Forum on Innovation in Music, Stage Arts and Entertainment

InMuse

M. Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (Gedimino pr. 51), Conference Hall

AI, Authorship, Agency
Wednesday, April 9, 2025

9.30

Introductions and welcome

Ramunė Balevičiūtė, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Vice-Rector for Art and Science, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Mantautas Krukauskas, Assoc. Prof.
Composer, Head of Music Innovation Studies Centre, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Patrick Cohendet, Prof. Dr.
Full Professor, Co-Director of Mosaic Creativity and Innovation Hub, HEC Montréal (Canada)

9.35

AI, Authorship & Agency

Palle Dahlstedt, Prof. Dr. 
Composer, Full Professor, Interaction Design, University of Gothenburg (Sweden)

10.30

AI & Video Art

Rimas Sakalauskas 
Media Artist
with Mantautas Krukauskas

11.00

AI & Musical Creation

Anders Tveit, Assoc. Prof. 
Composer, Sound Artist, Norwegian Academy of Music (Norway)

11.30

Coffee break

11.50

CreActivity

Caitlan Maggs
Creative Director, Creativity Training Expert at Cirque du Soleil for 20+ years (Canada)

12.30

AI & Opera

Ana Ablamonova, 
Producer, CEO Operomanija
Mykolas Natalevičius, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Composer, Head of Lithuanian Composers Union

with Mantautas Krukauskas

13.00

Discussion on AI, Authorship and Agency

Moderated by Bruno Pereira, Assoc. Prof. Dr. 
Singer, Researcher, Head of Master in Sound Arts, School of Music and Performing Arts ESMAE P.PORTO (Portugal)
with Palle Dahlstedt, Rimas Sakalauskas, Anders Tveit, Ana Ablamonova, Mykolas Natalevičius, and Mantautas Krukauskas
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, New Campus (Olandų g. 21A), Cinema Hall

AI, Creative Ecosystems, Entrepreneurship
Thursday, April 10, 2025

9.30

AI & Creative Ecosystems

Patrick Cohendet, Prof. Dr. 
Full Professor, Co-Director of Mosaic Creativity and Innovation Hub, HEC Montréal (Canada)

10.30

AI & Innovation
Empowering Creative and Traditional Industries through Emerging Technologies

Bérengère Fally 
Innovation Leader, CrossTechXperience Interreg project, Technocité (Belgium)

11.00

AI & Cross-Fertilization

Manel González-Piñero, Prof. Dr. 
Head of Innovation at CREB UPC, professor of Economics Faculty of the University of Barcelona and at the ESMUC (Catalonia, Spain)

11.30

Coffee break

12.00

CreActivity

Caitlan Maggs
Creative Director, Creativity Training Expert at Cirque du Soleil for 20+ years (Canada)

12.30

AI & Content in ArtTech ecosystems
Problem maker or …?

Agnesta Filatovė 
CEO and co-founder of ArtTech Agency Lithuania
Darius Vizbaras
Creative Director, CEO and founder of KOSMOS THEATRE

13.00

Discussion on AI and Creative Ecosystems

Moderated by Daina Urbanavičienė 
Cultural Entrepreneur, Head of Management Department, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
with Patrick Cohendet, Bérengère Fally, Vytis Puronas, Manel González-Piñero, Agnesta Filatovė, Darius Vizbaras
National Museum Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (Katedros a. 4), Event Hall

AI, Authorship, Copyright
Friday, April 11, 2025

9.30

AI & Autorship

Mantautas Krukauskas, Assoc. Prof. 
Composer, Head of Music Innovation Studies Centre, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

Matas Samulionis
Artist Researcher, Doctoral Candidate, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

10.30

AI & Music Production

Daniel Abraham Basse 
Singer, Songwriter, Music Producer (Denmark, Spain)
Raminta Naujanytė-Bjelle
Composer, Singer, Songwriter, Member of the Council of the Association LATGA

11.30

Coffee break

12.00

CreActivity

Caitlan Maggs
Creative Director, Creativity Training Expert at Cirque du Soleil for 20+ years (Canada)

12.30

AI & Legislation

Ingrida Radovič 
Copyright Expert, Head of Arts Department at the Association LATGA

13.00

Discussion on AI and Author’s Rights

Moderated by Mantautas Krukauskas  
with Daniel Abraham Basse, Raminta Naujanytė-Bjelle, Ingrida Radovič, Matas Samulionis, Agnė Mikštienė
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, New Campus (Olandų g. 21A), Theatre Hall

AI, Ethics, Future
Saturday, April 12, 2025

9.30

Human-Algorithm Symbiosis, Digital Prosthesis?

Jan Schacher, Prof. Dr. 
Composer, Full Professor, Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki (Finland)

10.30

Evolving Artistic Intelligence

Florin Gabor 
Creative Director, notable projects include Academy Awards, Activision, Blizzard, Bungie, Cirque du Soleil, Mattel, Microsoft, Nickelodeon, Ubisoft, Universal Studios among others (Canada)

11.30

Coffee break

12.00

Exploring Uncanny Valley

Mantautas Krukauskas, Assoc. Prof. 
Composer, Head of Music Innovation Studies Centre, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

12.30

AI Hauntography

Nicola Privato 
Composer, Researcher, Intelligent Instruments Lab (Iceland, Italy)

13.00

Closing Discussion

Moderated by Theodore Parker, Dr. 
Improviser, Researcher, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (Estonia)

with Jan Schacher, Florin Gabor, Mantautas Krukauskas, Nicola Privato, Palle Dahlstedt

14.00

Final Creativity

Caitlan Maggs
Creative Director, Creativity Training Expert at Cirque du Soleil for 20+ years (Canada)

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