For 2025, all events will be held in a hybrid mode with five options: on site or virtual choices (live, prerecorded videos, voiced presentation slides, and .pdf slides).

We hope for better times allowing us to return to the traditional on site scientific events. However, we are ready to adapt any which way the conditions dictate.

DigiTech 2025 Congress

Conference will be mixed online and on location at

NOVOTEL VENEZIA MESTRE CASTELLANA
Via Ceccherini 21
30174 VENEZIA MESTRE
ITALY

Note: This event is a mix of online and on site participation. All contributions are posted below; those presenting onsite have their own schedule, as a subset of the entire program.

Opening Welcome

On Site Program

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Tutorials

T1. Vector Databases: A Beginner’s Guide - On Site
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Olaf Herden, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, Stuttgart - Campus Horb, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- summary
- short bio

T3. Business Models for SME in the AI Era - On Site
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, EU/USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- summary
- short bio

Keynote Speeches

K1. The Power of Generative AI: What We Learned from Global Hackathons and Scientific Research - On Site
Prof. Dr. Júlio Monteiro Teixeira, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K3. Fighting Fire with Fire: Developing AI-enhanced Methodologies to Combat AI-enhanced Cognitive Threats - On Site
Prof. Dr. Nitin Agarwal, Jerry L. Maulden-Entergy Chair and Donaghey Distinguished Professor of Information Science, University of Arkansas - Little Rock & Faculty Fellow, International Computer Science Institute, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K4. When Johnny Needs an Expert: LLMs to the Rescue or Rather not? - On Site
Prof. Dr. Erik Buchmann, Leipzig University, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K5. The Algorithmic Turn in Media: From Deepfakes to Generative Breakthroughs - On Site
Prof. Dr. Stephan Böhm, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K6. Detection and Diagnosis of Lesions in Medical Imaging with Ultra-lightweight Deep Learning Models - On Site
Prof. Dr. Kenji Suzuki, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Open Discussions

OD1. Digital Space vs. Open Space - On Site - Sunday
Coordinators:
Prof. Dr. Júlio Monteiro Teixeira, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil
Prof Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- presentation slides

OD2. Revisiting LLMs - Semantic Mismatching, Licensing Scheme, and Uncertainty Estimation of LLMs - On Site - Sunday
Coordinator:
Prof Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA/EU
- presentation slides

OD3. Beyond the Hype: Confronting AI’s Real-World Limitations - On Site - Monday
Coordinators:
Prof. Dr. Erik Buchmann, Leipzig University, Germany
- presentation slides

Panels

P1. Human Interaction in the Digital Era - On Site - Monday, 17:45 - 19:30
Moderators:
Prof. Dr. Claudia Heß. IU Internationale Hochschule, Germany
Prof. Dr. Sibylle Kunz. IU Internationale Hochschule, Germany
Panelists:
Dr. Andras Horvath, Peter Pazmany Catholic University, Hungary
Dr. José Miguel Martins Lucas, Universidade de Coimbra - Faculdade de Direito, Portugal
Prof. Dr. Matthias Harter, Hochschule RheinMain, Germany
Prof. Dr. Júlio Monteiro Teixeira, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil
- presentation slides

P2. Advances in Recognition Systems - On Site - Tuesday, 17:00 - 19:45
Moderator:
Prof. Dr.  Alexander Lawall, IU International University of Applied Science, Germany
Panelists:
Prof. Dr.  Przemyslaw Pochec, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Dr. Gábor György Gulyás, Vitarex Stúdió Ltd., Hungary
Prof. Dr. Ping Wang, Robert Morris University, USA
Prof. Dr. Vicente Casares Giner, Universitat Politècnica de València, España
Prof.  Dr. Constantine Kotropoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- presentation slides

P3. AI-powered Creative Content at Crossroads - On Site - Wednesday, 18:15 - 20:00
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Matthias Harter, Hochschule RheinMain, Germany
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Rania Hodhod, Columbus State University, USA
Res. Assist. Caspian Jade Moosburner, RheinMain University, Germany
Freelancer Iuliana Adina Apostol, Germany
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Laura Hesse, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany
Prof. Dr. Sylvia Rothe, University of Television and Film, Germany
Prof. Dr. Fatima Hussain, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
- presentation slides

P4. AIMEDIA Business Innovation - On Site - Thursday, 9:00 -10:45
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Stephan Böhm, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Júlio Monteiro Teixeira, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil
Prof. Dr. Florian Allwein, IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Dr. Petra Ahrweiler, TISSS Lab, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, Germany
Prof. Dr. Thomas Zoeller, IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- presentation slides

Special Sessions

SENSROB: Intelligent Sensors and Deep Learning for Robot Perception and Navigation - Hybrid
Chairs:
Prof. André Schneider de Oliveira, Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR), Brazil
Prof. Ronnier Frates Rohrich, Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR), Brazil

PGAI: Productivity Gains by AI - Myth or Measurable? - Hybrid
Chairs:
Prof. Dr. Claudia Heß. IU Internationale Hochschule, Germany
Prof. Dr. Sibylle Kunz. IU Internationale Hochschule, Germany

Regular Sessions

(to be announced once registration concludes)

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