Boundaries between disciplines are to be overcome, limits of imagination and thinking are to be pushed beyond the expected. For the public conference, interdisciplinary students and fellows from all over the world gather to challenge the conventional understanding of truth and knowledge in education and co-develop future visions for a pioneering university.
As kickoff event of the FOUNDING LAB Forum and insightful reflection on the FOUNDING LAB Summer School, the conference provides an initial impulse for the direction that the brand-new university will take and invites the audience to participate in a deep dive into questions related to ownership of knowledge, impact of AI on research and innovation, hard skills and critical thinking capacities for navigating an interconnected world, as well as the technological transformation of society, science and academia.
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Collective Keynote by the FOUNDING LAB Students: The University of the 21st Century
Ars Electronica x IDSA FOUNDING LAB
Uniting the diverse minds of 75 interdisciplinary students from around the globe in a creative and collaborative environment during the FOUNDING LAB Summer school led to the development of thought-provoking approaches for the university of the 21st century.
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FOUNDING LAB: A Hive Mind Discussion on Collective Skill Sets
Ars Electronica x IDSA FOUNDING LAB
What technological and interdisciplinary skill set must the higher education of tomorrow equip future generations with? IDSA and Ars Electronica invite not only the international students and fellows of the FOUNDING LAB, but everyone in the audience to engage in a vivid open discussion on important issues related to the university of the future(s).
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FOUNDING LAB: Prototyping the Pioneering University
Ars Electronica x IDSA FOUNDING LAB
During the FOUNDING LAB Summer School, 75 students investigated six core fields that are highly relevant to the technological transformation of society, science and academia.
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From Dataism to Generativism: A new mindset for the university of tomorrow.
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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IDSA FOUNDING LAB: University of the Futures
Ars Electronica x IDSA FOUNDING LAB, Stefanie Lindstaedt (DE)
Tangible visions for the university of the futures – the What and the How: Interdisciplinary and international IDSA FOUNDING LAB Fellows collectively identify and unearth the fundamental questions about the bigger picture for pioneering higher education.
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Welcome to the FOUNDING LAB: IDSA starts
Ars Electronica x IDSA FOUNDING LAB
The Institute of Digital Sciences Austria (IDSA) was founded by the Austrian Government in July 2022, and will dedicate its research and teaching to the entire dimension of digitization and its transformative effects on science, art, society and the economy.
Credits
This program is implemented in cooperation with the Institute of Digital Sciences Austria (IDSA) and funded by the Federal Ministry of the Republic of Austria for Education, Science and Research.