Research and Educational Advancements
in Culture and Technology
Call for Proposals
Submission Deadline: July 6, 2025
Aims and scope
We are living through a pivotal moment when technology is not only transforming industries, but reshaping the very foundations of how culture is produced, shared, and experienced.
This convergence of culture and technology is reshaping creative processes, audience relationships, and the boundaries of expression.
This convergence of culture and technology is reshaping creative processes, audience relationships, and the boundaries of expression.
It is a moment that demands critical attention, inspires innovative thinking, and urges us to collaboratively act—and ultimately, to react.
This transformation extends beyond new tools — it represents a structural shift affecting economic models, social dynamics, and communities worldwide.
From generative AI's impact to digital cultural preservation challenges, these developments raise urgent questions about ethics, access, value, and sustainability. They demand interdisciplinary research spanning humanities, technology, economics, law, and education.
Despite culture's essential role in identity, cohesion, and innovation, it is notably absent from global frameworks like the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This omission marks a missed opportunity. When combined with technology, cultural innovation can drive sustainable production models, shift consumption paradigms, and foster inclusive economic development.
At the core of this shift is culttech, the emerging field where culture, creativity, and technological innovation meet.
From generative AI's impact to digital cultural preservation challenges, these developments raise urgent questions about ethics, access, value, and sustainability. They demand interdisciplinary research spanning humanities, technology, economics, law, and education.
Despite culture's essential role in identity, cohesion, and innovation, it is notably absent from global frameworks like the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This omission marks a missed opportunity. When combined with technology, cultural innovation can drive sustainable production models, shift consumption paradigms, and foster inclusive economic development.
At the core of this shift is culttech, the emerging field where culture, creativity, and technological innovation meet.
Culttech is not merely a trend but a strategic arena for shaping the future: economically, socially, and ethically.
The REACT conference invites researchers, educators, cultural practitioners, technologists, and policymakers to contribute to a vital dialogue — exploring new methodologies, frameworks, and models for understanding and guiding this transformation.
The following topics serve as a starting point for exploration.
Art
AI, Digital Transformation, and the Future of Artistic Practice
Exploring how emerging technologies are reshaping artistic creation, distribution, engagement, and authorship across diverse cultural forms.
Exploring how emerging technologies are reshaping artistic creation, distribution, engagement, and authorship across diverse cultural forms.
Philosophy
Epistemologies and Ethics in the Culture–Technology Convergence
Examining creativity, authorship, presence, and identity in the digital age, and addressing ethical issues of algorithmic culture and AI-mediated expression.
Examining creativity, authorship, presence, and identity in the digital age, and addressing ethical issues of algorithmic culture and AI-mediated expression.
Technology
Shaping Technology Through Cultural Values and Creative Input
Investigating how cultural contexts and artistic experimentation inform the development, design, and ethics of emerging technologies.
Investigating how cultural contexts and artistic experimentation inform the development, design, and ethics of emerging technologies.
Education
Integrating Creative Technologies in Interdisciplinary Education
New approaches to teaching the critical, creative, and technical skills needed to navigate the evolving culture-tech landscape.
New approaches to teaching the critical, creative, and technical skills needed to navigate the evolving culture-tech landscape.
Policy
Cultural Governance in the Age of Technological Convergence
Frameworks and strategies for inclusive, ethical, and future-oriented regulation at the intersection of cultural and technological innovation.
Frameworks and strategies for inclusive, ethical, and future-oriented regulation at the intersection of cultural and technological innovation.
Economics
Innovative Economies at the Culture–Technology Interface
Examining new models of cultural entrepreneurship, sustainable value creation, and the commodification of creative output in digital ecosystems.
Examining new models of cultural entrepreneurship, sustainable value creation, and the commodification of creative output in digital ecosystems.
Cognition
Digital Culture and the Human Mind
Exploring the cognitive, psychological, and perceptual implications of immersive media, generative AI, and hybrid cultural experiences.
Exploring the cognitive, psychological, and perceptual implications of immersive media, generative AI, and hybrid cultural experiences.
Submissions
We welcome submissions of the following formats
- PanelsThematic sessions with multiple presentations on a shared topic; can be disciplinary-specific but not exclusively.
- Round-tablesInterdisciplinary discussions focused on one question, fostering diverse perspectives.
- PostersVisual presentations showcasing research findings, projects, or case studies in an interactive format.
Proposal Requirements
Panel proposals:
- Panel Title: Clear and descriptive title reflecting the session's focus
- Panel Description: 500–750 words outlining the topic, objectives, and relevance to the REACT conference
- Presenter Information: Names, affiliations, and brief biographical details for 3-4 presenters
- Individual Abstracts: 250–300 words for each presentation, detailing specific research questions, methodologies, and key findings or arguments
Roundtable proposals:
- Roundtable Title: Clear and descriptive title reflecting the central discussion question
- Discussion Overview: 400–600 words outlining the core question, its significance to the REACT conference, discussion objectives, and format structure
- Participant Information: Names, affiliations, and brief biographical details for 4-6 participants representing diverse disciplinary perspectives
- Individual Position Statements: 100–150 words for each participant, outlining their unique perspective, expertise, and contribution to the central question
Poster proposals:
- Poster Title: Clear and descriptive title reflecting the research or project focus
- Abstract: 250–300 words summarizing the research question, methodology, key findings, and relevance to the REACT conference
Reviewing policy
All submissions will be reviewed by the program committee with the involvement of external experts where appropriate. The review process is designed to ensure high academic and professional standards, drawing on diverse perspectives and relevant expertise.
Research and Educational Advancements in Culture and Technology
20-21 October 2025
20-21 October 2025
