On 13 November 2025, Budapest University of Economics and Business (BUEB) hosted an inspiring conference entitled “Interdisciplinary approaches to addressing the opportunities and challenges posed by digitalization and artificial intelligence” in the scope of BUEB’s Day of Hungarian Science.
The event featured the following thematic sections: ‘AI, Work and the Digital Economy – Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Social Impacts’; ‘Sector-Specific Innovations in the Age of AI’; ‘Ageing Well in an Ageing Society – Sustainable and Digital Solutions’; ‘Digital Transformation, Education, and Human-Centred Governance’.
As part of BUEB’s Day of Hungarian Science, this international conference united academics, industry experts, and policymakers from a wide range of fields to examine how digitalisation and artificial intelligence are reshaping society, the economy, culture, and science. By encouraging cross-disciplinary dialogue, the event sought to provide deeper insights into both the opportunities and the challenges presented by these fast-evolving technologies.
The conference’s session entitled ‘Ageing Well in an Ageing Society’ was focused on Prosperitas’ coming special issue on best-practice solutions to challenges posed by an ageing population to be published in 2026.