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Young AI Leaders Austria · an initiative of AI for Good · © 2026

Impact

The work, on the ground and in the rooms.

School pilots in Linz, workshops for Austrian small businesses, forecasting research on conflict data — and the stages in Brussels, Geneva and Davos where that work gets carried.

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Top receipts

Selected, shipped, on stage.

Five results, five different kinds of proof: European policy, applied research, a global challenge, industry, representation.

Europe · Education

From a Linz classroom to the EU main stage

Brussels · 7–8 Oct 2026 · SIF2026 & ESF+
Pupils in Linz compare real and AI-generated work, then build their own — practising clear articulation, verification and judgment. Now an ESF+ case study, one of 12 initiatives at SIF2026 in Brussels and one of 3 on the main stage.
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1 of 3
initiatives on the main stage
Research

CAST+ with ACLED

2026 · Conflict forecasting
Extended ACLED's CAST conflict-forecasting model with Algorithmic Governance, across 2,205 regions. 79.5% directional accuracy in months where conflict levels changed.
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−24.6%
forecasting error
Global challenge

IEEE/ITU GenAI for Good — global finalist

Feb–Apr 2026 · Health track
Selected among 9 global finalists from 300+ submissions across 79 countries.
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9 / 300+
global finalists
Industry

Approved Claude SMB Trainers

Sep 2026 · Anthropic, San Francisco
Trained in Anthropic's Claude Partner Network. Next: five free Claude workshops for Austrian small businesses in 2026.
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5
free SMB workshops in 2026
Representation

AI House Davos · UN Global Dialogue

Jan 2025 · 2026
Panel at AI House Davos during World Economic Forum week, alongside the lead author of the EU AI Act. Contributors to the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance consultation.
Davos panel UN consultation
Fields

Four fields of work.

Every entry in the record belongs to one. Pick a field to see its work below.

7 entries

AI Literacy & Skills

Building the capacity to understand, question and use AI.

School pilot at Akademisches Gymnasium Linz — ~100 students · ESF+ Social Innovation Match case study · SIF2026 main stage · five free Claude workshops for small businesses in 2026.

11 entries

Builders & Ventures

Turning real problems into working AI, research and companies.

CAST+ with ACLED — 24.6% less forecasting error · IEEE/ITU GenAI for Good global finalist · Hack-Nation Linz hub · Hack for Health Equity — 500+ applications · Idea Reality Check.

6 entries

Governance & Representation

Carrying youth perspectives into the rooms where AI is decided.

AI House Davos panel · UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance consultation · AI for Good Global Summit, Geneva · Cross-Border Dialogue Mikulov.

9 entries

Community & Ecosystem

Connecting Linz's talent, institutions and the global network.

War for AI Talent at JKU LIT OIC — 200+ attendees · Coding Community Roundtable · public lightning talks.

The record

Everything we ran and showed up for.

Newest first. Filter by where it happened or by field.

202622 entries
AI literacy & skills7–8 Oct 2026
ParticipantInternational

Social Innovation Forum 2026

Brussels

Our AI Literacy & Future Skills Initiative — an ESF+ Social Innovation Match case study — selected as one of 12 initiatives across Europe with its own exhibition room, and one of 3 on the main stage.

1 of 12 initiatives · 1 of 3 on the main stage

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Community & ecosystem7–8 Oct 2026 · 08:00–20:00
Community PartnerInternational

World Summit AI 2026

Taets Art & Event Park · Zaandam, Amsterdam

Official Community Partner for the 10th World Summit AI: two complimentary passes awarded on merit, plus 20% off with code LINZ20.

2 member tickets

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7:30
Community & ecosystem3 Oct 2026 · 15:00–17:30
OrganizerLinz

JKU Welcome Day

Kepler Hall · JKU Linz

Find us at our booth at the Get Involved fair: study advice from AI students, early access to workshops and hackathons, and your first project crew.

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2026
Community & ecosystemSep 2026
Community PartnerInternational

TechBBQ Copenhagen

Discounted and complimentary tickets for our members.

3 member tickets

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AI literacy & skillsSep 2026
ParticipantInternational

Approved Claude SMB Trainers · Anthropic

Approved as Claude SMB Trainer by Anthropic (San Francisco). Next: five free Claude workshops for small businesses in Austria in 2026.

5 free SMB workshops in Austria · 2026

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2026
AI literacy & skillsAug 2026
ParticipantInternational

AFS Youth Assembly · Global Educators Academy

Global Educators Academy and a talk at the Action & Impact Hub: who trains the trainer in AI?

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2026
Governance & representation6 Jul 2026
ContributorInternational

WSIS Forum 2026 side event · Geneva

Speaker at "Catalyzing Youth-Led Digital Public Infrastructure", a WSIS 2026 side event.

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2026
Governance & representation8 Jul 2026
ContributorInternational

AI for Good Global Summit · "The AI Generation: Youth in the AI era"

Youth Stage panel in Geneva on how youth-led communities drive AI innovation on the ground.

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Builders & venturesJun 2026
Co-organizerInternational

Europe Hackathons Launch Night

9 cities · 6 countries

Simultaneous launch evening across the European hackathon network.

