As already mentioned, we will have a concert on 4 June, 2015, 20:00, in the Festsaal of TU Wien (see venue). The concert will have two parts, each lasting about an hour, with a break of 15 minutes in between.…
As already mentioned, we will have a concert on 4 June, 2015, 20:00, in the Festsaal of TU Wien (see venue). The concert will have two parts, each lasting about an hour, with a break of 15 minutes in between.…
Though government representatives shun away and people forget, investigative journalism has picked up the ball. It’s still on the agenda: the Snowden leaks. It’s an ironic coincidence that in a town that stood in the focus when Wikileak’s Julian Assange set the U.S.…
The Summit Programme is now accessible through an Overview page. Use the links provided on the Programme site. You can navigate through the programme by clicking on the boxes of the table. You can also download the overview for printing. The final programme contains 60…
Due to the strong demand for participation we had to change the plans for the room to be used on the opening day that is reserved for plenary sessions only. We switched to the Audimax, the largest room the TU Wien…
Chantal Mouffe, co-initiator and signatory of the Convivialist Manifesto, was invited to give a talk at the University of Vienna: “The future of democracy: How to face the challenge of the protest movements”. The Convivialist Manifesto will be presented at our Summit by…
While the Vienna University of Technology celebrates 200 years of existence, the University of Vienna has its 650 years celebration. And 25 years ago the University of Vienna laid the foundations for the Austrian internet – the so-called ACOnet (Austrian Academic Computer…
The latest issue of the German edition of the Scientific American “Spektrum der Wissenschaft” published an article from last September (Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 3) about “What makes Humans Different Than Any Other Species”. The article describes the research programme of…
Eduardo Reck Miranda is a composer who makes use of the computer when composing. That is, he uses algorithmic tools in the composition process. So he resorts to Conway’s Game of Life cellular automata model to generate music. Does this mean…