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Throughout the four-week Festival University, you will be mentored and supervised by an international faculty consisting of (JKU) scholars as well as experts in art, culture, media, business, law, politics, and civil society.
The program will include contributions by Franz Fischler (former EU Commissioner and Austrian Federal Minister of Agriculture), Lana Ivanjek (university professor at the Technical University of Dresden), Ernst Ulrich von Weizsecker (German environmental scientist and politician), Karen Palmer (British storyteller of "The Future"), and Seda Röder (accomplished pianist, author, and entrepreneur from Turkey).
„I welcome the opportunity to interact with the younger generation and help them use their creativity to make a positive impact in the world.“
Festival University Speakers
(in alphabetical order)
| Univ. Prof. Dr. Ebrahim Afsah | Professor of Law and Ethics in Islam, University of Vienna (Austria) | |
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| Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, opens an external URL in a new window | Director of Global Research Communications - RethinkX (Great Britain) | |
| Crystn Hunt Akron, opens an external URL in a new window | Music Producer, Performance Artist - Plasticphonia | |
| Mike Artner, opens an external URL in a new window | Fridays for Future (Austria) | |
| Tina Auer, opens an external URL in a new window | Artist, Time's Up (Austria) | |
| Amir Bastani, opens an external URL in a new window | Creative Robotics, UfG Linz (Austria) | |
| Guy Ben-Ari, opens an external URL in a new window | Artist, Researcher (Australia) | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Bergthaler | Institute for Environmental Law at the JKU, Attorney at Law, Partner at Haslinger & Nagele | |
| Prof. Johannes Brauman, opens an external URL in a new window | Creative Robotics, UfG Linz (Austria) | |
| Tim Boykett, opens an external URL in a new window | Artist, Time's Up (Austria) | |
| Bernhard Böhm | Entrepreneur, Office for New Social Perspectives | |
| Sean Buchan, opens an external URL in a new window | Campaign Manager Stop Funding Heat (Austria) | |
| Kasia Chmielinski, opens an external URL in a new window | Co-Founder - Data Nutrition Project, Current Shorenstein Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School & Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center (USA) | |
| Gjorgji Despodov, opens an external URL in a new window | 3D Illustrator & Graphic Designer (Slovenia) | |
Univ. Prof. Dr. Franz Fellner | Dean of Academic Affairs at the JKU Faculty of Medicine, head of the Institute of Radiology at the Kepler University Hospital | |
| Emran Feroz, opens an external URL in a new window | Journalist, war reporter, author (Austria, Afghanistan) | |
| Prof. Dr. Franz Fischler, opens an external URL in a new window | Former EU Commissioner, former Austrian Federal Minister, former President of Forum Alpbach, advisor to various governments and the OECD, author (Austria) | |
| Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathis Fister | Institute for Administrative Law JKU, Attorney at Law & Partner at Tschurtschenthaler Walder (Austria) | |
| Dr. Matthew Gardiner, opens an external URL in a new window | Key Researcher & Artist, Ars Electronica Futurelab (Austria) | |
| Prof. Dr. Thomas Gegenhuber | Professor for Managing Socio-Technical Transitions - JKU | |
| Dr. Friedrich Hinterberger, opens an external URL in a new window | Club of Rome, Vice-President (Austria) | |
| Martin Hoffmann, opens an external URL in a new window | Scientists4Future (Austria) | |
Univ. Prof. Dr. Wolfram Hötzenencker, opens an external URL in a new window | Head of Dermatology and Venereology at the Kepler University Hospital | |
| Jun. Prof. Dr. Lana Ivanjek, opens an external URL in a new window | Junior Professor at the Chair for Didactics of Physics, TU Dresden (Germany) | |
| Dr. Edurado Kapapelo, opens an external URL in a new window | Researcher, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (South Africa) | |
| Univ. Prof. Dr. Barbara Krumay, Bakk, MSc | Head of the Institute of Business Informatics - Information Engineering, JKU (Austria) | |
Univ. Prof. Dr. Bernd Lamprecht, opens an external URL in a new window | Deputy Dean of Education and Student Affairs at the JKU Faculty of Medicine, head of Pneumology at Kepler University Hospital | |
| Miranda Macus, opens an external URL in a new window | Head of the BBC News Lab (Great Britain) | |
Univ. Prof. Dr. Alexander Moschen, opens an external URL in a new window | Head of Internal Medicine 2 - Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nephrology, Rheumatology at the Kepler University Hospital | |
| Dr. Manuel Mühlburger, MSc | Assistant Professor at the Institute of Business Informatics - Information Engineering, JKU (Austria) | |
| Marcus Neustetter, opens an external URL in a new window | Artist (South Africa & Austria) | |
| Sarah Newman, opens an external URL in a new window | Co-Founder - Data Nutrition Project; Director of Art & Education at metaLAB Harvard (USA) | |
| Karen Palmer, opens an external URL in a new window | Storyteller from the Future (Great Britain) | |
| Martin Rauchbauer, opens an external URL in a new window | Tech Diplomacy Senior Fellow, Diplo Foundation (Austria) | |
| Seda Röder, opens an external URL in a new window | Founder of the Sonophilia Foundation, managing partner at Mindshift Global (Austria) | |
| Andreas Safron, opens an external URL in a new window | Climate Change Adaption Manager, Sterngartl Gusental (Austria) | |
| Yoko Shimizu, opens an external URL in a new window | Key Researcher & Artist, Ars Electronica Futurelab (Japan) | |
| Tammy Palesa Stewart, opens an external URL in a new window | Artist (South Africa) | |
| Nathan Thompson, opens an external URL in a new window | New Media Artist, Design Engineer (Australia) | |
| Gernot M. Wallner | Professor of Polymer Engineering Technologies, JKU (Austria) | |
| Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, opens an external URL in a new window | German environmental scientist and politician (former member of the German Bundestag) | |
| Richard Wilson, opens an external URL in a new window | Director of Stop Funding Hate, Co-founder of Stop Funding Heat (Great Britain) | |
| Marco Vivoda, opens an external URL in a new window | Creative Director of the HEKA Lab (Slovenia) | |
| Team Memorial Gusen, opens an external URL in a new window | ||
| Team BMW |
Artists at the Ars Electronica Festival
In addition, all of the artists at the Ars Electronica Festival will serve as part of the international faculty. You will have an opportunity to take part in the festival program and meet all of the artists.
„It is exciting to challenge and be challenged by those enthusiasts who will build the future.“
