The association fit4internet is an independent initiative that has the goal of qualifying and quantifying the digital competences of the Austrian population. The primary goal is to foster the competent usage of digital technology and to increase the participation of the broader society in the digitalization.

The goal of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs is to further enhance the positive development of the Austrian business location, to actively take advantage of the opportunities offered by the digitalisation of business and society and to strengthen entrepreneurship.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries – powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers.

FFG is the national funding agency for industrial research and development in Austria. We act as ‚one-stop shop‘ for funding of R&D projects. Our aim is to strengthen domestic companies in global competition to assure jobs and wealth sustainably as well as to make a lasting contribution to the strength of the Austrian economy. As part of the Austrian innovation system, we help Austrian's business and science sectors to remain competitive both nationally and internationally.

Platform.sh is a polyglot, multicloud Platform-as-a-Service that enables developers to build, evolve, and scale applications faster and more efficiently. Its instant cloning capabilities enhance CI/CD and empower developers to focus on developing features rather than worrying about infrastructure.

Transifex helps companies – from Startups to the Enterprise – go global. With our SaaS-based Translation and Localization Platform, organizations can easily translate digital content such as websites, mobile apps, games, video, help centers, subtitles, and more on a continuous basis. Leading companies including Eventbrite, Salesforce, HubSpot, Waze, and Microsoft rely on Transifex to achieve a truly multilingual, international presence.

Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws) is the Austrian government promotional bank. We support Start-ups, SMEs and Corporates from their first idea to international market success by offering guarantees, grants, soft loans and equity. aws also stands for specific connecting, information, coaching services.

Slack has transformed business communication. It’s the leading channel-based messaging platform, used by millions to align their teams, unify their systems, and drive their businesses forward. Only Slack offers a secure, enterprise-grade environment that can scale with the largest companies in the world. It is a new layer of the business technology stack where people can work together more effectively, connect all their other software tools and services, and find the information they need to do their best work. Slack is where work happens.

Short description: The Bitcoin Association is the leading global organization for Bitcoin business. It brings together merchants, exchanges, application developers, enterprises, miners and others in the Bitcoin ecosystem to advance the growth of bCommerce (Bitcoin commerce). The Bitcoin Association supports Bitcoin SV (BSV) as the original Bitcoin, with a stable protocol and scaling roadmap to become the world’s new money and global public blockchain for enterprise.

Slido is a technology company that enhances communication and increases interaction at events and meetings. We enable users to crowdsource top questions to drive meaningful conversations, engage participants with live polls and capture valuable event data. We focus on simplicity. Both for meeting planners who can create an event in less than a minute, as well as for participants who can join via any device with a simple code. Having worked on over 580,000 events, we helped to engage millions of participants. We are proud to work with renowned conferences such as SXSW, Web Summit, Money20/20 and high-profile clients including Spotify, Lufthansa, BBC and Oracle.

We are the Number One with around 8,000 beds in 25 Austria Trend Hotels in the whole of Austria and Slovenia. 15 of the hotels are in Vienna, plus an imperial suite in Schönbrunn Palace, seven further hotels in the federal capitals Salzburg, Graz, Linz and Innsbruck, as well as two resort hotels in Kitzbühel and Fieberbrunn.

Bug is a publisher of the most widely and influential tech issues in the region: Bug Magazine, Mreža Magazine, Bug Online portal and video production Bug TV. It is also a proud member of European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA). Bug has a great tradition, experience and history that last from 1992 till today, but it is also a trendsetter media that has a great importance and reliable by the wider society.

Austria's multimedia medium for startups, the digital economy and innovation. Made for the designers of the future.

Heise Medien stands for high-quality and independent journalism. With c’t and iX, we publish two successful computer magazines, the trend-setting technology magazine Technology Review and other specialist magazines such as c’t Fotografie and Make. With more than 100 magazine issues per year and their digital content on all relevant platforms and the IT news portal heise online, which is one of the most used IT news services in Germany, Heise offers its readers and users an enormous wealth of media with character. iX keeps IT specialists up to date about latest technology. By providing practical tests and experience reports iX serves as a decision aid for the purchase of products and services in IT business. Get your 2 month trial here: https://www.ix.de/developers!

Technology stories and news on digital trends from Austria and the world.

Trending Topics is the fastest growing innovation portal in Austria. We report comprehensively, quickly and qualitatively on startups, mobility, blockchain and all other topics that are important for the innovation landscape. The stated goal: We are building a digital media house.

