About
For CPDP, Privacy Salon and community radio station dublab team up for Avatar.fm, a temporary radio broadcasting live from CPDP on three consecutive 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.
Join us in conversations about the datafied world and AI related subjects, interwoven with DJ-sets by numerous dublab favourites live from the heart of CPDP. Reach out to info@privacysalon.org
Listen back:
Programme 2025
Avatar.fm 2025 was coördinated by Ferre Vander Elst & Tija Gruden from Privacy Salon and Joscha Creutzfeldt, Ruben Tsangaris and Julian Altmann from dublab
Pictures: Ruben Tsangaris for dublab
Wednesday 21/05
12:00 - 13:00 Easing in with the Avatar.fm team
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13:00 - 14:00 DJ Set: Mankiyan
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14:00 - 16:00 Content Cluster
Our Fight for ePrivacy & Data Protection
Anja Wyrobek & Itxaso Dominguez
Interview with artist aaajiao
By Jiao Feng & Ferre Vander Elst
Interview with Julia Keseru on Clinical AI Systems
By Tija Gruden
Societal & Economic Fairness in the Creative Industry in the Age of AI
Susannah Montgomery & Katja de Vries
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16:00 - 17:00 DJ Set: Luxxuryproblems
17:00 - 18:40 Content Cluster
Interview with Nathan Genicot on Social Scoring in the EU
By Ferre Vander Elst
ChatGPT & Mental Health
Gema FB Martín & Tija Gruden
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18:40 - 21:00 Soundtrack to a Networking Event with dublab DJ's
Thursday 22/05
12:00 - 13:00 Easing in & recap with the Avatar.fm team
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13:00 - 14:00 DJ Set: Joreng Boi
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14:00 - 16:00 Content Cluster
175Hz
Queenie F. Charles
Internet Shutdowns & Infrastructure Control in Gaza
Mais Qandeel & Fabio Cristiano
Interview with Maria Asensio Velasco on Children's Online Safety
By Carissa Anderson
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16:00 - 17:00 DJ Set: Ugne & Maria
17:00 - 18:40 Content Cluster
Leveraging an innovative pipeline to disrupt to AI overlords
Dasha Ilina & Marie Verdeil
Cyber Threat Landscapes
Laura Brodahl & Jan Ellerman
Recap of the day w/ Security Distillery
Flavio Piemontese & Oscar Slootweg
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18:40 - 19:30 Soundtrack to a Networking Event with dublab DJ's
Friday 23/05
12:00 - 13:00 Easing in & recap with the Avatar.fm team
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13:00 - 14:00 DJ Set: Munix
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14:00 - 16:00 Content Cluster
Interview with Oyidiya Oji Palino on Decolonising Technologies
By Tija Gruden
Interview with Adele Zeynep Walton on The Human Cost of Our Digital World
By Carissa Anderson
Data Dialogue on Biometric Surveillance & AI
Frederica Paolucci & Giovana Peluso Lopes
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16:00 - 17:00 DJ Set: Queen Paramount
17:00 - 17:30 Closing Remarks with the Avatar.fm team
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