Keynote Speakers

Astrid Wagner

Senior Researcher and Deputy Director at the Institute of Philosophy of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid, with a PhD in Philosophy from the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB). Her research focuses on philosophy of culture, epistemology, and philosophy of science, with special attention to the relationship between rationality and normativity within symbolic and cultural practices. In recent years, her work has addressed the philosophical challenges of digital societies, exploring issues such as disinformation, cognitive vulnerability, digital citizenship, and the ethical implications of AI. She currently leads the projects RESPONTRUST and INconRES, dedicated to investigating uncertainty, trust, and responsibility in the digital age.

Pieter Lemmens

Teaches philosophy and ethics at Radboud University (Netherlands), with research spanning philosophy of technology, innovation, philosophical anthropology, and post-operaist Marxism. His work engages with authors such as Heidegger, Sloterdijk, and Stiegler, and explores themes like trans- and post-humanism, human enhancement technologies, psychedelics, and the challenges of technology in the Anthropocene. He also co-edited volumes on the philosophy of landscape and contemporary German philosophy and is preparing a monograph on Bernard Stiegler’s philosophy. His work seeks to critically understand how technological developments reshape human existence and society.