Artificial intelligence (AI) is the theme of the Science
Year 2019 of the German Federal Ministry of Education
and Research. In the context of the increasing
integration of AI into the operations of governments and
business policy professionals have to cope with
potential security challenges of ai. The event provides
a concise overview on the security challenges in the
fields of data protection, cybersecurity, law, business,
society and international politics.
WEDNESDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 2019
14:30 – 18:30 WORKSHOP
Understanding the Security Challenges of AI
Senior policy professionals will discuss salient security
challenges of ai with experts in three small group
discussions of 60 minutes each. After one hour of
discussion the policy professionals move to a
different table. In doing so they will be acquainted
with different perspectives and approaches to the
security challenges of ai.
Welcome address
Jan Schonebeck
Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU
Rolf van Dick
Vice President, Goethe University Frankfurt
Participating professors from Goethe University
Frankfurt: Christopher Daase (International
Relations), Rolf van Dick (Social Psychology), Kai
Rannenberg (Business Informatics) as well as
Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi (IT Security, TU Darmstadt).
An overview on the participating experts and their take
away messages is available at
www.uni-frankfurt.de/science-policy.
The workshop is for senior policy professionals only.
Policy professionals can register for the workshop via
eu.hessen.de/AIWorkshop by 17 September 2019.
The places will be allocated on a first come, first
served basis.
WEDNESDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 2019
19:00 – 20:30 PUBLIC DEBATE
The End of Security as We Know it?
Understanding the Security Challenges of AI
Welcome address
Jan Schonebeck
Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU
Rolf van Dick
Vice President, Goethe University Frankfurt
Panelists
Christoph Burchard
Law, Goethe University Frankfurt
Christopher Daase
International Relations, Goethe University Frankfurt
Ruben-Erik Diaz-Plaja
NATO
Kai Rannenberg
Business Informatics, Goethe University Frankfurt
Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi
IT Security, Technical University Darmstadt
Despina Spanou
DG CONNECT
CHAIR
Eline Chivot
Center for Data Innovation
The event will be followed by a reception.
Please register for the public debate via
eu.hessen.de/SciencePolicyTalk
by 23 September 2019.