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Ciphers of Life

We are excited to invite you to participate in and sponsor the annual Conference on Artificial Life - ALIFE 2025, taking place in the heart of Kyoto, Japan from 6-10 October 2025.

This year’s theme is Ciphers of Life, encouraging participants to explore the many ways that life encodes information, creates internal languages, and interacts in encrypted ways with its environment. Artificial life research focuses on understanding, replicating, and extending the fundamental principles of life. Much of this research involves creating artificial systems that exhibit life-like behaviors.

Classically, these endeavors are divided into three categories: Hardware research, wetware research, and software research. At ALIFE 2025 conference, the newest research in all three categories will be featured alongside artistic expressions, industry vendors, public events, and more.

The conference will feature:

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In parallel with the ALIFE 2025 conference, the World Expo 2025 event will also be in Osaka. The World Expo 2025 is anticipated to bring in 28 million visitors to Osaka, which is only a short train ride away from Kyoto.

There will also be the official launch of the Artificial Life Institute in Kyoto, Japan. The Artificial Life Institute will be the only research institute in the world dedicated to solely supporting basic research in artificial life.

The ALIFE conferences are the major meetings of the artificial life research community since 1987. These scientific gatherings are supported by the International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL). Check out the websites of past conferences for more details.