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PROGRAM 2019
SUNDAY – 8 September 2019
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Registration / Warm up coffee by Jura
11:00 AM – 01:00 PM
Pattern 1: SOCIETY
A Social Contract for the Digital Age
- Impulse Talk: Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence: Want AI that Doesn't Undermine Democratic Society? Start with Better Data!
Mark Surman
Executive Director Mozilla Foundation
Toronto, Canada - Short Talk: Okay, Google: Lead My Life!
Robert Sparrow
Professor at Monash University
Melbourne, Australia - Short Talk: Social Justice in an Age of Datafication
Lina Dencik
Founder Data Justice Lab, Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom - Short Talk: Ethical AI: Everyone Wants It, No One Has It
Cansu Canca
Founder and Director at AI Ethics Lab
Boston / Istanbul - Short Talk: Cog in the Machine? Responsibility and Data-Driven Technologies
Pak-Hang Wong
Research Associate at Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany - Video Talk: Vital Need to Embed Privacy & Security, by Design
Ann Cavoukian
Founder and CEO at Global Privacy & Security by Design
Toronto, Canada - Short Talk: Fighting for Our Cybersoul: Technology, Profits and the Prioritization of Cybersecurity
Parham Eftekhari
Executive Director Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)
Washington, USA - Closing Discussion Pattern 1 - SOCIETY: Technology that Serves Society – The Ethical Foundations of the Data Age
Format: Panel Discussion / Q&A
Panelists: Surman, Sparrow, Dencik, Canca, Efthekari
Hosted by: Jeremy Kaplan, Chief Editor, Digital Trends
Mark Surman
Executive Director Mozilla Foundation
Toronto, Canada
Robert Sparrow
Professor at Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Lina Dencik
Founder Data Justice Lab, Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Cansu Canca
Founder and Director at AI Ethics Lab
Boston / Istanbul
Pak-Hang Wong
Research Associate at Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Ann Cavoukian
Founder and CEO at Global Privacy & Security by Design
Toronto, Canada
Parham Eftekhari
Executive Director Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)
Washington, USA
Format: Panel Discussion / Q&A
Panelists: Surman, Sparrow, Dencik, Canca, Efthekari
Hosted by: Jeremy Kaplan, Chief Editor, Digital Trends
01:00 PM – 02:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Workshop by Qualcomm "The Future of Technology is Personal"
Presenter: Pankaj Kedia
Head of Qualcomm Wearables & Shareable Audio
02:00 PM – 03:00 PM Connect with IFA NEXT / Meet & Match
03:00 PM – 05:00 PM
Pattern 2: INTERACTION
Smart Connectivity, Blockchain and a New Era of Autonomy
- Impulse Talk: Blockchain and the Future of Interaction
Shermin Voshmgir
Founder BlockchainHub
Vienna, Austria - Short Talk: Smart Digital Contracts for a Democratic Economy
Fritz Henglein
Professor at University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark - Short Talk: Crypto Assets - Emergence of a New Financial System?
Philipp Sandner
Professor at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Frankfurt, Germany - Short Talk: 5G – Driving Smart Mobility
Dino Flore
Vice President Technology at Qualcomm Europe, Inc.
Barcelona, Spain - Short Talk: The World’s First Cloud Native Network
Kensuke Katsuta
Vice President of 5G Business & Innovation department at Rakuten Mobile
Tokyo, Japan - Fireside Chat: Making Generation Z Stick
Syed Mujtaba Ishaq
Co-Founder and Sales Director at Unipos Europe
Berlin, Germany - Short Talk: From Dataism to Valuism - Running a Social Business in a Highly Competitive Market
Carsten Waldeck
Founder and CEO at SHIFT GmbH
Falkenberg, Germany - Closing Discussion Pattern 2 - INTERACTION:
A New Era of Connectivity and Autonomy? - What Potential Does a Merger of 5G, IoT and Blockchain Hold?
Panelists: Voshmgir, Padmanabhan, Henglein, Flore
Hosted by: Jürgen Rink, Chief Editor, c't/heise
Shermin Voshmgir
Founder BlockchainHub
Vienna, Austria
Fritz Henglein
Professor at University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Philipp Sandner
Professor at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Frankfurt, Germany
Dino Flore
Vice President Technology at Qualcomm Europe, Inc.
Barcelona, Spain
Kensuke Katsuta
Vice President of 5G Business & Innovation department at Rakuten Mobile
Tokyo, Japan
Syed Mujtaba Ishaq
Co-Founder and Sales Director at Unipos Europe
Berlin, Germany
Carsten Waldeck
Founder and CEO at SHIFT GmbH
Falkenberg, Germany
A New Era of Connectivity and Autonomy? - What Potential Does a Merger of 5G, IoT and Blockchain Hold?
Panelists: Voshmgir, Padmanabhan, Henglein, Flore
Hosted by: Jürgen Rink, Chief Editor, c't/heise
05:00 PM – 06:00 Connect with IFA NEXT / Meet & Match
MONDAY – 9 September 2019
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Registration / Warm up coffee by Jura
11:00 AM – 01:00 PM
Pattern 3: INTELLIGENCE
On Learning Machines and Smart Robots
- Impulse Talk: How to Ctrl-Alt-Del This Quantum Computer?
