Aspen AI Conference 2021 - Day 2 - Burden or Benefit? Environmental Sustainability in the Age of AI

The Aspen Institute Germany held its fourth annual AI Conference on December 1 and 2, 2021. During the hybrid Aspen Berlin Conference on Artificial Intelligence, participants from across the world came together in a hybrid setting for discussion formats including keynotes, two-on-one conversations, and panel discussions, taking place in English. In the eye of the COVID-19 pandemic, the overarching question of this Aspen Berlin AI Conference was: how can we make our societies more resilient? And what role can artificial intelligence play in this? We explored these and more questions with top policymakers, innovators, philosophers, academics, and representatives from business, media, and civil society at #AspenAI21. Due to current circumstances, the conference was held under the 2G-Plus regulations and the number of participants was strictly limited.

🗣️ Panel Discussion on “Burden or Benefit? Environmental Sustainability in the Age of AI” included:

Dr. Grischa Beier, Research Group Leader, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)

Dr. Benedetta Brevini, Journalist, Media Reformer and Associate, Professor of Communication at the University of Sydney; Author, Is AI Good for the Planet

Alexander Britz, Head of Digital Business Transformation and Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft

Dr. Anna Christmann, Member of the German Bundestag, Alliance 90/The Greens, Germany

Vladimir Rakhmanin, Assistant Director General, Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, FAO

Cécile HUET, Acting Head of Unit Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Excellence, European Commission

The discussion was moderated by Vérane Meyer, Head of Digital Policy Division at the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

Further details on Aspen Germany's AI Conference 2021 can be found here: