June 5–6, 2026 · Nuremberg, Germany

AI Transparency Conference

AITC 2026 has concluded.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in Nuremberg — speakers, authors, reviewers, and attendees. This page remains online as an archive of the programme. Planning for AITC 2027 is underway.

cosponsored by

Keynote Speakers

Vera Schmitt

Research group lead
XplaiNLP Group, TU Berlin

Joel Z. Leibo

Senior staff research scientist
Google DeepMind

The AI Transparency Conference is an international research conference focused on advancing transparent and human-compatible AI systems. It brings together researchers working on interpretability, AI safety, control, and governance.

The 2026 edition was held on-site in Nuremberg over two days, bringing together PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and research institutes for three keynotes, ten paper talks, and two poster sessions. Attendance was free of charge.

When & Where It Took Place

Friday, June 5, 2026 12:00 – evening

Saturday, June 6, 2026 09:00 – evening

Südwestpark 97 · 90449 Nürnberg

See the full programme below.

Talk Recordings Full Programme AITC 2027

The conference addressed three core themes

Detect

Agent Behaviour & Collaboration

Methods for observing, measuring, and characterizing the behavior of autonomous AI agents, including multi-agent interactions and emergent collaboration patterns.

Understand

Transparency & Interpretability

Techniques for making AI decision-making processes legible to humans — from mechanistic interpretability to explanation interfaces and audit tools.

Control

AI Control & AI Safety

Frameworks and mechanisms for maintaining meaningful human oversight of AI systems, including alignment verification, safety testing, and governance protocols.

Schedule

Final programme for both days.

Friday, June 5, 2026 Final

12:00–13:00	Arrival & Reception
13:00–13:20	COAI Welcome & Opening Remarks
13:20–13:30	Organizing Team Introduction
13:30–13:40	Message from IASEAI
13:40–14:20	Keynote 1 Vera Schmitt — XplaiNLP Group, TU Berlin
14:20–14:40	Paper Talk “Counterfactual Preference Perturbation Localises Objective Misalignment in Multi-Agent LLM Negotiation” Dominic Behling
14:40–15:00	Paper Talk “Architecture as Governance: Why LLM Agents Need Structural Compliance Enforcement” Steffen Höpfner, Sigurd Schacht Recording coming soon
15:00–15:20	Paper Talk “Beyond Liars' Bench: The Impact of Lie Typology, Depth, and Sparsity on Deception Detection in LLMs” Amr Moustafa, Maximilian Feser, Florian Mai Recording coming soon
15:30–16:00	Coffee & Snacks
16:00–16:10	Message from APART
16:10–16:25	Paper Talk “Agreement is not Alignment: Divergent Moral Grounds in Human and LLM Ethical Judgments” Octavian M. Machidon et al.
16:25–16:45	Paper Talk “From Recognition to Refusal: Mapping Safety Formation Zones Across Model Architectures” Carsten Lanquillon, Sigurd Schacht
16:45–18:00	Poster Session
from 19:00	Networking

Saturday, June 6, 2026 Final

09:00–10:20	Arrival · Coffee, Snacks, Networking
10:20–11:05	Keynote 2 Yonatan Belinkov — Harvard & Technion Recording coming soon
11:05–11:50	Poster Session
11:50–12:10	Paper Talk “Organizational Integration of Autonomous, AI-Based Multi-Agent Systems: A Scenario Analysis” Sandra Kalogiannis
12:10–12:25	Group Photo
12:25–13:25	Lunch Break
13:25–14:10	Keynote 3 Joel Z. Leibo — Google DeepMind Recording coming soon
14:10–14:55	Poster Session
14:55–15:15	Paper Talk “Rethinking Red Teaming: There Is More To Agents Than LLMs” Thomas Wacker, Carsten Lanquillon, Sigurd Schacht
15:15–15:35	Paper Talk “The Arbiter Agent: Continually Monitoring Multi-Agent Conversations to Detect Emergent Misalignment” Filippo Tonini et al. Recording coming soon
15:35–16:05	Coffee & Snacks
16:05–16:25	Paper Talk “StreamFair: Online Fair Adaptation Under Temporal Intersectional Drift” Md Fahim Sikder, Ericka Johnson, Fredrik Heintz Recording coming soon
16:25–16:45	Paper Talk “Confirming Process, Missing Function: The Uninstrumented Oversight Layer in AI Transparency and Control Research” Brian Moriarty
16:45–17:15	Closing Session

Talk Recordings

Selected talks from AITC 2026.

Architecture as Governance: Why LLM Agents Need Structural Compliance Enforcement

Steffen Höpfner, Sigurd Schacht

Coming soon

Beyond Liars' Bench: The Impact of Lie Typology, Depth, and Sparsity on Deception Detection in LLMs

Amr Moustafa, Maximilian Feser, Florian Mai

Coming soon

Keynote — Yonatan Belinkov

Yonatan Belinkov — Harvard & Technion

Coming soon

Keynote — Joel Z. Leibo

Joel Z. Leibo — Google DeepMind

Coming soon

The Arbiter Agent: Continually Monitoring Multi-Agent Conversations to Detect Emergent Misalignment

Filippo Tonini, Federico Torrielli, Anton Danholt Lautrup, Peter Schneider-Kamp, Mustafa Mert Çelikok, Lukas Galke Poech

Coming soon

StreamFair: Online Fair Adaptation Under Temporal Intersectional Drift

Md Fahim Sikder, Ericka Johnson, Fredrik Heintz

Coming soon

More talks may follow. We are still collecting publication consent from the remaining speakers, and recordings are released here as they are cleared — it is worth checking back at a later point. Speakers with questions about their own recording are welcome to get in touch.

Call for Submissions

The call for AITC 2026 is closed. All submissions underwent double-blind peer review, and accepted papers are published in a peer-reviewed journal.

The entire submission and review process was handled through OpenReview. In line with our commitment to maximum transparency, all reviews, discussions, and decisions remain openly accessible on the platform.

Important Dates

Submission Opens (Extended Abstract)	February 23, 2026 (00:00 CET)
Submission Deadline (Extended Abstract)	April 30, 2026 (23:59 CET)
Author Notification	May 08, 2026 (23:59 CET)
Camera-Ready Deadline	May 29, 2026 (23:59 CET)
Conference	June 05/06, 2026

Author Guidelines Reviewer Guidelines Contact for Questions

Accepted papers are published in the AI Transparency Journal (AITJ) — our peer-reviewed, open-access journal for research on transparent and human-compatible AI.

New Voices Poster Session

Share Your Ongoing Research

About

The New Voices Poster Session offered researchers, students, and practitioners a low-threshold opportunity to present ongoing work at AITC 2026. Whether a semester project, thesis, or first industry results — anyone working on relevant topics could participate with a short abstract (200–400 words).

Schedule & Deadlines

Submissions Open	Immediately
Rolling Feedback	Within 3 days of submission
Submission Deadline	May 23, 2026
Final Notifications	May 26, 2026
Poster Session	June 06, 2026 (Saturday)

Review

Lightweight review (relevance, clarity, scientific potential)
No assessment of completeness of results — work in progress was explicitly welcome
Feedback on interim results and approaches

Benefits

Low barrier to entry — 200–400 word abstract, no finished results required
Fast feedback — response within 3 days
Expert feedback — review as constructive input on ongoing work
Visibility — poster presentation in front of an international specialist audience
Networking — direct exchange with researchers and practitioners from AI Safety, Interpretability and Governance
Free participation — no registration fee

Submissions Closed Contact for Questions

The New Voices poster session took place on June 6, 2026.

As AI systems become more capable and autonomous, the need for transparency has never been greater. Understanding how these systems behave, interpret information, and can be controlled is essential for building AI that is safe and aligned with human values.

The AI Transparency Conference provides a dedicated space for researchers to share findings, challenge ideas, and shape the future of transparent AI — together.