AI’s environmental impacts - where do we go from here?
Conference
As part of the 2025-2026 Chair on AI and Social Justice - Fondation Abeona / ENS / Obvia / Université Laval, the chair holder, Dr Sasha Luccioni is organizing a conference at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris on June 9th, 2026. This event convenes stakeholders from across the world working on this topic – from the researchers developing new evaluation methods, to the companies deploying these systems in real life, and the public organizations moving the needle on regulation and standardization.
The conference will feature 4 keynotes that span all phases in the AI value chain, from hardware and energy to models and regulation, as well as a series of panels that will address the most crucial topics today: where is AI research going, and does it still need more energy? How can we account for its economic and social impacts? And what is the place of activists and policymakers in this fast paced reality?
Programme
9:00 : Opening remarks : Sasha Luccioni
9:20 - 9:50 : Keynote 1
Emma Strubell (Carnegie Mellon University)
10:00 - 10:45 : Current and future trends in ML research
- Philippe Cordier - Capgemini
- Vincent Poncet - Google
- Bertrand Charpentier - Pruna AI
- Moderator: Nidhal Jegham (SAIG)
10:45 - 11:00 : Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 : Conceptual definitions and indirect impacts
- Ismael Velasco - Adora Foundation
- Theophile Lenoir - ENS
- Alex de Vries-Gao - Vrie Universitet Amsterdam
- Moderator: James Martin (Better Tech)
11:50 - 12:20 : Keynote 2
Sophia Falk (University of Bonn)
12:30 - 14:00 : Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 : Role of Governments and Grassroots Activists
- Mathieu Wellhoff - ADEME
- Sara Marcucci - AI Planetary Justice Alliance
- Charline Meyer- EcoLab
- Moderator: Theo Alves (Ekimetrics)
14:50 - 15:20 : Keynote 3
Siddharth Singh (IEA)
15:30 - 16:00 : Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30 : Keynote 4
Philipp Hacker (European New School Berlin)
16:30 - 17:15 : Closing Panel : Where do we go from here ?
- Emma Strubell - Carnegie Mellon University
- Siddharth Singh - IEA
- Philipp Hacker - European New School
- Sophia Falk - University of Bonn
- Moderator : Boris Gamazaychikov (SAIG)
17:15 - 17:30 : Closing Remarks
Sasha Luccioni
Further details regarding speakers, panels, and logistics will be communicated progressively as the final program is confirmed.
Mis à jour le 28/5/2026