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For CPDP 2026, Avatar.fm is teaming up with Brussels based community radio station GIMIC to present a temporary radio broadcasting live during the conference days.
Giving a voice to the young and new generation of privacy, data protection, AI, and computer scientist heads, Avatar.fm amplifies stories and testimonials of students, junior researchers, artists and activists. The content is brought to you in different 15-30 minute conversational formats and other still unknown interactions.
You’re welcome to join us in conversations about the datafied world and AI related subjects, interwoven with live music sets by numerous GIMIC favourites live from the heart of CPDP. If you’re interested in being part of the Avatar.fm program, reach out to us: info@privacysalon.org
Programme 2026
Avatar.fm 2026 is coördinated by Ferre Vander Elst & Tammo De Vries from Privacy Salon and Arthur Van Craen, Robin Feron, Dylan Tihon & Samuel Goldbourne from Gimic.
Wednesday 20/05
12:00 - 13:00 Easing in w/ Avatar.fm team
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13:00 - 14:00 DJ Set: VCR
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14:00 - 16:00 Content Cluster
Social Media Ban in Europe from the perspective of youth
w/ 5Rights youth ambassador
Children’s use of GenAI
w/ Emma Aldibs
Gender Based Violence Online & Digital Care Networks
w/ Giulia Campaioli & Luisa Franco Machado
Data Dialogue
w/ unknown
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16:00 - 17:00 DJ Set: djfroggy69
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17:00 - 18:00 Content Cluster
About the Fediverse
w/ Konstantin Macher & Jan Penfrat
Digital Intimacy & Femtech
w/ Ana Ornelas & Marie Kochsiek
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18:00 – 18:30 Closing Remarks w/ The Security Distillery
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18:30 - 19:30 Soundtrack to a Networking Event w/ Avatar.fm DJ's
Thursday 21/05
12:00 - 13:00 Easing in w/ the Avatar.fm team
IV – Deconstructing Cloud Control w/ Cecilia Rikap
Digital Detox Meditation w/ Marit Hoefsloot
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13:00 - 14:00 Live Set: Alina Rov
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14:00 - 16:00 Content Cluster (Project SENTIMENT):
Voice Cloning - Sound Piece
w/ Bob Döring
Intimacy, Trust & Control
w/ Joel Baumann, Laura Därr, Jessica Szczuka, Lisa Mühl
Data Sonification about the Psychological Effects of AI Usage - Sound Piece
w/ Fabian Gimpel
The Outer Limits - Audio Essay
w/ Elko Braas
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16:00 - 17:00 Live Set: Shoko Igarashi
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17:00 - 18:15 Content Cluster
Spyware Bias - the security shortfall in Norms-Based Governance
w/ Mia Vybranovska & Lori Roussey
About the danger of Chatbots & Image Generated abuse
w/ Marie Seck & Julie Luebke
Between Dependency and Autonomy: What Digital Sovereignty Means in Practice
w/ Jonathan Rutschinski, Joel Baumann & Christian Geminn
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18:15 – 18:30 Closing Remarks w/ Avatar.fm team
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18:30 - 19:30 Soundtrack to a Networking Event w/ Avatar.fm DJ's
Friday 22/05
12:00 - 13:00 Easing in w/ The Security Distillery
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13:00 - 14:00 DJ Set: cs/z
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14:00 - 16:00 Content Cluster
NGO's in EU-funded Innovation
w/ Law & Internet Foundation
Feminist Futures - Data & Power
w/ Sruthi Vanguri, Sophie Luise Feith & Sarah Zadeh
Live Coding session
w/ Erwin Hoogerwoord
TBA
w/ tba
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16:00 - 17:00 DJ Set: aminabonthebeat
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17:00 - 18:00 Content Cluster
Hack the System (music & poetry performance)
w/ Izadora
Authoritarian Regimes & Manipulative Digital Systems
w/ Tatsiana Ashurkevich
Console Talk
w/ The Security Distillery
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18:00 – 18:30 Closing Remarks w/ Avatar.fm team
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