Vienna starts digital education festival: Nextgen Girls in focus!

Vienna starts digital education festival: Nextgen Girls in focus!

Wien, Österreich - Vienna stands up in digital education. From June 13th to 26th, 2025, the “Didays Nextgen” series of events will take place, which should address over 400 students of all ages. The focus is on digital topics and technological developments that are indispensable in the current age. Innovation Councilor Ulli Sima emphasizes the importance of this initiative for the city's innovative strength and emphasizes that young people should be actively involved in the digital transformation of Vienna, such as meinbzirk.at reports.

An important concern of the series of events is the promotion of equal opportunities and diversity in technology. The promotion of girls in the IT industry is particularly emphasized by the format "Nextgen Girls". City Councilor Kathrin Gaál indicates the underrepresentation of girls in technical professions and emphasizes the need to offer them corresponding training channels and career opportunities. Education City Councilor Bettina Emmerling emphasizes the importance of listening in the educational landscape in order to focus on the needs of young people.

A colorful program for all age groups

The "Didays Nextgen" offer a varied program. On June 13, a workshop day for elementary schools starts, which deals with the safe handling of the Internet and cyber security. Here students of the FH Technikum are committed to design. On June 16, an interactive dialogue will follow between students, AI experts and city representatives in the climate and innovation forum. Everything revolves around digital administration, education, digital rights and professional worlds.

For the somewhat older participants there will be the "Digital Girls Hackathon" on June 16 and 17. Here sustainable apps are programmed and the results are presented in front of a jury. What the young women should be all the more motivated is the special workshop day on June 18 for girls between the ages of 9 and 20, who targets techniques and digital spaces and break down fears of contact.

from strawening to the "Wiener Charter"

The series culminated in the period from June 24th to 26th with the Vienna Geospace Hub as part of the “Space in the City” space festival. Interactive events on strawening and exciting live performances are announced here. School classes can immerse yourself in the fascinating world of space in the morning.

On June 25th, the Vienna Charter Conference will finally be held in the town hall. The "Wiener Charter for digital rights for children and adolescents" is to be developed. The aim of this program is to strengthen the rights of children and adolescents in digital space. This series of events is viewed as a model project and could therefore be the basis for future education initiatives in Vienna, according to DigitalCity.wien.

The "Didays Nextgen" are not only a step into the future, but also a good business for the educational location in Vienna, which wants to position itself as an innovative business location. The Digital Days 2025, which will take place from October 13th to 16th in the "The Forum" of the UIV Urban Innovation Vienna and the Technical Museum Vienna, offer another way to deal with the digital issues of that time. As describes Education-forschung.digital, the BMBF follows a holistic approach in the MINT formation that is also visible in Vienna.