AI-driven Modeling & Forecasting for Democratic Development and Decline (AIM4D)

Conveners:
Michael Coppedge
Kellogg Faculty Fellow
Alfred C. DeCrane Jr. Professor of International Studies; Department of Political Science

Dmitry Zaytsev
Kellogg Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor of the Practice (SBE & Data Science); Lucy Family Institute
 

Cosponsored with Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, Franco Family Institute

Tentative Agenda

Day 0, Thursday, October 15, 2026
Arrival of the Participants & Check-in
Welcome Dinner for presenters, panelists, and keynote speakers

Day 1, Friday, October 16, 2026
8:00 – 8:30 am: Breakfast & Check-in

Welcoming keynotes and panels:
8:30 – 9:00 am: Welcome & Introduction
9:00 – 9:45 am: AIM4D Panel Session I : AIM-3D Public Portal: Official Launch Presentation
9:45 – 10:00 am: Coffee Break
10:00 – 10:45 am: AIM4D Panel Session II : 10 years of V-Dem in Networks and Numbers
10:45 – 12:00 pm: AIM4D Panel Session III : Roundtable with V-Dem PIs and PMs
12:00 – 12:45 pm : Lunch

Panel I: Machine Learning on Democratization
12:45 – 1:00 pm: Tour de Table
1:00 – 2:00 pm: Presenter #1
2:00 – 3:00 pm: Presenter #2
3:00 – 4:00 pm: Presenter #3
4:00 – 4:15 pm: Coffee Break

Panel II: Specialized AIs on Related Phenomena
4:15 – 5:15 pm: Presenter #4
5:15 – 6:15 pm: Presenter #5
6:15 – 7:15 pm: Presenter #6
7:15 – 8:30 pm: Dinner

Day 2, Saturday, October 17, 2026
8:00 – 8:30 am: Breakfast

Panel III: Event Data and Democratization
8:30 – 9:30 am: Presenter #7
9:30 – 10:30 am: Presenter #8
10:30 – 11:30 am: Presenter #9
11:30 – 12:15 pm : Lunch

Panel IV: Estimation Using Neural Networks
12:15 – 1:15 pm: Presenter #10
1:15 – 2:15 pm: Presenter #11
2:15 – 3:15 pm: Presenter #11
3:15 – 3:30 pm: Coffee Break

Panel V: Public-Facing Interactive Interfaces
3:30 – 4:30 pm: Presenter #12
4:30 – 5:30 pm: Presenter #13
5:30 – 6:30 pm: Presenter #14

6:30 – 7:00 pm: Concluding panel: Big-Picture Implications

7:00 – 8:00 pm: Farewell Dinner

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