ARTIFICIA LIVE 2026 - Professional Day
Schedule
Wed Feb 18 2026 at 09:30 am to 01:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Palau Macaya | Barcelona, CT
About this Event
The workshop day combines keynotes, panels and live demonstrations that explore how AI is transforming the creative sector today, with a particular focus on musical creation. The programme moves from a keynote on AI and creativity to practical and international perspectives on computational creativity tools, with contributions from Sony CSL, Lavinia Labs, Intermorphic, Goldsmiths College, UPC and others. It continues with Núria Andorrà’s presentation of the HARMON.IA project, and concludes with a discussion on best practices and ethical approaches to AI-assisted artistic creation.
Designed as a half-day, practice-oriented event, the workshop emphasises concrete co-creation experiences with AI, enabling participants to take away practical guidelines and recommendations for working with artificial intelligence while maintaining human leadership and artistic agency.
Organiser
IIIA-CSIC: The IIIA-CSIC is the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), a leading Spanish and European research centre in AI, computational creativity, AI for education and responsible AI. It is particularly known for combining technical AI research with humanistic and ethical perspectives, which is why it plays a key role in projects like ARTIFICIA and initiatives connecting AI with music and creativity. (http://iiia.csic.es)
ARTIFICIA is a platform that connects art, music and artificial intelligence, fostering ethical and human-centred creative experimentation through research, events and artistic production. Currently, Artificia’s project ARS Gràcia is being showcased in the Barcelona Metro Station “Passeig de Gràcia”, providing an AI music experience to almost 25,000 urban transport users per day.
Collaborators
Kreomúsica | Fundació Barcelona Music Lab | Cátedra UAB-Crüilla
Kreomusica promotes, manages and produces cultural projects in which music is a central theme and a tool for social transformation and innovation (https://kreomusica.com/)
Barcelona Music Lab is a non-profit foundation that explores the future of music, researching, understanding, and developing its industry within the new digital society, with Barcelona as a benchmark. (https://bcnmusiclab.com/)
Cátedra UAB-Crüilla: The Chair “Cátedra UAB-Cruïlla” is public public-private partnership, in agreement from March 2024 to December 2026, with the aim of promoting state-of-the-art research in Artificial Intelligence (AI), within the context of Music and Arts in general. (https://catedrauabcruilla.cvc.uab.es/)
Support
Generalitat de Catalunya | European Union Next Generation Funds
Agenda
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Reception
Host: Artificia
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
ARTIFICIA - IIIA-CSIC, BMLab, Cátedra UAB-Crüilla
Host: Lissette Lemus
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Keynote: How is AI transforming the Creative Sector? Mapping of the AI for the
Host: Josep Mª Ganyet (TBC)
🕑: 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Panel discussion: Tools and perspectives on computational creativity: Sony CS
Host: Sony CSL
Info: Moderator: Marco Schorlemmer (IIIA-CSIC)
🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Coffee Break
🕑: 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Conference and demo: The HARMON.IA project presentation and use cases
Host: Nuria Andorrà
🕑: 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM
Discussion on best practices and ethical uses of technology in artistic creati
Host: Tim Cole (Intermorphic)
Info: Moderator: Pere Peries (Composer)
🕑: 01:30 PM
End of the event
Where is it happening?
Palau Macaya, 108 Passeig de Sant Joan, Barcelona, SpainEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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