IPI's Media Innovation Festival 2026: Interdisciplinary collaboration on journalism, tech and AI in Vienna
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Dinara Satbayeva
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Summary
IPI's Media Innovation Festival (#MIFest26) in Vienna brought together 158 attendees from around the world for 18 sessions over 2 days, featuring panels, workshops, startup pitches, and AI demos. The event uniquely assembled financial advisors, investors, media entrepreneurs, investigative reporters, and technologists to discuss how the journalism industry can respond to disruptions. The festival focused on media innovation as a cornerstone of defending press freedom, covering tech, business, and AI in journalism.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledHow often do you find financial advisors and investors sitting next to media entrepreneurs, investigative reporters and technologists?
At IPI, we believe that media innovation is a cornerstone of the organisation's mission of defending press freedom.
We designed this Media Innovation Festival #MIFest26 to bring an interdisciplinary group together to discuss how the industry can respond to disruptions from operating
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