Fantastic Futures
September 15-17, 2026

AI4LAM Fantastic Futures

Fantastic Futures is an international conference series organized by AI4LAM as one of the most important global events at the intersection of AI and cultural heritage, shaping how memory institutions adapt to rapidly evolving technologies while maintaining public trust.

Who Attends

It brings together professionals, researchers, technologists, and cultural‑heritage institutions to explore how AI can support organizational workflows, users services and data preservation, access, discovery, as well as innovation in the cultural‑heritage sector:

• Librarians, archivists, museum professionals and all other GLAM enthusiasts
• Technologists working on cultural‑heritage applications, AI researchers and developers
• Digital humanists, researchers of cultural heritage
• University professors, students, and libfrarians
• Policy and ethics experts, governmental employees
• Strategic leaders and innovation managers

Purpose and Themes

The conference focuses on Member Organizations, community participation, and professional innovation in fields as:

• Ethical and trustworthy adoption of AI
• Sharing knowledge, tools, research, and case studies
• Education and training, including hands‑on workshop participation
• Building international collaboration and advancing cross‑sectoral development
• Exploring future‑oriented technologies that support cultural memory work

Explore previous Fantastic Futures conferences 2018 – 2025

Explore Fantastic Futures 2025 – FF2025:

• Conference repository: https://doi.org/10.23636/54k0-ny43 
• Full conference programme available via ConfTool
• Recordings of Thursday & Friday available via the AI4LAM YouTube channel

Explore Fantastic Futures 2026 – FF2026:

• Call for proposals
• Submission instructions

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