Cars still can’t fly, but artificial intelligence can give companies wings – and there’s plenty else to talk about. What’s next for the digitalized world? Why is Germany finding it so difficult to keep up digitally? And what impact will artificial intelligence have on our lives?
At the 1st SZ Digitalgipfel on April 10 under the motto “AI: The future is here – now what?”, we discussed with leading experts to find answers to the challenges of the digital world.
SZ Digitalgipfel
10. April 2024
in Munich and digital
SZ Reporting
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our guests
Markus Söder
Bayerischer Ministerpräsident
Markus Söder
Bayerischer Ministerpräsident
Frances Haugen (digital)
Facebook-Whistleblowerin
Frances Haugen (digital)
Facebook-Whistleblowerin
Amy Webb (digital)
Future Today Institute
Amy Webb (digital)
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Future Today Institute
Fabian Mehring
Bavarian Minister of State for Digital Affairs
Fabian Mehring
Bavarian Minister of State for Digital Affairs
Yoshua Bengio (digital)
Université de Montréal and Mila Quebec AI Institute
Yoshua Bengio (digital)
Full professor (UdeM), Founder and Scientific Director (Mila), Université de Montréal and Mila Quebec AI Institute
Tom Hillenbrand
Schriftsteller
Tom Hillenbrand
Schriftsteller
Kenza Ait Si Abbou
FIEGE
Kenza Ait Si Abbou
Executive Board Member, FIEGE
Sami Atiya
ABB
Sami Atiya
Member of the Group Executive Board, Head of the Robotics and Manufacturing Automation Division, , ABB
Josephine Ballon
HateAid
Josephine Ballon
CEO, HateAid
Markus Beckedahl
digitalpolitik.de
Markus Beckedahl
Founder and chief editor; digitalpolitik.de
Bob Blume
Educational influencer, teacher and author
Bob Blume
Educational influencer, teacher and author
Vanessa Cann
KI-Entrepreneurin & Member of the Board KI Bundesverband
Vanessa Cann
KI-Entrepreneurin & Member of the Board KI Bundesverband
Sherrod DeGrippo (digital)
Microsoft
Sherrod DeGrippo (digital)
Director, Threat Intelligence Strategy, Microsoft
Laura Sophie Dornheim
IT Department of the City of Munich
Laura Sophie Dornheim
IT Officer and CDO, IT Department of the City of Munich
Florian Gallwitz
Technische Hochschule Nürnberg
Florian Gallwitz
Professor
Sabine Griebsch
GovThings
Sabine Griebsch
Managing Director, GovThings
Claus Herbolzheimer
OliverWyman
Claus Herbolzheimer
Partner und Practice Leader Digital, Central Europe, OliverWyman
Reiner Kurzhals
pacemaker
Reiner Kurzhals
CPO, pacemaker
Jörg Ochs
SWM - Stadtwerke München
Jörg Ochs
Head of IT, SWM - Stadtwerke München
Jens Redmer
Google
Jens Redmer
Principal, New Products; Google
Christine Rupp
IBM Germany
Christine Rupp
Managing Director IBM Germany
Laura Sasse
Dr. Sasse Gruppe
Laura Sasse
Board member, Dr. Sasse Gruppe
Christine Schäl
Zentralstelle Cybercrime Bayern
Christine Schäl
Prosecutor as group leader, Zentralstelle Cybercrime Bayern
Patric Spethman
Marc O´Polo
Patric Spethman
COO und Board member, Marc O´Polo
Matthias Spielkamp
AlgorithmWatch
Matthias Spielkamp
Co-founder and managing director, AlgorithmWatch
Benjamin Springub
Deutsche Telekom
Benjamin Springub
Vice President Operations Development, Deutsche Telekom
Enzo Weber
Institute for Employment Research
Enzo Weber
Head of Research Department, Institute for Employment Research
Thomas Zeller
UnternehmerTUM
Thomas Zeller
CEO, UnternehmerTUM
moderation
Jannis Brühl
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Jannis Brühl
Team Leader Digital, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Florian Eder
SZ Dossier
Florian Eder
Manager, SZ Dossier
Lisa Nienhaus
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Lisa Nienhaus
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Born in Oberhausen in 1979, studied economics and politics in Cologne and Stockholm, at the same time attending the Cologne School of Journalism. 10 years as economics editor at the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung", then moved to the current position as deputy head of the economics department and head of the Frankfurt bureau. Since autumn 2022 she has been head of the SZ economics department.
Matthias Punz
SZ Dossier
Matthias Punz
Team leader SZ Dossier Digitalwende, SZ Dossier
Judith Wittwer
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Judith Wittwer
Süddeutsche Zeitung
born in 1977, has been leading the editorial team of the Süddeutsche Zeitung together with Wolfgang Krach since summer 2020. Previously, she was business editor for Axel Springer's Handelszeitung in Zurich before returning to Tages-Anzeiger as head of news and CvD and joining the editorial team in 2016, then as editor-in-chief from 2018.
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event location
This year the SZ Digitalgipfel took place in the “Fat Cat”, the former Gasteig cultural center.
Fat Cat (old Gasteig)
The former Gasteig cultural center is home to the non-profit limited company Fat Cat.
- Rosenheimer Str. 5, 81667 Munich
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