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

T2. Revisiting LLMs - Semantic Mismatching, Licensing Scheme, and Uncertainty Estimation of LLMs - On Site
Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, EU/USA
- 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

K2. TBA - Virtual
Prof. Clement Leung (SSE), Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen, China
- 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: Ad Hoc
- presentation slides

OD2. From LLMs to LCMs: Managing Concepts Assets - On Site - Monday
Coordinators: Ad Hoc
TBA
- 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:
TBA
- 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:
TBA
- 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:
TBA
- 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:
TBA
- 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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