{"title": "Digitalgipfel 2026: Expert* innenrunde zu Europas KI-Ökonomie im globalen KI-Wettbewerb", "start": "2026-11-03T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Mercator", "address": "Neue Promenade 6, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai", "society/politics"], "description": "A public panel discussion, a side event of the Digital Summit, asks what measures and laws can strengthen Europe's position in the international competition for advanced AI models, powerful AI infrastructure and successful use of artificial intelligence. It is hosted by the Digitalised Society division of the Stiftung Mercator, which brings in experts from its network. The panel features Tobias B. Bacherle of the Future of Tech Institute, Dr. Nicole Lemke and Dr. James Besse of interface, and Dr. Katja Muñoz of DGAP, moderated by Elisabeth Nöfer, project manager at Stiftung Mercator. The panel runs from 16:00 to 17:30, followed by a reception open to everyone interested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/digitalgipfel-2026-expert-innenrunde-zu-europas-ki-okonomie-104529/", "official_url": "", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-03T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Mercator", "address": "Neue Promenade 6, 10178 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Industrial AI Ecosystems: Europe's Competitive Edge", "start": "2026-11-07T13:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T14:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai", "society/politics"], "description": "An English-language discussion at the Falling Walls congress, held as a hybrid plenary table and also available via livestream. It is hosted by the VDI Technologiezentrum, with speakers including Axel Deniz of Bosch Business Innovations, State Secretary Thomas Jarzombek, Kirsty Lloyd-Jukes of Stateful Robotics, Jayson Myers of NGen and Daniel Senff, moderated by Anna-Lena Kümpel. The topic is how Europe can turn its world-class industry and vast data resources into value. It examines federated ecosystems that democratise access to AI while preserving sovereignty, and how to turn political ambition into aligned investment and start-up strategies.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/industrial-ai-ecosystems-europes-competitive-edge-72394/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/industrial-ai-ecosystems-europes-competitive-edge", "image": ""}, {"title": "Europe's Next Chapter: Visions for Tech Races beyond AI", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T15:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/technology"], "description": "A discussion at Falling Walls Science House where researchers, entrepreneurs and policymakers talk about the coming wave of breakthrough technologies. The Friedrich Naumann Foundation is behind it, with Falling Walls organizing the event. It asks how Europe and Germany can turn their strong research and industrial foundations into faster innovation, scalable companies and global markets, as quantum technologies, advanced robotics and biotechnology reshape economies. Funding, regulation, infrastructure and talent are examined so that Europe shapes the next wave of breakthroughs rather than follows it.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/europes-next-chapter-visions-for-tech-races-beyond-ai-72455/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/europes-next-chapter-visions-tech-races-beyond-ai", "image": ""}, {"title": "Europe Needs a Plan: Science & Arts in the AI Age", "start": "2026-11-07T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T17:30:00+01:00", "place": "Haus der Kulturen der Welt", "address": "John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/europe", "science/ai"], "description": "\"Europe Needs a Plan: Science & Arts in the AI Age\" is an English-language talk and panel with free entry in the Miriam Makeba Auditorium at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, the Festival Centre of Berlin Science Week. Taking part are Francesca Bria, José Luis de Vicente, Tommaso Calarco, Bettina Kames and Ólafur Elíasson. It asks whether Europe can build its future on rented intelligence, addressing sovereignty, AI infrastructure, and the role of the arts, as Europe imports most of the digital technology its research and democracy run on. It discusses whether Europe's emerging AI Factories and quantum hubs could carry the Bauhaus idea forward as an Archipelago of Ateliers, spaces where artists and scientists shape technology together in the public interest.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/europe-needs-a-plan-science-arts-in-the-ai-age-8361/", "official_url": "https://www.hkw.de/programme/berlin-science-week-2026/europe-needs-a-plan-science-arts-in-the-ai-age", "image": ""}, {"title": "Digitalgipfel 2026: Cybersecurity or More? Building Germany's AI Security Institute", "start": "2026-11-03T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-03T15:30:00+01:00", "place": "Mercator", "address": "Neue Promenade 6, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai", "society/politics"], "description": "A public panel discussion held as a side event to the Digital Summit, jointly hosted by Agora Digitale Transformation and the Stiftung Mercator. The topic is Germany's AI security institute, which is currently being built up. Questions include whether it should specialise in cybersecurity or take a broader focus, what can be learned from international models such as the British security institute, and how a German institute should be set up in terms of equipment, structure, powers and topics. Aidan Peppin (Cohere, formerly UK AI Security Institute) and Luise Kranich (BSI) will discuss, moderated by Dr. Stefan Heumann (Agora Digitale Transformation); participation is only possible with prior registration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/digitalgipfel-2026-cybersecurity-or-more-building-germanys-a-104530/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Europe's Tech at Scale: Critical Mass for Global Leadership", "start": "2026-11-08T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T11:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/science-policy"], "description": "An English-language panel discussion in the Plenary Table format, held hybrid on site and via livestream. The session is organised by the EuroTech Universities Alliance as part of Falling Walls. It examines how cross-border alliances of science, industry and policy can unite Europe's fragmented deep-tech capabilities into critical mass to compete globally. University presidents along with industry and policy leaders discuss how such ecosystems act as a force multiplier and accelerate lab-to-market.