Want to introduce #ALife to a general audience? 🌍 Explore a digital "museum exhibit" guiding curious minds through key ideas, discovering the design behind the platform and how you can shape its future! 🏛️🔮 Intrigued? Join our next Professional Town Hall to learn more! 🌱

Want to introduce #ALife to a general audience? 🌍 Explore a digital "museum exhibit" guiding curious minds through key ideas, discovering the design behind the platform and how you can shape its future! 🏛️🔮 Intrigued? Join our next Professional Town Hall to learn more! 🌱

Wondering how to build a coherent research agenda early in your career and stay relevant as the field shifts around you? 🧭 Get a long-haul perspective on navigating your scientific journey and adapting to change! Got questions for the Q&A? Drop them below! 🕰️✨

Curious how lifelike behavior and regeneration emerge from simple rules? 👾 Discover the story behind "Growing Neural Cellular Automata", how the Computational Life area was built in industry, and where it's heading next! Got questions for the Q&A? Drop them below! 🦠✨

#ALIFE2026 is coming! Join ERA with your project and register for lighting talks: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

ERA Workshop Lightning Talks Registration

Event Timing: 17.08.2026 (during the ALIFE26 conference) Contact us at emerging.researchers.alife@gmail.com Duration: 10min Talk + 5min Q&A

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Grinding away at a problem out of sunk cost rather than interest? 🛑 Learn how to keep your scientific curiosity productive and tell the difference between a hard problem worth solving and a research trap. Got questions for the Q&A? Drop them below! 🧠✨

During conference we will host ERA Workshop where you can share your projects, ideas, quicker than blink of an eye, ⚡LIGHTING TALKS⚡! Feel free to register yourself with this link (it takes 1 second): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @eralife.bsky.social #alife2026

ERA Workshop Lightning Talks Registration

Event Timing: 17.08.2026 (during the ALIFE26 conference) Contact us at emerging.researchers.alife@gmail.com Duration: 10min Talk + 5min Q&A

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What does the job landscape look like for early-career researchers today? 🌌 Explore opportunities across academia, industry, & the interdisciplinary spaces in between, plus practical advice on finding which path fits your goals best! Got career questions? Drop them below! 💼🌱

Research careers rarely follow a straight line! 📈 Discover how a background in cognitive science & tech industry led to turning a passion-project cellular automaton into an award-winning model. Proof there's more than one way into research! Ask your Q&A questions below! 🛤️✨

🥨 Pack your favorite treats from home & join the ERA MiniCon International Snack Exchange! Whether sweet, salty, or savory—come taste, swap, & share delicious snacks with researchers from around the globe. What will you bring? 🌍🍫 📅 Aug 16, 2026 | 📍 Waterloo #ALIFE2026

Ever wondered what happens after you hit "submit"? 🖱️ Learn what makes a manuscript shine, and what triggers a desk reject after half a page! Dive into paper structure, surviving peer review, & sharpening your writing craft. 📜 Got questions for the Q&A? Drop them below! 📝✨

🍁 Kicking off right before #ALIFE2026! Join us for the ERA MiniCon, a full day built by & for early-career researchers in artificial life. 📍 In-person in Waterloo OR live on Discord 📅 Sunday, Aug 16, 2026 🎟️ 100% Free, no registration needed! Meet our speaker lineup 🧵👇

🎤 Meet our #ALIFE2026 keynote speaker: Luis M. Rocha (Binghamton University)! "Canalizing Dynamics as a Network Mechanism for Collective Decision, Control, Modularity, and Abstraction in Living Systems." 📅 Regular registration ends July 15. Register now and save a few Canadian dollars!

🌍 Meet another #ALIFE2026 keynote speaker: Dr. Courtney Howard! "The North Star Imperative: Aligning Artificial Intelligence, Planetary Health and Human Flourishing." #ArtificialLife #AI #PlanetaryHealth

🎤 #ALIFE2026 Keynote Speaker: Trevor Charles (@uwaterloo.ca) "Redesigning Bacterial Genomes for Fun and Profit: Streamlining Evolved Complexity,

Meet another #ALIFE2026 keynote speaker! @leecronin.bsky.social from @uofgnews.bsky.social "Assembly Theory, Evolution and Artificial Life" Lee will explore how selection engines could drive the emergence of evolution, with the goal of creating bottom-up artificial life from inorganic chemicals.

