2026 TAIG Program Rundown

9:00-

9:30

Opening Ceremony

9:30-

10:10

Keynote & Presentation

Session Chair:
Prof. Lei CHEN

Guest Speaker 

(Details to be announced)

10:10-

10:35

Dr. Christoph TREUDE

Trustworthy Agentic Software Engineering: Harnesses, Feedback Loops, Verification, and Governance

10:35-

11:00

Prof. Yi ZENG

From Guardrails to Safety-native AI

11:00

11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-

11:55

Presentation &
Panel Discussion

Session Chair:
Prof. Randy GOEBEL

Prof. Antonino ROTOLO

Legal Compliance of Agentic AI Systems in Regulatory Sandboxes

11:55-

12:20

Prof. Alex PREDA

Cross-Examining the Machine: Expertise, Accountability and the Governance of AI Agents

12:20-

13:20

Panel Discussion –
Governance of Agentic Al: Challenges and Mechanisms

13:20-

14:30

Lunch Break

14:30-

15:15

Paper Presentation

Session 1

Session Chair:
Prof. Alex PREDA

9 papers (5-min highlight presentation/paper)

15:15-

16:40

Interactive Poster Session: 

Poster Exhibition, Interactive Discussions, and Presenter Pitches
(Complimentary coffee, tea, and refreshments available from 4:00pm)

16:40-

17:25

Paper Presentation

Session 2

Session Chair:
Prof. Gleb PAPYSHEV

9 papers (5-min highlight presentation/paper)

17:25-

18:50

Interactive Poster Session: 

Poster Exhibition, Interactive Discussions, and Presenter Pitches

18:50-

18:55

Closing

9:00-

9:05

Opening

9:05-

9:45

Keynote & Presentation

Session Chair:
Prof. Lei MA

Dr. Xiaoyuan YI

Towards Self-Evolving Evaluation of Frontier AI Models' Value Alignment

9:45-

10:10

Dr. Jingwei YI

Pluralistic Value Alignment: Challenges and Technologies

10:10-

10:35

Dr. Kevin BAUM

Out of the Loop? Effective and Meaningful Human Oversight of AI Agents

10:30-

11:05

Coffee Break

11:05-

11:30

Presentation &
Panel Discussion

Session Chair:
Prof. Jialin LIU

Guest Speaker 

(Details to be announced)

11:30-

12:30

Panel Discussion – 
Trustworthy AI Agents: Key Problems, Characteristics, and Research Directions

12:30-

13:45

Lunch Break

13:45-

14:30

Paper Presentation

Session 3

Session Chair:
Prof. Changwu HUANG

10 papers (5-min highlight presentation/paper)

14:30-

16:20

Interactive Poster Session: 

Poster Exhibition, Interactive Discussions, and Presenter Pitches
(Complimentary coffee, tea, and refreshments available from 3:45pm)

16:20-

16:30

Presentation of Distinguished Poster Presentation Awards

16:30-

16:35

Closing remarks