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/europes-tech-at-scale-critical-mass-for-global-leadership-72399/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/europes-tech-scale-critical-mass-global-leadership", "image": ""}, {"title": "Rewiring Innovation: Next Generation Research Organisations", "start": "2026-11-08T09:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T10:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/science-policy"], "description": "\"Rewiring Innovation: Next Generation Research Organisations\" is a Plenary Table on the Curie Stage, held in English and also streamed live. It is presented by the Max Planck Society as part of Falling Walls, with its president Patrick Cramer joined by, among others, French research minister Philippe Baptiste and European Innovation Council board president Michiel Scheffer. The speakers discuss how fundamental research and the notion of scientific excellence are being reshaped by deep tech and artificial intelligence. New funding models, public-private partnerships and cross-sector collaboration take centre stage, with Europe's global competitiveness in research at stake.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/rewiring-innovation-next-generation-research-organisations-72398/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/rewiring-innovation-next-generation-research-organisations", "image": ""}, {"title": "KI & Nachhaltigkeit: Zwischen Zielkonflikt und Zukunftschance", "start": "2026-11-04T13:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T17:00:00+01:00", "place": "frizzforum", "address": "Friedrichstraße 23 10969 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "50.00", "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai", "society/sustainability"], "description": "\"KI & Nachhaltigkeit: Zwischen Zielkonflikt und Zukunftschance\" is a meetup with talks, a panel discussion and a networking session at frizzforum on Friedrichstraße. It is organised by frizzforum and explores how companies can bring AI and sustainability together. It looks at the ecological and social impacts of AI use, conflicts between goals, and how sustainability can be integrated into AI strategies. It is aimed at professionals and managers and those responsible for sustainability, tech, HR, organisational development and DEI.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ki-nachhaltigkeit-zwischen-zielkonflikt-und-zukunftschance-16767/", "official_url": "https://www.eventbrite.de/e/ki-nachhaltigkeit-zwischen-zielkonflikt-und-zukunftschance-tickets-2001311507593", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f67bdcbccf826d39f8d44e7b36c6fb6be3e1a66567264420f4a67616c0f8d36f-600.webp"}, {"title": "Zukunftstage 2026: Wandel durch KI", "start": "2026-11-16T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-20T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Berliner Hochschule für Technik", "address": "Luxemburger Straße 10, 13353 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai", "society/education"], "description": "The Zukunftstage 2026 are a project week with specialist forums and workshops on the campus of the Berliner Hochschule für Technik. Organised by the university, they explore how artificial intelligence is changing studies, teaching, working life, everyday life and society. The programme offers keynote talks, specialist forums and interactive workshops on the theme days „Organisation“, „Technik“ and „Mensch“, plus a closing forum with startups and initiatives. The event is aimed at students, staff and the interested professional public.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zukunftstage-2026-wandel-durch-ki-81884/", "official_url": "https://www.bht-berlin.de/item/cal/event/detail/2026/11/16/536", "image": ""}, {"title": "The Deep Tech Gap: Who Takes The Risk?", "start": "2026-11-07T09:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T10:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/technology/innovation", "society/business/entrepreneurship"], "description": "A hybrid round-table discussion on the 03 Franklin Stage about deep-tech growth: what happens when a technology is ready but the market is not? Organised by Falling Walls, leaders from entrepreneurship, public investment and industry examine where responsibility should sit, how regulation can balance trust with competitiveness, and whether Europe can turn its industrial base into an advantage for scaling technologies into globally competitive companies. Speakers include Philipp Lill (Siemens AG), Michiel Scheffer (European Innovation Council), Silvia Lenaerts (Eindhoven University of Technology) and Barbara Bachus (ExoMatter). The event is in English and available as a livestream.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/the-deep-tech-gap-who-takes-the-risk-72406/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/deep-tech-gap-who-takes-risk", "image": ""}, {"title": "ESMO AI & Digital Oncology", "start": "2026-11-16T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-18T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Funkturm Berlin", "address": "Hammarskjöldplatz, 14055 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/medicine/cancer-research"], "description": "A professional congress on artificial intelligence and digital oncology, organised by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). The Swiss not-for-profit organisation for medical oncology brings together specialists there to discuss the use of AI and digital technologies in cancer care. The congress takes place at the fairgrounds by the Funkturm Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/esmo-ai-digital-oncology-34100/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "ESMO AI & Digital Oncology Congress 2026", "start": "2026-11-16T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-18T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "CityCube Berlin", "address": "Messedamm 26, 14055 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/medicine/cancer-research"], "description": "The ESMO AI & Digital Oncology Congress is a professional congress held in Berlin. It is organised by ESMO, a not-for-profit organisation registered in Switzerland. The congress brings together international experts from oncology and digital health in Berlin. Its focus is on current research, ethical questions and technological innovations relating to artificial intelligence.