Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, With the first publication of our new magazine, Visions for Europe, we officially confirm the December 2020 establishment of the European Senate of Economy and Technology. The idea of a neutral committee has existed since antiquity. ‘Senate’ literally means ‘council of elders’, though we did not...
Ethics Matters!
Dr. Matthias Ernst is technology editor at the Tübingen-based Storymaker agency and a Global Ethic Ambassador. He began his career as a freelance journalist and communications consultant, today producing content with a focus on technology and hosting the Cyber Podcast, which explores the impact of AI on the communications industry....
Interview with Nikita Lukianets for SDG #16
Nikita Lukianets works in R&D with interests ultimately related to the fields of AI and cognitive computing. As a consultant, he is typically involved in working with the founding teams to develop product and technology roadmaps and to help in building a user-focused culture. He brings hands-on experience in human-computer...
Interview with Tanja Olbert for SDG #17
Academic Background University of Würzburg and Munich: Law studies (1st and 2nd state examination) Professional Background 2021 – today AES, Diversity & CSR, Allianz SE/German Desk 2019 – 2020 Project Lead CSR, Allianz Germany 2016 – 2018 Project Manager, Product Development, APKV 2014 – 2015 Project Manger, Performance Department, APKV...
Interview with Florence Akara for SDG #5
Florence Akara is the director of Femme International; a nonprofit serving nearly a decade of menstrual sexual reproductive health (MSRH) education, research and product distribution in East-Africa. MSRH status, in spite of investments/resources in the past decade, has been unsustainable. Through investing in a feminist social business model called "The...
INTERVIEW WITH FLORIAN SCHREITTER RITTER VON SCHWARZENFELD
Covid-19 and the climate crisis show that people ‘no longer understand the world’. After a human history that, despite many setbacks, was characterized by social and technical progress, we now stand either intelligently in despair or stupidly in denial of and watch the Amazon burning and the polar ice caps...
MIGRATION TO INDUSTRY 4.0 – DIGITALIZATION OF THE OPERATIONS FIRST
Advanced manufacturing or Industry 4.0 (I4.0) entails huge opportunity and anticipation. We are all fascinated by the new technologies that are showing more and more in the shopfloor as well as in our lives in general. We are excited by, for example; (i) Artificial Intelligence with IOT that provides predictive...
DIGITALISATION IN ELDERLY CARE
Andrè Godo has worked in the healthcare industry for over 20 years. He has extensive experience in the acquisition and valuation of full stationary nursing homes, the management of nursing facilities and the development of new real estate concepts. He also operates his own full inpatient care facility and an...
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING EQUITY
Scientific discoveries and the results of research related to the introduction of digital technology in schools have significantly affected teaching, learning, psychology, and pedagogy have forced educational institutions to adopt new teaching methods to be more innovative and responsive to better meet students’ needs. These new findings have influenced teachers’...
HOW TO ASSESS A START-UP: PRACTICAL TIPS FOR AMATEUR ANGEL INVESTOR
Ideas dominate contemporary society. They feed our curiosity, govern our decisions, and fuel our increasingly knowledge-based economy. The startup world houses an industry of ideas, providing mankind with cutting-edge solutions to everyday problems. However, not all ideas evolve past their formative stages. Some succeed and some ultimately fail. To investors,...