WOA 2026, the 27th Workshop
From Objects to Agents 

Organising Committee

General Chair
Lidia Fotia, University of Salerno, Italy

Program Chairs
Rosario Gaeta, University of Salerno, Italy

Valentina Pitoni, University of L'Aquila, Italy

Local Organization Chair
TBA

Technical Program Committee

Andrea Agiollo, TU Delft, Netherlands

Gianluca Aguzzi, University of Bologna, Italy 

Matteo Baldoni, University of Torino, Italy

Cristina Baroglio, University of Torino, Italy

Federico Bergenti, University of Parma, Italy

Francesco Bertolotti, LIUC, Italy

Elenagiovanna Bignami, University of Parma, Italy

Daniela Briola, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy

Samuele Burattini, University of Bologna, Italy

Gabriele Buriola, University of Verona, Italy

Giacomo Cabri, Università of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Filippo Cantucci, ISTC-CNR, Italy

Cristiano Castelfranchi, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Italy

Claudia Cavallaro, University of Catania, Italy

Antonio Chella, University of Palermo, Italy

Massimo Cossentino, National Research Council of Italy, Italy

Stefania Costantini, Università of L'Aquila, Italy

Berardina Nadja De Carolis, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

Giovanni De Gasperis, DISIM, University of L'Aquila, Italy

Lorenzo De Lauretis, University of L'Aquila, Italy

Pierangelo Dell'Acqua, Likoping University, Sweden

Enrico Denti, University of Bologna, Italy

Davide Domini, University of Bologna, Italy

Rino Falcone, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies-CNR, Italy

Angelo Ferrando, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Andrea Formisano, Università di Udine, Italy

Andrea Gatti, University of Genova, Italy

Paolo Giorgini, University of Trento, Italy

Eleonora Iotti, University of Parma, Italy

Domenico Lofù, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy

Marco Loaiza, University of Calabria, Italy

Gianfranco Lombardo, Università of Parma, Italy

Francesco Longo, University of Messina, Italy

Elisa Marengo, University of Torino, Italy

Stefano Mariani, Università of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Viviana Mascardi, University of Genova, IT, Italy

Lara Mauri, University of Milan, Italy

Fabrizio Messina, University of Catania, Italy

Stefania Monica, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Marianna Nicolosi-Asmundo, University of Catania, Italy

Andrea Omicini, University of Bologna, Italy

Paolo Pagliuca, CNR - Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Italy

Alessandro Ricci, University of Bologna, Italy

Domenico Rosaci, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy

Silvia Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Luca Sabatucci, ICAR-CNR, Italy

Federico Sabbatini, University of Urbino, Italy

Daniele Francesco Santamaria, University of Catania, Italy

Corrado Santoro, University of Catania, Italy

Federico Fausto Santoro, University of Catania, Italy

Alessandro Sapienza, ISTC-CNR, Italy

Giovanni Sartor, EUI/CIRSFID, Italy

Giuseppe Maria Luigi Sarne', University of Milano Bicocca, Italy

Claudio Savaglio, University of Calabria, Italy

Valeria Seidita, University of Palermo, Italy

Christel Sirocchi, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Stefano Tedeschi, University of Valle d'Aosta - Université de la Vallée d'Aoste, Italy

Michele Tomaiuolo, University of Parma, Italy

Pierluigi Vellucci, Roma Tre University, Italy

Mirko Viroli, University of Bologna, Italy

Elena Yan, Mines Saint-Étienne, France