future forward 2025 at weXelerate: AI Photo Booth, Guest Booth and Robot LUNA
future forward 2025 at weXelerate: FiestaPics at Vienna's biggest innovation conference
On November 27, 2025, future forward returned to weXelerate for the fourth time, the Design Tower on Praterstraße and Austria's largest startup hub. Over 900 participants and 40 startups came together there, along with keynote speakers such as ski legend Benni Raich, profil editor-in-chief Anna Thalhammer and ÖBB board member Silvia Angelo. The all-day conference offered talks on the Main Stage, several deep-dive tracks on digital transformation and an Innovation Expo with numerous startup booths. The fourth edition was supported by partners such as KIA, Amazon, UNIQA Sustainable Business Solutions and the Vienna Business Agency. Right in the middle of it: FiestaPics, with no fewer than three AI experience stations for the guests.
AI Photo Booth: AI portraits in 20 seconds
Right in the entrance area stood our AI Photo Booth, the compact column with camera and touchscreen. Guests picked an AI effect, pressed the button – and 20 to 30 seconds later held their transformed portrait printed in their hands, plus a digital copy via QR code for their phone. At a conference where, according to the organizer, over 215 matchmaking sessions took place, that was exactly the short break that fits between two appointments – and a conversation starter for everyone who hadn't met yet.
AI Guest Booth: the big screen with no line
A few meters further on ran the AI Guest Booth – a photo booth with no camera of its own. Guests scanned a QR code, uploaded a selfie from their own phone, and seconds later it appeared live on the large, elegantly framed screen in the middle of the hallway. Because nobody lines up in front of a device, on a packed conference day with a dense program everyone could take part at the same time without missing a single session.
LUNA takes over the dance floor
The real star of the day was LUNA, our AI Photo Booth Robot. Remote-controlled by our team, she drove through the aisles between the startups' innovation booths, stopped at groups of guests and transformed photos within seconds into face swaps, cartoons or group headshots – print included. When the afterparty began in the evening, LUNA stayed right in the thick of it: with her display glowing, she drove straight to the dance floor and became part of the party herself, surrounded by guests who wanted their last AI photo of the day.
A day that shows what AI can already do at events
future forward 2025 was exactly the audience our AI devices are made for: curious, tech-savvy and always up for an unusual photo. Whether as an icebreaker between two meetings, as a photo moment with no line, or as a robot that becomes the attraction itself – all three devices showed how well artificial intelligence and live events go together. If your next event could use a little more AI magic too, we're happy to bring along the AI Photo Booth, the AI Guest Booth or LUNA.
