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Doku.Tech
“If I had to choose one event for people, inspiration, innovation and location, it would have been Doku.Tech in Prizren, Kosovo.”
Yanki Margalit, Founder of Caura AIDoku.Tech is an annual technology and culture festival launched in 2014, first held during DokuFest Film Festival in Prizren and later expanded to Prishtina. It brings together technology, society, art, science, and entrepreneurship. Official website
History
Conceived by Kushtrim Xhakli in 2012 and developed through 2013–14, Doku.Tech launched in partnership with DokuFest in Prizren, with the IPKO Foundation and SHARE Foundation as organizing partners and support from the United States and Norwegian embassies in Kosovo.
Over more than a decade it has brought international speakers, founders, artists, and researchers to Kosovo to discuss technology, society, and ethics. In 2025, after 13 years of service, Xhakli stepped away from his board role at The Foundation House (formerly the IPKO Foundation) and continues to support Doku.Tech through international connections and advisory contributions.
Themes and Speakers by Year
| Year | Theme | Notable Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Open, Security, Community, Content | Bruce Sterling, Pedro Noel, Deanna Zandt, Lee Bryant |
| 2015 | Bringing the Future Closer | Esther Dyson, Kentaro Toyama, Yanki Margalit, Peter Sunde |
| 2016 | Reflection | Laura Mersini-Houghton, Mike Butcher, Aral Balkan, Addie Wagenknecht |
| 2017 | Fear, Hope and Everything in Between | Birgitta Jonsdottir, David Batstone, Matan Berkowitz |
| 2018 | One Person's Craziness Is Another One's Reality | Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, Drena Kusari, Faybeo’n LaShanna A. Mickens |
| 2019 | Digitizing the Human, Humanizing the Digital | Tariq Krim, Kashmir Hill, Peter Van Valkenburg |
| 2020 | Rewind | Yanki Margalit, Peter Sunde, Peter Van Valkenburg |
| 2021 | Dare to Be the Change | Liviu Babitz, Rob Flaherty, Naim Hoxha |
| 2022 | My Face Is Not a Barcode | Diana Gehlhaus, Henrik Chulu, Krenar Komoni, Maja Bosnic |
| 2023 | Bringing the Future Closer, Together | Mira Murati, Ralph Talmont, Pamela Mishkin |
| 2024 | Fluture | Mikko Hyppönen, Ida Tin, Shkumbin Hamiti |
| 2024 | Doku.Tech Berlin | Saruul Krause-Jentsch, Arikia Millikan |
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