Keynote sessions including Khairani Barokka’s performance (keynote presentation) from Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation will be live-streamed via Microsoft Teams on 1–2 October 2026.

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All times are shown in British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1).
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Day 1 – Thursday 1 October 2026

09:00–10:00 BST

Keynote 1: Eva Meijer

‘The Politics of Translating Animal Languages’


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16:40–17:40 BST

Keynote 2: Ursula Heise

‘Aliens, Animals and AI’


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19:00–20:00 BST

Keynote Presentation: Khairani Barokka

‘On Oceanic Terms, On Memory’s Conditions’


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Day 2 – Friday 2 October 2026

09:30–10:30 BST

Keynote 3: César Rodríguez-Garavito

‘Listening to our Animal Kin: Opportunities, Risks, and Guardrails in AI-Assisted Animal Communication Studies’


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13:20–14:20 BST

Keynote 4: Şebnem Susam-Saraeva

‘Reconceptualising Reciprocity in Interspecies Communication: A posthuman and Eco/feminist Translation Ethics’


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