When discussing the future of information society, we will discuss at the same time about society at a more general level. We will refer to shortcomings or malfunctions of current societal developments and to what sociologists call mechanisms that might…

The Evangelische Akademie Wien is in charge of organising an expert discussion on that topic in the framework of our Summit. Experts and representatives of Peace Research, Business, Politics and Military, and the civil society will exchange views with Hon.-Prof. Dr.…

The Wiener Festwochen, established in 1951, is a European art festival held every spring. The programme was released recently. Around our Summit many plays are performed that have a connection to the Summit theme: the information overload, war and struggle for power,…

Summit Speaker Rafael Capurro wrote a comment on the intercultural discourse revolving around Charlie Hebdo. He defends anglo-american newspapers not reprinting the French cartoons against accusations of cowardice made by German journalists. Read here. This comment touches the core of the Summit:…

Two new Tracks were added in the new year. So we have got 25 calls for papers. All of them are open until 27 February 2015. Only abstracts need to be submitted. Click here to browse all calls. They are categorised…

2015 started with a new strand of discussion in the FIS discussion list. Terry Deacon, keynote speaker on the first day, opened the discussion with excerpts of an essay on “Steps to a Theory of Reference & Significance in Information”.…