#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:

Africa Digital Rights Hub LBG

Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and Harvard University

Utrecht University and Inclusive AI Lab

European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Duke University

Open Networks and Democratic Public Spheres

Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)

Nuffield College, Oxford and The British Academy

Women in AI Austria

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

AITHYRA Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Hertie School

EuroStack Initiative Foundation

Carnegie Mellon Libraries and Open Forum for AI

Humane Intelligence

University of Vienna

Northwestern University

Central European University (CEU)

MIT Sloan School of Management

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

GeoSphere Austria and OnipaBooks

TU Wien

Mozarteum University

Identity Valley

Wikimedia Europe and Wikimedia Austria

University of Surrey

WU Executive Academy and DigitalCity.Wien

Institute for Human Sciences (IWM)

University of Helsinki

Inclusive AI Lab

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

University of Southampton

Chamber of Labour in Vienna (AK Wien)

NTNU Social Research

United Nations University (UNU)

City of Vienna

Mastodon

Impact Innovator, Venture Builder, and Technology Pioneer

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

LAS Art Foundation

TU Wien

Complexity Science Hub Vienna

TU Wien

epicenter.works

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

The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF)

msg Plaut

Austrian Research Institute of Artificial Intelligence

Artist, Filmmaker, and AI researcher

University of Vienna

UC Berkeley

Harvard University

Ars Electronica

epicenter.works

Austrian Academy of Sciences

University of Vienna

Centre for Social Innovation and University of Vienna

Tilburg University

University of Applied Arts

Digital Enlightenment Forum

TNO VECTOR Centre for Societal Innovation and Strategy

University of California, Santa Barbara and University of Oxford

TU Wien and JKU Linz

Open University

United Nations University

Ada Lovelace Institute

Council for European Public Space

Dachverband Wiener Sozialeinrichtungen

University of Vienna

eutema GmbH

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

Center for International Governance Innovation

Center for AI and Digital Policy

University for Development Studies

Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna)

Distributed AI Research Institute and Data Workers’ Inquiry

Data School at Utrecht University

University of Bamberg

University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna and fit4internet

AI Research Institute Spanish National Research Council

Open Data Institute

Philosopher, Curator and Art Critic

Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna)

Humboldt University Berlin

Zurich University of the Arts

University of Vienna and Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU)

Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)

Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt)

Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)

Tecnalia

Austrian Research Promotion Agency

KU Leuven and European University Cyprus

ORF Public Value

Rice University

University College London

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR) and data_labe

University of Oxford and Hasso Plattner Institute

University of New South Wales

CIVITAAS and Morgan State University

Austrian Academy of Sciences and University of Vienna

Federal Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI)

University of the Humanist Association Berlin-Brandenburg

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

European Parliament

Futurezone