POSTCITY, Conference Hall
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The Generated Public Opinion
Meinhard Lukas (AT)
Democracy and public discourse are mutually dependent. Their quality is determined by the basis of information. The flood of misinformation in the social media has already caused great damage here.
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European Digital Deal Summit
European Digital Deal (EU)
The European Digital Deal is a three-year investigation co-funded by Creative Europe into how the accelerated, yet at times unconsidered adoption of new technologies—such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain and algorithmic processing—can alter or undermine democratic processes.
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From Dataism to Generativism: A new mindset for the university of tomorrow.Â
Mauro Martino (IT)
Transitioning from Dataism, where data’s significance underpins knowledge creation, to Generativism, characterized by the rise of generative models and synthetic information, has profound implications for contemporary education. By exploring the challenges and opportunities of these paradigm shifts and referencing key works and influential thinkers, insights emerge on how these evolving frameworks might influence future educational…
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(Un)Earthing the Truth: Final Remarks
AC Coppens (FR)
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The myth of tech innovation as a savior
Aina Abiodun (CA)
As a storyteller who transitioned into the world of climate tech and finance, Aina Abiodun sees the prevailing narratives around climate solutions as limiting and inadequate to meet the biggest existential challenge humans have faced. Her talk challenges the dominant, Western patriarchal mindset that drives climate innovation and calls for rethinking the systems and myths…
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Workshop: Country Centered Design: A pathway for embedding Indigenous Protocols into Artificial Intelligence.
Angie Abdilla (AU)
Join us for an engaging and enlightening workshop led by Angie Abdilla, a palawa~trawlwoolway woman, esteemed founder, and Director of Old Ways, New. With a deep focus on Indigenous knowledge and systems, Angie bridges the realms of technology and indigenous protocols for AI. Immerse yourself in a dynamic 30-minute yarning circle, a traditional method of…
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Ownership of narratives
Mordecai Ogada (KE)
Who controls the narrative around nature preservation, and what does this get them? A trained spatial planner and an award-winning Kenyan journalist Mordecai Ogada has investigated and written on wildlife conservation since 2000.
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Bridging art, tech and the environment
Marleen Stikker (NL), Tero Toivanen (FI), Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (GB), Richard Mosse (IE)
As part of the commons, the sea, the sky, the planet and beyond, are owned by each of us, which makes their preservation inherently problematic. When we all have access to a finite resource, we tend to exploit it for our benefit, destroying its value—this concept is known as the tragedy of the commons and…
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S+T+ARTS PRIZE 2023: Presentation of the Grand Prize Winners
Richard Mosse (IE), Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (GB)
Science, technology and arts (S+T+ARTS for short) yield an extraordinarily high potential for innovation—and innovation is precisely what is called for if we are to master the social, ecological and economic challenges that we will be facing in the near future.
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Can a European wealth tax close the green investment gap?
Jakob Kapeller (AT)
Jakob Kapeller will summarize and review current investment projections for the EU and discuss the prospects for achieving carbon neutrality in the light of these projections. He concludes that we still lack significant investment capacity to successfully manage the transition to a carbon-neutral economy, which could be partly addressed by a wealth tax.