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Technology Outlook at ETH Zurich

The Technology Outlook has established itself as an annual symposium of the Swiss Informatics Society. It traditionally takes up socially relevant topics of digitization in the context of the megatrends virtualization, personalization, automation, big data, etc. and discusses their long-term, positive and negative effects on society and the world we live in “from a higher vantage point”, so to speak. High-caliber, international speakers from the academic world will present, in generally understandable terms, sometimes astonishing results from the context of their research, and will take questions from the moderator and the audience as part of a panel. This year’s Technology Outlook is themed “Homo Digitalis.” Focus topics include Big Data and its uses, human-machine interaction, power of algorithms, digital democracy, cyber profiling and software security. Stay informed about digital developments from an appointed expert source and don’t miss out on attending Technology Outlook at ETH Zurich’s prestigious Auditorium Maximum.

Location: Auditorium Maximum of ETH Zurich
Date: September 11, 2017
Time: 9:30 – 17:30
Cost: SI members free of charge; non-members 80 sFr.

Program

09:30 – 10:00 Registration

10:00 – 10:50 David Gugerli, ETH Zurich, Collegium Helveticum, Zurich.
“Digital Society”

10:50 – 11:40 Ursula Münch, Academy for Political Education, Tutzing
“Disruptive democracy? The significance of digitalization for politics and society”

11:40 – 12:30 Kevin Koidl, Trinity College, Dublin.
“Know Thyself. Are we aware of our digital self?”

12:30 – 14:00 Vision Day Lunch and Exhibition.

14:00 – 14:50 Michael Hampe, ETH, Zurich.
“Machines as Metaphors for the Human Being”

14:50 – 15:40 Matthias Spielkamp, AlgorithmWatch,Berlin.
“Death by Tesla? Why we need a different discussion about algorithms.”

15:40 – 16:30 Bernhard Hämmerli, University of Applied Sciences, Lucerne.
“Program development and security: a contradiction?”

16:30 – 17:30 Roundtable discussion with all speakers on the
“Homo Digitalis” topic.

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Location: Auditorium Maximum of ETH Zurich
Date: September 11, 2017
Time: 9:30 – 17:30
Cost: SI members free of charge; non-members 80 sFr.

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The Swiss Informatics Society SI is the association of Informatics professionals in Switzerland.

Die Schweizer Informatik Gesellschaft SI ist der Verband der Informatikfachleute in der Schweiz.

La Société Suisse d’Informatique SI est l’association des professionnels de l’informatique en Suisse.

La Società Svizzera di Informatica SI è l’associazione dei professionisti dell’informatica in Svizzera.