Live stream, October 1 2020, 1:30 - 7:30 pm

Hosted by Cultural Entrepreneurship Institute Berlin, in cooperation with Venice International University. 

The aim of the second Conference Ethics and Digitalization - Live stream, 01.10.2020 is to disseminate information on how to use the potential of Artifcial Intelligence (AI) for the beneft of both humanity and the planet itself.

The narrative surrounding artificial intelligence, robotics, digitization and cybernetics has developed mainly from dystopian and dark visions of the future. Women and men in politics, business, research, the arts – in fact, anyone interested – needs to be informed about applying ethical, humanist principles and Europe’s democratic values to all digital processes so that the Internet, social media, AI, robotics and any other digital systems are placed in the service of people and not the other way round.

The regulation of tech giants and networked data protection that began a year ago in Europe must continue in a way that guarantees transparency and the right to privacy, reducing inequality and waste of resources while enhancing - gendered - innovation and sustainable growth. Many institutions, businesses and some parts of civil society are now also open to solutions in this direction.

The conference will be a platform for academics to explain their different approaches and for companies, foundations, projects and campaigns to present their ideas.

Attendance is free and available on ZOOM, prior registration at this link. The conference will also stream live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ceberlin/videos

Download the conference program

Keynote: prof. Luciano Floridi, Oxford University

For further information please contact info@cultural-entrepreneurship.de or visit https://www.cultural-entrepreneurship-institute.de

In line with VIU's mission and commitment to promote Sustainable Development  and the 17 Goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, this event addresses the following: 

  


This event is part of the Sustainable Development Festival 2020 promoted by ASviS

What is Virtual Exchange?

- Technology enabled, facilitated, people-to people education programmes
- Employing a variety of technologies and educational pedagogy
- Leading to meaningful, transnational and intercultural experiences

The Virtual Exchange is different from Virtual Mobility and eLearning courses but can be employed to enhance either.
It is a facilitated education program employing a variety of technologies and educational pedagogy leading to meaningful, transnational and intercultural experiences.

Aims:
- Cultivate global awareness and global competence, and increased social and cultural openness and sensitivity
- Engage and connect students in the different member universities
- Include and diversify participation in international opportunities in the member universities
- Intensify exchange and collaboration among VIU member universities
- Disseminate VIU opportunities:
- Promote VIU approach: Intercultural, international and interdisciplinary approaches in all activities

Objectives:
Engage students in VIU member universities in peer-to-peer discussions on topical issues that are relevant to their lives.

Learning Outcomes:
- improved transversal (soft) skills: interpersonal and intercultural communication skills and competence relevant for employability
- increased ability to approach difference positively, through the cultivation of global awareness and global competence, and increased social and cultural openness
- increased capacity for critical thinking
- increased ability of active listening
- increased ability in creative problem-solving
- increased ability to work in teams
- improved language skills
- increased confidence, empathy, curiosity

Structure:
- Resources (documents, articles, videos) available on the VIU elearning platform
- Forum for asynchronous discussion
- Real time facilitated sessions to discuss a variety of themes among peers

Project Development:
VIU collaborates with two professors from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Prof. Sabrina Marchetti and Prof. Dany Carnassale, who are giving their fundamental contribution in the project by selecting the project modules and materials.

The VIU project started as part of the Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange project that ended in 2020. You can get more information about it here.
And about the VIU Virtual Exchange for GP students here.

The Sustainable Development Goals before and after the COVID pandemic. European and Asian Perspectives on Global Governance
4-11 September 2020
Online Summer School

Theme
The European Union and East Asia are major actors in global governance. In a globalized world, the two regions are confronted with similar challenges, like financial crises, rising protectionism, climate change, human rights violations and poverty, that both require regional and global action and solutions. They also signed up to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, which were adopted in 2015. The SDGs will determine the course of the global social, ecological and economic agenda until 2030. However, this Global Agenda is now affected by the worldwide COVID pandemic. The pandemic has a huge impact on our economy and society. In this summer school we will specifically explore how COVID will affect key SDGs which relate to economy and society with a focus on SDGs related to economic growth, cities, trade and industry and innovation. The summer school will be run through a Massive Open Online Course and live lectures, seminars and student presentations bringing together European and Asian students and scholars.

Click here for more information on how to apply. Applications are considered on a rolling-basis until 31st August.

The Summer School
The aim of the Euro-Asia Summer School ‘The Sustainable Development Goals before and after the COVID pandemic. European and Asian Perspectives on Global Governance’, organized by the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies (Belgium), Hitotsubashi University (Japan), Seoul National University (South Korea), the KDI School of Public Policy and Management (South Korea) and the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (Spain), is to bring together talented students from Asia and Europe to study key aspects of global governance from comparative perspectives. This is a key opportunity for young talents to meet and interact and therefore to facilitate inter-cultural dialogues on global governance.

Toward a Post-Pandemic World
July 20-28, 2020

Tsinghua's first virtual summer school, Tsinghua Global Summer School (GSS) 2020, Toward a Post-Pandemic World, is going to be held from July 20 to 28, 2020.