FutureNow!
Digital Symbiosis
International Symposium 2025
Future Now! – Digital symbiosis for urban spaces: new digital tools, AI bots, and digital learning are encountering a wide variety of life scenarios. They are influencing changes in culture and urban spaces and creating interrelationships that can give rise to positive and negative hybrid practices.
This year’s edition of the yearly symposium consist of short talks, presentations and table discussions. It will take place as part of the Europe Weeks „Europawochen“ in the State of Bremen. The event will be held in English. The symposium on Wednesday, May 21st are open to the public.
Wednesday, 21.05. 13:00 – 17:30
Digital Impact Lab – Mitte, UMZU, Papenstr. 6, Bremen
13:00 – 14:00 Opening
- 13:00 – 13:45 Stand 1: European citizens project presentation: EU Journeys: Uniting Stories of European Integration; Sebastian Schuster, M2C Institut für angewandte Medienforschung, Bremen
- 13:00 – 13:45 Stand 2-6: Table discussions: AI for self learning – presentations of ideas for AI edu use; 404 – AI not found, Alienmade, Beer Horse, Bubble, Group 4:D, Media Informatics Course KI-Edu-Kit, Hochschule Bremen
- 13:45 – 14:00 Reception for European Guests
14:00 – 14:10 Opening Address
- 14:00 – 14:10 FutureNow! – Digital symbiosis for people’s urban environment; Martin Koplin, Director, M2C Institut für angewandte Medienforschung, Bremen
14:10 – 15:00 Talks & Presentations: Digital Design and Applications
- 14:10 – 14:20 Design and AI; Andreas Teufel, Hochschule Bremen
- 14:20 – 14:30 Managing unpredictable accidents by self-driving vehicles; Gábor Kiss, Óbuda University, Budapest
- 14:30 – 14:40 Predictive Trajectory Analysis and Urban Traffic Management; Ventsislav Nikolov. Technical University of Varna
- 14:40 – 14:50 Fuzzy system in theory and practice; Peter Bakucz, Óbuda University, Budapest
- 14:50 – 15:00 Discussion
- 15:00 – 15:30 Stand 1: Startchancen: Digital Impact Labs in schools – a solution for schools within the Startchancen programme!; Swantje Letzsch, Digital Impact Labs, Bremen
15:30 – 16:40 Talks & Presentations: Digital Participation
- 15:30 – 15:40 Organizing robotic contests: a booster for STEM education?; Yasaldo Trabula, Hochschule Bremen
- 15:40 – 15:50 Digital Art in Public Space, Lorenz Potthast, Xenorama & Digital Impact Lab Bremen
- 15:50 – 16:00 From Tactile Paving to Tactile Cities: Creating Multimodal Navigation Aids for Inclusive Public Spaces by AI, Volker Paelke, Hochschule Bremen
- 16:00 – 16:10 Empowering Citizens through AI for Active Participation in Democracy, Krasimir Petkov, Expert Pool – Bulgaria, Sofia
- 16:10 – 16:20 Discussion
- 16:20 – 16:40 Stand 1: Collaboration Contact point for cooperation opportunities with the Digital Impact Lab Bremen
16:40 – 17:30 Talks & Presentations: AI Trends and Digital Education
- 16:40 – 16:50 Challenges and Future Trends in AI; Uta Bohnebeck, Hochschule Bremen´
- 16:50 – 17:00 Challenge-based Learning; Martin Hering-Bertram, Hochschule Bremen
- 17:00 – 17:10 Artificial Intelligence in schools – I predict a riot; Oliver Bower, Thomas Kieckbusch, Die Senatorin für Kinder und Bildung, Bremen
- 17:10 – 17:20 DILaboration – Digital Impact Labs Bremen under research; Martin Koplin, M2C Institut für angewandte Medienforschung, Bremen
- 17:20 – 17:30 Discussion
- 17:30 – 17:40 Conclusion; Martin Hering-Bertram, Hochschule Bremen & Martin Koplin, M2C Institut für angewandte Medienforschung, Bremen