Another #ALIFE2026 keynote speaker announcement! We're delighted to welcome Anita T. Layton (University of Waterloo), who will present: "Math: A New Microscope" 📍 Waterloo, Canada 📅 August 17–21, 2026 #ALIFE2026 #ArtificialLife

We're excited to start unveiling the keynote speakers for #ALIFE2026! First up: Jeff Clune (University of British Columbia), presenting: "Open-Ended, Quality Diversity, and AI-Generating Algorithms in the Era of Foundation Models" Join us in Waterloo, Canada, 17–21 Aug, 2026. 2026.alife.org

⚡ ERA Workshop Lightning Talks • 17 August @ ALIFE 2026 Got a project, research idea, cool demo, early results, or something you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it! 🚀

It doesn't have to be finished work—Lightning Talks are all about exchanging ideas, getting feedback, and starting new conversations. 💬✨ 👉 Sign up and reserve your slot: 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #ALIFE2026 #ArtificialLife #ERA

ERA Workshop Lightning Talks Registration

Event Timing: 17.08.2026 (during the ALIFE26 conference) Contact us at emerging.researchers.alife@gmail.com Duration: 10min Talk + 5min Q&A

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How do symbiotic relationships stay friendly? 🤝 New research shows that "tag-matching" partner choice allows hosts to successfully exclude parasites and evolve stable mutualisms. 🦠 Intrigued? Join our next Professional Town Hall to learn more! direct.mit.edu/isal/proceed...

⚡ ERA Workshop Lightning Talks • 17 August @ ALIFE 2026 Got a project, research idea, cool demo, early results, or something you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it! 🚀

How do symbiotic relationships stay friendly? 🤝 New research shows that "tag-matching" partner choice allows hosts to successfully exclude parasites and evolve stable mutualisms. 🦠 Intrigued? Join our next Professional Town Hall to learn more! direct.mit.edu/isal/proceed...

Join us in shaping the best conference on Artificial Life yet, @alifeconf.bsky.social ! 🎬✨ Support student awards, networking dinners, or keynote tracks at #ALIFE2026 while elevating your brand. 📈 Let's collaborate! Reach out to Brandon.DeHart@uwaterloo.ca 📩 🌐 2026.alife.org/sponsorship/

Join us in shaping the best conference on Artificial Life yet, @alifeconf.bsky.social ! 🎬✨ Support student awards, networking dinners, or keynote tracks at #ALIFE2026 while elevating your brand. 📈 Let's collaborate! Reach out to Brandon.DeHart@uwaterloo.ca 📩 🌐 2026.alife.org/sponsorship/

Looking to showcase your brand to top-tier tech talent? 🎯 From premium display booths to prominent verbal recognition, #ALIFE2026 offers massive global visibility for our industry sponsors. Lock in your sponsorship package today: 2026.alife.org/sponsorship/ #Sponsor #Robotics #AI

Looking to showcase your brand to top-tier tech talent? 🎯 From premium display booths to prominent verbal recognition, #ALIFE2026 offers massive global visibility for our industry sponsors. Lock in your sponsorship package today: 2026.alife.org/sponsorship/ #Sponsor #Robotics #AI

1/📢 Announcing our next ERA Journal Club session 📍June 27, 18:00 BST on Discord: discord.gg/m3qvuXgkZ7 This work bridges generative #AI and evolutionary biology by integrating diffusion models into evolutionary optimization frameworks like HADES. 🤖 advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The #ALIFE2026 Call for Art Submissions has been extended! New deadline: June 27, 2026 We welcome proposals exploring Artificial Life, bioart, generative systems, robotics, emergence, ecology, and more. 📅 Conference: August 17–21, 2026, Waterloo, Canada 2026.alife.org/call-for-art...

🚀 Partner with the future of #AI & #robotics! Become an official sponsor for #ALIFE2026 in Waterloo, Canada 🇨🇦 Connect with 200-500 leading international researchers & emerging talent. Check our package tiers👇 🌐 2026.alife.org/sponsorship/ #ArtificialLife @alifeconf.bsky.social