| When | Where | Occasion | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct ’25 | Bologna, Italy | 28th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence | Tutorial „Environmental Values in AI Systems – an Interdisciplinary Tutorial for Incorporating Environmental Sustainability into AI Education and Practice“ |
| Sep ’25 | London and Birmingham, Great Britain | International Roadshow of the 21 projects within the „GreenTech Innovation Competition“ | Co-organiser and participant of/in exchanges and networking meetings with British companies and education institutions |
| Jul ’25 | online (Paderborn)* | International Summer School „Responsible Digitalization: AI, Social Media and their Contribution to a Sustainable Society“ at University of Paderborn | Workshop „Where the Cloud Hits the Ground – The Implications of AI for Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability“ using „Rebound Archetype Cards“ (Miro-Template by Dr. Laetitia Bornes) |
| Jun ’25 | Dublin, Ireland | ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S) Conference 2025 University College Dublin, Ireland | Workshop „4th Workshop on the Assessment of Indirect Effects of Digitalisation (WAID): Assessing the indirect effects of AI used in research“ with Marcia Smith, Laetitia Bornes, Daniel Schien, Christina Bremer, Vlad Coroama, Mattias Hojer, Adrien Friday, Charlie Wilson |
| May ’25 | Berlin | GreenTech Bergtreffen as part of the project „GreenTech Innovation Competition Accompanying Research“ | Organiser and moderator of panel discussion „Chancen und Risiken für die deutsche GreenTech-Branche im Zeitalter globaler Veränderungen“ with Johannes Weber (Plan A), Jannis Lambert (Prognos AG) and Axel Voss (BMWE) |
| Apr ’25 | Berlin | Workshops as part of the project „GreenTech Innovation Competition Accompanying Research“ | Methods Workshop on „Grüne Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie (IKT)“ with Jens Gröger (Öko-Institut e.V.) and Malte Reißig to discuss and streamline methods for assessing the environmental impacts of digital technologies across 21 green, digital innovation projects funded by the BMWE |
| Apr ’25 | Hannover | Hannover Messe | Organiser and moderator of discussion „Green AI, Brown AI or No AI?“ with Dr. Thomas Kuhn, Fraunhofer IESE |
| Feb ’25 | online (Dresden) | Symposium “Life@Lab 2 – Horizons of AI Research in Higher Education” at Technical University of Dresden | Keynote „Beyond energy efficiency in “green” AI – Rethinking “green” artificial intelligence and its (indirect) environmental impacts“ |
| Dec ’24 | online (Amsterdam) | RIPE Green Tech Hackathon Amsterdam | Talk „(Digital) green tech – what is „green“ about it and how can we do it?“ |
| Okt ’24 | Potsdam | Visit of science streamer Sofia Kats at RIFS at GFZ | Interviewee in online stream on Twitch about research on digitalisation and sustainability at RIFS |
| Okt ’24 | Berlin | „Tage der digitalen Technologien“ at Berlin Congress Center | Organiser and moderator of panel „Grüne Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien – Wie können wir das schaffen?“ with Jeff Gower (adesso SE), Robert Seeliger (Fraunhofer FOKUS), Dominik Jürgens, (tensor embedded GmbH) and Dr. Janna Axenbeck (German Environmental Agency) |
| Sep ’24 | Brussels, Belgium | SICT 2024, Université Libre Brussels | Keynote and Panelist „The right kind of tech solutionism for the Global South?!“ |
| Jul ’24 | online | Workshops as part of the project „GreenTech Innovation Competition Accompanying Research„ | Workshop „Grüne Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie – Herausforderungen einer nachhaltigen Digitalisierung“ |
| Jun ’24 | online (Stockholm) | ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S) Conference 2024 KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden | Workshop „AI and ‘Nature’ as a stakeholder: Exploring the role of AI in Earth Law“ with Silke Niehoff and Andre Uhl |
| May ’24 | Taipei, Taiwan | Invited talk at Delta Electronics | Talk „Digitalisation and environmental sustainability – Opportunities and risks“ |
| May ’24 | online | Consulting hours as part of the project „GreenTech Innovation Competition Accompanying Research“ for the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) | Co-organiser (with Malte Reißig) of consulting hour „Ökobilanzierung (LCA) und Product Carbon Footpring (PCF): Herausforderungen und Orientierungen“ with inputs from Dr. Maria Zeitz (klimaktiv GmbH) and Dr. Martin Möller (Öko-Institut) |
| April ’24 | Taipei, Taiwan | Invited talk at National Taiwan University, International Master’s/Doctoral Degree Program in Climate Change and Sustainable Development | Talk „Digitalisation and Transformation for Sustainability – An Introduction“ |
| März ’24 | Berlin | „Wissenschaft und Politik im Gespräch (WuPiG)“ Podcast | Podcast „Gibt’s KI auch in grün?“ |
| Nov ’23 | online (Potsdam) | Visit of seminar group from TH Ingolstadt | Talk „Digitale Lieferketten – Chancen und Risiken für die Nachhaltigkeit“ |
| Sep ’23 | online | Webinar series by company „The Climate Choice“ | Talk „Digital Supply Chains – Chances and Limits for Climate Transformation“ |
