09: When Machines Judge People
Supported by Bertelsmann Stiftung
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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in englischer SpracheAlgorithms are increasingly relied upon in decision-making processes, with far-reaching implications for us all. Will they promote equal opportunities or widen the social divide? It is up to us. What are the opportunities and threats inherent in algorithms and artificial intelligence? How can we put machines in the service of humankind?
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Dr. Jörg DRÄGER
Member, Executive Board, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh
| 1996-1998 | Management Consultant, Roland Berger, Frankfurt |
| 1998-2001 | Chief Executive Officer, Northern Institute of Technology, Hamburg |
| 2001-2008 | Minister, Science and Research, Hamburg |
| 2004-2006 | Independent Minister, Health and Consumer Protection, Hamburg |
| since 2008 | Member, Executive Board, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh |
| Chief Executive Officer, CHE Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung, Gütersloh |
Dr. LL.M. Johannes KOPF
Chairman, Network of the European Public Employment Services, Vienna
| Europarecht-Postgraduate-Lehrgang, Donau-Universität Krems | |
| Studium der Rechtswissenschaften | |
| 1999-2003 | Referent, Industriellenvereinigung, Schwerpunkt Arbeitsmarkt- und Beschäftigungspolitik, Wien |
| 2001-2002 | Österreichs Arbeitgeber-Verhandler, sozialer Dialog der EU zu den Themen Leiharbeit und Telearbeit, Brüssel |
| 2003-2006 | Arbeitsmarktexperte, Kabinett, Wirtschafts- und Arbeitsminister Dr. Martin Bartenstein; Mitglied, Verwaltungsrat, AMS Österreich, Wien |
| seit 2006 | Mitglied des Vorstands, AMS Österreich, Wien |
| seit 2019 | Vorsitzender des Netzwerks der Europäischen Arbeitsmarktverwaltungen |
Dr. Sarah SPIEKERMANN-HOFF
Professor and Chair, Institute for Information Systems and Society, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Vienna
| 1992-1997 | Studies in Business Administration, University Passau (intermediate examination), International Business School ESCP-EAP, Paris, Oxford, Berlin |
| 1997-1999 | Consultant with A.T. Kearney, Berlin |
| 2000-2001 | Doctoral Student, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 2002-2003 | Strategic Marketing Manager EMEA, Openwave, Paris |
| 2003-2007 | Habilitation, Humboldt University Berlin Institute of Information Systems (Prof. Oliver Günther, Ph.D.), Managing Director of the Berlin Research Centre on Internet Economics (InterVal) |
| 2008-2009 | Lecturer, Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg Institute for Information Management |
| 2008-2012 | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, skillMap Ltd. (Humboldt University Berlin Spin-off) |
| 2008 | Offer for tenure, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg |
| 2009 | Offer for tenure, University of Mannheim |
| 2009-2010 | Adjunct Professor of Information Systems, H. Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA |
| 2014 | Visiting Research Fellow, OII - Oxford University Internet Institute |
| 2016 | Founder, Privacy & Sustainable Computing Lab, WU Vienna |
Chris KÖVER
Senior Editor Machine Learning, netzpolitik.org, Berlin
| Chris Köver is a Senior Editor at netzpolitik.org and founder of feminist publication Missy Magazine. She covers machine learning, digital violence and privacy violations of marginalized groups and is one of the hosts of netzpolitik.org’s weekly podcast. Chris spent eight years founding and building Germany’s leading feminist periodical Missy Magazine, where she was editor in chief and managing editor. On the basis of her experience she also taught feminist cultural criticism and writing at Berlin University of the Arts, Akademie für Publizistik in Hamburg and at various other universities. She published two non-fiction books on Do-It-Yourself-Culture for girls and is driven by the belief that we have to understand technological innovation in order to shape it for the common good. |
M.Sc. Matthias SPIELKAMP
Co-Founder and Executive director, AlgorithmWatch, Berlin
| Matthias Spielkamp is founder and executive director of AlgorithmWatch, a non-profit advocacy and research organisation focusing on consequences of algorithmic decision making (ADM) on societies. He is co-founder and publisher of the online magazine iRights.info, which in 2006 received the Grimme Online Award, Germany’s most prestigious award for online journalism. Matthias testified before several committees of the German Bundestag, i.e. on AI and robotics and was a Fellow of ZEIT-Stiftung, Stiftung Mercator and the American Council on Germany (ACG). He serves on the governing board of the German section of Reporters Without Borders and the advisory councils of Stiftung Warentest and the Whistleblower Network, and is a member of the steering committee of the German Internet Governance Forum (IGF-D). Matthias has co-authored and edited several books on Internet governance, journalism and copyright regulation and holds master’s degrees in Journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder and Philosophy from the Free University of Berlin. He has contributed to publications like MIT Technology Review and Die Zeit and he has been quoted by Engadget, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Wired and many others. In 2017 he was named one of 15 architects building the data-driven future by Silicon Republic. |
