E V A B E R L I N C O N F E R E N C E 2027

Electronic Media and Visual Arts

30^th Edition: 21 – 23 April 2027

Living Intelligence. Creativity Between Matter, Memory and Machine

The EVA Berlin Conference addresses the transformations underway across the cultural heritage, creative industries, and memory institutions in the context of accelerating digitalisation. Building on a continuous history dating back to 1994 and following its successful relaunch in 2023, the conference reaches a significant milestone with its 30th edition.

The growing convergence of digital technologies and artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping numerous fields and exerting profound influence on contemporary society. Generative AI tools, intelligent agents and assistants, hybrid experiential spaces, immersive XR technologies, and participatory interaction ecologies are among the defining developments of this moment — each demanding both technical rigour and speculative inquiry, and raising critical questions around inclusivity, sustainability, and societal impact. Alongside these developments, renewed attention to materiality, craft, and the biography of artworks in digital environments is reshaping how cultural heritage is created, preserved, and transmitted.

Contributions reporting on ongoing projects, completed research, and emerging practice are welcomed for the forthcoming edition. As part of the international EVA conference network — with established events in London, Florence, and Paris — the Berlin edition serves as a platform for sustained international and European exchange.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

Lectures

Proposals for papers addressing the conference topics are invited from researchers, practitioners and scholars across relevant disciplines

Exhibition / company presentations

Submissions are welcomed for presentations, project showcases, posters and new product demonstrations as part of the accompanying exhibition

Committees

Conference Chairs

Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dominik Lengyel, Prof. Dr. Andreas Bienert, Eva Emenlauer-Blömers.

Scientific Committee

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Ballis

Prof. Dr. Andreas Bienert

Eva Emenlauer-Blömers

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Francesca Fatta

Dr. Marinos Ioannides

Dr.-Ing. Ralf Schäfer

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Schreer

Jacopo Spinelli, Architect

Organising Committee

Jacopo Spinelli, Jessika Krüger, Begüm Asu Çalık.

Supporting Institutions

Dr. James R. Hemsley (EVA Conferences International, UK)

Publication

Contributions by accepted speakers and exhibitors will be published in the conference proceedings via Artbooks (arthistoricum.net). Each individual contribution will be assigned a persistent Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

Venue

Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut
10857 Berlin

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to info@eva-berlin-conference.de