7–9 May 2026
Digital (R)Evolution
The festival about AI and its meaning for the future of our planet
The Futurological Congress returns to South Tyrol – with talks, acting-performances, workshops, exhibitions and meet & greets between science, art, education, politics and economy. Together with experts of diverse industries you can engage and reflect how artificial intelligence shapes our everyday life, and how society as a whole can benefit from it.
Competition for writers
How is artificial intelligence changing our lives – our work, our relationships, our thinking, our language? And, not least: How do we, as a society, want to help shape this transformation? We seek plays that explore the topic of AI in multi-layered, critical, poetic, or humorous ways and that contribute to a broader societal dialogue. What we are looking for are original perspectives, strong dramatic voices, and stories that portray a future that has already begun.
About
How strongly does artificial intelligence already shape our life – or let alone our future? As an infotainment-festival, the Futurological Congress investigates exactly these questions. We explore the growing significance of AI: it enables possibilities, makes our life easier and helps facing global challenges. At the same time, AI itself acts as one of our largest challenges by proposing societal and ethical questions, which can only be addressed together.
The congress acts as a limitless space between science, art, politics, education, and economics, but mostly between people. The debate is supposed to not only take place amongst experts, but include anyone: The entire South-Tyrolean population, regardless of language and age.
To make this work, the Futurological Congress unites science and art. This connection allows new and creative admissions to technology which shapes our understanding of norms.
From 7 to 9 of May, the Futurological Congress acts as an appetizer for our main event in May 2027.
The Futurological Congress is an initiative from the Center for Advanced Studies at Eurac Research in partnership with:
