Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Blockchain - on a broad scale, we are experiencing rapid technological breakthroughs and developments that are leading to significant economic and societal consequences. The general understanding of the economy, value creation and work is facing a profound change.

The technological implementation in the company is no longer the biggest challenge, but the dynamics of the upcoming changes. Apart from the economy, it is also important to adjust society to this acceleration.

Thinkers, pioneers and designers from business, science and politics are exploring ways into the digital future at the SPIEGEL FUTURA conference - here is the program:

19.11.2018 KICKOFF

18:45
Welcome and opening

  • Stefan Ottlitz, Head of Product Management, SPIEGEL Group
  • Nikolas Röttger, publisher, KI-Briefing.de (former editor-in-chief, WIRED)

19:00
Lecture / Greeting

  • Dr. Carsten Brosda, Senator of the Hamburg Authority for Culture and the Media

19:15
Keynote speech

  • Frank Thelen, founder and investor

7.30 pm
One-On-One

  • Frank Thelen and Nikolaus Röttger in conversation

8:15 pm

  • Networking & talking about finger food & drinks

20.11.2018 CONFERENCE

09.30 - 09.40
Welcome and opening

  • Carmen Hentschel, moderator
  • Steffen Klusmann, designated editor-in-chief, DER SPIEGEL

09.40 - 10.10 o'clock
The Current State of Europe's (Digital) Economy

  • Ann Mettler, Director-General, European Political Strategy Center (EPSC), EU Commission in conversation with Steffen Klusmann, designated Editor-in-Chief, DER SPIEGEL

10.15h - 10.45h
Wake up, Europe!

  • Dr. Stefan Heumann, Co-Director, Stiftung Neue Verantwortung

10.45h - 11.15h
coffe break

11.15 - 11.45
Digitalization in SMEs: platform economics and market change

  • Dr. Robert Mayr, CEO, DATEV eG

11.45 - 12.30
The digital maturity exam in Germany

  • Christoph Bornschein, co-founder and managing director, TLGG - Torben, Lucie and the yellow danger
  • Marco Börries, CEO, enfore
  • Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Director, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Conversation with Armin Mahler, Author in the Economic Department, DER SPIEGEL

12:30 - 13:40

  • lunch break

13.40 - 14.20 clock
Digital Health

  • Dr. Friedrich von Bohlen, CEO, dievini Hopp BioTech
  • Prof. Dr. Benjamin Meder, Deputy Medical Director of the Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pulmonology and Head of the Institute of Cardiomyopathies, University Hospital Heidelberg
  • Alexander Schuth, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Corporate Development, Denali Therapeutics in conversation with Thomas Schulz, Reporter, DER SPIEGEL

14:20 - 14:50
Future Mobility

  • Dr. Michael Halbherr, Chairman, trafi | former CEO, HERE

14.50 - 15.20
Artificial Intelligence: The decisive step to the technical singularity?

  • Prof. Dr. Alex Waibel, Professor of Computer Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT); Professor at the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Pascal C. Weinberger, Chief AI Officer, Augustus Intelligence | Executive Director, Kairos Society | Global Shaper, World Economic Forum in conversation with NIKOLAUS RÖTTGER, publisher, KI-briefing.de

15:20 - 15:50
A plea for a meaningful digital world

  • Prof. Dr. Stephan Rammler, Scientific Director, IZT - Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment
  • One-on-one conversation with Prof. Dr. med. Christian Stöcker, Professor of Digital Communication, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

15.50 - 16.30 clock

  • coffe break

16.30 - 17.10 clock
New Work Order

  • Björn Böhning, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
  • Constanze Buchheim, founder and managing director, i-potentials
  • Dr. Elke Eller, Member of the Executive Board for the Personnel and Labor Directorate of the TUI Group in conversation with Eva-Maria Schnurr, Deputy Head of Special Topics, DER SPIEGEL

17.10 - 17.50 clock
Where is the human being in digitalization?

  • Dr. Michael Bartl, CEO, HYVE; CEO, Tawny
  • Anna Kopp, Director of IT Germany - Area Capabilities Lead, Microsoft Germany
  • Inger Paus, Managing Director, Vodafone Institute in conversation with Karsten Lemm, freelance author and editor SPIEGEL Futura

17.50 - 18.30
What comes after digitization? Expect the unexpected.

  • Anders Indset, business philosopher