Next Generation
Digital Action
a global youth initiative part of Digital Tech Summit 2025 to enable diverse youth-led ideas, perspectives and action on digital technologies transforming societies – leaving no one behind.
Highlights from NGDA 2025
The Next Generation City Action 2024 involved 191 students, young researchers and early-stage entrepreneurs from Korea, India, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Ghana, Colombia, Mexico, USA and Denmark in a global innovation journey. Read about the innovation journey and outcomes in our evaluation booklet.
2025 Journey
Registration of participants
March-April
Call for participants from all partner countries
Challenges are published
May
Challenge release
Development & Acceleration
June
- Hybrid setup
- Course work on challenges with partners
- Bootcamps
- Monitor sessions
- Keynotes
Summit preparations
August to October
- Bootcamp
- Semi-finals
- Reception
Digital Tech Summit 2025
5-6 November
- Exhibitions
- Pitch sessions
Onwards
- Projects spinout
Partnering with
Digital Tech Summit 2025
Øksnehallen, Copenhagen
5-6th 2025
The largest academic based technology and business event in the Nordic countries
Digital Tech Summit brings together over 5,000 decision makers, engineers, companies, academia, startups, investors, and students, redefining tech leadership the digital sustainable tech transformation in industry and society.
The Programme
Cutting edge technologies and their impact on business and society
Main Themes
AI
- Explainable AI (XAI)
- AI in Edge Computing
- AI for Sustainability
- Neuro-Symbolic AI
- Ethics & Legislation
- AI & Cybersecurity
- and more …
Super Computing
- High Performance Computing (HPC)
- Quantum Computing
- Exascale Computing
- Neural Interface Technlogy
- Cyber Security
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy Consumption and Sustainability
- and more…
Robot technologies
- Human-Augmenting Technologies
- IoT Integration
- Collaborative Robots (Cobots)
- and more …
Digital Tech
Summit 2025
Transverse Themes
Legislation & Ethics
We cannot halt progress, but we can critically engage with it and ensure that we are aware of any potential consequences.
Digital Ecosystem
How we create and drive business with robust, secure, scalable, and efficient digital systems ie.
Startup
How can Denmark become a stronger startup nation?
Careers
And how can talent help take our strong businesses into the future.