WORLD INTERNET PROJECT BERLIN, 6 - 10 July 2025
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Jeffrey Cole, Los Angeles Jo Groebel, Berlin
Initiator WIP Organizer WIP 2025
Participants: Yair Amichai-Hamburger, Israel; Jenny Andersson, Sweden; Miquel Angel Carrasco, Chile; Christian Carucci, Italy; Jeffrey Cole, USA; Gabriel Bastias, Chile; Pamela Davidsson, Sweden; Nicolas Demertzis, Greece; William Dutton, UK; Sergio Godoy Etcheverry, Chile; Olle Findahl, Sweden; Jo Groebel, Germany; Tongyi Huang, Taiwan; Natascha Katharina Just, Switzerland; Nikolaos Klironomos, Greece; Michael Latzer, Switzerland; Petr Lupac, Czech Republic; Katerina Mandenaki, Greece; Jui Jen Peng, Taiwan; Nia Sarinastiti, Indonesia; Athena Seng, Macau; Stelios Stylianou, Cyprus; Ana Maria Trimmino Villa, Colombia; Alexandra Turcu, New Zealand; Quentin Wild, Germany; Grit Weiss, Germany
Su, 6 July
Arrival Amano Hotel Mitte, Auguststraße, Berlin
19:00 Meeting at Hotel Amano, Lobby, Walk to restaurant
19:30 Informal Dinner Augustiner, Gendarmenmarkt, Bavarian Food (self-pay)
Mo, 7 July:
09:00 Arrival conference site opposite Hotel Amano, Auguststraße
09:30 Jo Groebel, Opening 'Berlin & WIP:25' Introduction participants & coffee
10:30 Jeffrey Cole, Keynote Speech, ‘Digital Trends: The World since 2000 plus‘
11:00 Q & A
25 Years: Results and individual contributions from countries arround the world
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Crises, Cyber War, Populism, Conspiracy Theories, Ch: Olle Findahl.
Jo Groebel, 'Online Thrills and Reality. The Internet in a Polarized World'
Bill Dutton, 'Trust in Media, Information, and the Government in Ukraine'
Jenny Adersson, 'Some Data from Sweden' and
Individual contributions 'Internet's Role in Domestic and International Conflicts'
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Internet: Chances & Positive Intervention, Ch: Yair Amichai-Hamburger.
Yair Amichai-Hamburger 'Improving Intergroup Relationships w. Online Contact'
Individual cases from around the world.
Discussant: Stelios Stylianou
17:45 End Day 1
19:00 Informal Dinner, individual/group choices
20:30 Berlin Culture or Exploring the City's Night Life
Tu, 8 July
09:00 The Internet in Public and Individual Health, Ch: Sergio Godoy Etcheverry.
Sergio Godoy Etcheverry, Miguel Angel Carrasco, Gabriel Batias, 'Google vs. Doc'
Yair Amichai-Hamburger, 'The Intergroup Contact Hypothesis Reconsidered'
10:00 Coffee
10:30 Artifical Intelligence, Ch: Petr Lupac.
Petr Lupac, 'Divided in Usage & Perceived AI Impact. A New Polarization?'
Katerina Mandenaki, 'The Algorithm Knows Me. Privacy and Predictablility'
Athena Seng, 'Empowering Lives: Results Around Generative AI in Macao'
Pamela Andersson & Jenny Davidsson, 'AI Data from the Swedish Survey'
Tongyi Huang, 'The Public's Perception of AI', Discussant: Jui Jen Peng
Christian Carucci, 'Can AI Simulate a Human Sample & Generate Valid Results?'
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Social Implications of the Internet, CWhh: Natascha Just.
Michael Latzer / Noemi Festic, 'Transhumanist Digitalization & Techno Religion'
Nicolas Demertzis & Nikolas Klionomos, 'Profiling Digital Gaps: Greek Results'
Olle Findahl, 'What Different Generations Did with the Internet. 30 Years History'
Individual contributions from around the world
15:30 Online Coffee Speech, Nia Sarinastiti, 'Internet Impact in Indonesia'
16:00 Business, Economy and the Internet, Ch: Alexandra Turcu.
Sergio Godoy Etcheverry, 'Reputational Risk Equation in Extreme Times'
Alexandra Turcu, 'Results from New Zealand'
Discussant: Ana Maria Trimmino Villa
17:30 Pamela Davidsson, Special, Domaine Name Use Europe: https://centr.org
18:00 End of Day 2
19:00 Sponsored Dinner, Rooftop Room
Speech: Quentin Wild, 'Into the 2030s: Digital Future: A Gen-Z's Perspective'
We, 9 July
09:00 WIP Breakfast Business Meeting, Ch: Jeff Cole & Michael Latzer
10:30 Tour of Berlin 1: Walk arround Mitte: History & Hipness
12:30 Informal Lunch (Hotel Neighbourhood)
13:30 Individual WIP Bilateral Coop-Meetings 1
14:30 Tour of Berlin 2: Prussia: Boulevard Unter den Linden / Gendarmenmarkt
18:00 Informal WIP Coop-Meetings 2
19:30 Individual Dinner, e.g. Open-Air, 'Biergarten Altes Zollhaus'
Th, 10 July
09:00 Individual WIP Bilateral Coop Meetings 3
09:30 Tour of Berlin 3: Berlin 1933-1945 / 1945 - 1989, The Wall, West-Berlin, DDI
12:00 Check-Out
Afternoon departure from hotel or longer stay