Reimagining Remembrance: AI, XR & New Memory Cultures

The event brought together creative professionals, researchers, and entrepreneurs from Namibia and Berlin-Brandenburg’s film and media tech industries to explore how new technologies are reshaping memory culture, storytelling, and social exchange.

At a time when Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), and immersive media are increasingly transforming museums, archives, and education, we ask: How can technology and memory be meaningfully connected—without losing historical complexity or authenticity?

Thank you to our speakers for an inspiring discussion:

• Anne-Sophie Panzer, COO & Founder, ZAUBAR – on AR and AI tools that bring remembrance into public spaces
• Christian Zipfel, Director & Author – on VR, volumetric testimony, and documentary storytelling across history and continents
• Joel Kaudife Haikali, Namibian film director, entrepreneur & Co-Founder of Creative Industry Institute Africa (CIIA)
• Mark Mushiva, HCI researcher, interaction designer, musician & spoken-word poet
• Moderated by Lisa Nawrocki, Managing Director, UNESCO City of Film Potsdam

Between opportunity and responsibility, we explored how innovation can enhance remembrance and empathy across cultures – and what a sustainable, digital culture of memory might look like. Thank you for being part of this Berlin–Windhoek dialogue on technology, memory, and the human story!