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SUMMARY:Workshop: Having Better Policy Conversations About AI
DESCRIPTION:The rise of generative AI poses complex challenges that demand multi-disciplinary expertise from policy makers. However\, discussions about AI can become fragmented and unproductive\, with technical experts and policy makers seemingly speaking different languages and failing to cooperate effectively. This workshop aims to help bridge this divide. \nWe will start the workshop with a conceptual introduction to different types of AI systems\, seeking to cut through jargon and focusing on the most policy-relevant features of the systems. We will then explore how these conceptual insights can be used to evaluate AI governance proposals and identify suitable use cases for specific types of AI systems. We will draw on a broad range of examples\, including generative AI in journalism and law\, and participants will be encouraged to apply the insights gained to their own industries and areas of interest. \nThis workshop has been designed to be accessible to participants from all backgrounds and does not assume any coding skills or background in computer science. It will introduce a basic framework for thinking about AI systems more generally but the primary focus will be on generative AI. \nWith Leonie Beyrle \nTicketed participants may register here \n 
URL:https://germanamericanconference.org/event/workshop-technology-society-clashes
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School | Rubenstein R-414\, 79 John F. Kennedy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231029T123500
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SUMMARY:Lunch for Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft Scholars and Alumni
DESCRIPTION:The event is exclusively for scholarship recipients from the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (German Business Foundation). If you are a current scholarship recipient or alumnus\, please join us! We will have a short impulse talk from Floris Engelhardt\, PhD at the beginning and then will have lunch together afterwards.
URL:https://germanamericanconference.org/event/stiftung-der-deutschen-wirtschaft-lunch
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School | Rubenstein R-414\, 79 John F. Kennedy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231028T163000
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SUMMARY:Fireside Chat: Students as Diplomats? – On the History and Future of Transatlantic Student Exchange
DESCRIPTION:Germany and the United States share some of the oldest and most active student exchange programs in the world. Every year\, tens of thousands of German and American students cross the Atlantic\, many on exchange programs. For more than a hundred years\, these programs have been founded on the hope that memories of Heidelberg or Harvard or Freiburg or Florida would ultimately benefit transatlantic relations. But how important are students really to transatlantic “friendship”?  \nThis session will provide a brief introduction to the stormy history of German-American student exchange and will host a critical discussion on international students as national ‘ambassadors’ abroad. What can – and can’t – student exchange achieve? Should student exchange be influenced by immediate geopolitical concerns (what about exchange with Russia\, for example?)\, and does it even continue to be relevant in a world that is connected in so many other ways? \nWith Elisabeth Piller
URL:https://germanamericanconference.org/event/fireside-chat-students-as-ambassadors
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School | Rubenstein R-414\, 79 John F. Kennedy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fireside Chat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231028T150000
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Pixels to Progress
DESCRIPTION:In this interactive session\, we will discuss to which extent collaboration on the digital city can lead to improved urban resilience and thus transform pixels into progress. The starting point of this discussion will be an interactive session where participants engage in the “Urban Digitope”\, a serious game developed at the City Science Lab at HafenCity University Hamburg in collaboration with MIT Media Lab. In the game\, players will find themselves in a fictional half-analogue\, half-digital city facing certain shocks to their districts. By taking on different roles\, players will collaboratively decide on how to act and develop Digitopia – dealing with the decisions that were made in previous rounds. \nWith Jan Lüdert\, Hilke Marit Berger\, and Rico Herzog \nTicketed participants may register here
URL:https://germanamericanconference.org/event/workshop-pixels-to-progress
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School | Rubenstein R-414\, 79 John F. Kennedy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231028T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231028T144500
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Innovation in Media
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exciting workshop hosted by funk\, the digital content network of ARD and ZDF\, where you’ll uncover the secrets of innovation in media. Explore cutting-edge strategies\, emerging trends\, and creative techniques that are revolutionizing the media landscape. Whether you’re an aspiring content creator or a researcher interested in science communication\, this workshop will provide valuable insights and hands-on experience to help you thrive in the ever-evolving world of media innovation. \nWith Stefan Spiegel and Philipp Schild \nTicketed participants may register here
URL:https://germanamericanconference.org/event/workshop-innovation-in-media
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School | Rubenstein R-414\, 79 John F. Kennedy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231028T111500
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Why is making progress so hard? An interactive intro to Climate & Negotiations
DESCRIPTION:How can you negotiate successfully in a rigid process where more than 190 governments\, organized in a complex web of formal and informal alliances\, negotiate hundreds of technical and political issues that impact all aspects of how we live? Climate negotiations are complex; and they require a particular set of skills and analytical tools. This session features an interactive negotiation simulation to explore the particular sources of complexity when negotiating the climate and how to navigate this complexity. \nWith Anselm Dannecker\, Archie Young\, and Alice Plane \nTicketed participants may register for the workshop here
URL:https://germanamericanconference.org/event/workshop-why-is-making-progress-so-hard-an-interactive-intro-to-climate-negotiations
LOCATION:Harvard Kennedy School | Rubenstein R-414\, 79 John F. Kennedy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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