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.
Selected, shipped, on stage.
Five results, five different kinds of proof: European policy, applied research, a global challenge, industry, representation.
CAST+ with ACLED
IEEE/ITU GenAI for Good — global finalist
Approved Claude SMB Trainers
AI House Davos · UN Global Dialogue
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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
Read the full entryWorld 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
Read the full entryJKU 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.
TechBBQ Copenhagen
Discounted and complimentary tickets for our members.
3 member tickets
Read the full entryApproved 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
Read the full entryAFS Youth Assembly · Global Educators Academy
Global Educators Academy and a talk at the Action & Impact Hub: who trains the trainer in AI?
WSIS Forum 2026 side event · Geneva
Speaker at "Catalyzing Youth-Led Digital Public Infrastructure", a WSIS 2026 side event.
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.
Europe Hackathons Launch Night
9 cities · 6 countries
Simultaneous launch evening across the European hackathon network.
AI Assistant for Your Workday
with Junge Wirtschaft Uni Linz
Hands-on session on personal AI assistants in the working day of young professionals.
EuroTech Federation × Hong Kong Hackathon
Munich
Cross-continental builder collaboration on shared technology challenges.
VivaTech Paris
academic partnership
Discounted and complimentary tickets for our community, including 100 free student tickets.
100 free student tickets
Read the full entryIdea Reality Check
JKU LIT Open Innovation Center
Hands-on venture workshop — early ideas to validated prototypes using AI tools.
Cross-Border Dialogue Mikulov
AT · CZ · SK
Trilateral youth dialogue on AI, misinformation and regional democracy.
UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance — stakeholder consultation
Hub leaders represented the Young AI Leaders Community at the second informal stakeholder consultation.
Hack-Nation · Linz hub (April)
Second Linz hub round of Hack-Nation — 50 builders on site in Linz.
50 on site in Linz
Read the full entryHack-Nation · Linz hub
factory300
Linz hub of the global Hack-Nation series.
Global format: 5,500+ applications, 1,700+ builders, 13 hubs.
Read the full entryIEEE/ITU GenAI for Good Challenge — Global Finalist
Health track · Gambia (NCD prevention)
Selected among 9 global finalists from 300+ submissions across 79 countries.
CAST+ with ACLED
Applied research extending ACLED's CAST conflict-forecasting model.
24.6% less forecasting error
Read the full entryHack 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
Read the full entrySheBuilds on Lovable · Linz
with Women in AI Austria
Linz edition of a global SheBuilds wave.
Global format: 120+ events worldwide.
Read the full entryCoding Community Roundtable
Digital City Studio
Bringing Linz's coding communities to one table.
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
Read the full entry"Is AI Rotting Our Brains?" lightning talks
with neuron.ai Austria
Short-form public talks on cognition and AI.
CAT-Tech Collab · hackathon for social enterprises
Developers and students building prototypes for real social-sector challenges.
50 applications · 23 students · 3 completed solutions
Read the full entryGlobal hAIckathon · Linz hub
IT:U Austria
Linz hub of a 24-hour global build.
20+ local participants
Global format: ~10 cities, 24 hours.
Read the full entryCatalyzing Change Week — AI Literacy Webinar
with Catalyst Now
Global webinar on AI literacy in the social-impact ecosystem.
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
Read the full entryAI for Good Global Summit · Geneva
Represented Linz at the annual summit.
Global summit: 11,000+ participants, 169 countries.
Read the full entryBusiness Upper Austria podcast
Conversation on the youth-led AI movement in Linz.
Future Skills Circle
Land OÖ Zukunftsakademie
We took part in the Future Skills Circle and fed into its report "Future Skill: AI-Kompetenz".
AI literacy workshops 2025
Akademisches Gymnasium Linz
Our 2025 AI literacy workshops for school students in Linz.
~100 students (~age 13)
Read the full entryAI 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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