Events
Conferences, workshops, and seminars in the CPC research community.
Past
International Symposium on Symbol Emergence in Robotics 2026
Sep 12, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026 · Kyoto, Japan
Annual symposium on symbol emergence systems, covering theoretical and applied research in cognitive robotics. Tracks include MHNG, multimodal concept formation, embodied language acquisition, and multi-agent communication.
CPC Reading Group — Summer Session
Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026 · Online
A four-week online reading group covering recent CPC and active inference papers. Sessions alternate between English and Japanese facilitation; reading materials are bilingual where possible.
Active Inference & Free Energy Principle Workshop
Jun 15, 2026 – Jun 17, 2026 · London, UK
Three-day workshop on the latest theoretical and applied developments in active inference and the free-energy principle. Mixed-format programme with invited talks, posters, and small-group tutorials.
Emergent Communication Workshop @ NeurIPS 2025
Dec 12, 2025 · San Diego, USA
The annual NeurIPS workshop on emergent communication, bringing together research on multi-agent reinforcement learning, language emergence, and the relationship between emergent and natural languages.
CogSci 2025 — Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
Jul 23, 2025 – Jul 26, 2025 · San Francisco, USA
The 47th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Sessions include symbol grounding, computational modelling of cognition, and language emergence in humans and machines.