IEEE TEMS/LMAG: "Who Owns the Future?” (DigHum-Series)
This event is organized in collaboration with the Digital Humanism Initiative
Dear colleague,
We are pleased to invite you to this talk in our Lecture Series:
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. (17:00) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Topic: “Who Owns the Future?”
(scroll down for abstract and CV)
Speaker: Jaron Lanier (Microsoft, USA)
Moderator: Sarah Kriesche (Ö1, Austria)
Live in FH Hörsaal 1, Freihausgebäude, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, 1040 Vienna
To participate in the talks via Zoom go to: https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/96389928143?pwd=UU5YRkNuRmdoWHV4MFBwMWRCcUErdz09
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The talk will be live streamed and recorded on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/digitalhumanism
For further announcements and information about the speakers in the Lecture Series, see https://dighum.org/#latest-news. Please note that you can access the slides and recordings of our past events via that link.
In case you missed the last lecture by Mathieu Guillermin you can watch the recording of “New Humanism in the Time of Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence (NHNAI): a Research-Action Project”.
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20.-21.11 Digital Humanism – Interdisciplinary Science and Research Conference
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Abtract for “Who owns the future” will be forthcoming.
Short Bio of Jaron Lanier:
Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, artist, and author. He is a founder of the field of Virtual Reality (a term he coined), aa well as adjacent disciplines including surgical simulation, and has received a lifetime achievement award from the IEEE. His bestselling books on computer science and society have won numerous honors, including the German Peace Prize for Books. Lanier also writes for the New Yorker and for movies and TV. He is a specialist in performing on rare musical instruments of all cultures and periods. Lanier currently serves as Prime Unifying Scientist at Microsoft.
Short Bio of Sarah Kriesche:
Sarah Kriesche is a science editor for Ö1, an Austrian radio station, and was born and raised in Graz. Sarah’s career in broadcasting began in 1999 when she moderated the radio program “Nachbar in Not” for ORF, reporting on current events in Southeast Europe in six languages. She has worked at various stations, including St. Pölten, Wiener Neustadt, Gran Canaria, and Vienna. She is a recipient of the Prälat-Leopold-Ungar Recognition Award for her weekly series “Vielfalt in Wien,” (Radio Wien) which highlights the diversity of Vienna’s people and how cultural coexistence enriches the city’s quality of life. Her contribution to the history of surveillance in Vienna (Ö1) was awarded the Hamburg Surveillance Studies Prize. Sarah’s work emphasizes the exploration of technical innovations and their societal impact. Since 2010 she designs and presents several programs, including “Matrix”, “Digital Leben”, “Radiokolleg” and news broadcasts.