Jerry M. Chow
Senior Manager of Quantum System Technology group at IBM
New York, USA - Short Talk: Humanity & AI: Preparing for an Intelligent Future
Shalev Lifshitz
AI Researcher & Entrepreneur at UWaterloo & SickKids
Toronto, Canada - Short Talk: Moral Crumple Zones: Cautionary Tales in Human-Robot Interaction
Madeleine C. Elish
Research Lead at Data & Society Research Institute
New York, USA - Short Talk: Nerds, Poets and Rockstars: Fading Breeds in the Quantification of Everything
Christopher Steiner
Entrepreneur in Residence at Northwestern University
Chicago, USA - Short Talk: AI and Populism – The Technological Drivers Powering the Growing Social Divide
Ramzi Rizk
Founder and CTO at EyeEM
Berlin, Germany - Short Talk: Data Orchestration for AI, Big Data, and Cloud
Haoyuan Li
Founder, Chairman, CTO at Alluxio
California, USA - Short Talk: Nanorobots Inside Us – How Could Nanotechnology Change Surgery?
Tian Qiu
Cyber Valley Research Group Leader at University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany - Closing Discussion Pattern 3 – INTELLIGENCE:
Who's Afraid of Intelligent Machines? - Perspectives on the Peaceful Coexistence of Human and Artificial Intelligence
Panelists: Chow, Elish, Steiner, Lifshitz
Hosted by: Melinda Crane, Chief Political Correspondent, Deutsche Welle TV
Jerry M. Chow
Senior Manager of Quantum System Technology group at IBM
New York, USA
Shalev Lifshitz
AI Researcher & Entrepreneur at UWaterloo & SickKids
Toronto, Canada
Madeleine C. Elish
Research Lead at Data & Society Research Institute
New York, USA
Christopher Steiner
Entrepreneur in Residence at Northwestern University
Chicago, USA
Ramzi Rizk
Founder and CTO at EyeEM
Berlin, Germany
Haoyuan Li
Founder, Chairman, CTO at Alluxio
California, USA
Tian Qiu
Cyber Valley Research Group Leader at University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Who's Afraid of Intelligent Machines? - Perspectives on the Peaceful Coexistence of Human and Artificial Intelligence
Panelists: Chow, Elish, Steiner, Lifshitz
Hosted by: Melinda Crane, Chief Political Correspondent, Deutsche Welle TV
01:00 PM – 02:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
02:00 PM – 03:00
Workshop by GEMINI MAN/PARAMOUNT "Creating a Digital Will Smith for Ang Lee’s Gemini Man"
Presenter: Stuart Adcock, Head of Facial Motion Department at Weta Digital Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand
Moderator: Steven Gätjen
02:00 PM – 03:00 PM Connect with IFA NEXT / Meet & Match
03:00 PM – 05:00 PM
Pattern 4: EXPERIENCE
New Experience Spaces and Smart Design
- Impulse Talk: The Renaissance of the Tangible (Poetry is the New Black)
Joachim Sauter
Professor at Berlin University of the Arts
Berlin, Germany - Short Talk: Digital Immortality - How Conversational Bots Will Give Us a Voice, Dead or Alive
Véronique Larcher
Director AMBEO Immersive Audio at Sennheiser
Zurich, Switzerland - Short Talk: Some Like Talking, Others Don't - Reaching the Voice Limits
Diana Derval
Chair and Research Director at DervalResearch
Shanghai, China - Short Talk: Augmenting Our Home Theater Experience
Brendon Stead
Senior Vice President of Product Development & Engineering at Sound United
California, USA - Short Talk: Emotion AI for Employee and Customer Satisfaction
Hazumu Yamazaki
Co-founder & CSO at Empath Inc.
Tokyo, Japan - Short Talk: Design Principles for Spatial Computing
Philip Hausmeier
UI/UX Designer Mixed Reality at Meshicon
Berlin, Germany - Impulse Talk: You Can’t Eat VR
Wesley Allsbrook
VR Artist
North Carolina, USA - Closing Discussion Pattern 4 - EXPERIENCE:
Enhanced Experience by Design - New Ways of Perception, Experience and Expression
Panelists: Sauter, Hausmeier, Durval, Larcher
Hosted by: Melinda Crane, Chief Political Correspondent, Deutsche Welle TV
Joachim Sauter
Professor at Berlin University of the Arts
Berlin, Germany
Véronique Larcher
Director AMBEO Immersive Audio at Sennheiser
Zurich, Switzerland
Diana Derval
Chair and Research Director at DervalResearch
Shanghai, China
Brendon Stead
Senior Vice President of Product Development & Engineering at Sound United
California, USA
Hazumu Yamazaki
Co-founder & CSO at Empath Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
Philip Hausmeier
UI/UX Designer Mixed Reality at Meshicon
Berlin, Germany
Wesley Allsbrook
VR Artist
North Carolina, USA
Enhanced Experience by Design - New Ways of Perception, Experience and Expression
Panelists: Sauter, Hausmeier, Durval, Larcher
Hosted by: Melinda Crane, Chief Political Correspondent, Deutsche Welle TV
05:00 PM – 06:00 PM Connect with IFA NEXT / Meet & Match
06:00 PM – 10:00 PM ALL YOU CAN MEET goes IFA (Get-Together)
Current status: 02/09/2019 - alterations reserved.
ALL YOU CAN MEET goes IFA

All You Can Meet
The IFA+ Summit brings together some of the world’s brightest minds. They all can be met off stage and in a relaxed atmosphere: At ALL YOU CAN MEET GOES IFA at the Marshall-House visionaries and visitors come together to exchange ideas over drinks and dinner.
The event is organized by the Berlin Music Commission, German Startups Association and Berlinale.
Entrance to the event is included in the IFA+ Summit ticket.