Dear Colleagues,

(Apologize if you received multiple emails from different mailing lists)

We are pleased to announce that the 2nd Workshop on Agent AI for Scenario Planning (AgentScen) will be held in conjunction with* IJCAI-25* from August 16–22, 2025, in Montreal, Canada. This workshop will include both paper presentations and *a shared task - **generating business ideas from patent documents*. The goal of the AgentScen workshop is to explore the potential of agent AI in scenario planning.* The submission deadline is May 9, 2025. Workshop details can be found at: * https://sites.google.com/view/agentscen

Scenario planning can be applied to key healthcare and biomedical domains, such as pandemic preparedness, hospital resource management, advancements in medical technology, health insurance sustainability, and the future of telemedicine. In the finance and business sectors, it can assist executives, financial analysts, and decision-makers in navigating uncertainties related to market volatility, interest rate fluctuations, investment risks, corporate financial planning, regulatory changes, and technological disruptions. By constructing and analyzing alternative scenarios, organizations can better anticipate challenges and seize emerging opportunities.

We are also introducing* a shared task focused on generating business ideas from patent documents.* Participants will be provided with a set of patents and asked to generate explanations for potential future products based on the patented technologies. The aim is to foster AI-driven innovation by leveraging patents as rich sources of technical insight.

We look forward to your participation.

Best regards,

AgentScen Organizers

Chung-Chi Chen - Artificial Intelligence Research Center, AIST, Japan

Tatsuya Ishigaki - Artificial Intelligence Research Center, AIST, Japan

Sophia Ananiadou - University of Manchester, UK

Hiroya Takamura - Artificial Intelligence Research Center, AIST, Japan

Wataru Hirota - Stockmark, Japan (Shared Task)

Tomoko Ohkuma - Asahi Kasei Corporation, Japan (Shared Task)

Tomoki Taniguchi - Asahi Kasei Corporation, Japan (Shared Task)