13:30 – 21:00 p.m. (CEST)
Welcome to the future! Science and media thrive on one quintessential thing: curiosity. Both professions share wonder, explore new territory of thought and action, and can inspire collective visions of the future.
What will our lives look like in 50 years? Research and science reporting have a huge potential in shaping scenarios of the future at a time where change is happening fast. But how to narrate a future based on risky research and disruptive technologies that come with wicked ethical problems and yet might alter the course of our societies? Time to face the future together. After three years of digital exchange, it’s finally time to meet in-person with all the ComLab alumni, friends, and supporters of the programme. The Communication Lab – a joint project of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the International Journalists’ Programmes – holds its first networking carousel in Berlin.
Experts from science, media, industry and the political sector will discuss the future of AI, bioethics and climate science. In a public debate we will talk about the influence of politics in science and media.