Society 5.0 Festival 2025

On Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 October 2025 the creative industry will come together for the fourth time for the Society Festival 5.0. At the Society 5.0 Festival, we explore new ways of working to shape a desirable future society. During this two-day festival – filled with workshops, performances, installations, and talks – creatives, researchers, citizens, technologists, educators, designers, students, and (policy)makers come together to access, generate, sense, and reclaim our hybrid future.

Shaping Hybrid Realities

Due to digitalisation, our lifeworld is becoming increasingly hybrid. The world as it appears to us – how we see it, understand it, and navigate it – is a blend of digital media technologies and physical environments. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and immersive experiences (IX) are set to deepen this fusion in the coming years. 

This shift to hybrid realities has far-reaching implications for our everyday lives and our democratic society. How does this impact our shared sense of reality, mental well-being, relationships, and how we shape and experience public space? 

At the Society 5.0 Festival, we explore new ways of working to shape a desirable future society. During this two-day festival – filled with workshops, performances, installations, and talks – creatives, researchers, citizens, technologists, educators, designers, students, and (policy)makers come together to access, generate, sense, and reclaim our hybrid future.

Tickets

Free tickets
Only for students and employees of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS/HvA), Inholland University of Applied Science, Gerrit Rietveld Academie and Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK)

Registration with your institutional email address is required. Tickets will be checked at the event together with your work or student ID.

Paid tickets

• Early bird (65 euro) : available from 23 June – 30 September
• Late bird (99 euro): available from 1 October – 16 October