Stefan Thalmann
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Near-Future Debate Economy & AI (Speaker)
Stefan Thalmann is Professor of Business Analytics and Data Science and Head of the Business Analytics and Data Science Center at the University of Graz.
He received his Ph.D.
in Information Systems and a habilitation from the University of Innsbruck.
He works on topics such as Business Analytics, Data-Driven Decision Support and No and Low Code for AI as well as AI auditing.
He has published over 80 peer-reviewed publications and is a regular program committee member and track chair at international conferences and journals.
Professor of Business Analytics and Data Science
University of Graz
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Fanny Stapf
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Overall moderation
Innovation and knowledge transfer for all: two keywords that flow into Fanny Stapf’s work every day.
Since 2019, the journalist has been developing and presenting innovative TV and online programs for young audiences on ORF.
Whether the daily children’s news program “ZIB Zack Mini”, the news format “ZIB Magazin”, main evening shows such as “Die große Chance” or LIVE programs such as “Pride Vienna”.
Her portfolio also includes the “ORF 1 Freistunde”, “ORF Starmania” social media accounts, the science format “Fannys Friday” and “Meins Reportage” (YouTube channel).
Before joining ORF, she worked for the RTL Group (n-tv, RTL Aktuell, etc.) in Germany and for a few months in the ZDF office in New York City.
ORF
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Julia Shaw
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Dr. Julia Shaw, born in Cologne in 1987 and raised in Canada, is a bestselling author, memory expert and researcher in the Department of Psychology at UCL (University College London). There she conducts research in the fields of legal psychology, memory and artificial intelligence. She advises the police, armed forces, lawyers, the judiciary and business in German and English-speaking countries. In 2017, she founded the startup SPOT in Silicon Valley, which uses artificial intelligence to combat discrimination in business.
Her non-fiction debut “The Deceptive Memory” became an international bestseller in 2016 and was published in 20 languages. In fall 2018, she published her second international bestseller “Böse. The psychology of our abysses”. This was followed in 2022 by her personal, award-winning book “Bi. Discovering diverse love”. Her work has been featured in Der Spiegel, Focus, The Times and New York Magazine, among others.
Bestselling author, legal psychologist (UCL) and startup founder
University College London (UCL)
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Peter Riedler
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Peter Riedler, born in Graz in 1969, holds a doctorate in international law and European law from the University of Graz.
His professional career has taken him to the European Parliament in Brussels, the Styrian provincial government, the Federal Chancellery in 2002, focusing on business and research, and to AVL List GmbH in Graz in 2007 as Director of Public Affairs.
In 2011, Riedler became Vice Rector, and in December 2021 Managing Rector.
He has been the elected Rector of the University of Graz since October 2022.
Rector
University of Graz
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Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
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Keynote Debate (Speaker)
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the University of Oxford and researches the role of information in business and society.
His books, including “Big Data”, “Delete” and “Framers”, have won many prizes; the total number of copies of his works exceeds the two million mark.
In addition to his teaching and research activities, Mayer-Schönberger advises governments, companies and international organizations.
Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation
University of Oxford
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Heinz Mayer
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Heinz Mayer studied telematics at Graz University of Technology, where he gained several years of experience as a university assistant.
He then worked at Magna Steyr, including as Head of Information Management.
In 2007, he moved to JOANNEUM RESEARCH and successfully served as Deputy Director of DIGITAL, the Institute for Digital Technologies, and as Research Group Leader of the Image Analysis and Measurement Systems Group before taking over as Head of DIGITAL in 2013.
He has been Managing Director of JOANNEUM RESEARCH since 2021.
Managing Director
JOANNEUM RESEARCH
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Elisabeth Lex
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Near-Future Debate Technology & AI (Moderation)
Assoc. Prof. DI Dr. techn. Elisabeth Lex is Associate Professor at the Institute for Interactive Systems and Data Science and Dean of Studies for Computational Social Systems at Graz University of Technology. Her expertise includes machine learning, data science, recommender systems and natural language processing. In her research, she focuses on the development and improvement of algorithms and AI systems that enable the processing and analysis of large amounts of data.
Associate Professor
Graz University of Technology
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Jana Lasser
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Near-Future Debate Technology & AI (Speaker)
Jana Lasser is Professor of Data Analysis at the University of Graz, where she heads the research group for Complex Social & Computational Systems at IDea_Lab.
She investigates emergent phenomena in complex social systems using methods of machine learning, data science, natural language processing and computational and statistical modeling.
Her current research interests include the effectiveness of counter-speech strategies, the spread of misinformation on social media platforms and the impact of social media recommendation algorithms on society.
Professor of Data Analysis
University of Graz – IDea_Lab
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Markus Kneer
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Near-Future Debate Ethics & AI (Speaker)
Markus Kneer studied philosophy and cognitive science at Oxford, Princeton and the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris and is Professor of Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.
His research deals with fundamental questions of human-machine interaction, responsibility in dealing with artificial intelligence, algorithmic bias and propositional norms for LLMs and uses both theoretical and empirical methods.
Professor of Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
University of Graz – IDea_Lab
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Nicholas Katz
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Near-Future Debate Economy & AI (Moderation)
Nicholas Katz is a data scientist and project manager at the POLICIES Institute of JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH.
He studied “Data and Information Science” at the FH Joanneum and empirical economics at the Karl-Franzens-University in Graz and the University of Wollongong (Australia).
He has been working at the POLICIES Institute since 2014.
His areas of responsibility include the design and implementation of quantitative analyses (econometrics and machine learning), working on issues relating to the labor market, regional development and structural change as well as data management.
Data Scientist and Economist
JOANNEUM RESEARCH