[Press Release]Media Party 2025 Calls Media Professionals to Reinvent Journalism with Artificial Intelligence

The XIII edition of the international conference will take place from October 2–4 in Buenos Aires with more than 2,000 attendees from 30 countries.

Buenos Aires, Argentina — September 17, 2025 — Media Party, the annual conference that brings together entrepreneurs, journalists, programmers, designers, technologists, academics, investors, and policy makers from around the world, announces its XIII edition to be held from October 2–4, 2025 at Ciudad Cultural Konex, Buenos Aires. Registration is now open at mediaparty.org.

With an estimated attendance of more than 2,000 people from 30 countries, this edition comes at a critical moment for the media industry, when the disruptive power of artificial intelligence transforms the information space in a year of intense global political and economic volatility.

Context and Relevance

Projections indicate that the vast majority of internet content will be synthetically produced by 2026, while Search Generative Experiences (SGE) and AI-powered chatbots radically transform access to information. This scenario unfolds in a year with more than 40 democracies facing critical elections and ongoing conflicts in Europe and the Middle East.

“Journalists and news organizations must urgently rethink their role,” state the event organizers, who position the concept of “Augmented Journalism” as the central axis of the 2025 agenda.

Confirmed International Speakers

The conference will feature renowned experts from the global media ecosystem:

• Jane Barrett — AI Strategy Director, Reuters
• Vivian Schiller — VP and Executive Director, Aspen Institute
• Shazna Nessa — Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and journalist (WSJ & AP)
• Saša Vučinić — Co-founder North Base Media, pioneer in venture capital for independent media
• Edward Tian — CEO GPTZero, revolutionary in digital content verification with AI
• Steve Song — Senior Director Infrastructure Mapping, ISOC
• Gitesh Gohel — Product Director, The Atlantic
• David Coronel — Co-founder Laia.ar, advocate for diversity in Latin American AI
• Craig Hammer — Development Data Group Manager, World Bank

Format and Activities

Media Party 2025 will maintain its immersive three-day format that combines:

• Keynotes with global references
• Lightning Talks with powerful ideas in agile format
• Workshops focused on agile methodologies, product design, and artificial intelligence
• Media Fair showcasing startups and innovative services from the ecosystem

Hackathon: Truth Tech Initiative: Innovating in the Search for Truth

On October 4, 2025, the Media Party 2025 hackathon will take place at AreaTres, as part of our Truth Tech Initiative. This initiative is part of Media Party’s central mission: to strengthen trust in information ecosystems and create technologies that improve content credibility.

This activity requires specific registration.

How to Prepare for the Hackathon

Once attendance registration is completed, it’s time to focus on ideas and start working on them. To do this, the following steps are necessary:

Kick off: On Friday, October 3, mentoring sessions will be held for individuals and teams seeking expert advice to guide the projects they wish to develop during the hackathon. These mentorships will be personalized, last 15 minutes, and will require:

a) Prior registration at the Orientation booth to reserve the appointment.

b) Upload the hackathon project proposal on hackdash.

We recommend reading all available information on the website.

Not being a programmer is NOT a limitation

Sandboxes: The Four Experimental Spaces

In addition to the mentioned activities, there are four experimental Sandbox spaces — secure and controlled environments where it’s possible to experiment with new technologies, services, and business models without risk. They are co-creation laboratories that go beyond traditional networking and are accessed by application.

The application deadline is September 25.

The sandboxes focus on 4 areas:

Truth Tech: Technologies for “Reality” Verification

Objective

Promote innovative technologies and solutions to guarantee the credibility, transparency, and resilience of information. Applications of ethical AI, blockchain, cybersecurity, and behavioral sciences will be explored to strengthen journalism and verification.

EdTech for Future Communicators

Objective

This experimental laboratory addresses the radical transformation the communication ecosystem is undergoing. Data abundance, audience fragmentation, the emergence of artificial intelligence, and the crisis of sustainability models pose unprecedented challenges for training new talents.

Internet Pulse: Making Network Health Visible

Objective

The Internet Society Pulse Sandbox is a collaborative space, driven by Internet Society, to experiment with Pulse open data and understand what it tells us about the present and future of the Internet.

In two sessions of two hours each, participants will work in mixed groups to identify key challenges (e.g., unequal access, provider concentration, environmental impact) and prototype narratives or solutions that transform that data into actionable knowledge. The goal: convert information into collective power to strengthen a more open, safer, and resilient Internet.

Ad Tech: Brands, Media, Monetization and Magic

Objective

Co-create solutions for media monetization and brand storytelling in a context of uncertainty. Creative opportunities powered by AI will be explored to generate value and engagement.

About Media Party

Media Party is a civil association whose main mission is to promote innovation in media through the creation and application of digital tools. Media Party fosters a global community that develops practical solutions for a more sustainable and reliable information ecosystem, always under strict journalistic criteria, strengthening its role in democracy. It achieves this through the strategic use of technology, training and connecting emerging talents, and promoting collaboration networks between media, academia, entrepreneurs, and investors to scale solutions globally. More information at https://mediaparty.org/