#DigHum2025 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

Virgilio Almeida

Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and Harvard University

Payal Arora

Utrecht University and Inclusive AI Lab

Madiana Asseraf

European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Ricardo Baeza-Yates

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Chris Bail

Duke University

Peter Biegelbauer

Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)

Julia Black

Nuffield College, Oxford and The British Academy

Gabriele Bolek-Fügl

Women in AI Austria

Anna Bon

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Michael Bronstein

AITHYRA Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Joanna J. Bryson

Hertie School

Katja Bühler

VRVis

Sayeed Choudhury

Carnegie Mellon Libraries and Open Forum for AI

Rumman Chowdhury

Humane Intelligence

Mark Coeckelbergh

University of Vienna

Noshir Contractor

Northwestern University

Tim Crane

Central European University (CEU)

Michael A. Cusumano

MIT Sloan School of Management

Adio-Adet Dinika

Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) and Data Workers’ Inquiry (DWI)

Johann Dorn

GeoSphere Austria and OnipaBooks

Peter Ertl

TU Wien

Paul Feigelfeld

Mozarteum University

Claudia Garád

Wikimedia Europe and Wikimedia Austria

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

Julia Haas

OSCE

Thomas Haigh

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Dame Wendy Hall

University of Southampton

Fridolin Herkommer

Chamber of Labour in Vienna (AK Wien)

Ivonne Herrera

NTNU Social Research

Paula Hidalgo-Sanchis

United Nations University (UNU)

Klemens Himpele

City of Vienna

Martine Jarlgaard

Impact Innovator, Venture Builder, and Technology Pioneer

Bettina Kames

LAS Art Foundation

Gerti Kappel

TU Wien

Fariba Karimi

Complexity Science Hub Vienna

Günter Klambauer

JKU Linz

Peter Knees

TU Wien

Sebastian Kneidinger

epicenter.works

Laura Koesten

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) and University of Vienna

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

Veronika Liebl

Ars Electronica

Martina Lindorfer

TU Wien

Thomas Lohninger

epicenter.works

Matteo Maffei

TU Wien

Astrid Mager

Austrian Academy of Sciences

Ronald Maier

University of Vienna

Katja Mayer

Centre for Social Innovation and University of Vienna

Sunimal Mendis

Tilburg University

Martina Menegon

University of Applied Arts

George Metakides

Digital Enlightenment Forum

Carlos Montalvo

TNO VECTOR Centre for Societal Innovation and Strategy

Julia Morse

University of California, Santa Barbara and University of Oxford

Irina Nalis

TU Wien and JKU Linz

Julia Neidhardt

TU Wien

Clara Neppel

IEEE

Bashar Nuseibeh

Open University

Noah Oder

OECD

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

Cornelia Reiter

Center for Innovation Systems and Policy at the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)

Marie Ringler

Ashoka

Rafal Rohozinski

Center for International Governance Innovation

Marc Rotenberg

Center for AI and Digital Policy

Marta Sabou

Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna)

Camilla Salim Wagner

Distributed AI Research Institute and Data Workers’ Inquiry

Mirko Tobias Schäfer

Data School at Utrecht University

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

Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff

Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna)

Philipp Staab

Humboldt University Berlin

Felix Stalder

Zurich University of the Arts

Eugenia Stamboliev

University of Vienna and Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU)

Michael Stampfer

Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)

Klaus Staudacher

Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt)

Petra Steinkogler

Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)

Karin Tausz

Austrian Research Promotion Agency

Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Klaus Unterberger

ORF Public Value

Moshe Y. Vardi

Rice University

Michael Veale

University College London

Sandra Wachter

University of Oxford and Hasso Plattner Institute

Toby Walsh

University of New South Wales

Gabriella Waters

CIVITAAS and Morgan State University

Christiane Wendehorst

Austrian Academy of Sciences and University of Vienna

Michael Wiesmüller

Federal Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI)

Dorothea Winter

University of the Humanist Association Berlin-Brandenburg

Marlies Wirth

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Anja Wyrobek

European Parliament

Claudia Zettel

Futurezone