{"title": "Big Tech, AI and the Politics of the Planets Future", "start": "2026-10-29T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "NABU-Landesverband Berlin", "address": "Wollankstraße 4, 13187 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["nature/environment", "science/ai"], "description": "An evening discussion titled \"Big Tech, AI and the Politics of the Planets Future\" on the role of big technology companies and artificial intelligence in the planet's future. 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The polITalk is hosted by eco, the association of the German internet industry, with a panel of representatives from politics, regulators and business, including the Independent Federal Commissioner against child sexual abuse. After the discussion, a finger-food get-together offers time for networking and further conversations. The event takes place at BASECAMP on Mittelstraße 51-53.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/politalk-30-jahre-beschwerdestelle-vom-eco-ev-selbstregulier-28526/", "official_url": "https://www.eco.de/event/politalk-30-jahre-beschwerdestelle/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/be5bed36577750da11f9ebe7ddc357a9fec4f0572986fead15a56a502396802d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Science and Society: The Future Social Contract", "start": "2026-11-08T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T17:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/science-policy"], "description": "\"Science and Society: The Future Social Contract\" is a discussion as part of the Impact Dialogues, held in English. It is organised by the Volkswagen Foundation and the German Science and Humanities Council. It explores how the social contract between science and society is evolving – from mission-oriented research and industrial partnerships to demands for academic freedom and bureaucratic constraints. Building on the German Council of Science and Humanities' 2040 perspective, speakers including Georg Schütte, Esther Seng, Lisa Herzog and Helge Braun discuss what it takes to make this contract operational across institutions, funding systems and governance structures.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/science-and-society-the-future-social-contract-72469/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/science-and-society-future-social-contract", "image": ""}, {"title": "AI Governance and Audit Nomos", "start": "2026-11-06T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ICI Berlin", "address": "Christinenstraße 18-19, 10119 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai"], "description": "An English-language event of lectures and discussion on AI governance and audit. It is organized by Eternal Terra Ear (ÉTÈ Institute) in cooperation with Berlin Science Week and ICI Berlin, with Yidi Lola Wang, Sonia Bernac and José Antonio Magalhães. It examines how physical AI, smart-city digital twins and automated administrative systems alter shared environments, changing who may move, wait, receive assistance, appeal or remain visible. Critical spatial theory, artistic research and civic audit are brought together to study these conditions before automated decisions harden into infrastructure.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ai-governance-and-audit-nomos-28884/", "official_url": "https://www.ici-berlin.org/events/ai-governance-and-audit-nomos/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ac92ced0f23aea33bc9442e9d2c6a6523d445d2ed39d07fbf2188cd2897fc4f1-1200.webp"}, {"title": "WE ARE CYBORG", "start": "2026-11-07T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Nio House, Kantstraße, 10623 Berlin, Deutschland", "address": "Kantstraße 10623 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai", "society"], "description": "\"WE ARE CYBORG\" is an event series taking place at NIO House Berlin. It is devoted to the relationship between humans and machines. It explores the question of how intelligent technologies are changing the understanding of human identity. The series invites visitors to look at this topic from different perspectives.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/we-are-cyborg-24439/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4454cf54e0d9a7158c2a4c03e98858b9c71499e0290053e6cfa6315ce3d2fe95-600.webp"}, {"title": "Social Synthesis", "start": "2026-11-06T19:45:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ICI Berlin", "address": "Christinenstraße 18-19, 10119 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["science/ai", "art"], "description": "A screening and workshop in which speculative world-model images introduce four civic scenarios, from urban machines to humanitarian infrastructure. It is organized by Eternal Terra Ear (ÉTÈ Institute) in cooperation with Berlin Science Week and ICI Berlin. Participants choose one scenario and apply a shared audit grammar: Situation, Actors, Pressure, Boundary and Evidence. The discussion draws on work on LLM worldbuilding, demilitarized territory, bot infrastructures and weaponized environments.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/social-synthesis-28885/", "official_url": "https://www.ici-berlin.org/events/social-synthesis/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/617218552abcbdd0681f9eac5d1b2b9b970a9dfdf64d127a3bd2d382dd02db85-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Planetary Boundaries in an Age of Geopolitical Conflict", "start": "2026-11-08T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T15:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": [], "description": "\"Planetary Boundaries in an Age of Geopolitical Conflict\" is a discussion with experts on planetary boundaries. It is organised by the Frontiers Planet Prize and the Frontiers Science House. It looks at how geopolitical conflicts are reshaping energy systems, security priorities and climate policy while scientific evidence remains clear. The speakers discuss how climate science can remain a strategic guide for governments and industry as immediate crises compete with long-term planetary stability.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/planetary-boundaries-in-an-age-of-geopolitical-conflict-72402/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/planetary-boundaries-age-geopolitical-conflict", "image": ""}]}