Thought provoking panel on Socio-ethical Dilemmas in Healthcare and Hype. Excellent presentations by Thomas Tsakalakis, Gili Yaron and Violet Petit-Steeghs, Sofie Kronberger, Albina Abzalova, and Roanne van Voorst, Ph.D. who also, masterfully, chaired the session.

💮Keynote time💮
🔥Excited to close the first day of our conference with a talk by the amazing Gemma Milne on 'Hype and the Age of Badness'🔥
Opening by our Dani Shanley!

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Fantastic panel today on 'AI Hype: Between Power and Resistance' with amazing contributions by Kat Fuller, @danmk.bsky.social, Tianqi Kou, Dana Calacci, Nasser Eledroos, and Jacek Mańko who also acted as stellar chair, debating power across multiple themes, from anti-trans hype to AGI!

Hosted by Ezequiel Soriano, greetings from our Shitpublishing Workshop! 'Nuff said.

A very special applause for our group's rising star Isa Luiten! Isa not only presented her amazing work on NewSpace and Hype from her forthcoming Thesis, but is also our tireless research assistant, keeping the Hype Studies group and conference in place. Thank you, Isa!

We are most honoured to host our book launch event for Neil Pollock and Robin Williams's deeply anticipated 'After Hype'!

We were really honoured to see a full room and so many online attendees at our conference's Opening session. Picture 4: what our audience is presently hyped about 😊😊

Final preparations for our conference! 🎩
We are tremendously excited to welcome all participants in-person and online tomorrow for the first conference on Hype Studies! The time has come 😊😊
Wishing safe travels to all those who are joining us from afar!

Join the Keynote Talk at the Conference on Hype Studies with Gemma Milne!
📅 September 10, 2025
🕓 17:00 – 18:30 (Barcelona time)

The attendance is free, but prior registration is required via the following link:

We’re excited to share the final programme for the first Hype Studies Conference: (Don’t) Believe the Hype?!

📅 10–12 September 2025
📍 Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
🌐 Fully hybrid & free

👉 Full schedule:
hypestudies.org/media/pages/...

👉 All speakers & abstracts:
hypestudies.org/media/pages/...