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Tech festival for young people: experiments with future technologies!
The tech.festival for young people at the UNI Lübeck offers interactive workshops and lectures on digital topics from August 25th to 28th, 2025.
Tech festival for young people: experiments with future technologies!
The new tech.festival for youth, an exciting initiative to introduce young learners to the digital world, will take place from August 25th to 28th, 2025. The organizer is the Student Academy's Initiative for Media Literacy, which is putting together an extensive program in collaboration with the MaTZ team from the University of Lübeck and scientists. The target group is students aged 14 and over who are interested in computer science, current research projects and new technologies. The festival places a particular focus on joint development, design and experimentation.
Visitors can look forward to a diverse program that includes interactive lectures and workshops. The topics range from web development and IT security to innovative areas such as artificial intelligence and game design. Each participant has the opportunity to create their own module plan and choose from various formats such as multi-day workshops, one-day sessions or informative tech.talks. These offerings run daily between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., while community events are held after 4 p.m. to promote exchange.
Diverse workshops for digital skills
The tech.festival also offers specific workshops aimed specifically at students in grades 5 to 10. This includes, among other things, topics such as the safe use of smartphones and the use of social media. Here is an overview of the workshops:
| Workshop | Topics | Length of time | Participant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safe on the Internet 2025/26 | Opportunities and risks of smartphone use | 90 minutes | max. 100 students (5th/6th grade) |
| Smartphone training 2025/26 | Social media, time management | 90 minutes | max. 100 students (7th/8th grade) |
| Fake News & Hate Speech 2025/26 | Fake news detection | 90 minutes | max. 100 students (9th/10th grade) |
| Cyberbullying 2025/26 | Types and legal aspects of cyberbullying | 90 minutes | max. 100 students (5th to 10th grade) |
| Mobile Games 2025/26 | Gaming spending and time management | 90 minutes | max. 100 students (5th to 10th grade) |
| Artificial Intelligence 2025/26 | Use of AI tools | 90 minutes | max. 100 students (5th to 10th grade) |
The workshops are scheduled both online and in person, and students can bring their own smartphones to immediately put what they have learned into practice. Digital skills are essential in today's world and this festival provides an excellent platform to develop these skills. The exchange between students, scientists and practitioners enables participants to gain valuable insights and make new contacts.
For more information and to register, please visit the website at matz-techfestival.de. The tech.festival promises a unique opportunity to actively shape the digital future.
You can also find more details about the workshops here uni-heute.de and digitaltraining.de.