Ms Dr. Petra Arends-Paltzer
Title
Founder of Davos Digital Forum, European Women of Legal Tech
Curriculum vitae
- European Women of Legal Tech 2020
- Co-founder Swiss Legal tech conference + hackathon
- Co-author: “Legal Tech: Die digitale Transformation in der Anwaltskanzlei” (engl. translation: “Legal tech: digital transformation at the law firm”) Legal tech: digital transformation at the law firm”
- Founder of Davos Digital Forum
Expertise
- Expert in Legal/Governmental/Tax/Insurance-Tech
- Swisscom Blockchain Certification
- Smart City project
Motivation to participate as a jury member
With my expertise, I would like to contribute to identify exciting AI projects and to initiate international networks in the field of AI.
Mr Mattias Bergstrom
Title
CEO, Quantum1Net
Curriculum vitae
- Innovator, entrepreneur and futurist with a main focus on business and technical strategies of distributed network, AI and computing-based solutions
- Strategic consultant for governments and Fortune 500 companies. Supporting them with groundbreaking technology advice
- Development of multiple Internet Protocols over the last 20 years
- Holds more than 60 patent claims in the field of network technology, wind turbines and agricultural technologies
- Deployed Voddler a peer-to-peer (P2P) based video delivery system in 2006
Expertise
- Invention and introduction of new technologies
- Founding of companies
- Start-ups (founded and co-founded six start-ups as CEO and CTO)
- Intellectual Property
Motivation to participate as a jury member
I believe that AI will soon be saving lives and help us to live a more fulfilled life. Efforts like the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Park are a perfect way to accelerate this process.
Ms Nicole Büttner-Thiel
Title
CEO, Merantix Labs GmbH
Curriculum vitae
- CEO and co-founder of Merantix Labs, a leading AI solutions provider
- Management Board Merantix, an AI venture Studio in Berlin, which also runs the AI Campus in Berlin (www.aicampus.berlin)
- Member of the Digital Leaders for Europe Board of the World Economic Forum and Alumni Board of the University of St. Gallen
- Economist (University of St. Gallen, Stockholm School of Economics and Stanford University)
Expertise
- AI business models
- AI ecosystems
- AI scalability
- Start-ups
- Foundation
Motivation to participate as a jury member
Germany has more AI researchers per capita than the US and China combined. We have to get this innovative power in industry sectors onto the road. Places like the AI Innovation Park Baden-Württemberg are essential for bringing together founders, SMEs, researchers, investors and politicians.
Mr Daniel Dippold
Title
President, Sigma Squared Society (formerly Kairos Society Europe)
Curriculum vitae
- President of the Sigma Squared Society – the world’s largest community for young tech entrepreneurs under 26, represented in over 50 countries on 5 continents and supported by Bill Clinton and Richard Branson
- Founder of EWOR, an award-winning EdTech software as a service business and venture builder
- Co-founder and CTO of NEWNOW, the world’s first dual generation consultancy, which offers strategically relevant data and machine learning projects for DAX-30 corporations, among others.
- Graduate of the University of St. Gallen, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the University of Cambridge
Expertise
- Deployment of machine learning and AI in practice and research
- Projects in the field of AI and mathematics in cooperation with Philips, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank and PROJECT Immobilien
- Global trends and entrepreneurship ecosystems
- Global talent acquisition
Motivation to participate as a jury member
Technologies like artificial intelligence will transform markets and challenge global distribution of power. I am not only very enthusiastic about the subject of AI in terms of content, but above all I want to help build sustainable ecosystems in Europe– such as the AI Innovation Park. I am moved by the brain drain from Europe – and I am extremely happy that Germany is creating globally attractive incentives for tech talents.
Ms Gail Gottehrer
Title
Esq., Founder of the Law Office of Gail Gottehrer LLC
Curriculum vitae
- Founder of Gail Gottehrer LLC, a law firm focused on emerging technologies, (including AI, autonomous vehicles, privacy laws, cybersecurity requirements and ethical issues associated with the data they collect and use
- Co-Chairperson of the New York State Bar Association’s Technology and the Legal Profession Committee
- Chairperson of the American Bar Association’s TIPS Automobile Litigation Committee
- Co-Chairperson of the National Association of Women Lawyers’ Intellectual Property & Technology Affinity Group
Expertise
- Legal aspects of artificial intelligence
- Autonomous and assisted driving, regulation, safety
- Ethical guidelines for the automotive sector
Motivation to participate as a jury member
My motivation is to help Baden-Württemberg create a home for digital innovation where forward-looking companies that are focused on developing ethical, profitable, and legally compliant AI products and services can thrive.
Ms Prof. Esther Hagenlocher
Title
Professor of architecture, University of Oregon, USA
Curriculum vitae
- Since 2004 Professor at the University of Oregon, USA, with a joint position at the Department of Architecture and the Department of Interior Architecture; guest lecturer at the Robert D. Clark Honors College
- 2015 guest professor at the Technical University of Dresden (TUD) through the Eleonore-Trefftz programme; Faculty of Architecture, Excellence Strategy of the Federal Government and its states to promote science and research at German universities
- Since 1998 Esther Hagenlocher Architect
- 1998 M. Arch, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, U.K.
