#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

Vienna Chamber of Labour (AK Wien)

Schleswig-Holstein

Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)

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

Hertie School

Vienna Research Center for Visual Computing (VRVis)

EuroStack Initiative Foundation

Humane Intelligence

Cracked Labs

TU Wien Informatics

Central European University (CEU)

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

Vienna City Library

GRG1 Stubenbastei

Fabasoft Research

Identity Valley

Contemporary Immersive Virtual Art (Civa)

Vienna Chamber of Labour (AK Wien)

Wikimedia Europe and Wikimedia Austria

Sapienza University of Rome

Mastodon

Superflux

University of Graz

University of Applied Arts Vienna

Austrian Research Institute of Artificial Intelligence

AI Factory Austria (AI:AT)

epicenter.works

Austrian Academy of Sciences

Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna)

Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) and University of Vienna

Digital Enlightenment Forum

Camp.org

University of Vienna

The Research Institute

Tor Vergata University of Roma

IT:U and Delft University of Technology

GRG1 Stubenbastei

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 Informatics eduLAB

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

Harvard University and Inrupt, Inc.

GRG1 Stubenbastei

University of Hamburg

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

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)

Federal Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI)

Central European University

Bordeaux Metropole

City of Vienna