POSTCITY, First Floor, Conference Hall
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Adapting | Technologies of Resilience
Andrei Baicu (BE), Mohamed Sleiman Labat (EH), Dani Ploeger (NL), Katharina Meyer (DE)
The world is at a crucial turning point in the fight against climate change. Every decision counts to achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2050 and limit the global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Not all solutions can be scaled up or down easily, and often specific local conditions make the implementation of systems successfully…
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Building the Future of AI in Arts: Which Infrastructures and Frameworks Do We Need?
LaJuné McMillian (US), Tiara Roxanne (DE), Micaela Mantegna (AR), AC Coppens (FR), Ingrid Kopp (ZA/GB), Hilary Mason (US), Margarita Grubina (UA)
As the impact of AI grows, it is crucial to examine collectively the infrastructures and frameworks needed for the artistic ecosystem to fully embrace the creative potential of the technology. In this interactive fishbowl session, participants will have the opportunity to share their thoughts and engage in a dialogue with artists, technologists, educators, institutions and…
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AI and Artistic Creation
Prix Ars Electronica Forum 2024 co-hosted by European Digital Deal
A day of thought-provoking sessions, interactive workshops, and inspiring case studies on AI and creativity. As AI enters a wide range of spheres in the creative industries, the Prix Ars Electronica Forum program brings together artists, academics, researchers, technologists, and activists to share their perspectives on how AI and artistic creation can intertwine. What is…
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Going green! Stories of reinvention, disruption and systemic change to reclaim our future
Studiotopia Day Conference
The Studiotopia Day Conference takes this year’s theme “HOPE—who will turn the tide” as a starting point to look at inspiring and hope-giving efforts made by companies, start-ups, initiatives, artists and policy makers to mitigate and fight dystopian prospects of our future on this febrile planet. The second day of the theme symposium brings together…
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Reclaim, Relearn, Resist: Strategies and Practices for the Future of Digital
S+T+ARTS Day Conference
This year’s STARTS Day Conference sets out to re-tell the story of inevitable technological progress as contingent and contextual, the result of decisions dictated by particular desires, interests or preferences. To back up this narrative, we spotlight brave initiatives and projects that open up other paths and bifurcations on the road of technological progress that…
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Ars Electronica Theme Symposium
THU Sept. 5-7, 2024
This year’s Ars Electronica theme symposium is placing the spotlight on people who are taking the lead with creativity, empathy and courage, inspiring us and giving everyone reason for hope. Other than in previous years, the symposium not only features artist presentations and theoretical reflections.
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Open Research & Education
IT:U FOUNDING LAB Day
Join us for an enlightening exploration into the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education. This conference brings together leading researchers, academics and practitioners to discuss transdisciplinary AI education and research.
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Campus Award Ceremony
For the first time, this year, Ars Electronica Festival 2024 will reward the best exhibited project within the Ars Electronica Campus Exhibition with the Ars Electronica Campus Award. This occasion highlights emerging talents and the educational institutions that support them, providing a platform to recognize and celebrate excellence in media arts and design.
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AI and New Models in Creative Collaboration
Tamiko Thiel (DE), Thor Magnusson (IS), Felipe Sanchez Luna (CO/DE), Brigitta Muntendorf (DE), moderated by Bettina Kames (DE)
AI not only fosters new collaborative practices between humans and machine; it also creates new cooperative frameworks across the creative ecosystem that often extend beyond particular fields of art.
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A talk with Anil Seth: Consciousness and Creativity in the Age of AI
Anil Seth (UK), AC Coppens (FR)
Cognitive and computational neuroscientist Anil Seth is recognized as among the 0.1% most impactful scientists in terms of publications. A recurring TED speaker, he will start off the day by dissecting the “purely human” vs the machine: Where does creativity start, where does it come from? Can computers be creative at all?
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Pre-Opening Walk
Sechs Festivallocations und ebenso viele Ausstellungseröffnungen, exzellente Forschung, preisgekrönte Medienkunst, Gaming, immersive Kunstschätze, ein kritisch-lapidares NOPE – es gibt viele gute Gründe, sich den Pre-Opening-Walk ganz dick im Kalender vorzumerken.