DSSGx Munich 2024
Closing ceremony

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024,
4-9pm in Munich

On September 25th, our DSSGx fellows will present the results of the two projects,
they developed over two months with our project partners.

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Fabian Mehring, Bavaria's State Minister for Digital Affairs, for a welcome address, and Uli Köppen (Chief AI Officer, Bayerischer Rundfunk) for a keynote.

The event will be public and open to all interested parties. Register here. We are looking forward to meeting you!

AGENDA

16:00

Admission

16:30

Welcome address
Dr. Fabian Mehring, Bavaria's State Minister for Digital Affairs
Jacob Beck, DSSG Co-Lead
Dr. Thomas Meier, Science Manager, Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML)

16:45

Project presentation: “Harmonizing tourism and nature protection. Data-driven visitor management in the Bavarian Forest National Park”

with Nationalparkverwaltung Bayerischer Wald, Grafenau

Presentation including Q&A, followed by a short break

17:30

Project presentation: “Knowing where to help. Enhancing Strategic Foresight  and Preparedness by estimating the impact of events on migration flows with machine learning”

with International Organization for Migration - Global Data Institute (IOM GDI), Berlin

Presentation including Q&A

18:15

Keynote speech:  Great to Have, Hard to Get: Data for the Social Good
How to Become a Data-Driven Society

Ulrike Köppen (Chief AI Officer, Bayerischer Rundfunk)

Everyone is talking about AI – but what do we need to really being able to use this technology? A perspective on what it takes to become a data-driven society using data for social good.

Talk including Q&A

By 19:00

Closing remarks, Flying Buffet & Drinks

Location: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munich

Located in the heart of Munich right next to the Odeonsplatz, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities is a public institution promoting interdisciplinary scientific contacts and collaboration. Therefore, it networks scholars across disciplines and national boundaries, engages with politics and civil society, supports young scientists and provides a first-rate forum for dialogue between the scientific community and the general public. Learn more about the Academy here.

Foto-Credit: Markus Konvalin 

Keynote Speaker: Uli Köppen

Uli Köppen is Head of the AI + Automation Lab and Co-Lead of the investigative data team BR Data at German Public Broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk. In this role, she’s working with interdisciplinary teams of journalists, coders, and product developers. She and her teams are investigating AI and automation for algorithmic accountability reporting as well as using this technology for data-driven journalistic products. The teams are building on the lab experience to form strategy for using AI and automation for journalism. As a Nieman Fellow 2019, she spent an academic year at Harvard and MIT and she was part of Online News Association's Women's Leadership Accelerator 2022. Together with her colleagues, she has won national and international awards.