Aspen Berlin AI Week 2020 - Day 1 - "AI Typhoons and Tech Tycoons"
Channel: Aspen Institute Germany
Date: 16/03/2021

The Aspen Institute Germany held its third annual AI Conference #AspenAI20 over the course of one week from December 7-11, 2020. During the Aspen Berlin AI Week, participants from across the world came together in a virtual setting for discussion formats including keynotes, two-on-one conversations, panel discussions, and seminars taking place in both English and German.

The opening panel discussion, entitled "AI Typhoons and Tech Tycoons: Channeling New Forces into Economic Productivity and Inclusive Growth," featured:

• Björn Böhning, Permanent State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Germany
• Carl Benedikt Frey, Oxford Martin Citi Fellow, University of Oxford; Author, The Technology Gap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation
• Casper Klynge, Vice President, European Government Affairs Microsoft Corporation
• Eva Maydell, Member of the European Parliament; EPP Coordinator for the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age
• Andrew Wyckoff, Director of the OECD Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation

Moderated by Stormy-Annika Mildner, Head of Foreign and Economic Policy, Federation of German Industries (BDI)

Further details on Aspen Germany's AI Week can be found here: https://www.aspeninstitute.de/conferences/aspen-berlin-ai-week-2020/