AI Austria Meetup "Inside the AI"-Edition

**AI Austria Meetup "Inside the AI"-Edition** NTS Netzwerk Telekom Service AG\, Vienna \| October 15th \| 17:30 Word Models, Context Engineering and AI Reasoning. Main topics that decide, if we can use AI in a structured way. Join us in this deep dive. Together with leading voices from Austria's AI ecosystem, we look at the next layer of the stack: world models, self-advancing context, and the tracing and reasoning that make agent decisions transparent. Hosted by Ruben Hetfleisch (AI Austria). **17:30 – Welcome & Opening** Hosted by Ruben Hetfleisch (AI Austria) → Setting the stage & News about AI **17:40 – World Models and Their Impact on AI** Fabian Lächler (Fraunhofer Austria) **17:55 – Self-Advancing Context in the Age of Agents** Mario Deubler **18:10 – AI Tracing & Reasoning: Understanding How AI Makes Decisions** Maximilian Süss (KHoch3) **18:30 – On-premise AI: The Pain, The Suffering and Why We Still Do It** Dino Begicevic (NTS) **19:00 – Networking, Drinks & Conversations** → Meet the speakers, exchange ideas and connect with the AI community More speakers to be announced soon! 📍 **Location** NTS Netzwerk Telekom Service AG, Trabrennstraße 2b, Wien 🗓 **Date & Time** Thursday, October 15th 2026, from 17:30 🎟 **Admission** Free & open to the community – limited seats