- 1990 Diploma at State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart
Expertise
- Architecture
- International cooperation
Motivation to participate as a jury member
I’m interested in how artificial intelligence will fundamentally change our spaces and cities. Comparatively, architecture is a slow profession. At its best, its formal qualities reflect not only aesthetic convictions that endure. How structural masses are put together, how parts are connected to shape a whole, reflects the historical development of societies. Technology and technical understanding in their relationship to society and economy are interwoven in this. This is valuable knowledge, matured over centuries that cannot simply be forgotten. I am interested in this comparative juxtaposition, which produces a future “archaeology of knowledge” in Foucault’s sense. How does this play out in reality?
Mr Günther Leßnerkraus
Title
Head of department 3, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg
Curriculum vitae
Head of department 3 “Industry, Innovation, business-related Research and Digitalization” at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg
Expertise
- Economic and innovation policy
- Extensive experience with governmental funding measures in the field of future technologies and technology transfer from research to industry, including the establishment of numerous competence centers such as the regional Digital Hubs, the regional AI Labs, the AI Innovation Center “Learning Systems and Cognitive Robotics” at Cyber Valley and the Competence Center Quantum Computing Baden-Württemberg.
Motivation to participate as a jury member
The AI Innovation Park is a key project of the state government to generate as much value as possible in the field of artificial intelligence here in Baden-Württemberg. In this way, we want to make a significant contribution in ensuring that the state plays a leading role in the field of artificial intelligence on a global scale.
Mr Luis Sanz
Title
President of the Advisory Council of IASP (International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation)
Curriculum vitae
- Currently: President of the Advisory Council of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP)
- Previously: CEO of IASP
- President of IASP European Division
- Advisor of several science and technology parks in Spain, Italy, Estonia, Panama, Brazil, China
- Head organizer of over 40 international conferences on science parks and innovation management
- Keynote speaker in many international conferences on this topic.
- CEO of Valencia Technology Park
Expertise
- Strategy inception and business plan elaboration for science parks and areas of innovations
- International networking
- Methods to assess the efficiency and the strategic fitness of science and technology parks
Motivation to participate as a jury member
Supporting the creation of new science parks and areas of innovation is part of the mission of IASP. Specializing in AI is intellectually and ethically very challenging and of utmost importance for our near future and years to come.
Ms Prof. Dr. Monika Schuhmacher
Title
Professor of Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Management and Director of the Start-up Center ECM, Justus Liebig University Gießen
Curriculum vitae
- Director of the Start-up Center ECM Justus-Liebig University Gießen
- Professor of Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Management at Justus-Liebig University Gießen
- Study, doctorate and habilitation at University of Mannheim
- Co-founder of StartMiUp – Start-up Network Central Hesse
Expertise
- Spin-offs from research
- Cooperations between companies, research, Start-ups and society
- Reviewer for start-up programmes
Motivation to participate as a jury member
The AI Innovation Park is a tremendous opportunity for the region, but also for Germany, as an attractive business location. I am looking forward to contributing my expertise for screening and selection of exciting projects in order to make the best choice.
Mr Frank Sieren
Position
Journalist, China specialist
Curriculum vitae
- One of Germany’s leading China specialists
- Correspondent for Süddeutsche Zeitung, Wirtschaftswoche, die Zeit, Handelsblatt and Deutsche Welle
- Bestselling author with most China books written in German language
- Author and producer of numerous TV documentaries for ARD and ZDF
Expertise
- Has been living and working in China for over 25 years
- Experience in working with AI companies
- Experience with innovation parks in China
Motivation to participate as a jury member
Germany must remain competitive. China is not waiting for Germany.
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Ms Dr. Simone Schwanitz
Title
Head of department 3, Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
Curriculum vitae
- Head of department 3 “Research, Digitalization, Europe and Technology transfer” at the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts in Baden-Württemberg
Expertise
- Overview of research expertise in the field of AI
- Experience in establishing several innovation campuses in Baden-Württemberg: Cyber Valley, as an innovation campus for AI, as well as “Mobility of the Future” as an innovation campus for innovative production sciences with a view to the mobility of tomorrow, and “Life Sciences in the Rhine-Neckar region” as an innovation campus of life sciences research with application potential
- Extensive experience in the implementation of appraisal and evaluation procedures
Motivation to participate as a jury member
Baden-Württemberg is investing in a fascinating project that will shape the future in a positive way. This makes it all the more important to select the best concept in a quality-assured selection process. I am happy to be involved in this.
Mr Andreas von der Heydt
Title
Vice President Merchandising, Chewy Inc
Curriculum Vitae
- Director Talent Acquisition at Amazon, USA Seattle
- General Manager Sales Europe at L’Oréal, Paris
- Doctor of Education (EdD) at Northeastern University
- MBA at Henley Management School in UK
Expertise
- Sales
- Marketing and merchandising
- Talent acquisition
- Business strategy
- Social Media
Motivation to participate as a jury member
The AI Innovation Park is an important project to make the brand “AI made in Baden-Württemberg” internationally stand out. Positioning itself here at the top internationally can become another showcase for Baden-Württemberg in the world.
