Are We at the Tipping Point for Agentic AI Deployment?

This session, organized by the ELLIS Human-centric Machine Learning Program, is part of the ELLIS UnConference 2026, held at the Palais des Congrès de Paris on the 8th of December 2026. The session is a two-hour structured debate on whether agentic AI is ready to be deployed at scale.

ELLIS UnConference

The ELLIS UnConference is an annual, one-day gathering of the European machine learning community focused on exchange, collaboration, and scientific discussion. The 2026 edition kicks off the NeurIPS satellite event in Paris and features keynotes, parallel two-hour sessions, and a poster session.

Are We at the Tipping Point for Agentic AI Deployment?

AI agents, which are systems that plan, use tools, and take actions on behalf of people with limited human oversight, are moving quickly from research prototypes to real products. Their promise is significant, but so are the open questions about their reliability, safety, security, accountability, and impact on the people who use them and are affected by them.

Is agentic AI ready to be deployed at scale, or are we moving faster than our ability to evaluate, govern, and trust these systems? This session brings the question to the community through a structured debate: two keynotes arguing opposite sides, followed by small-group discussions in which participants build and present their own arguments for and against.

The session is organized by Nuria Oliver, Novi Quadrianto, Adrian Weller, Plamen P. Angelov, and Javier Sanguino.

Schedule

This session will take place on the 8th of December, 2026, at the Palais des Congrès de Paris. Times are in CET (UTC+1).

Registration

Registration for the ELLIS UnConference is open via the official registration form. See the ELLIS UnConference website for more details.

Venue

The ELLIS UnConference will be held at the Palais des Congrès de Paris, 2 Place de la Porte Maillot, 75017 Paris, France. The room for this session will be announced closer to the event.