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Hamburg Science Summit 2024
19 September 2024 | Körber-Stiftung | Hamburg, Germany
“Europe’s Path Towards Tech Sovereignty”
Technologies shape our daily lives and will do so even more in the years to come. In a world facing global challenges, from the climate crisis to the emergence of pandemics, technological innovation plays a crucial part in ensuring health, prosperity and sustainability. But technologies also play a critical role in geopolitics. Be it the development of artificial intelligence, new vaccines or key innovations for the energy transition: The rapidly intensifying competition for the best technologies has become a matter of geopolitical power. From a European perspective, this raises the question of how Europe – including both EU and non-EU partners – should navigate the global technology race.
Programme
Programme booklet
Thursday, 19 September 2024
10:30 am
Welcome coffee
11:00 am KörberForum
Welcome
Thomas Paulsen (Member of the Executive Board, Körber-Stiftung)
Katharina Fegebank (Second Mayor of Hamburg, Senator for Science, Research, Equalities and Districts)
11:10 am KörberForum
Keynote
Much more than a market: A new Single Market for a larger world
Enrico Letta (President, Jacques Delors Institute, former Prime Minister of Italy)
11:40 am KörberForum
Plenary Table | Moderated by Terry Martin
A technologically sovereign Europe: Challenges, opportunities, and the way forward
Uwe Cantner (Chair, German Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation)
Tino Krause (Director Central Europe, Meta Platforms)
Maria Cristina Russo (Director Prosperity, EU Directorate-General Research and Innovation)
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm KörberForum
Plenary Table | Moderated by Manuela Lenzen
The global race for AI: How can Europe keep up and find its own way?
Susanne Beckers (AI Strategist, SAP SE)
Alena Buyx (Director, Institute of History and Ethics in Medicine, TU Munich)
Morten Irgens (Director, Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe)
1:30 pm Fleet Room
Roundtable | Hosted by Max Planck Society
Green Chemistry – Towards a closed anthropogenic carbon cycle
Patrick Cramer (President, Max Planck Society)
Walter Leitner (Director, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion)
Constanze Neumann (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung)
Javier Pérez-Ramírez (ETH Zurich)
Silvia Vignolini (Director, Max Planck Institute of Colloid and Interfaces)
2:30 pm KörberForum
Plenary Table | Moderated by Jennifer Porto
Is the future still green? Europe’s strengths and weaknesses in sustainable energy supply
Clare Grey (University of Cambridge)
Simon Müller (Director Germany, Agora Energiewende)
Nicolas Steinbacher (Program Lead Germany, Northvolt)
2:30 pm Fleet Room
Roundtable | Hosted by European Patent Office
The global race for patents: Where do we stand in Europe?
Ilja Rudyk (Chief Economist Unit, European Patent Office)
Joachim Fiedler (CEO and Founder, FIDLOCK)
Ia Modin (Partner, GOZZO Advokater)
Andreas Schuster (CTO and Founder, Orcan Energy)
2:30 pm Körber Room
Roundtable | Hosted by Young Academy of Europe
Embarking on a PhD and an academic career in Europe – What are the prospects?
Katalin Solymosi (Chair, Young Academy of Europe)
Karl Kilbo Edlund (Board Member, European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers)
Farah Islam (Board Member, Marie Curie Alumni Association)
Eystein Jansen (Vice-President, European Research Council)
Nadine Ritter (University of Copenhagen)
3:30 pm
Coffee
4:00 pm KörberForum
Plenary Table | Moderated by Vivienne Parry
The future of health: Medical breakthroughs made in Europe
Iordanis Arzimanoglou (former Program Manager Health and Biotechnology, European Innovation Council)
Maria Blasco (Scientific Director, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre)
Myriam Mendila (Chief Scientific Officer, CureVac N.V.)
4:00 pm Fleet Room
Roundtable | Hosted by German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Science and politics: The state of evidence-based policy in Europe
Gerald Haug (President, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina)
Jette Bredahl Jacobsen (Vice-Chair, European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change)
David Mair (Head of Unit, EU Joint Research Centre)
Paweł Rowiński (President, All European Academies)
4:00 pm Körber Start-Hub
Young Science Meet-Up | Hosted by Young Science Hamburg
What’s it like to be a scientist? (for registered school students only)
Weihan Li (RWTH Aachen University)
Cordelia Schmid (Research Director, French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology)
Erin Schuman (Director, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research Frankfurt)
5:00 pm KörberForum
Plenary Table | Moderated by Helen Czerski
Breakthrough and beyond: Cutting-edge research in Europe
Cordelia Schmid (Research Director, French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology)
Peter Seeberger (Director, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces)
Nicola Spaldin (ETH Zurich)
6:00 pm
Dinner
8:00 pm Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Recital Hall
Public cultural event | Discussion and concert
Europe in transition – Tradition meets the future (in German, English translation available)
Nora Bossong (Writer)
Rainer Moritz (Director, Literaturhaus Hamburg)
Music performance: Johannes Motschmann Trio
Tickets available at the Elbphilharmonie shop (included for Summit participants)
Friday, 20 September 2024
11:00 am Hamburg City Hall, Great Hall
Award ceremony
Körber European Science Prize 2024
Previous registration and valid ID required
12:30 pm Hamburg City Hall
Reception
Körber European Science Prize 2024
Previous registration and valid ID required
