AI and Society

Details Join us for this practical expert webinar that helps you understand the basics and avoid common risks when using AI tools in your work! Save your spot: [https://www.self-employed.at/event-details-registration/ai-the-law-what-freelancers-and-small-businesses-in-austria-should-know](https://www.self-employed.at/event-details-registration/ai-the-law-what-freelancers-and-small-businesses-in-austria-should-know) Time & Location 23 Apr 2026, 17:00 – 18:00 CEST Webinar & Q&A About the event Early Bird Tickets (€ 29.9) - Sale ends 29 Mar, 23:00 CEST Regular Tickets (€39.9) - Sale 29 Mar - 16 April, 23:00 CEST Late Tickets (€59.9€) - Sale 16 April - 23 April, 17:00 CEST Free for [SEA Members](https://www.self-employed.at/user-plans)! What Freelancers and Small Businesses in Austria Should Know Artificial intelligence tools have already become an integral part of many freelancers’ daily work. However, very few people are aware of the legal framework that must be considered when using AI tools, or of the questions that should be asked when using AI for business purposes in Austria or Europe: What happens if you use AI with client data? Do you need to disclose AI use to clients? Who owns AI generated content? And what does the new EU AI Act actually mean for freelancers and small businesses? Who this webinar is for Freelancers Solopreneurs Small service businesses Anyone using AI tools in their work What you will learn In this session we will look at the most relevant legal questions for freelancers and small businesses: An overview of the EU AI Act and its relevance for freelancers, solopreneurs, and small businesses EU AI Act & Data Protection - How the EU AI Act interacts with data protection law when using AI tools with client data EU AI Act & Copyright: Copyright issues related to AI-generated content How to choose the right AI tool from a legal perspective Typical risks freelancers should be aware of when using AI tools Practical guidance on staying compliant - Do's and Don'ts from a legal perspective The webinar is designed for beginners and focuses on clear explanations, real examples, and practical tips. Expert: Mag. Theresa Karall, PHH Rechtsanwält:innen GmbH  Theresa Karall is an attorney-at-law with expertise in data protection, digital law, and public commercial law. She advises companies on the legal aspects of digitalization projects, with a particular focus on data protection compliance and the regulatory implementation of AI systems under the EU AI Act. Website: [https://phh.at/](https://phh.at/) LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresakarall/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresakarall/) Webinar format Live online session via Zoom 45 minutes presentation 15 minutes Q&A You will have the opportunity to ask your own questions during the session. Other details This webinar will not be recorded. Language All [events](https://www.self-employed.at/events) of Self-employed in Austria are in English! Save your spot: [https://www.self-employed.at/event-details-registration/ai-the-law-what-freelancers-and-small-businesses-in-austria-should-know](https://www.self-employed.at/event-details-registration/ai-the-law-what-freelancers-and-small-businesses-in-austria-should-know)

Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951) was one of the most significant figures in the creative world in the first half of the 20th century. Following in the tradition of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and Mahler, the Austrian (and, after his immigration to New York and later Los Angeles, also US-American) composer, music theorist, teacher, and writer reshaped the practice of harmony in classical music. Some of Schönberg’s most famous contributions were the development of his twelve-tone-method and his attention to sound color (Klangfarbe), both of which strongly influenced generations of composers up until today. But Schönberg’s creative world goes beyond music. He was a designer, painter, inventor, and systems thinker: building tools and furniture, binding books, designing stage sets and costumes, inventing machines, and even building his own chess set, for four players. In this meetup, we explore Schönberg through a UX lens: what can his way of thinking, making, and problem-solving teach us about design, tools, and user experience today? We will also look at the museum and concert space as an experience that unfolds through the perception of an audience. The [Arnold Schönberg Center](https://schoenberg.at/) is a repository of Schönberg's archival legacy. Director Dr. Ulrike Anton will provide an introduction to the Arnold Schönberg Center. User researcher Dr. Franziska Brunner will give us a guided tour and lead a discussion of the exhibition. Arnold Schönberg's estate is on [UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register](https://www.unesco.at/en/communication/documentary-heritage/memory-of-the-world-in-austria/arnold-schoenberg-estate), recognized for its global importance as a documentary heritage. After an afternoon in the museum space from 3:00–6:00 p.m.. We also invite you to attend an [in-house concert at 6:30 p.m](https://schoenberg.at/en/events/upcoming-events/3793/loops-from-other-planets)., followed by dinner. 🎻 🍽️ * The €18 concert price includes entrance to the exhibit. (Entrance to just the exhibit without the concert costs € 6.) * Admission for both the museum and the concert is free for those under 26 years old. * Dinner afterwards is optional, and everyone will cover their own meal. *Photo: Replica of Schönberg's study room © Johannes Böck*

