June 22, 2026
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome and workshop goals
09:15 - 09:40 Keynote speaker: "Professor Ole Sejer Iversen: From AI Literacy to Computational Empowerment: Growing Communities, Not Just Competencies"
09:40 - 10:00 Keynote speaker: "Dr. Karl-Emil Kjær Bilstrup: ULTRA:BYTES: Developing AI Literacy Across School, Family, and Media"
10:00 - 10:30 Activity 1: Mapping AI Literacy Challenges as Community Empowerment Opportunities
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 Participant lightning talks
11:00 - 11:07 From Safety to Literacy: Autonoming as a Framework for Community-Centered AI Literacy By Mennatullah Hendawy and Magy Seif el Nasr
11:07 - 11:15 What school staff need from AI literacy: Differentiated concerns across professional roles By Sarah Turner
11:15 - 11:22 HeyStori: Reframing AI as a Collaborative Tool for Children’s AI Literacy By Jen Poulton
11:22 - 11:30 Beyond Individual AI Literacy: A Community-Driven Approach to Critical AI Literacy for Children By Mike Ligthart and Jelte van Waterschoot
11:30 - 12:00 Activity 2: From Research Contributions to Community-Centered AI Literacy Interventions
12:00 - 12:20 Activity 3: Co-Creating Timeless Principles for Growing Up with AI
12:20 - 12:30 Closing discussion and next steps
All in Greenwich Mean Time (UK Time).
Registration will open soon!
In-person participation: https://idc.acm.org/2026/
Online participation: [Link will be posted soon]
Zoom information is provided automatically upon registration. For questions regarding online participation, please contact Elmira Yadollahi at e.yadollahi@lancaster.ac.uk