Interactive Technologies Institute is dedicated to the interdisciplinary field of Human-Computer Interaction and encloses Psychology and Social Sciences, Computer Science, and Creativity and Design as core scientific areas. The cross-pollination of these areas allows thriving application areas directed towards societal needs. Assistive Technologies, Learning and Digital Culture, and Sustainability have been identified by ITI as main application areas to build capacity and advance innovation. TI aims to develop tools, systems, and techniques better suited to address societal challenges. In particular: the distribution and use of natural resources, the societal and personal use of energy, global inequality of resources and opportunities, and the relationship of production and consumption all require serious reform. Reducing inequalities and social exclusion in Europe, overcoming economic and financial crises, and tackling unemployment require new ideas, strategies, and governance structures that bring opportunities to the young and creative generations and leverage the reflective European society to position Europe as a global actor.