Ready to socialize? Looking to meet new people in Vienna? Join us for a relaxed social evening at the Jo&Joe bar [Right above IKEA at U3/U6 Westbahnhof]! This meetup is all about hanging out, having a drink, and making new friends in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Whether you're new to the city or just looking to expand your social circle, this is a great opportunity to chat, laugh, and connect with people from different backgrounds. Feel free to come alone or bring a friend; everyone is welcome! Hope to see you soon 😊

Our co-organizer Ursula Laa will be giving a talk orgranized by the Young Statistician Forum (FJS), and you are welcome to join! Expect a technical tour of visualisation tools for multivariate and high-dimensional data in R with practical examples! **ℹ️ Abstract** Statistical graphics are central to exploring and modeling complex data. As dimensionality increases, uncovering structure and dependencies becomes more challenging. This presentation gives an overview of practical tools for visualizing multivariate data, from strategic use of scatterplots and scatterplot matrices to linear and nonlinear projection methods. Special emphasis will be placed on tour methods—animated sequences of linear projections—that reveal clustering, outliers, and nonlinear relationships. All graphics will be demonstrated in R, with code to reproduce the results. **🗺️ Location** Seminarraum 16 3rd floor Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna Use this [floor plan](https://event.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/d_event/Dokumente/Raummanagement/PLAENE_NEU/Plaene_OMP/UEbersichtsplaene/01__3OG_Uebersicht.pdf) to help locate the room.

Join the online workshop to learn more about the **power of your mind** and **limiting beliefs** that might be **holding you back**. We all carry beliefs that shape how we see the world. Our beliefs often come from past experiences or society, and while they might have protected us and served us in the past, some of these beliefs might be holding us back now—they're called limiting beliefs. In the workshop you will: \- understand what limiting beliefs are \- identify your limiting beliefs \- reframe and transform your limiting beliefs The workshop will be a mix of mini teaching and guided exercises for you. After the workshop you will have a better understanding of (your) limiting beliefs and practical tools you can use to recognise and transform your beliefs. **IMPORTANT:** ️*Thursday \| April 23\, 2026 \| 18:00\-19:00* *Please note that this is an ONLINE event in Zoom.* ***Sign up to receive the Zoom link.*** *The Zoom link is shared with the attendees in the Event's comment section before the event*. *Let's be kind and respectful to each other.* Hope to see you in the call! Liva ✨

Come join the **Vienna Galahs** for our weekly **Aussie-Rules Football (AFL) training**! We’re usually 10–20 people and always happy to welcome new faces – whether you’re curious to try the sport, just want to be active outdoors, or simply fancy meeting new people and having a drink after. No experience needed – we’ll teach you the basics. **All genders** are welcome. Right now, we’re especially excited to grow Austria’s **first FLINTA/women’s AFL team** – so come give it a go! We train mondays (From May in Auer-Welsbach Park) and thursdays (Vienna Celtic Rugby Football Club) Feel free to check us out on instagram: [viennagalahsafc](https://www.instagram.com/viennagalahsafc/#) What to bring: * Sports clothes & runners * A bottle of water * Good vibes (we’ll provide the rest) Stay after training for a chilled beer or non alcoholic drink and chats with the team. Come for the sport, stay for the people.

