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TECHNOLOGY FESTIVAL 2026
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friday JUNE 26, 2026
12:15 - 13:00
AI-made Meets Human-made
Four creators. Four completely different relationships with technology.
An industrial designer who shapes products for BMW and Deutsche Telekom. An alpine cheesemaker whose raw-milk wheels have won gold at the World Cheese Awards. An AI startup transforming how luxury jewelry is designed — backed by LVMH. And an artist whose 30-meter digital portraits have covered facades from Palermo to Busan (Korea) — and Durst's own headquarters.
One conversation about what AI changes, what it can't, and where human intelligence remains the point.
One conversation about what AI changes, what it can't, and where human intelligence remains the point.
ON STAGE
MODERATOR Flo Akinbiyi
Christian Zanzotti
Klaus Pobitzer
Dumëne Comploi
Alexander Agethle
Host
FLO Akinbiyi
International Presenter, TEDx Speaker and Communication Coach
Flo hosts corporate events, conferences, panel discussions, fireside chats and virtual formats. He has shared stages with Michelle Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robin Sharma and Michael J. Fox and interviewed industry experts. As a communication coach he works with government entities, high level executives and leaders of international Fortune 500 corporations.
AI-made Meets Human-made
CHRISTIAN Zanzotti
ZANZOTTI INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Christian Zanzotti is founder and creative director of ZANZOTTI INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, a Munich-based studio he established in 2013. His work spans mobility, furniture, consumer goods, and lifestyle products, combining commissions for international brands with self-initiated, limited-edition objects. Born in South Tyrol, Italy, he focuses on the intersection of material, form, and advanced manufacturing technologies, developing forward-looking products through experimentation and design research. His work is defined by a clear, rigorous design language and has received multiple international design awards.
AI-made Meets Human-made
KLAUS Pobitzer
Durst Artist in Residence 2024
Klaus Pobitzer, born 1971, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He fuses computer drawing, digital animation and AI into a bold, socially charged visual language where technology meets contemporary art. His work has been exhibited at prestigious museums, festivals and biennials across the globe — Palermo, Milan, New York, Busan, Vienna. In 2024, Artist in Residence at Durst Group, world leader in digital printing technology.
AI-made Meets Human-made
Dumëne Comploi
BLNG, Chief Technology and Experience Officer
Dumëne Comploi is the co-founder and Chief Technology and Experience Officer of BLNG, a creative AI platform for jewelry design and luxury accessories. Trained in architecture with a focus on design and media arts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and UCLA, he spent 12 years at Walt Disney Imagineering and Disney Streaming working at the intersection of physical and digital. He holds 10 patents.
