In his ignite talk "The Digital Transformation of Education: A Hyper-Disruptive Era through Blockchain and Generative AI," Dr. Alexander Pfeiffer delves into the intricate challenges and potential benefits associated with integrating blockchain technologies and generative AI into the educational landscape. He scrutinizes consensus algorithms and explores sustainable methods of operating blockchain systems, while also examining how smart contracts and transactions can be tailored to meet the specific needs of the educational sector. Alexander underscores the importance of establishing secure digital identities and ensuring robust data protection, while simultaneously casting a critical eye on potential risks and vulnerabilities. The topic of digital identities, facilitated through tokenization, forms a bridge between storing data using blockchain-based databases and the increasingly urgent need for content verification of AI-generated material. Alexander explores the profound alterations occurring in teaching methodologies, assignment creation, and evaluation processes, shedding light on the hyper-disruptive impact these changes are having on both research and practical applications in education. The production of textual content by educators and students is analyzed with a focus on ensuring clear traceability of content sources and editors, and its proper citation, a critical aspect in the responsible use of AI. In addition to generative text and graphics, AI plays a crucial role in future learning and assignment practices, particularly through adaptive game-based learning and assessment. Alexander will provide a brief glimpse into his game "Gallery-Defender," a prototype demonstrating how AI and blockchain can be effectively implemented in serious gaming scenarios. Furthermore, he emphasizes the imperative for ongoing education and professional development for educational personnel, advocating for a proactive stance in addressing the (legal) challenges associated with AI-generated images and text. This ignite talk aims to provide a balanced and critically reflective perspective on hyper-disruptive technologies, setting the stage for further discourse and exploration in the subsequent discussion.AI Disclaimer: This text has been spell- and grammar checked using Chat GPT 4.0, Version Sept. 25.

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Gendered organizations typically create a climate where women are not assumed to quite fit and are thus expected to be not as competent as men. This creates increased pressure on women not only to perform according to the prescribed policies and regulations, but very often to work beyond what is expected of them. The question remains whether such (over-)performance suffices for these women to develop a sense of felt inclusion and to be recognized as legitimate members of the organization. This talk unpacks the complexity of how women’s performance is perceived and received in highly gendered masculine organizations. The data sets consist of interviews with U.S. military women and dyadic coaching interactions between a coach and female leaders working in technology and reinsurance business. Our analysis reveals a problematic (self-)perception and reception of women’s (over-)performance that may have real-life consequences for their careers.

Danijel weiß nicht, wem er es recht machen soll: dem Vater, der mit seinen Kameraden vom kommunistischen Kämpferbund permanent den Sieg über Nazideutschland feiert, oder der Mutter, die ihn trotz allem zum Religionsunterricht zu den Kapuzinern schickt? Staatlich verordneter Pioniereid da, Glaubensbekenntnis von Pater Aloisius dort.Veränderungen kündigen sich an, als die junge Sekretärin Lena in die Erdgeschosswohnung einzieht und damit nicht nur Danijels Fantasie anregt, sondern den ganzen Stadtteil in Unruhe versetzt. Meisterhaft erzählt Drago Jančar diese Geschichte aus dem Maribor der ausgehenden 1950er Jahre, in der sich die Widersprüche der slowenischen Gesellschaft nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg spiegeln.Drago Jančar, geboren 1948 in Maribor, lebt in Ljubljana und gilt als einer der bedeutendsten zeitgenössischen Autoren seines Landes; seine Romane, Essays und Stücke wurden in viele Sprachen übersetzt. 1974 wurde er wegen „feindlicher Propaganda“ inhaftiert. Zahlreiche Auszeichnungen: Prešeren-Preis für sein Lebenswerk (1993), Kresnik-Preis (1998, 2000, 2010), Jean-Améry-Preis (2007) und 2020 Österreichischer Staatspreis für Europäische Literatur. Zuletzt erschienen: Die Nacht, als ich sie sah (2015), Wenn die Liebe ruht (2019).