How is AI made, experienced and practiced, and what does it mean for the way we live?
On 23 and 24 September, the DesCartes Program and CNRS@CREATE invite researchers, practitioners, students and members of the public to the DesCartes Humanities & Social Sciences Forum 2026 in Singapore. Across two days, the Forum will explore the human work, infrastructures, and social and political forces behind artificial intelligence, as well as its impact on care, education and everyday life in Asian cities.
The discussions will also examine what the Humanities and Social Sciences can contribute to the development and understanding of AI, bringing together different perspectives on a technology that is increasingly shaping our societies.
Day one | 23 September
The Work That Makes The Machine: A Symposium on the People and Production of Artificial Intelligence
10:00am–5:30pm
Pinnacle Room, Level 16, CREATE Tower
Day two | 24 September
Caring in the Smart City: AI, Education, and Everyday Life in Urbanizing Asia
9:30am–12:30pm
The Forum will close with a roundtable from 2:00pm to 3:00pm exploring the place of the Humanities and Social Sciences in AI research programmes.
📍 CREATE Tower, 1 Create Way, Singapore 138602