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The satirist and author presents a bold thesis: The greatest threat to humanity is not climate, war and disasters, but populism. At #rp25, she will counter this with poetry.

The tech critic and podcaster Paris Marx challenges us to rethink digital dependences and shows Europe how to build alternatives to US tech – and move forward with stricter regulations

With the marketing professor we'll talk about how AI and avatars are rewriting the rules of the digital marketing world. Are we actively shaping this new reality – or are we being shaped by it?

Is a path to a sustainable future still possible? The director of the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research returns to stage at re:publica Berlin.

Journalists Khesrau Behroz and Sören Musyal share insights from their latest investigation into online scams and exploitation, which took them to Asia.

The coder and entrepreneur will reflect on her journey through startup culture, revealing how tech’s male-dominated “Broligarchy” reshaped power and politics.

Schiwa Schlei, Julia Boxler, and Güner Balcı explore the growing presence of post-migrant perspectives in social media, podcasts, and broadcast media — moderated by Ciani-Sophia Hoeder.

The DeepL CEO provides insights into growth and regulation as an opportunity as well as Europe's role in the AI competition - in conversation with Katharina Meyer.

Instead of serving the public good digital capitalism primarily serves the American tech elite. The sociologists Philipp Staab and Lion Hubrich show us, what we can expect in Germany.

The Journalist has met women who appear in deceptively real-looking AI porn against their will - as well as perpetrators who create such deepfake porn and have never been convicted. How can this be? What should the new government do?

At #rp25, author and expert on empathic leadership Lunia Hara will show why empathy is not a nice-to-have in the corporate world, but a force that shapes organizations and changes societies.