and Machines"
Rome, Vatican City, September 1–3, 2026
9:00–9:30 — Conference opening
09:30–11:20 — The Possibility of Artificial Wisdom
Chair: Mario De Caro
Speakers: Arianna Pipitone, John Sullins, Andrea Lavazza
11:20–11:40 — Coffee break
11:40–13:30 — AI and Consciousness in Creative Processes
Chair: Antonio Chella
Speakers: Peter Mantello, Riccardo Manzotti, Fabio Ciotti
13:30–15:00 — Lunch
15:00–16:50 — Synthetic Creativity. The Observer’s Perspective
Chair: Pietro Perconti
Speakers: Robin Zebrowski, Gino Roncaglia, Andrea Velardi
16:50–17:10 — Coffee break
17:10–19:00 — Standards for Artificial Consciousness
Chair: Mimma Bruni
Speakers: Vincenzo Ambriola, Massimo Chiriatti, Alessio Plebe
10:00–11:50 — The Existential Agency of AI
Chair: TBC
Speakers: Dmitry Volvov, Luc Steels, Yang Kan, Kinda Ibrahim, Pavel Rebernik
11:50–12:10 — Coffee break
12:10–14:00 — Consciousness and Creativity in Machines and Animals
Chair: Anton Kuznetsov
Speakers: Liad Mudrik, Artem Besedin, Robert Clowes
14:00–16:00 — Lunch
16:00–17:50 — Art, Theory of Mind, and the Layers of Consciousness
Chair: Emanuele Castano
Speakers: David Freedberg, Gregory Currie, Susan Aldworth, Eftychia Stamkou
Pontifical Gregoriana University
9:00–10:50 — Consciousness, Perspectivism, and the Arts
Chair: Michael Pauen
Speakers: Sergio Durante, Henrike Moll, Lisa Zunshine, Maria Kasmirli
10:50–11:10 — Coffee break
11:10–13:00 — General discussion
Chair: Maria Kasmirli
13:00–15:00 — Lunch
Capitoline Palace
Dmitry Volvov, Keith Frankish, Andy Clark. Introduction of the Dennett Prize winner
Nick Humphrey. Dennett Lecture: "Consciousness and the Soul: the Reality of an Illusion"
