#DigHum2026 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:

Utrecht University and Inclusive AI Lab

Open Networks and Democratic Public Spheres

Schleswig-Holstein

Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)

CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Hertie School

EuroStack Initiative Foundation

Carnegie Mellon Libraries and Open Forum for AI

Humane Intelligence

Cracked Labs

TU Wien Informatics

Central European University (CEU)

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

Vienna City Library

Fabasoft Research

Identity Valley

Wikimedia Europe and Wikimedia Austria

Sapienza University of Rome

Mastodon

Superflux

University of Graz

AI Factory Austria (AI:AT)

epicenter.works

Austrian Academy of Sciences

Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna)

Centre for Social Innovation and University of Vienna

Digital Enlightenment Forum

Camp.org

University of Vienna

Tor Vergata University of Roma

IT:U and Delft University of Technology

United Nations University

Council for European Public Space

APA Austria Presse Agentur

University of Vienna

eutema GmbH

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

University College London (UCL)

TU Wien

Austrian School of Government (ASG)

University for Development Studies

Distributed AI Research Institute and Data Workers’ Inquiry

Anton Proksch Institut

University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna and fit4internet

Zurich University of the Arts

Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)

Karlsruhe University of Education

The Austrian Armed Forces

Tecnalia

Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG

KU Leuven and European University Cyprus

Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI)

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR) and data_labe

Vienna Research Center for Visual Computing (VRVis)

leiwand.ai

Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS)

Central European University

Bordeaux Metropole