IAFeS – International Association for Sciences has the pleasure of inviting you to submit your proposal for the NETTIES (Network Entities) Conference 2025 at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, the Austrian Campus of the E³UDRES² European University Alliance from 19 – 20 May 2025.
IAFeS is looking for scientific work, promising ideas, critical reflections, good practices,… to be presented and discussed in short pitches, scientific talks, round-tables and (interactive) workshops. Selected Papers will be published as a special publication with an ISBN number together with contributions from previous NETTIES-conferences and invited experts. Authors will be sent a printed copy of the publication as soon as it is available.
The 22nd NETTIES Conference will be linked to the E³UDRES² Science Festival.
IAFeS supports the concept of interdisciplinarity and welcomes submissions from all scientific areas that deal with scientific results, promising concepts, critical reflections, visionary ideas and/or best practices related to the topic:
- Innovation & Impact: Human-centered solutions for the age of digital transformation and artificial intelligence in regional and global contexts
The conference theme triggers an interplay between society, ecology and economy, education, research and innovation and spans the boundaries between diverse scientific disciplines, including, for example, computer science, engineering, education, natural sciences, humanities, economics, art and design, philosophy and theology…
Innovation is the key to mastering diverse challenges in a rapidly changing world in the age of Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence. Creative ideas, scientific expertise and research outputs are relevant sources but to maximize impact it is necessary to turn them into societal and economic value in the form of new products, processes and services to maximize impact.
One the one hand, the world’s innovation capacity is concentrated in a few global centres that are closely connected to top-ranked universities and in many aspects controlled by powerful executives of the major (technology) companies whose products, services and platforms shape our daily lives.
One the other hand, it is evident that regional innovation ecosystems are particularly important for human-centred, challenge-based innovation that is promoted by regionally-anchored higher education institutions that play an important role in their communities as well as small and medium-sized enterprises that make significant contributions to resilient and sustainable economic output within and for their regions. Recent publications and policy-reports point out that especially in Europe innovation needs a strong push and closing existing innovation gaps is key.
IAFeS therefore invites experienced experts from science and practice as well as young talents and any interested people to an interdisciplinary dialogue about innovation and impact in the age of digital transformation and artificial intelligence in regional and global contexts during the 22nd NETTIES Conference, 19 – 20 May 2025 in St. Pölten/Austria.