**LTX x DAS RUND – AI GenJAM** Am **25.04.2026** von **16–20 Uhr** laden **LTX** und **Das Rund** zu einem offenen Community Meetup in die **Lindengasse 7, 1070 Wien** ein. Das Event ist **kostenlos** und richtet sich an Kreative, Filmschaffende und AI-Interessierte, die sich vernetzen, austauschen und inspirieren lassen möchten. Gehostet wird der Nachmittag von **Stephanie Meisl (R& AI Supervisor / Media Artist)**. Anmeldung unter: **office@dasrund.com** – *First come, first serve. Space is limited.*

☕ **AI Breakfast: Real Talk, No Slides** We’re hosting the **AI Breakfast Vienna** — a casual, high-signal meetup for the AI community. Whether you’re a researcher, a "Clawdbotler," a founder, or a policy innovator, this is your space to connect. We’re breaking down the silos between research, product, and engineering to spark real discussions before the workday even begins. * **When:** April 24th, 8:30 AM * **Where:** Cafe Museum - Table reserved under **"Cristian Hofmann / AI Austria"** * **Hosts:** Cristian, Amin, and Ruben * **Cost:** Order breakfast at your own expense Space is limited! 👉 **RSVP only if you’re 100% sure you can make it.**

This is a group for meeting new people, eating brunch, and having discussions about science, life, philosophy, politics, and people. Anybody is free to join, and we charge no fees. This discussion group aims to have the absolute minimal level of structure necessary to ensure the conversation remains engaging to the majority of people present. In particular, we \*don't\* have fixed order of speaking or timed statements. So far, the balance we've struck is enforcing hand raising when conversation gets intense in order to minimize interruption, and to give the chair (me!) the power to occasionally call a snap election on the conversation topic.

**This is an accidentally duplicated meetup event.** **Attendees who already signed up at this event are still welcome to attend at the time and place specified here.** **People who have found this event by accident somehow are invited to navigate to the main group page and sign up to the main event on this day.** This is a group for meeting new people, eating brunch, and having discussions about science, life, philosophy, politics, and people. Anybody is free to join, and we charge no fees. This discussion group aims to have the absolute minimal level of structure necessary to ensure the conversation remains engaging to the majority of people present. In particular, we \*don't\* have fixed order of speaking or timed statements. So far, the balance we've struck is enforcing hand raising when conversation gets intense in order to minimize interruption, and to give the chair (me!) the power to occasionally call a snap election on the conversation topic.

Welcome to our cozy **The Psychology and Personal Growth Circle** which is part of the Social Book Club! We will meet to discuss the book “**Antifragile**" (426 pages) written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. The idea is to connect with like minded readers that love to grow and get to know themselves better through reading and especially applying knowledge from books. We meet up once a month and talk about our progress applying knowledge from a certain book and our experience. The event will take place at the volunteer organisation **MUT**. It is an organisation to supports humans, animals and the environment especially in Vienna. MUT or the Social Book Club look forward to some donation to cover the cost of this event. If you would like to help, please bring some cash with you. Book Description: In The Black Swan Taleb outlined a problem; in *Antifragile* he offers a definitive solution: how to gain from disorder and chaos while being protected from fragilities and adverse events. For what he calls the "antifragile" is one step beyond robust, as it benefits from adversity, uncertainty and stressors, just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension. See you then! All the best Sebastian

**A-B-SEE** is a serious, responsible idea; intended strictly for the strong of heart and anti-dogmatic, open-eyed, and courageously curious cinematic adventure seekers. *Apply only if the description fits.* These events center on uncompromising, taboo-free, film art exploration. *Leave your comfort zone outside.* For **[FilmStory](https://www.meetup.com/filmstory/)** regular members only. * Orientation call prior to first date of participation. * Limited to 10 participants per event.

