NEM Summit 2025
– Connected Realities: Co-Creating Europe’s Ethical, Inclusive, and Sustainable Future Media –
The 16th edition of the NEM Summit will be organized in Berlin on 21/22 October 2025.
Fraunhofer FOKUS is kindly offering the venue for the event:
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31, 10589 Berlin, Germany
Program Outline
Key-notes and welcome talks
Moderator: Halid Hrasnica, Eurescom GmbH
- Louay Bassbouss, Fraunhofer, FOKUS
- Anne Bajart, Deputy Head of EC Unit G.2: Interactive technologies, Digital for Culture & Education
- Cristina Bueti, ITU: Focal Point on AI-powered Virtual Worlds
- … and more to come!
NEM Summit Sessions – Overview
Arts and Culture using Virtual worlds
Chairs: Andrew Perkis, Norwegian University of Technology (NTNU), and Alexandru Stan, IN2
- Cultural heritage, Marco Medici, University of Ferrara
- Creative (Art) – speaker to be announced
- Fashion – speaker to be announced
After the presentations, the session will include a panel discussion with the speakers and the audience.
Ethical and business aspects of virtual worlds
Chair: Simon Delaere, IMEC
- Ethics in Virtual Worlds: an industry perspective, Elmar Arunov, Deutsche Telekom AG
- Designing for ethics: the example from PRESENCE, IMEC (speaker to be announced)
- Regulatory dimensions, Nathalie Bertels, KULeuven
- Towards value driven Virtual Worlds – speaker to be announced
- Emerging business models (PopulAR) – speaker to be announced
Networked Media
Chair: Pierre-Yves Danet, 6G-IA
The objective of the session is to give the opportunities to NEM Cluster 4 projects and SNS JU projects to make presentations of their results and to organize a discussion between projects. The main point is to identify priorities from both communities as well as potential interactions among the projects and for the future collaboration.
We expect 3-4 project from both sides (call for participation is ongoing) to present and participate in the open discussion.
Generative AI in Media: Enabling new perspectives
Chair: Nico Patz, Deutsche Welle
- Visualising ideas and “blind spots” GenKI4Media, Ewelina Dobrzalski, art & com
- Cultural adaptation to diverse user needs MOSAIC, Mirko Lorenz, Deutsche Welle
- AI Digital Assistants to facilitate access to information, speaker to be announced
- Generative AI for the Extended Reality in the Media Sector; Giuseppe Amato, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerce
- GenAI in Education and Immersive Training, speaker to be announced, Fraunhofer FOKUS
Media tools, services, standards, and methodologies for an Inclusive XR Media Europe
Chair: Pilar Orero, University of Barcelona
- Easy-to-understand news across Europe ENACT, Anna Matamala (UAB, TransMedia Catalonia, AccessCat)
- Inclusive narratives: Designing with and for all through AI and co-creation, Makrina Kosti (CERTH)
- XR4Human Code of Conduct for the Human-Centered and Ethical Development of Immersive Technologies, Rosemarie de la Cruz, XR4Human
- Standards and recommendations for an inclusive XR Media, Yining Zhao (UN ITU)
European Initiatives – exploring collaboration potential
Chair: Silvia Boi, Sistemi Nalder, and Mike Matton, VRT (NEM Chairs)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Cristina Bueti
- Virtual Worlds Partnership, Theo Papadopoulos, Siemens
- European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), Paolo Cesarini
- 6G Industry Association (6G-IA), Pierre-Yves Danet
- … more have been invited!
Registration for the event will be open soon!
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