Program
Time Schedule (Times in CEST)
Thursday, November 16, 2023
livestream
9:00-10:30Opening Session
- Welcome addresses by:
Heinz Fischer, Former President of Austria and President of the IWM Board of Trustees, video
Gerti Kappel, Dean Faculty of Informatics, TU Wien, video
Michael Wiesmüller, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, video - Lecture:
Joseph Sifakis (Verimag Lab): “AI: Where We Are, Where We Are Going?”, video, slides
Chair: Hannes Werthner (IWM & TU Wien)
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Humans and Machines 1
Helga Nowotny (Former President of the European Research Council): “AI as an Agent of Change”, video, slides
Thomas Haigh (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee): “AI – The History of a Brand”, video, slides
Chair: Ludger Hagedorn (IWM)
12:30-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-15:30 Humans and Machines 2
Edward A. Lee (University of California at Berkeley): “Rational Machines?”, video, slides
Thomas Bugnyar (University of Vienna): “Evolution and Intelligence”, video, slides
Chair: Stefan Woltran (TU Wien)
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Panel: “The First Century of AI”
Thomas Haigh (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Edward A. Lee (University of California at Berkeley)
Joseph Sifakis (Verimag Lab)
Allison Stanger (Middlebury College)
Chair: Michael Wiesmüller (Federal Ministry for Climate Action)
video
18:30
Social Dinner
Café Restaurant “Kaan”
1070 Vienna, Museumsplatz 1, Hof 7
Friday, November 17, 2023
livestream
9:00-10:30 Platforms and (Anti)trust
Cristiano Codagnone (University of Milan): “Online platform: power, regulation, and the transatlantic relationship”, video, slides
Stavros Makris (University of Glasgow): “Competition Law, Policy and Regulation in the Digital Era: A Political Economy Approach”, video, slides
Chair: Julia Neidhardt (TU Wien)
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 AI and Democracy
George Metakides (Digital Enlightenment Forum): “Democracy in the Digital Age”, video, slides
Allison Stanger (Middlebury College): “The Governance of AI in Global Perspective”, video
Chair: Anita Eichinger (Vienna City Library)
12:30-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-15:30 AI and Environment
Felix Creutzig (TU Berlin): “Computing for Sustainability”, video, slides
Ivona Brandic (TU Wien): “Sustainable Computing”, video, slides
Chair: Erich Prem (University of Vienna)
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Panel: “Digital Humanism – An Agenda for the Future”
Gerti Kappel (TU Wien)
George Metakides (Digital Enlightenment Forum)
Helga Nowotny (Former President of the European Research Council)
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein (Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs)
Chair: Hannes Werthner (IWM & TU Wien), video, slides