**Connected is a guided social experience.** **You won’t sit and make small talk.** **You’ll:** **→ solve challenges in teams** **→ debate cultural norms** **→ play fast-paced social games** **→ and have conversations that actually go somewhere** **It’s designed using team-building methods that help strangers connect faster—without the awkwardness.** **💶 €35** **👥 Limited seats (max 12–16)** **⚠️ Minimum 8 participants required or the event is cancelled** **Registration required.**

Join us for an engaging panel discussion on **AI Agentic Coding** and how autonomous AI systems are transforming the way software is built. Experts in AI, software engineering, and developer tools will share insights on how agentic AI—systems that can plan, reason, and execute coding tasks—is reshaping modern development workflows. The discussion will cover topics such as AI-assisted development, productivity gains, challenges around reliability and governance, and what the future of software engineering may look like with AI agents as collaborators. Whether you’re a developer, tech leader, or AI enthusiast, this session is a great opportunity to learn, ask questions, and explore how agentic AI is redefining coding

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When judging morality, should we prioritize **intentions/duty** or **outcomes/results**? It introduces two influential philosophers as representatives of these approaches. * **Immanuel Kant (deontology):** An action is moral when it is done from **duty** and follows rational, universal principles (the **categorical imperative**). Certain acts—like lying—are wrong regardless of the consequences; you can’t do a wrong thing for a right reason. * **John Stuart Mill (utilitarian consequentialism):** The morality of an action is determined by its **effects**, specifically how much **happiness/well-being** it produces. Mill argues that some pleasures are “higher” than others, and that good intentions don’t redeem harmful outcomes. ## Discussion Questions 1. **The lying dilemma:** A murderer comes to your door and asks if your friend is hiding inside. Kant would say you must not lie. 2. **Can good intentions rescue a bad outcome?** 3. **The organ harvest problem:** A surgeon has five patients dying of organ failure and one healthy patient in for a checkup. Killing the one to harvest organs would save five lives, and the math works out for the utilitarian. Why does this feel so deeply wrong? Is that feeling a point in Kant's favor, or just a bias we should overcome? 4. **Do rules need exceptions?** Kant insists moral rules must be universal, with no exceptions. But most of us can imagine extreme scenarios where any rule seems like it should bend. Does the need for exceptions fatally undermine deontology, or is the strength of the system precisely that it refuses to bend? 5. **Who gets to calculate the consequences?** Utilitarianism asks us to maximize good outcomes, but we're notoriously bad at predicting consequences. If we can't reliably know the results of our actions, is it practical to base our entire moral system on outcomes? Does this uncertainty push us back toward rules and principles? 6. **Everyday morality:** Think about a real moral decision you've made recently, even a small one. Did you reason more like a Kantian (what's the right thing to do in principle?) or more like a utilitarian (what will produce the best result?)? Do most people naturally lean one way? 7. **Justice vs. the greater good:** A town can prevent a deadly plague by sacrificing one innocent person. The greater good is clearly served. But is it just? Can an action be morally right and deeply unjust at the same time? 8. **The big synthesis question:** Are these two systems actually opposed, or do they often arrive at the same answers by different paths? Is it possible that we need both: rules to guide us in the moment and consequences to evaluate systems and policies over time?

This is an in-person meeting. At this meeting you will get answers to depression and anxiety. Find out the source of them and how to get rid of them. Did you know that unwanted emotions like anxiety, depression, unhappiness, loneliness, hopelessness, anger, fear, or feelings of irritation don’t just fall on you for no reason. They are not random occurrences that simply happen to people's minds. They are definitely not due to a chemical imbalance in your brain from some nebulous chemical reaction "by chance". Your negative emotions are the symptoms of the painful experiences that you have which are not healed, and which are still affecting you. The effects of these painful experiences are exacerbated by the pressures or difficulties of the other problems in your life. Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life. Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there. This group is created by the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation of Central Ohio and Church of Scientology of Central Ohio.

Let's catch up and have a relaxed chat, including chat about the book Disability Visibility. This collection of essays is available at the library. You'll be invited to share the essay that you related to the most, and the essay that did the most to grow your awareness of something new. It's OK if you don't read the whole book!

Join other experienced and aspiring agile coaches and professionals to: * develop and practice your coaching skills in a peer-to-peer environment * share current successes and challenges in your work environment and get support from each other * learn from each other, build better relationships and experiment with new ideas ***NOTE:*** Pre-registration is required for this event. **Please arrive 10 minutes early** to check in at the security desk.