Art + Tech + Policy
St. Pölten UAS invites you to the panel discussion as part of the Creative Media Summer School. Join the event live via YouTube.
Empowering creative ideas to co-create a human-centered and sustainable society
Each in their own way, artists, technologists, and policymakers are creating the parameters for the digital transformation. Frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain are already profoundly transforming our economy, society, and democratic institutions.
They also challenge our notion of what it means to be human in the digital age. A new digital humanism is required to break through existing silos, to align our human aspirations with the development of digital technologies, and to empower citizens to participate in the public discourse around these technologies of the future.
Thus, an intensified collaboration at the intersection of art, technology and policy is key for a prosperous future in a green and digital age.
Artists as cultural ambassadors have an important role to play in positively shaping technology at its core. Scientists and engineers provide innovative tools for an inclusive, diverse and sustainable human-centered culture.
Policymakers have to provide inspiring frameworks, enable forward-looking collaboration and empower creative people as essential changemakers.
Panelists:
Martin Eichtinger
- Member of the State Government of Lower Austria, former ambassador and head of the cultural policy section in the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs
Clara Blume
- Cultural diplomat and artist in Silicon Valley, head of the Open Austria Art + Tech Lab
Martin Rauchbauer
- Austrian Tech Ambassador in San Francisco and Co-Director at Open Austria
Gerin Trautenberger
- Founder and owner of Microgiants Design & Research, Chair of Creative Industries Austria, Board Member of the European Creative Business Network
Veronika Liebl
- Director der European Projects und Managing Director FESTIVAL PRIX EXHIBITIONS bei Ars Electronica Linz
Hannes Raffaseder
- Member of the Executive Board of St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Leading Coordinator of the European University E³UDRES², composer and media artists
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