The Digital Future Science Match has a distinguished record in bringing together many speakers with excellent scientific credentials. In this year’s keynote speeches and five-minute short presentations, around fifty leading academics will be presenting the latest research findings and their visions for a digital future. About 1,000 delegates from science, industry, and politics are expected to attend. The conference language is English.

Tribute will also be paid to a prominent figure who has made a significant mark in shaping the digital era, an honour which includes the individual’s enrolment as a new member in the "Hall of Fame of the Digital Age".

The Digital Future Science Match 2018 is a joint effort of six renowned scientific institutions: Hasso Plattner Institute, Zuse Institute Berlin, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Berlin Big Data Center, Einstein Center Digital Future, and Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society - as well as the "Tagesspiegel" publishing house.