Organized by the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) in collaboration with the World Council of Churches (WCC), Evangelische Mission Weltweit - Association of Protestant Churches and Missions in Germany, and Brot für die Welt, the symposium will take place 13-14 April under the title “Our Common Future: Advocating for Digital Rights and AI Accountability,” in Berlin, Germany, bringing together 25 invited participants representing key ecumenical networks and partners.

The symposium builds in part on groundwork laid at a first, groundbreaking international symposium held in the same city in September 2021 under the heading “Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age.”

Today, almost five years later, the advances of digital technologies and their impact across all areas of life have continued to progress – not least with the recent global breakthrough and mainstreaming of generative artificial intelligence – making all the more pertinent questions of ethics, justice, accountability, and the role of faith communities.

A key outcome expected from the symposium is a concrete advocacy and capacity-building framework for coordinated and collaborative action towards digital justice.