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SUMMARY:From Chip War to AI Race: Power\, Profit and the Geoeconomics of Transformative Technology
DESCRIPTION:The intensifying rivalry between the US and China is unfolding on new terrain. In the late 2010s\, the rivalry centered on the US’s attempts to limit China’s access to advanced chips as well as the supply chains required to make them. Now the focus of this struggle is shifting to the related area of the development of AI models to achieve international technological and industrial leadership.   \nJoseph Baines\, Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy at King’s College London\, will join the TransforM Seminar Series to talk about the geoeconomics of AI and what it means for Europe.  \nThis talk follows the global production networks that link advanced chips\, cloud infrastructure\, AI models\, and their deployment across industrial sectors. Where is value created and ultimately captured in AI-centered production networks? Which companies are positioned to benefit from geoeconomic conflict over these networks? And who bears the social and ecological costs?   \nIn illuminating the emergent winners and losers of the AI race\, this talk also offers insights into what space remains for Europe to shape AI development in ways that serve public needs.    \n\nAbout the event \nThis is an in-person event. No registration is needed.  \nTransforM’s Seminar Series is a space for cross-disciplinary conversation on transformative technologies and their socio-economic impact. It brings leading academics and international experts for open\, research-driven discussions on the technologies reshaping our economies\, institutions and everyday lives. 
URL:https://transform-cluster.de/event/from-chip-war-to-ai-race-power-profit-and-the-geoeconomics-of-transformative-technology/
LOCATION:TUM ThinkTank\, Richard-Wagner-Straße 1\, München\, 80333
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SUMMARY:CESifo-TransforM Workshop on the Economic and Societal Impacts of AI 2026
DESCRIPTION:CESifo and TransforM will jointly organize a workshop on the economic and societal impacts of AI\, to be held in Munich on 3–4 December 2026. \nThe aim of this two-day workshop is to bring together economic research from around the world to discuss the impacts of AI on\, for example\, the labor market\, productivity and innovation\, competition\, or firm organization\, as well as unintended side effects\, such as those on mental health. \nWe invite submissions of papers from all fields of economics; both theoretical and empirical studies are welcome. Papers may also address sector-specific studies evaluating the impacts of particular AI tools\, for example in the health sector\, education\, mobility\, energy\, or public administration. We particularly encourage submissions from junior researchers. \nThe keynote lecture will be held by Joshua Gans (University of Toronto). \nConference Details \nThe conference will commence at 9am on Thursday\, 3 December\, and end on Friday\, 4 December in the afternoon. As the workshop will take place as in-person event\, streaming of sessions will not be provided. \nAccommodation (organized by CESifo) and economy travel for one speaker per paper will be covered in accordance with the CESifo Travel Policy. \nPublication \nAll papers presented at this conference may be submitted within six months to the CESifo Working Paper Series. \nCall for Papers Deadline\n15 September 2026 23:59 CET/CEST\n  \nDownload Call for Papers\n  \nSubmit a paper.
URL:https://transform-cluster.de/event/cesifo-transform-workshop-on-the-economic-and-societal-impacts-of-ai-2026/
LOCATION:CESifo\, Poschingerstraße 5\, München\, 81679\, Germany
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SUMMARY:TransforM Futures: Let’s Talk About Designing Experiences for Decision-Making
DESCRIPTION:The Munich Center for Transformative Technologies and Societal Change (TransforM)\, together with the Munich Design Institute\, invites you to our next installment of the TransforM Futures public event series: \nLet’s Talk About Designing Experiences for Decision-Making \nCan design futuring inform political decision-making? \nJoin us to discuss this question with experts from design\, politics\, futures anthropology\, and transformative technologies. \nIn this lively panel discussion\, we will explore how concrete\, experienceable designs of possible future scenarios can shift political thinking from short-term reaction to long-term perspective. \nThe event is followed by a networking reception with food and drinks. \n  \nKeynote and facilitation by Prof. Annette Diefenthaler\, TUM (DAT\, MDI)  \nMore information on panelist will follow. \n  \nPlease register here.
URL:https://transform-cluster.de/event/transform-futures-lets-talk-about-designing-experiences-for-decision-making/
LOCATION:Munich Design Institute\, Walther-von-Dyck-Str. 14\, München\, 85748
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261215T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261215T183000
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SUMMARY:Wild AI: Tracking Animals and Datafication in the Anthropocene
DESCRIPTION:Quantities and kinds of wildlife everywhere are decreasing rapidly. This global decline of wildlife populations has been accompanied by a radical acceleration in the quantity and types of data being collected about animals. Wildlife are increasingly datafied (that is\, subject to data gathering and surveillance\, made measurable and quantifiable) through new technology such as AI\, machine learning\, and tracking devices.   \nEmily M. Wanderer\, Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh\, will join the TransforM Seminar Series to talk about the datafication of wildlife and its consequences.  \nDrawing on ethnographic research with ecologists\, computer scientists\, and wildlife managers\, Wanderer follows what practitioners often call “the data pipeline”: data about wildlife\, from its production by ecologists in the field to its consumption and use by scientists and computer engineers in machine learning and AI programs.  \nWhile this metaphorical pipeline is often represented as the means by which data extracted from the activities and bodies of wild animals may seamlessly transition to computational analysis and prediction\, Wanderer analyzes the messy materiality of this transfer: to extend the pipeline metaphor\, she shows how the demands of pipeline construction are reshaping scientific practice as well as the leakages\, intrusions\, and unexpected twists and turns that data takes as people\, technology\, and wildlife come together to craft and analyze it.   \nShe considers what it means for AI to be produced outside of the for-profit world of big tech\, and investigate the ideas\, cultural categories\, and histories that shape machine learning and AI about non-human animals and their consequences for humans and wildlife.   \nAbout the event \nThis is an in-person event. No registration is needed.  \nTransforM’s Seminar Series is a space for cross-disciplinary conversation on transformative technologies and their socio-economic impact. It brings leading academics and international experts for open\, research-driven discussions on the technologies reshaping our economies\, institutions and everyday lives. 
URL:https://transform-cluster.de/event/wild-ai-tracking-animals-and-datafication-in-the-anthropocene/
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