(English version below)

Dazu sind alle herzlich eingeladen, die sich persönlich oder beruflich mit den Themen digitale Gesellschaft, Europa und Zukunftsfähigkeit der Demokratie befassen. Hier können Sie Ihre eigene Perspektive einbringen und sich mit Menschen aus anderen Ländern und Disziplinen austauschen.

Die Idee des europäischen Kolloquiums ist es, Wege zu finden und aufzuzeigen, wie digitale Gesellschaften konstruktiv gestaltet werden können und wie ihre Potentiale „zum Guten“ zu nutzen sind. Ziel ist es, demokratische Prozesse zu stabilisieren und weniger instrumentalisierbar zu machen. Es wird ein Netzwerk aufgebaut, das transnationale Meinungsbildung ermöglicht, Erfahrungen austauscht und somit einen fruchtbaren Nährboden für mündige demokratische Prozesse bereitet.

Dazu hält das GSI jeweils Satelliten-Veranstaltungen in EU-Mitgliedsstaaten ab, in denen spezifische wie auch europäisch relevante aktuelle Fragestellungen identifiziert und zusammengeführt werden. In Videokonferenzen werden Akteure zu Schwerpunkt-Themen grenzüberschreitend miteinander ins Gespräch gebracht. Und einmal im Jahr werden wir alle Akteure zu einer Convention in Bonn zusammenbringen. 

Zu der diesjährigen Convention am 25. und 26. Juni im GSI möchten wir Sie herzlich einladen.

Zu den Förderern und Partnern des Kolloquiums gehören die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung und die EU-Kommission. Axel Voss, MEP, wird die Convention am 25. Juni um 9 Uhr eröffnen. Von Marija Gabriel,  EU-Kommissarin für digitale Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, wird ein Grußwort verlesen. 

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Anmeldung.

Die Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung ist kostenfrei.

Das Projekt ist weiter offen sowohl für nationale wie für internationale Partner.

Ansprechpartner:

Michael Münz, m.muenz@gsi-bonn.de

English version

Together with the Slow Media Institute, the GSI starts a European exchange on the state and challenges of digital societies. Solution models on the aspects of digitalisation, vulnerability of democracies and populism are compiled and debated transnationally. This colloquium "European Societies in the Digital Age" will kick off with an international convention on 25 and 26 June at GSI in Bonn.

All those who are personally or professionally concerned with the issues of the digital society, Europe and the future viability of democracy are cordially invited. You can contribute your own perspective and exchange ideas with people from other countries and disciplines.

The idea of the European Colloquium is to find ways and show how digital societies can be constructively shaped and how their potentials can be used „for good". The aim is to stabilise democratic processes and make them less instrumentalisable. A network is being built up that enables transnational opinion-forming, exchanges experiences and thus provides a fertile breeding ground for mature democratic processes.

To this end, the GSI holds satellite events in EU member states in which specific and European relevant current issues are identified and brought together. In video conferences, people are brought into cross-border discussions on key topics. And once a year we will bring all actors together for a convention in Bonn. 

We would like to invite you to this year's convention on 25 and 26 June at GSI.

Among the sponsors and partners of the colloquium are the Federal Agency for Civic Education and the EU Commission. Axel Voss, MEP, will open the convention on June 25th at 9am. A message frim Marija Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, will be read to the participants. 

Programm

Monday, 25th june 2018

9:00 Opening and welcome

9:30 Axel Voss, Member of the Group of the European People’s Party in the European Parliament, Germany - Keynote

9:50 Dr. Carl-Christian Buhr, Deputy Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, Digital Economy & Society, European Commission - Message from EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel

10:15 Welcoming and networking

11:00 Panel & colloquium “Partcipation, media, youtubing”

• Dr. Carl-Christian Buhr, Deputy Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, Digital Economy & Society, European Commission
• Abdel en Vrai, Youtuber, Belgium
• Sylvain Lapoix, Data Journalist, France
• Alice Wiegand, Member of the Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation, USA & Commissioner for Open data, City of Düsseldorf, Germany
• Cedric Engels/Doktor Whatson, Youtuber, Germany

Discussion with plenum of the participants

12:30 Lunch and networking

14:00 Waking up

14:30 Talk on project SuSi and Institutionalisation of social dialogue

• Florian Schumacher, Consultant / Project Manager “SuSi” / Deputy Head of Unit, Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) (BSI)

15:00 Panel & colloquium “Migration and digital space”

• Vasili Sofiadellis, Founder, Changemakers Lab, Greece/South Africa
• Markus Neuschäfer, Refugee Phrasebook, Germany
• Engin Karahan, Member of the Board, Alhambra e.V., Germany

Discussion with plenum

16:30 Networking

17:00 Panel and colloquium “'Heimat' and resilient cities – feeling at home in digital age”

• Ruth Jakobi, European Music Council, Germany
• Thomas Baumgartner, “Sur les bancs”, Radio Nova, France
• Arne Birkenstock, film director, “Sound of Heimat”, Germany
• Sascha Maynert, Online Marketing Enthusiast and co-founder of Bonn Memo

Discussion with plenum

18:30 Dinner

Evening activities including art, music, film and football and a few other transnational discourses

Tuesday, 26th June 2018 

9:00 Panel and colloquium “Models of transational discourse”

• Sven Giegold, Member of the Green Group in the European Parliament, Germany
• Andrè Wilkens, author and founder “The Open Society”, Germany
• Prof. Peter Goßens, General and Comparative Literature, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
• Prof. Kai Reimers, Professor of Information Systems, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Discussion with plenum

10:30 Break / networking

11:00 Panel and colloquium “Digital Identities”

• Julia Schuetze, Project Manager, Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, Germany
• Martina Pickhardt, former Lead Architect Strategy & Innovation, Microsoft, Academy Solitude Fellow “art, science & business”
• Johannes Winkelhage, Head of Think Tank, Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany

Discussion with plenum

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Waking up

14:30 Panel and colloquium “Companies and business”

• Stefan Ilijevic, Head of Innovation and Patent department, SEAT, Spain
• Cem Ergün-Müller, