Keynote & panel
speakers

Insights from the forefront of technology, ethics, innovation, and global progress.

Our keynote speakers are globally recognised experts, addressing critical topics at the intersection of technology and society. Their ideas inspire strategies and policies that drive human-centred innovation worldwide. We are expecting the following speakers:

Teki Akuetteh

Africa Digital Rights Hub LBG

Madiana Asseraf

European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Ricardo Baeza-Yates

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Chris Bail

Duke University

Julia Black

Nuffield College, Oxford and The British Academy

Anna Bon

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Michael Bronstein

AITHYRA Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Katja Bühler

VRVis

Mark Coeckelbergh

University of Vienna

Noshir Contractor

Northwestern University

Michael A. Cusumano

MIT Sloan School of Management

Johann Dorn

GeoSphere Austria and OnipaBooks

Paul Feigelfeld

Mozarteum University

Annabelle Gawer

University of Surrey

Martin Giesswein

WU Executive Academy and DigitalCity.Wien

Misha Glenny

Institute for Human Sciences (IWM)

Daria Gritsenko

University of Helsinki

Siddhi Gupta

Inclusive AI Lab

Dame Wendy Hall

University of Southampton

Ivonne A. Herrera

NTNU Social Research

Martine Jarlgaard

Impact Innovator, Venture Builder, and Technology Pioneer

Gerti Kappel

TU Wien

Fariba Karimi

Complexity Science Hub Vienna

Günter Klambauer

JKU Linz

Sebastian Kneidinger

epicenter.works

Laura Koesten

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence

Stefan Kollinger

The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF)

Sabine T. Köszegi

TU Wien

Georg Krause

msg Plaut

Brigitte Krenn

Austrian Research Institute of Artificial Intelligence

Claudia Larcher

Artist, Filmmaker, and AI researcher

Sophie Lecheler

University of Vienna

Edward A. Lee

UC Berkeley

Lawrence Lessig

Harvard University

Martina Lindorfer

TU Wien

Matteo Maffei

TU Wien

Astrid Mager

Austrian Academy of Sciences

Katja Mayer

Centre for Social Innovation and University of Vienna

Sunimal Mendis

Tilburg University

Martina Menegon

University of Applied Arts

Carlos Montalvo

TNO VECTOR Centre for Societal Innovation and Strategy

Julia Morse

University of California, Santa Barbara and University of Oxford

Clara Neppel

IEEE Technology Centre

David Passarelli

United Nations University

Reema Patel

Ada Lovelace Institute

Matthias Pfeffer

Council for European Public Space

Natalia Postek

Dachverband Wiener Sozialeinrichtungen

Erich Prem

eutema GmbH

Rafal Rohozinski

Center for International Governance Innovation

Marc Rotenberg

Center for AI and Digital Policy

Marta Sabou

Vienna University of Economics and Business

Mirko Tobias Schäfer

University of Utrecht

Ute Schmid

University of Bamberg

Alexander Schmölz

Austrian Institute for Vocational Training Research (öibf) and University of applied Sciences BFI Vienna

Max Schrems

NOYB

Carles Sierra

AI Research Institute Spanish National Research Council

Ben Snaith

Open Data Institute

Klaus Speidel

Philosopher, Curator and Art Critic

Philipp Staab

Humboldt University Berlin

Michael Stampfer

Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)

Adil Sulieman

African Union Commission

Karin Tausz

Austrian Research Promotion Agency

Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Klaus Unterberger

ORF Public Value

Moshe Y. Vardi

Rice University

Michael Veale

University College London

Toby Walsh

University of New South Wales

Christiane Wendehorst

Austrian Academy of Sciences

Dorothea Winter

University of the Humanist Association Berlin-Brandenburg

Carina Zehetmaier

Women in AI Austria

Yi Zeng

The Chinese Academy of Sciences