Arctic Sun Celebration 2026: "What does AI do to us? AI research and music at UiT"
Please feel heartily invited to a intercultural meeting to listen to ongoing AI research at UiT.
April 23 2026 at 12-15, Bazinga
(inner part of the cafe at Teorifagbygget), Campus Breivika, Tromsø
Program
12:00-12:15 Music by Blåsebaluba, originating from The Academy of Music, UiT
12:15-13:00 "AI: What is it, what can it do, and what can it not do?», by associate professor Kristoffer Wickstrøm, group leader of the UiT Machine Learning Group
13:00-13:15 Music by Blåsebaluba, originating from The Academy of Music, UiT
13:15-14:00 «Will AI change how we make music?”, by associate professor Jon Marius Aareskjold-Drecker, Academy of Music UiT- leading team in the research group MishMash og AI and creativity and member of Arctic Sustain
14:00-15:00 Shared warm lunch
Musicians in Blåsebaluba:
Marie Bottheim (saxophone), Jonas Eskeland (saxophone), Åsne Røsand Bøe (trumpet), Kristin Vik Hofseth (trumpet), Ida Pettersen (trumpet), Anne Marthe Galtestad (tuba), Fredrik Sandvik Olsen (percussion)
Blåsebaluba is a band that consists of various wind and percussion instruments, which gives a colorful and exciting soundscape. They play well-known and unknown songs camouflaged in catchy rhythms and exuberant melodies.
The band has a varied repertoire and a wide range of genres, the musicians thrive on stage as well as out on the streets, and contribute something unique to cultural life in the north through playful performances with lots of movement and a twinkle in the eye.