It’s About People 2023 was one of the year’s most significant international scholarly events in Europe. Under the theme Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity, it hosted leading scholars and thought leaders, including Vice President of the European Commission Mariya Gabriel, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts’ President and Honorary President Klaus Mainzer and Felix Unger, and representatives of national academies. Many professors from top universities participated as speakers, including Martin Kemp from University of Oxford, Fred R. Volkmar from Yale University and Marinka Žitnik from Harvard University. World-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University gave the keynote lecture. Nataša Pirc Musar, President of the Republic of Slovenia, opened the event.