We know the challenges us humans face: achieving net zero, addressing the rise of AI, preparing for another pandemic? We know, too, that the key to all this is innovation. But with things changing so fast, how can we kick humanity’s ideas machine into high gear? That’s precisely the question being asked – and hopefully answered – at next month’s InnoNation Festival (03.05.2023) at the Alte Münze. Free to attend, the one-day program is all about tech-driven transformation, bringing together top minds and influential figures from German industry. Organized by the BDI (Federation of German Industries), the talks and workshops feature leaders from Siemens, SAP and Bayer alongside scientists and engineers including ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Anyone working in innovation-focused industries will find the day of interest, though given the huge tech change sweeping the world, we should probably all be paying attention. So what’s to learn? The panels include a discussion on getting more women into the crucial STEM professions, as well as a deep dive on how to shield the latest technologies from cyber crime.
Also in the program is another in-depth talk asking a question that’s probably on all employees’ lips: will machines make human workers obsolete or will we work side-by-side in symbiosis? Finally – and appropriately, given the venue’s coin-stamping history – there is a panel looking at how in the future we could all be using a digital Euro to make our payments. To check all this out, you can reserve a ticket (no currency – digital or otherwise – needed) via the website.
Text: Benji Haughton / Photos: Florian Kroll & Innonation
InnoNation Festival (03.05.2023) at Alte Münze, Molkenmarkt 2, 10179 Berlin–Mitte; map
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