Media Moments of Truth


9:00 am - 10:30 am
Media Moments of Truth
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Thursday, 29. August
90 minutes
German
First come first serve

We are facing the “Moment of Truth”, not only at the European Forum Alpbach 2024, but also in our society as we know it. Current debates on the relationship between data, innovation and AI focus on the ethical, social and economic consequences that technologies impose on societies. How can the media use new tools to find, communicate and protect the “best obtainable version of the truth”? At the same time, these tools offer multiple opportunities for the media to create more efficient and relevant offerings for different audiences. With democracy under pressure, traditional legacy and public service media have a particularly important and responsible role to play. Being a critical media infrastructure, they must ensure that societies can continue to rely on a modicum of trustworthy and transparent information in order to function properly. Join the discussion on how public media can fulfil its role in a digital and AI-driven world.

Supported by ORF
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Othmar Karas

former First Vice-President of the European Parliament
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Ana Simic

CEO | Supervisory Board Member Engage Technology | ASFINAG | EuroTeleSites AG
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Michael Wagenhofer

Managing Director and Speaker of Österreichische Rundfunksender GmbH & Co KG (ORS)
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Astrid Zöchling

CIO for ORF
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Florian Tursky

The former Austrian State Secretary for Digitalization and Telecommunications
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Andreas Rudas

President of Arthur D. Little in Austria
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Moderator

Esther Mitterstieler

Regional Director ORF Tirol