WIRE Summit 2026
13th April
09.00 - 10.00 PhD breakfast cafe
Moderator: Martina Mullaney
Location: Z.0.3
Target group: PhD candidates/ Preregistration
10.00 - 20.00 Artistic Research Focus
10.00 - 10.15 DOCTUS - part I | Opening session & welcome notes
Victor Flores and Manuel José Damásio
Location: Z.0.3
Target group: PhD candidates/ Preregistration
10.15 - 11.15 DOCTUS - part I | Keynote session (+ Q&A) | “En pleine continuation d’intervalle”: Jules-Etienne Marey, chronophotographer and decadent
Bénédicte Coste (Université de Bourgogne Europe)
Location: Z.0.3
Target group: PhD candidates/ Preregistration
11.15 - 11.45 Coffee
Location: TBA
11.45 - 12.45 DOCTUS - part I | Keynote session (+ Q&A) | Salomé and the Symbolism of Decadence
Jane Desmarais (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Location: Z.0.3
Target group: PhD candidates/ Preregistration
12.45 - 14.15 LUNCH
Location: TBA
14.15 - 16.30 DOCTUS - part I | Workshop | Decadence and AI: Hallucinate the Machine
Moderators: Catarina Patrício, Manuel Pita (Lusófona University)
Location: Z.0.3
Target group: PhD candidates/ Preregistration
16.30 - 17.00 Coffee
Location: TBA
17.00 - 20.30 DOCTUS - part I | Decadent Film Club
Introduction by Jessica Gossling, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Film 1: Salome (1923), dir. by Charles Bryant (72 mins)
- Film 2: Salome’s Last Dance (1988), dir. by Ken Russell (86 minutes)
- Films discussion with Jessica Gossling
Location: Fernando Lopes Movie Theatre
Target group: PhD candidates/ Preregistration
20.30 DINNER TBC
Location: TBA
14th April
9.30 - 10.30 DOCTUS - part II | Keynote session (+ Q&A) | Responsible Fashion: How sustainability approaches are changing the fashion industries
Giovanni Maria Conti (Politecnico di Milano)
Location: Z.0.3
Target group: PhD candidates/ Preregistration
10.30 - 11.45 Coffee + Fashion Performance
Location: Z.0.3
Target group: PhD candidates/ Preregistration
11.45 - 13.00 DOCTUS - part II | Workshop | Decadence and AI: Hallucinate the Machine
Moderators: Catarina Patrício, Manuel Pita (Lusófona University)
Location: Z.0.3
Target group: PhD candidates/ Preregistration
13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH
Location: TBA
14.00 - 15.30 DOCTUS - part II | Workshop | Decadence and AI: Hallucinate the Machine (cont.)
Moderators: Catarina Patrício, Manuel Pita (Lusófona University)
Location: Z.0.3
Target group: PhD candidates/ Preregistration
15.30 - 15.45 Coffee
Location: TBA
15.45 - 19.00 DOCTUS - part II | Decadent Film Club: Film screenings
- 15.45 | 17.10 Film 3: Belladonna of Sadness (1973), dir. by Eiichi Yamamoto (86 minutes)
- 17.10 | 17.20 Ten-minute comfort break
- 17.20 | 18.00 Film 4: Inauguration of the pleasure dome (1954), dir. by Kenneth Anger (38 mins)
- 18.00 | 18.30 Film discussion with Jessica Gossling
- 19.00 | 20:00 Guided visit ARE – Artistic Research Exhibition
Location: Fernando Lopes Theatre
Target group: PhD candidates/ Preregistration
15th April
9.00 - 10.00 Keynote Session with Paul Seawright
Presenter: TBA
Location: Fernando Lopes Movie Theatre
Target group: all community
10.00 - 10.30 RAI Exercise
Presenter: Manuel José Damásio
Location: Fernando Lopes Movie Theatre
Target group: all staff
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee
Location: TBA
11.00 - 11.30 Launch of the REASSESS Toolkit
Presenter: TBA
Location: Fernando Lopes Movie Theatre
Target group: all staff
11.30 - 12.00 Presentation of HRS4R key actions
Presenter: TBA
Location: Fernando Lopes Movie Theatre
Target group: all staff
12.00 - 13.00 LUNCH
Location: TBA
13.00 - 15.00 Research Seminar I (presentations)
Moderators: Lies and Martina Mullaney
Location: Fernando Lopes Movie Theatre
Target group: all community
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee
Location: TBA
15.30 - 18.30 Research Seminar II (presentations)
Moderator: Martina Mullaney
Location: Fernando Lopes Movie Theatre
Target group: PhD candidates/ Preregistration
16th April
9.00 - 11.00 IMAGINARIUM (topic: the usage of WIRE HUB Labs and AR Labs)
Organiser: WP9 (and WP5)
Location: Fernando Lopes Movie Theatre
Target group: WP5 and WP9 and project leads and/or PMO (at least 1 person from each partner who is related to the labs)
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee
Location: TBA
11.30 - 13.00 Workshop on the role of metadata in doing artistic research
Trainer: Andres Kõnno
Location: Fernando Lopes Movie Theatre
Target group: PhD candidates
13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH
Location: TBA
14.00 - 15.30 Collegium
Trainer: TBA
Location: Fernando Lopes Movie Theatre
Target group: all staff/ Preregistration
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee
Location: TBA
16.00 - 18.30 Collegium
Trainer: TBA
Location: Fernando Lopes Movie Theatre
Target group: all staff/ Preregistration