[Commlist] CFP: Authenticity, Generative AI and Synthetic Media: An ADM+S Symposium

Call for Papers

Authenticity, Generative AI and Synthetic Media: An ADM+S Symposium

6-7 May 2026, QUT Kelvin Grove, Brisbane


Authenticity is often at the centre of concerns about generative AI, 
extending across multiple domains, from music, media and internet 
cultures to scams and social services. Authenticity is also a cultural 
keyword: a contested idea with a long history, diverse and complex 
meanings, and many neighbouring concepts. It can mean, among other 
things, the integrity of the self, the verifiability of information, the 
provenance of goods and services, and the extent to which a cultural 
practice or media artefact resonates with the values and experiences of 
particular communities. These ideas and the debates about them have long 
co-evolved with media and communication technologies.  In the 
contemporary era, debates about and sociotechnical solutions to the 
problem of authenticity work together to shape norms and govern 
behaviour in our increasingly synthetic media environment.

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society 
(ADM+S) ‘Generative Authenticity’ project has been investigating these 
challenges from multiple theoretical, empirical, and community-engaged 
perspectives, including via a recent shared focus on voice AI, as 
outlined in our working paper <https://apo.org.au/node/331920>. More 
general information on the project is at the ADM+S website: 
https://www.admscentre.org.au/generative-authenticity/ 
<https://www.admscentre.org.au/generative-authenticity/>

We now invite expressions of interest for a* two day symposium *on how 
the problem of authenticity shows up and might be managed in synthetic 
media contexts including audio and screen media, internet culture, 
music, and AI-powered voice agents or chatbots. We welcome 
interdisciplinary, methodological, empirical, and conceptual work 
addressing the social and technical dimensions of these problems. We are 
particularly keen to see work that engages directly with voice 
automation, either as a standalone topic or in the context of 
audiovisual and/or synthetic media more broadly.


Timeline

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    250 word abstracts due: 10:00 am (AEST) Monday 9 March - submit
    using this form <https://forms.gle/TJMA6s6to1fiGqd36>

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    Notification of outcome: on or before Friday 20 March

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    Registration deadline: Friday 10 April

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    2000-3000 word preliminary papers due: Friday 24 April 2026

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    Full (8,000 word) papers due: ~Q3 2026 (TBC)

More information and submission form available here 
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D74Mp1rgYOv6HI0oaps7l83wRgGTZKRtyEMRfFjvPwI/edit?tab=t.0>.



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