Call for Papers für DINAcon 2026
🗓️ Zeit und Ort: 18. November 2026 im Kongresszentrum Bern

Konferenz für digitale Nachhaltigkeit

Willkommen sind Beiträge von Privatpersonen, Vereinen, Communities, Non-Profit-Organisationen, Unternehmen und öffentlichen Stellen, mit konkreten Themen und praxisnahen Impulsen. Dieses Jahr sind die Sessioneinreichungen zu einem der folgenden Tracks möglich:
🤖 Mensch und Maschine / KI
🚲 Mobilität
🏛️ Öffentliche Verwaltung
🍀 Nachhaltige Digitalisierung
💡 Anderes

Einreichungen bis zum 14. Juni 2026 : https://pretalx.com/dinacon-2026/cfp

#DINAcon #digitalesouveränität #opensource #schweiz

The Call for Proposals for the first Open Technology Research (OTR) Symposium 2026 is officially OPEN until 5 July!

Along with the CFP, we are launching our new draft research agenda for public comment.

We are also thrilled to welcome the @DigInfFund (D//F) as a full OTR member to help strengthen our global research network.

📅 26–27 Oct 2026
📍 University of Barcelona
🔗 Register and Submit here: http://symposium.opentechresearch.org/

More info ⬇️
https://opentechresearch.org/blog/otr-research-agenda-otr-symposium-2026-call-for-proposals-and-welcoming-the-digital-infrastructure-insights-fund-d-f-as-an-otr-member/

Wow:

arxiv.org preprint: "The data heat island effect: quantifying the impact of AI data centers in a warming world".

Excerpt: "We estimate that the land
surface temperature increases by 2°C on average after the start of operations of an AI data centre, inducing local microclimate zones, which we call the data heat island effect."

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.20897

"AI data centres can warm surrounding areas by up to 9.1°C. Hundreds of millions of people live close enough to data centres used to power AI to feel warmer average temperatures in their local area."
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2521256-ai-data-centres-can-warm-surrounding-areas-by-up-to-9-1c/

As was largely obvious, AI tooling isn't making the attackers much better, just faster. Like, significantly faster.

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/exploitation-accelerates-in-2025/

#cybercrime #agenticai