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AI literacy & skillsJun 2026
Co-organizerLinz

AI Assistant for Your Workday

with Junge Wirtschaft Uni Linz

Hands-on session on personal AI assistants in the working day of young professionals.

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2026
Community & ecosystemJun 2026
Co-organizerInternational

EuroTech Federation × Hong Kong Hackathon

Munich

Cross-continental builder collaboration on shared technology challenges.

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2026
Community & ecosystemJun 2026
Community PartnerInternational

VivaTech Paris

academic partnership

Discounted and complimentary tickets for our community, including 100 free student tickets.

100 free student tickets

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Builders & venturesMay 2026
Confirmed PartnerLinz

Idea Reality Check

JKU LIT Open Innovation Center

Hands-on venture workshop — early ideas to validated prototypes using AI tools.

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Governance & representationMay 2026
Co-organizerInternational

Cross-Border Dialogue Mikulov

AT · CZ · SK

Trilateral youth dialogue on AI, misinformation and regional democracy.

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2026
Governance & representationApr 2026
ContributorInternational

UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance — stakeholder consultation

Hub leaders represented the Young AI Leaders Community at the second informal stakeholder consultation.

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2026
Builders & venturesApr 2026
Co-organizerLinz

Hack-Nation · Linz hub (April)

Second Linz hub round of Hack-Nation — 50 builders on site in Linz.

50 on site in Linz

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Builders & venturesFeb 2026
Co-organizerLinz

Hack-Nation · Linz hub

factory300

Linz hub of the global Hack-Nation series.

Global format: 5,500+ applications, 1,700+ builders, 13 hubs.

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Builders & venturesFeb–Apr 2026
ParticipantInternational

IEEE/ITU GenAI for Good Challenge — Global Finalist

Health track · Gambia (NCD prevention)

Selected among 9 global finalists from 300+ submissions across 79 countries.

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Builders & venturesFeb–Apr 2026
Research LeadInternational

CAST+ with ACLED

Applied research extending ACLED's CAST conflict-forecasting model.

24.6% less forecasting error

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Builders & venturesFeb–Apr 2026
Co-organizerInternational

Hack for Health Equity 2026

with YAL Madrid + Young WFPHA

Winners presented at the World Health Assembly (Geneva) and the WFPHA Global Meeting (Cape Town).

500+ applications · 30 teams · 100 participants

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Builders & venturesFeb 2026
Co-organizerLinz

SheBuilds on Lovable · Linz

with Women in AI Austria

Linz edition of a global SheBuilds wave.

Global format: 120+ events worldwide.

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Community & ecosystemJan 2026
Confirmed PartnerLinz

Coding Community Roundtable

Digital City Studio

Bringing Linz's coding communities to one table.

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202511 entries
Builders & venturesDec 2025
Co-organizerLinz

Google DevFest Linz · The Great AI Hackathon

co-hosted with GDG Linz at JKU · winners ceremony at Dynatrace HQ

Full-day AI hackathon — SDG-oriented prototypes.

144 participant records · 19 teams · 20 judged projects

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Community & ecosystemDec 2025
Co-organizerLinz

"Is AI Rotting Our Brains?" lightning talks

with neuron.ai Austria

Short-form public talks on cognition and AI.

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Builders & venturesNov 2025
Co-organizerLinz

CAT-Tech Collab · hackathon for social enterprises

Developers and students building prototypes for real social-sector challenges.

50 applications · 23 students · 3 completed solutions

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Builders & venturesNov 2025
Co-organizerLinz

Global hAIckathon · Linz hub

IT:U Austria

Linz hub of a 24-hour global build.

20+ local participants

Global format: ~10 cities, 24 hours.

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2025
AI literacy & skillsNov 2025
OrganizerInternational

Catalyzing Change Week — AI Literacy Webinar

with Catalyst Now

Global webinar on AI literacy in the social-impact ecosystem.

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Community & ecosystemOct 2025
Confirmed PartnerLinz

War for AI Talent

JKU LIT Open Innovation Center

Flagship event on hiring, talent and the AI labour market. Speakers from Google Austria, Microsoft Austria, AWS Austria, NXAI (Sepp Hochreiter), Dynatrace, McKinsey, PwC, Impact AI, Syntactiq, Nineteen Twenty-One.

200+ attendees

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2025
Governance & representationJul 2025
ParticipantInternational

AI for Good Global Summit · Geneva

Represented Linz at the annual summit.

Global summit: 11,000+ participants, 169 countries.

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Community & ecosystemJun 2025
Confirmed PartnerLinz

Business Upper Austria podcast

Conversation on the youth-led AI movement in Linz.

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2025
AI literacy & skillsJun 2025
ContributorLinz

Future Skills Circle

Land OÖ Zukunftsakademie

We took part in the Future Skills Circle and fed into its report "Future Skill: AI-Kompetenz".

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AI literacy & skillsJun–Dec 2025
OrganizerLinz

AI literacy workshops 2025

Akademisches Gymnasium Linz

Our 2025 AI literacy workshops for school students in Linz.

~100 students (~age 13)

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Governance & representation21 Jan 2025
ParticipantInternational

AI House Davos — panel

"What's in it for us? Rising innovators' perspectives on AI" — alongside the lead author of the EU AI Act.

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