On 29 April 2026, the D.A.R. Continuum Conference will take place at CIIRC CTU in the RICAIP Testbed Prague facilities. The event will run from 9:00 to 17:30. The conference will focus on the relationship between data, artificial intelligence, automation, and robotics.
The aim of the conference is to explore how open and FAIR data, process automation, robotic systems, and artificial intelligence interact and influence one another. These domains increasingly form a continuum in which data infrastructures evolve into algorithmic intelligence and ultimately materialize in autonomous and robotic systems operating within human social environments.
The program will provide space for interdisciplinary dialogue among researchers, R&D professionals, policymakers, funding providers, and the broader expert community. Discussions will focus particularly on how AI-based technologies are transforming knowledge production, data governance, and responsibility in the era of open science and autonomous systems.
Special attention will also be given to emerging concepts such as self-driving laboratories, where experimental automation, data infrastructures, and AI are integrated into fully autonomous research processes.
The D.A.R. Continuum Conference is primarily intended for:
- researchers and academic staff
- research and development professionals
- public policy makers
- research funding providers
- other members of the professional and broader public interested in the topic
The working language of the conference will be English.
The event is held under the auspices of the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Registration
Those interested in attending can register through the registration form.
Preliminary Program
(The program will be continuously updated.)
8:30–9:00
Participant registration
9:00–9:20
Opening remarks
Representative of the Scientific Council of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Vladimír Mařík (CIIRC CTU)
9:20–10:45
Science for AI and AI for Science
Discussion with:
Martin Víta (Institute of Computer Science, CAS)
Jan Šedivý (CIIRC CTU)
10:45–11:15
Coffee break
11:15–12:30
The Continuum Linking Data, AI, and Autonomous Systems
Short presentations and discussion moderated by Alena Nováková (CIIRC CTU)
Speakers:
Tilman Becker – RICAIP (CIIRC)
Zdeněk Hanzálek – OP JAK project ROBOPROX (CIIRC CTU)
Petr Kadera – Intelligent Systems Department (CIIRC CTU)
Vladimír Petřík – ELLIOT project (CIIRC CTU)
12:30–13:30
Lunch
13:30–15:30
From Research Labs and Offices to the Semantic Web and Self-Driving Systems
Keynote speakers:
Patrick Lambrix (Linköping University)
Maciej Haranczyk (IMDEA Madrid)
Panel discussion moderated by Marek Cebecauer (J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry) with the keynote speakers and:
Michal Tarana (J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry) – From lab desk to the repository – and Knowledge Graphs
Jan Kočí (Technical University of Liberec) – FAIR Data for Industry
Jakub Klímek (Charles University) – Semantic Puzzle for the 21st Century
15:30–16:00
Coffee break
16:00–17:20
Responsible Research and Data Production in the Age of AI
17:20–17:30
Closing remarks
Patrik Španěl (Academic Council of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
Ondřej Velek (CIIRC CTU)
17:30 – 20:00
Networking reception
Participants:
Jan Zeman – Vice-Rector for Science, Research and Doctoral Studies (CTU)
Michaela Liegertová (UJEP & TAH)
Jaroslav Anděl – curator, conceptual artist
Czech Academy of Sciences, the OP JAK AMULET Project, and CIIRC CTU, with support from the RICAIP, ROBOPROX, and ELLIOT projects.
Held under the auspices of the Scientific Council of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
In cooperation with the program AI: Artificial Intelligence for Science and Society, ACADEMIX, TAH – Centre for Innovation in Technology, Arts and Humanities, and the Open Science Department – Library of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Media partners: Vědavýzkum.cz portal, Vesmír magazine, and Academix revue.
17:30–20:00
Networking reception
