04: Artificial Intelligence – RIT for Austria as an Industrial Location
Supported by Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
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in englischer SpracheBMVIT is strengthening Austria as an industrial location with investments in RIT (research, innovation, technology) and thus safeguarding secure and state-of-the-art infrastructure. The national Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy is based on the highly renowned national research expertise and the strengths of Austria’s industries. The AI strategy will steer Austria towards the future. What can politics do to lead the way to achieve responsible and positive impacts from AI in Europe? How will infrastructures such as 5G, transport and energy evolve?
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Nuria DE LAMA
European Programs Manager, Atos Research & Innovation; Vice-Secretary General, Big Data Value Association, Brussels
| 1999 | Training on Management of International Projects, École d'Arts et Metiers, Paris |
| 1994-2000 | Telecommunications Engineering, Madrid Polytechnic University, Madrid |
| 2000-2005 | APIF MOVIQUITY S.A. |
| 2005-2006 | Head of Industrial and Rural Development, Atos Research and Innovation, Brussels |
| 2006-2008 | Head of Semantics, Software and Service Engineering, Atos Research and Innovation, Brussels |
| since 2008 | European Programs Manager, Atos Research and Innovation, Brussels |
| 2014-2019 | Vice-Secretary General, Big Data Value Association, Brussels |
| since 2019 | Director, Big Data Value Association, Brussels |
Mag. Dr. Sabine Theresia KÖSZEGI
Professor of Labor Science and Organization, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna; Chair, Austrian Robotics Council; High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, European Commission, Brussels
| 2000-2006 | Assistant Professor, School of Business, Economics, and Statistics, University of Vienna |
| 2003 | Visiting Professor, University of Ottawa |
| 2005 | Guest Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| 2006 | Guest Researcher, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan |
| Venia Docendi in Business Administration | |
| 2006-2008 | Associate Professor, School of Business, Economics, and Statistics, University of Vienna |
| since 2009 | Full Professor, Labour Science and Organisation, Institute of Management Science, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna |
| Academic Director, Professional MBA Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna | |
| since 2017 | Chair of the Austrian Council on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence |
| since 2018 | Member of the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, European Commission, Brussels |
Dr. Clara NEPPEL
Senior Director European Business Operations, IEEE Technology Centre GmbH, Vienna
| Dr. Clara Neppel is the Senior Director of the IEEE European office in Vienna, where she is responsible for the growth of IEEE's operations and presence in Europe, focusing on the needs of industry, academia, and government. Clara serves as a point of contact for initiatives with regard to technology, engineering and related public policy issues that help implementing IEEE's continued global commitment to fostering technological innovation for the benefit of humanity. Clara joined IEEE after many years with the European Patent Office where she was involved in various aspects relating to innovation, intellectual property and public policy in the field of information and communication technologies. She co-authored publications both in the field of patentability of computer implemented inventions as well as possible future scenarios of the patent system. Before joining the Office she worked in research, in the area of parallel database optimization, and in industry, as program manager for archiving solutions. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Technical University of Munich and a Master in Intellectual Property Law and Management from the University of Strasbourg. |
Michaela REGNERI
Senior Expert AI & Cognitive Computing, OTTO GmbH, Hamburg
| 2008-2013 | Ph.D. student, Computational Linguistics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken |
| 2013-2014 | Researcher, Computational Linguistics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken |
| 2014-2016 | R&D-Engineer & Scrum Master, SPIEGEL-Verlag, Hamburg |
| 2016-2018 | Product Manager BI Analytics, OTTO GmbH, Hamburg |
| since 2018 | Senior Expert AI & Cognitive Computing, OTTO GmbH, Hamburg |
Lucilla SIOLI
Director for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industry, DG CONNECT, European Commission, Brussels
| Ms Lucilla Sioli is the Director for "Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industry" within Directorate-General CONNECT at the European Commission. The mission of the Directorate is to strengthen Europe's competiveness ensuring that any industry in any sector in Europe can make the best use of digital innovations to grow, compete on a global scale, and create jobs. She is responsible for the coordination of the European digitisation of industry strategy and for policy development in the area of artificial intelligence (AI). The directorate also supports R&D&I in key digital industrial technologies including microelectronics, embedded software, photonics, robotics and AI. Previously, she was Head of Unit for "Digital Economy and Skills" at DG Connect, responsible for the publication of the Digital Economy and Society Index and of the annual Europe's Digital Progress Report as well as for the management of digital skills policy through the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition. Lucilla holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Southampton and one from the Catholic University of Milan and has been a civil servant with the European Commission since 1997. |
Anouk VISSER
Co-Founder and CTO, Birds.ai, Delft
| 2010-2013 | B.Sc., Artificial Intelligence, University of Amsterdam |
| 2012-2013 | Software Developer, CloseAlert, Amsterdam |
| Specialist, Apple Store Amsterdam | |
| 2013-2016 | M.Sc., Artificial Intelligence, University of Amsterdam |
| 2014 | Teacher, RISE OF /CODE, Amsterdam |
| 2014-2015 | Computer Vision Engineer, Dutch UAS Foundation, Haarlem |
| since 2015 | Chief Technology Officer and Board Member, Dutch UAS Foundation, Haarlem |
| since 2016 | Co-Founder and CTO, Birds.ai, Delft |
Mag. Michael WIESMÜLLER
Head, Department Key Technologies for Industrial Innovation: ICT, Production and Nanotechnology, Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology, Vienna
| Initially stemming from the humanities and holding a degree in philosophy of science, working several years as scientists in the Humanities and as Management Consultant with A.T. Kearney he joined the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) in late nineties. He is currently Head of Department for ICT, Industrial & Nano Technologies and Space. Main responsibility of this department covers the design of Innovation Policies for High-Tech-Industries, national R&D strategies and programs in these domains, and all areas of International R&D Policy and Coordination. Among others he acts as Austrian Delegate to the European ICT-Program, as Governance Board Member of the JTI s ECSEL, as Director of the EUREKA Clusters. ITEA 3 and CATRENE and Austrian Lead Delegate to the Key Enabling Technologies. He represents Austria in various Mirror-Groups of European Technology Platforms and in several European Policy Coordination Initiatives. |
