The DDc Blue Sky Lounge is an annual evening event for the DRESDEN-concept community and friends of science and culture.

The Blue Sky Lounge 2025 will take place on 17 December 2025 in a wonderful location, the salon of the Staatsschauspiel Dresden. This year, we are focusing on the topic:

Trust is of fundamental importance to our social life. It arises between people, grows in communities and is increasingly required in our relationship with technology, data and digital systems. In a world that is increasingly interconnected and changing at an ever faster pace, the question arises anew: How does trust arise and how can we preserve it?

This event opens up a variety of perspectives and invites you to explore trust in its different facets: as a human experience, as a social foundation and as a challenge in the digital age. We will talk about the cultural and human dimensions that shape our coexistence, the importance of reliability in a networked world, responsibility in dealing with new technologies and the interplay of knowledge, intuition and ethics.

With short input presentations, discussions and opportunities for exchange, we want to explore how trust is created, maintained and how it shapes our digital and human future.

Speaker for the evening:

• Prof. Dr. Gerhard Fettweis: Barkhausen Institut/ TUD, Vodafone Chair for Mobile Communications Systems
• Prof. Dr. Marina Münkler: TUD, Chair of German Medieval and Renaissance Literature and Culture
• Prof. Dr. Jakob Nikolas Kather: EKFZ for Digital Health at TUD and UKD, Chair of Clinical Artificial Intelligence
• Prof. Dr. Birte Platow: TUD, Chair of Religious Education

Moderation by Lydia Lorenz: TUD, Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Sciences

The event will be held in English.

Registration is open until 10 December 2025.

Due to limited space, it is recommended that you register as soon as possible. If you come with an accompanying person, please register your guest separately.

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