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/esmo-ai-digital-oncology-congress-2026-24696/", "official_url": "https://www.esmo.org/meeting-calendar/esmo-ai-digital-oncology-congress-2026/abstracts", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7835be34c26726ae47a3232f1dbca060498793883744c49fa50ddf0aa69cae4a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Gemeinsam gegen die Macht großer Digitalkonzerne", "start": "2026-11-16T17:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung", "address": "Schumannstraße 8, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["diy/digital-literacy"], "description": "An evening of networking with a workshop and improv theatre on the topic of digital independence. The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung invites people to talk together about the power of big digital corporations and ways towards more digital sovereignty. After a welcome address by Rebecca Lenhard MdB, there will be a workshop with iRights.Lab and an improv show by the Gorillas. The evening ends with a light supper and drinks.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gemeinsam-gegen-die-macht-groer-digitalkonzerne-67880/", "official_url": "https://calendar.boell.de/de/event/gemeinsam-gegen-die-macht-grosser-digitalkonzerne", "image": ""}, {"title": "Africa–Europe: Investing in a Shared Scientific Future", "start": "2026-11-08T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T13:00:00+01:00", "place": "05 Einstein Pavilion", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/science-policy", "society"], "description": "A programme of talks and discussion sessions on scientific cooperation between Africa and Europe, covering AI, shared research infrastructure, resilient health, food and water systems, and innovation hotspots. It is organised by the Falling Walls Foundation together with The African Academy of Sciences, and moderated by Oliver Günther, President of the University of Potsdam. Speakers include Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh, Nigerian Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology, and Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The discussions focus on investment in people, institutions and enterprises for reciprocal cooperation grounded in African priorities.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/africaeurope-investing-in-a-shared-scientific-future-72468/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/africa-europe-investing-shared-scientific-future", "image": ""}, {"title": "Wirtschaftspolitik in Krisenzeiten", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "European School of Management and Technology Berlin", "address": "Schloßplatz 1, 10178 Berlin", "price": "Der Eintritt ist nach Anmeldung frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/economics"], "description": "A public discussion on German economic policy in times of crisis such as energy price shocks, geopolitical conflicts and technological upheaval. The speakers are Jörg Rocholl, President of ESMT Berlin, and Reint Gropp, President of the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle, moderated by journalist Margaret Heckel. The focus is on the economic consequences of current crises, the competitiveness and resilience of the German location, and the role of investment, innovation and fiscal policy. The audience can ask questions, admission is free with registration, and the event takes place on the ESMT campus as well as via livestream.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wirtschaftspolitik-in-krisenzeiten-26949/", "official_url": "https://www.iwh-halle.de/ueber-das-iwh/veranstaltungen/detail/berlin-science-week-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4694350764b930eee9762f41396a6fc63ae436306e0f160f82747223e9deb05f-600.webp"}, {"title": "Von der Idee zur Publikation: mit KI gute und offene Forschungsprozesse gestalten (DE/EN)", "start": "2026-11-05T09:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-05T17:00:00+01:00", "place": "Charité Medizinische Bibliothek Campus Virchow-Klinikum", "address": "Weststraße 1, 13353 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/open-science"], "description": "An event for a professional audience about the use of artificial intelligence in science. Speakers from various Berlin institutions and organizations present the opportunities AI offers and the risks it poses to open and responsible research. It is organized by the Medical Library of Charité, Technische Universität Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and the Open Research Office Berlin. The event is held in German and English, and registration is possible via the Berlin University Alliance page.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/von-der-idee-zur-publikation-mit-ki-gute-und-offene-forschun-13921/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin-university-alliance.de/commitments/research-quality/events/2026/20261105-mit-KI-gwp.html", "image": ""}, {"title": "From Wendelstein to Industry: Europe's Fusion Race", "start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T12:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/physics"], "description": "A round table on the 03 Franklin Stage within the Falling Walls programme, held in English. 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