The German edition of the world's most famous business magazine reports on leadership, entrepreneurs, tech, investment and life.

This is a group for women* who would like to gain knowledge about computer science. Join our group if you want to learn about programming or if you are a woman working in the area and would like to connect to others. We host study-groups in which women* can learn from experienced programmers in a relaxed and friendly setting, exchange their experiences with others and meet new people.

AI Austria is an independent think tank and sees itself as a platform for exchange on AI. Through targeted networking, coordination and promotion of players from science, business, education and society, we want to make a contribution to the targeted and sustainable use of AI in Austria.

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The Machine Learning Graz is a monthly event for academics, professionals and hobbyists interested in applications and latest developments in Machine Learning & Data Science and AI more broadly.

Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting 1,000,000 entrepreneurs in over 250 cities. We nurture startup ecosystems in 105 countries through events, media, and partnerships with organizations like Google for Entrepreneurs. The cornerstone of our global community are monthly events featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Founded in Silicon Valley, Startup Grind has now hosted 5,000 fireside chats since its founding in 2010.

The Life Long Learning Academy Technikum Wien (www.lllacademy.at) has been one of the largest providers of job-oriented education and training since 2005. The offer ranges from certifications in the areas of e-health, requirements engineering, project management, sustainable hydropower to academic courses such as training as an "Academic Social Media Manager". Furthermore, seminars with current contents on the topics “leadership” and “health” are offered. The LLL Academy is a 100% subsidiary of the Technikum Wien University of Applied Sciences.

UNICORNS IN TECH is an international LGBT+ Tech Community and Network, created by the UHLALA Group. Since 2014, we have been growing to become a large community of 3400+ proud unicorns who are passionate about tech. Every month, we organize get-together events, hosted by proud companies and partners.

Ververica provides Ververica Platform, with open source Apache Flink and Application Manager, to the enterprise. Ververica Platform enables high-throughput and low-latency solutions for event-driven applications.

Women in AI is a Global community of women experts and influencers in AI. Their goal is to close the gender gap in the field of Artificial Intelligence by empowering women and raising awareness about gender diversity in AI.

WomenTech Network​ is a ​community that promotes ​gender diversity in tech and connects talented and skilled professionals with top companies and leading startups that value diversity, inclusion and strive to create a culture of belonging. WomenTech Network events are invitation-only, focusing on networking, speed-meetings, interviews and exploration while connecting female tech talent like engineers, data scientists, designers, product managers and other tech-roles with opportunities at companies that share the same values and put diversity as their top priority.

betahaus is a coworking space & community started back in 2009. We set out to create a workspace where people could work on their own projects while exchanging knowledge, ideas, and inspiration. Today, we’re one of the leading coworking brands in Europe with two spaces in Berlin; a global network of partner spaces in Barcelona, Sofia, Hamburg, and 76 locations worldwide; and 1,000+ community and startup events each year.

#humanAIze is a unique platform for exchange with highly curated content connecting AI experts from private and public sectors and cross-pollinating with philosophers, anthropologists, doctors, neuro-scientists, psychologists, artists and more to spark new ideas that drive business and societal value. The powerful program is combining online and offline sessions, workshops, panels and fire side chats with artistic moments for deeply human interactions in a world of high tech prevalence.

tech2impact is the place for everyone passionate about using the power of technology and science to solve global problems. We are the global platform for founders, corporates, accelerators, incubators, investors, and experts involved in impact tech. We strive to (1) Build the bridge between impact and tech ecosystems, (2) unite the force of brilliant minds, who are developing new solutions for a better world and create an immense support system for them and (3) bring awareness about impact tech and involve all relevant stakeholders to create a significant positive change. There is a lot of stigma around the word ‘impact.’ Impact does not mean non-profitable, non-scalable, charity. That misperception is something we want to tackle at the core. Our ecosystem has founders at its center, who all build solutions to real global problems, with a business model in place.

tershouse is a community driven coworking space in Sarajevo, BiH. Our mission is to provide the best possible space for freelancers, artists, companies, startups and corporates to collaborate and work. With over 450 sqm of hot and dedicated desks, conference rooms, event spaces, game rooms and terraces we are the biggest coworking space in the country. When we say “community driven” we truly mean it. We believe that the heart of any coworking space, are its members, so we are working hard each day on building that community and promoting collaboration and communication between our members as well as with our international partners. Welcome to the house of ters!