📣 Never silent again! Loud for freedom, strong for diversity! 🏳️‍🌈
What a powerful presence by the #UniversityofStuttgart at Stuttgartpride 2025!

💪 With around 350 participants, we were once again one of the largest walking groups in the colorful parade through Stuttgart, standing up for freedom, visibility, and diversity. 🌈
💥 Highlight: The student representation stuvus built their own float and turned up the volume – rain or shine! 🌧️
🔊 Our motto "Intelligent through diversity" was loud, proud, and unmissable.
For the first time, we also had an information booth on Sunday for conversations, awareness, and visibility beyond the parade. Because diversity isn’t a one-day thing. It lives and grows on campus.

#CSDStuttgart #UniversityOfStuttgart #Pride2025 #NeverSilentAgain #IntelligentThroughDiversity #Diversity

At IRIS, we see Public Engagement not as an extra, but as a central part of interdisciplinary AI research.
In this short film, we share a glimpse into our approach.

#IRISStuttgart
#PublicEngagement
#AIandSociety
#ScienceCommunication
#Wissenschaftskommunikation
#UniversityofStuttgart
#ResponsibleResearch
#Interdisciplinary
#HumanCenteredAI

🔊 New episode out now!
Transformation isn’t a buzzword-it’s the key to our future.
In our latest podcast, Prof. Thomas Bauernhansl (#UniversityofStuttgart & Fraunhofer IPA) shares his vision for the future of industrial production:
🌱 from digital to biological transformation
♻️ circular economy and sustainable innovation
🧠 systemic thinking and global collaboration
🚀 the role of universities and startups in shaping what’s next

He talks about what it takes to lead change in complex times – and why efficiency alone is no longer enough.

🎧 Tune in now https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/universitaet/fueralle/podcast/

#FutureOfIndustry #Sustainability #Innovation #UniversityOfStuttgart #FraunhoferIPA #CircularEconomy #MadeInSciencePodcast

Happening Today at the University of Stuttgart: The IRIS Summer Symposium 2025!
We're delving into the complexities of intelligent systems and their societal impacts through a series of insightful talks and discussions. Key topics include:
🔵 Computational Digital Psychology – Exploring how digital environments influence human behavior.
🔵 Ethics of Generative AI – Examining the moral considerations surrounding AI-generated content.
🔵 Diversity-Aware NLP Intelligent Systems – Developing language processing tools that respect and reflect societal diversity.
🔵 Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction and Teaming – Investigating collaborative dynamics between humans and intelligent systems.
🔵 Teaching and Learning Forum RISING – Innovating educational approaches to prepare students for an AI-integrated future.
🔵 IRIS Public Engagement – Bridging the gap between scientific research and public discourse.
🔵 Poster Session Highlights – Showcasing interdisciplinary research on topics such as:
Trust dynamics in human-chatbot interactions.
Societal and organizational impacts of AI.
Literary narratives as tools for critically reflecting on intelligent systems.
Human-AI teaming in flight operations.
📍 Venue: University of Stuttgart, Campus Vaihingen
🕘 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (CEST)
📌 Poster Session: 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Room UN34.150
This event is free and open to all interested individuals. If you're passionate about the intersection of technology and society, there's still time to join us!
🔗 Learn more: www.iris.uni-stuttgart.de

#IRISStuttgart #IRISSummerSymposium #AIandSociety
#EthicsInAI #HumanAIInteraction
#NLP
#PublicEngagement #InterdisciplinaryResearch #UniversityOfStuttgart

🌍 Brave Conversations is coming to Stuttgart! 🚀
🟢 5/7/2025, 10am to 04pm
🟢 @Aquarium Campus Vaihingen
🟢 Pfaffenwaldring 45

Since 2017, Brave Conversations has created spaces around the world for people to explore how emerging technologies are transforming our lives—and how we are shaping them in return. Rooted in the spirit of the Web Science Conferences, these events bring critical discussions into the public sphere, inviting diverse voices to reflect, question, and co-create our digital future.

🗓️ Join us for Brave Conversations: Stuttgart 2025 – a dynamic, day-long event open to everyone interested in the societal impact of digital innovation.
We at IRIS – the 🔵 Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems are proud and excited to co-organize this event alongside School for Talents (with Lisa Kohler), Stuttgarter Change Labs (Spela Setzen), and Intersticia, and to host it at the Universität Stuttgart.
Whether you're a student, researcher, creative thinker, or simply curious about how humans and technologies shape one another — your voice matters in these conversations.

💡 Expect thoughtful dialogue, hands-on learning, and a welcoming atmosphere led by an experienced team of facilitators, including Anni Rowland-Campbell, Hannah Stewart, and Ghada Ibrahim, with contributions from our brilliant team at the University of Stuttgart.

💬 We believe that change begins with dialogue. Come share your perspective and help shape the digital world we want to live in.
📲 Registration: https://lnkd.in/e4NpUCKz

#BraveConversations
#Stuttgart2025
#IRIS
#DigitalSociety
#WebScience
#HumanTechnology
#DigitalTransformation
#AIandSociety
#TechForGood
#FutureOfTechnology
#EthicsInTech
#DigitalHumanities
#CriticalThinking
#TechDialogue
#DigitalLiteracy
#STEM
#Innovation
#UniversityOfStuttgart
#Intersticia
#ChangeLabs
#SchoolForTalents
#DigitalCulture
#PublicEngagement
#CoCreation
#ReflectivePractices
#CyberValley

IRIS Board of Directors
Prof. Dr. André Bächtiger
Prof. Dr. Reinhold Bauer
Prof. Dr. Sibylle Baumbach
Dr. Miriam K.
Prof. Dr. Steffen Staab
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Maria Wirzberger

If you're part of the IRIS community – like Cyber Valley, @izkt_stuttgart – Internationales Zentrum für Kultur- und Technikforschung der Universität Stuttgart, ARENA2036 or @alexanderbrem we’d love to see you join the conversation!

🌟 New Episode Alert: "Made in Science" Podcast! 🎙️
Ever wondered how 3D computational geometry intersects with cutting-edge architecture? In our latest Hashtag#episode, we dive into this topic with Dr. Gene Ting-Chun Kao, an R&D engineer from Stockholm and an alumnus of the #ITECH Master's program at the #UniversityofStuttgart.

🔊 On all the usual podcast platforms and of course here too: https://lnkd.in/dEA_Uxc