Conferences & Lectures

  • Artists at Risk (AR) and Ecologists at Risk (ER) as Peer Movements Standing for Resistance and Change

    Artists at Risk (AR) and Ecologists at Risk (ER) as Peer Movements Standing for Resistance and Change

    Marita Muukkonen (FI)

    Autocratic leaders are increasingly gaining power—and weakening human rights—around the world. The world is losing its way. Conflicts are raging. Inequalities are deepening. Civic space is shrinking and the media is under attack from all sides. Authoritarian countries also sense that democratic nations are not prioritising the international human rights system.

  • Meet the Artists @ MOME: FUTURESENSE exhibition

    Meet the Artists @ MOME: FUTURESENSE exhibition

    Petra Pilbák (HU), Ágnes Petrucz (HU)

    Join us for an exclusive opportunity to meet the artists behind the FUTURESENSE exhibition’s artworks on display at Splace Gallery. Get a chance to chat with MOME’s talented student exhibitiors, learn more about their visions and gain insights into their creative design process. This in-person event is a wonderful way to discover the stories behind…

  • The Design of Deformation, as a Methodology to Anticipate, Control and Produce Dynamic Forms of Robotic Systems

    The Design of Deformation, as a Methodology to Anticipate, Control and Produce Dynamic Forms of Robotic Systems

    Anna Schaeffner (FR)

    Join us for a presentation by Anna Schaeffner on her project, Soft Collision (2024). She will discuss the development of a tangible soft interface for a fixed robotic arm, highlighting challenges and findings from her practice-based exploration. This project redefines human-machine interaction through a pneumatic, reactive membrane, blending soft and hard robotics. The presentation will…

  • Imagining the Possible Future Scenarios

    Imagining the Possible Future Scenarios

    Carolina Espinoza (CL), Carolin Liebl (DE), Anna Letycja Walicka (PL), David Rickard (NZ/GB), Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler (DE), Lara Campos (ES), Gijs Schalkx (NL), Anna Schaeffner (FR), NMASA Design (SE/ES/IT), Miha Turšič (SI/NL), Govert Flint (NL), Peter Sokol, Ivana Linder, Doris Srčič, Dagmar Zvonickova Fredholm, Alen Sapek

    Participating organizations from the Label4future project will take part in a matchmaking session with professionals from the culture and creative sectors, including designers and new media artists.

  • Hurtling Towards Sustainability: Education, Work, and the Arts

    Hurtling Towards Sustainability: Education, Work, and the Arts

    Joanna Bryson (GB/DE

    What are the limits of what we can do with AI? Will there be a role for humans in the future? For how many humans? Can we all find a place in society?

  • Good Enough Ethics

    Good Enough Ethics

    Kathleen Richardson (GB/IE)

    “Ethics by Design” (EbD) is a proactive approach that integrates ethical considerations into every stage of the development process to minimize potential harm to humans, animals, and the environment.

  • Welcome and Introduction to Keynote

    Welcome and Introduction to Keynote

    Bradly Klerks (BE)

  • Technologies Otherwise

    Technologies Otherwise

    Azahara Cerezo (ES), Thomas Thwaites (GB), Marie Dvorzak (AT)

    A public event to inaugurate the exhibition, including artist presentations and a panel discussion. The artists will provide more insights into their work and their process of creation during their artistic research residency at Baltan Laboratories. The artists will attempt to give the users an idea of what it means to reclaim the agency over…

  • GET.Inspired: Innovating Higher Education through Interdisciplinary Practice

    GET.Inspired: Innovating Higher Education through Interdisciplinary Practice

    Laura Veart (GB), Georg Russegger (AT), Ken Nakagaki (JP/US), Andreas Ingerl (DE), Qian Ye (CN), Nikoletta Karastathi (GB), Carla Barreiros (PT/AT)

    In this engaging session, seven distinguished educators from diverse institutions will come together to share their experiences in advancing interdisciplinary practices within higher education. Each speaker will present a unique program or project that exemplifies their commitment to integrating multiple disciplines to address complex societal challenges.

  • NEURO-REHAB-MS

    NEURO-REHAB-MS

    Sebastian Sieghartsleitner (AT)

    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms of the disease usually occur in episodes and are caused by damage to the nervous system owing to an autoimmune reaction. In this presentation by Christoph Guger of g.tec medical engineering GmbH, you will learn more about a rehabilitation method based on…

  • The Future of Open Research and Practice-based Learning

    The Future of Open Research and Practice-based Learning

    Stefanie Lindstaedt (DE), Laura Veart (GB), Georg Russegger (AT), LaJuné McMillian (US), Daniela Jacob (DE), Joanna Bryson (GB/DE), Lauren Vargas (US)

    Open Science is at the center of European research policy. Educational initiatives and research structures are being developed and implemented to open up European science and research, making them more efficient, seamless, transparent, and robust, as well as responsive to society’s needs and expectations. But how can we foster a common vision for opening education…

  • Welcome to the IT:U FOUNDING LAB

    Welcome to the IT:U FOUNDING LAB

    Stefanie Lindstaedt (DE/AT), Pinyao Liu (CN), Amanda Bennetts (AU)

    Welcome to the IT:U Founding Lab Day and presentation of the FOUNDING LAB publication, a documentation of the joint IT:U and Ars Electronica summer school and fall term program in 2023/2024