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

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