Digital Days 2025: Vienna becomes the stronghold of digital humanism!

Digital Days 2025: Vienna becomes the stronghold of digital humanism!

Wien, Österreich - The preparations for the Digital Days 2025 in Vienna are in full swing. From October 13 to 16, 2025, this important event will find under the motto "The European Way in the Digital World. Resilient. Innovative. Human." instead of. Compared to the previous year, the event is expanded by one day, which gives the organizers, including the climate and innovation agency UIV Urban Innovation Vienna GmbH, the Wirtschaftsagentur Vienna and the Vienna Science, Research and Technology Mountains (WWTF), the opportunity to offer a more extensive program.

in this year's Digital Days are keynotes, panel discussions and workshops with experts from home and abroad. City councilor Barbara Novak emphasizes the human focus and digital humanism as the central aspects of the event. A free entry is provided, with a limitation of the tickets for exclusive program items. Venues are the Technical Museum Vienna and "The Forum", the climate and innovation forum of the city of Vienna.

program overview

The event is divided into several thematic days:

• Day 1 (October 13) : Govcamp (unconfection) in the "The Forum".
• Day 2 (October 14th) : Community Day with interactive workshops and impulse valley in the "Das Forum".
• Day 3 (October 15) : main day with a Digistreet exhibition in the Technical Museum Vienna; Official opening and program with keynotes and panels.
• day 4 (October 16) : students day in the "Das Forum" with workshops and lectures for school classes.

Another highlight is the Digital Humanism Conference 2025 , which is under the motto "Shaping Our Digital Future". This conference aims to bring experts together in order to discuss the influence of technology from the perspective of human values ​​and democratic principles. Topics such as artificial intelligence, the power of platforms, the effects on the media and new approaches to social innovation are in focus.

The digital change in Europe

In the context of these initiatives, the EU strategy for the design of digital change is also becoming important. As in European Parliament , artificial intelligence should not only improve health care and also adapt to European companies Make more competitive. A legal framework for AI that creates trust and implements ethical standards is crucial for the development of a competitive "artificial intelligence made in Europe". The proposal for the regulation of KI, which was presented on April 21, 2021, provides for the classification of AI systems according to their risk.

summarized both the Digital Days 2025 and the Digital Humanism Conference show how important it is to shape digitization in harmony with European values. Topics such as inclusion, diversity and environmental regeneration are not only abstract concepts, but central efforts that should shape society in the digital age.