| Jun ’23 | Berlin | Green Industrial Policy Symposium at Hertie School Berlin | Panel discussant „The Green Transition and Artificial Intelligence – Friend or Foe?“ |
| Jun ’23 | Rennes, France | ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S) Conference 2023 University of Rennes | Workshop „Sustainability trade-offs in AI: Barriers and enablers to sustainable artificial intelligence“ with Federica Lucivero, Gabrielle Samuel, Lucas Somavilla |
| May ’23 | Bonn | Sustainable AI Conference at University of Bonn | Talk „More sustainable artificial intelligence systems through stakeholder involvement?“ |
| May ’23 | Jönköping, Sweden | Sustainability and Digitization: Social Innovation and Rebound Effects Symposium at Jönköping International Business School | Keynote and workshop „Digital rebound effects“ with David Tyfield |
| Dec ’22 | Oxford, Great Britain | Energy Seminar Series at Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford | Talk „Industry 4.0 and energy“ |
| Nov ’22 | online (Jönköping, Sweden) | Seminar Series at Jönköping International Business School | Talk „Reflections on digital rebound effects“ with David Tyfield |
| Oct ’22 | Oxford, Great Britain | Ethics in AI Lunchtime Seminars at Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford | Talk „AI for Earth or AI against Earth?“ |
| Oct ’22 | online | Webinar Industrie 4.0 und Nachhaltigkeit at „Plattform Industrie 4.0“ | Talk „Globale Wertschöpfungsketten nachhaltig und digital gestalten“ |
| Mar ’22 | Berlin | Listen.UP – Der Podcast zum Wissens- und Technologietransfer an der Uni Potsdam | Podast „Digitalisierung im Zeichen der Nachhaltigkeit„ |
| Jan ’22 | online (Michigan, USA) | Sustainability and Development Conference 2022 at University of Michigan | Workshop „Digitalisation, sustainable industrialisation and digital rebound“ (with David Tyfield) |
| Dec ’21 | online (Vienna, Austria) | Conference „Sustainability in Global Value Chains“ at UN Industrial Development Organisation | Talk „More sustainable supply chains through Industry 4.0? Perspectives from buying firms and Chinese suppliers“ |
| Dec ’21 | online | Digital debate series at International Center for Civil Society | Panel discussant „Climate Justice and Digital Transformation“ |
| Nov ’21 | Glasgow, Great Britain | Co-Creative Reflection and Dialogue Space (CCRDS) organised by the RIFS Potsdam at COP26 | Workshop on (digital) access to COP26 |
| Oct ’21 | online (Passau) | Symposium „COVID-19 – Geographien der Zäsur: Digitalisierung“ at University of Passau | Talk „Do more digitalized sectors perform better than less digitalized sectors in the crisis? The German case and implications for sustainable recovery“ |
| Jul ’21 | online | Salesforce Podcast Series „From Force2Five“ | Podcast „Digitalisierung vs. Nachhaltigkeit – zwei kollidierende Megatrends?„ |
| Jul ’21 | online (Manchester, Great Britain) | Degrowth Conference ISEE/ESEE at University of Manchester | Talk „Digital Degrowth – Degrow Digitalisation?“ |
| Jun ’21 | online (Berlin) | „DigiMeet 2021 (Digitalisation Research and Network Meeting)“ at Weizenbaum Institute Berlin | Talk „More sustainable supply chains through Industry 4.0? Perspectives from buying firms and Chinese suppliers“ |
| Sep ’20 | online | Virtual Conference „Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit“ at Zentralverband der deutschen Elektro-Industrie (ZVEI) | Talk „Digitialisierte Industrie – Chance für mehr Nachhaltigkeit?“ |
| Jul ’20 | online | Virtual panel at Haus der Wissenschaft Braunschweig | Panel discussant „Digitalisierung: Handycap oder Treiber für nachhaltige Entwicklung?„ |
| Jul ’20 | online | Virtual symposium „COVID-19 als Zäsur“ at University of Innsbruck and University of Heidelberg | Talk „Traditional GVC vs. digital GVC: The question of winners and losers of the COVID-19 crisis“ |
| Jun ’20 | online | Virtual Development Studies Association (DSA) Conference at University of Birmingham, Great Britain | Talk „Structural Change and Digitalization“ (with Marcel Matthess) |
| Jun ’20 | online | Virtual Nexus Conference Dresden 2020 at University of Dresden, Germany | Talk „Expectations about the effects of digitalisation on sustainability in the manufacturing sector with a focus on the circular economy“ |
| Dec ’19 | Potsdam | Visit of Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald at RIFS Potsdam | Organiser and moderator of talk and discussion by/with Armin Grunwald on „Technology Assessment: towards shaping the digital transformation with respect to sustainability“ |
| Dec ’19 | Berlin | „Bar Camp“ of the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) e.V. on Artificial Intelligence at Factory Berlin | Interactive session „Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence Research“ with Malte Reißig |
| Aug ’19 | Berlin | KOSMOS Conference at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Talk „Revisiting the paradigm of manufacturing-led development: Sustainability, digitalisation and the future of manufacturing in low and middle income countries“ |