"Explore How The Nordic Countries Can Lead a New Narrative for TechnologyIn the global narrative on how to approach technology and data, two main characters dominate the story. In one corner, we have the East, with China in the forefront, using technology and data for control – collecting vast amounts of data for managing society.  […]

"The Future of Media is Intriguing!People keep saying that young people aren’t engaged in the news anymore — that they aren’t reading anymore. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. Today’s generations of readers are turning to platforms and formats that better fit their needs for media consumption. Short. Visual. Simple. Fun. And most importantly […]

"Technology has the potential to lift people out of poverty, propel rights of expression, drive economic growth, and facilitate sustainability. Yet, while technology contributes to defining the winners and losers of tomorrow, it also risks enhancing inequality between countries, regions and individuals. Technology and social media can also be used to propagate hatred and misinformation, […]

"Applications of today are made with heterogeneous component but runs in a homogeneous environment - How can that be done and can we do all that on a single IBM i? Of cause !!We will cover Microservices in Node.js, spring boot and Multithreaded RPG. Google integration using oAuth2 and redis. Everything runs with Nginx as […]

"Gain insights from the best and brightest minds in CX, with talks and networking hosted by Dixa.Mark our words – the way brands and customers interact will look more and more like the way we talk to friends. Why? It turns out it’s just good for business. Want to see for yourself? Come join us […]

"In a fast-paced world of emerging technologies, its hard to keep up with the truly game-changing ones.We have asked Danish tech guru and master reporter, Henrik Føhns, to help us pick some of the most impressive technologies, we are seeing these years. In this hour, you’ll meet the makers and see a demos of technologies, you […]

"Welcome to the Global AI Night on 5 Sept 2019Skåne Azure User Group (#AzureSkane on social media) is hosting this event alongside 87 other locations globally.https://global.ainights.com/This is a great opportunity to build or extend your knowledge about AI, Machine Learning, Cognitive services and more.We will have a short Global AI Keynote follwed by 2 sessions […]

"We’re facing key dilemmas in tech progress – is art part of the solution?Marko Ahtisaari (FIN) joins Techfestival to shine a light on the symbiotic love affair between arts and technology. Marko is the Artistic Director of the Helsinki Festival, the largest multi-arts festival in the Nordics.A Finnish technology entrepreneur, designer and musician, Marko has been CEO and co-founder […]

"Meredith Whittaker is a Distinguished Research Scientist at New York University, Co-founder and Co-director of the AI Now Institute, a leading campus institute dedicated to researching the social implications of artificial intelligence and related technologies, and the founder of Google’s Open Research group. She has over a decade of experience working in the tech industry and leading product […]

"Explore the Ins and Outs of Ruby!Get to know the Ruby programming language – beginner-friendly and powerful. Connect with Ruby enthusiasts from the region at Techfestival to A prepared talk by Martin Stein contextualizes Ruby usage.Speakers: Martin SteinMartin is a “Biodiversity Rubyist” at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, and we’ve invited him to share something […]

"How can we make academics, businesses and investors speak the same language?Businesses are facing complex problems that researchers could help answer. Researchers have a lot of knowledge that could make businesses thrive. The problem is that academics often speak in ways that businesses can’t understand and vice versa. Furthermore, the two operate in different time […]

"The Future of Food is Open-Source!To feed the ever-growing population of the world in a fully responsible way, the combination of food and technology should be embraced with the right principles. We want to establish a decentralised food system, that uses the power of technology to make local production of healthy, sustainable and great tasting […]

"Time to Take Risks… and Fuck upFuckup Nights is a global movement and event series for sharing professional fail stories: The business crash-and-burn, the partnership gone sour, the product being recalled, we share it all. The Techfestival x Fuckup Nights edition is exclusively devoted to the stories of women in Tech. With women taking the […]

"Let’s Democratize The Usage of Open BankingPSD2 (Payment Service Directive 2) is a new regulation in the EU (extension of GDPR). Thanks to the changes companies and individuals can now access wide streams of data – that were not available before. Our workshop will show how companies and individuals can take advantage of new regulations and use it to […]

"Let Augmented Reality Shape a Sustainable FutureThe climate crisis is on everyone’s minds. Yet, we can’t seem to find a meaningful and tangible way to communicate about it. We want to make AR more than a sci-fi dream or marketing gimmick – let’s rather use AR to create value and address today’s most important questions. […]

"It’s Time to Get Hands-On With Emerging Technologies!We’ll introduce you to our experience of prototyping and experimenting with a wide array of emerging technologies such as VR/AR, Voice, Machine Learning and IoT. Get valuable insights, learn from our mistakes, and participate in digital experiments with new technologies.Topp is a Swedish and San Francisco based innovation and […]

"Get to Your Next “Do” Moment!The Startup Dojo is where entrepreneurs meet to help each other become more successful in their startup ventures. The interactive session is based on helping entrepreneurs iterate through any part of the Build-Measure-Learn cycle.Our goal is to help more people become successful startup entrepreneurs. Do you have a great business […]

"Rethink traditional models for building, growing, funding and perceiving success in the startup world. A new generation of entrepreneurs and investors will discuss long-term success and how to manage dream vs reality.Let’s dream big and build real for an hour.Speakers:Mara Zepeda (US), co-founder/CEO of SwitchboardJennifer Brandel (US) co-founder/CEO of Hearken. Together, they founded  Zebras Unite to rethink startup and […]

"What are the complexities of designing blockchain-based ecosystems? Two years after she first joined Techfestival, crypto-economics expert Shermin Voshmgir (AUT) is back to lead the next step in the conversation on digital assets.Speaker:Shermin is the director of the Research Institute for Crypto Economics at the Vienna University of Economics, and the founder of BlockchainHub in Berlin. […]

"Aza is a co-founder of The Center for Humane Technology, which is focusing on reversing the digital attention crisis and realigning technology with human interests. Previously, Aza Raskin helped build the web at Mozilla as Head of User Experience, was named to Forbes 30-under-30 and was named Master of Design by Fast Company, for his work founding […]