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AI for Crises and Emergencies: Understanding and Communicating Disasters
The Accademia delle Scienze di Torino and SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies), a scientific advisory body to the European Commission, are organizing the conference AI for Crises and Emergencies: Understanding and Communicating Disasters on Friday 12 June 2026, from 9:45 am to 1:00 pm.
The initiative aims to explore the role of artificial intelligence in emergency management, analysing how these technologies can contribute to improving the understanding of critical scenarios and the effectiveness of disaster communication, while also addressing ethical and methodological implications, including issues related to disinformation, algorithmic biases, and the reliability of AI systems.
The event will bring together scholars and researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds to discuss both the opportunities and the challenges related to the use of AI in crisis and emergency contexts. Among the speakers will also be Piero Boccardo, professor at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning-DIST at Politecnico di Torino.
Programme
For more information, please visit the dedicated website.
The initiative aims to explore the role of artificial intelligence in emergency management, analysing how these technologies can contribute to improving the understanding of critical scenarios and the effectiveness of disaster communication, while also addressing ethical and methodological implications, including issues related to disinformation, algorithmic biases, and the reliability of AI systems.
The event will bring together scholars and researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds to discuss both the opportunities and the challenges related to the use of AI in crisis and emergency contexts. Among the speakers will also be Piero Boccardo, professor at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning-DIST at Politecnico di Torino.
Programme
- 9:45 | Arrival, welcome remarks and introduction by the moderator Antonello Provenzale (Accademia delle Scienze di Torino)
- 10:00 | Tina Comes (German Aerospace Center), AI and Crisis Management: Understanding and Communicating Disasters - the SAPEA Report
- 10:30 | Remy Slama (École Normale Supérieure - PSL University Paris), Framing the Risks and Opportunities of AI Use in Crisis Management (Statement by the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors)
- 11:00 - 11:15 | Coffee break
- 11:15 | Piero Boccardo (Politecnico di Torino, ITHACA and Urban Lab Torino), From Earth Observation to Action: AI, Space Data, and Foundation Models for Next-Generation Emergency Management
- 11:45 | Thomas Kox (SAPEA Working Group Member on “AI for Crisis Management”)
- 12:15 | Emilija Stojmenova (University of Ljubljana, former Minister of Digital Transformation of the Republic of Slovenia)
- 12:45 | Final remarks
For more information, please visit the dedicated website.
12 June 2026 at 9,45 am
Sala Vallauri - Accademia delle Scienze - entrance in Via Maria Vittoria 3, Torino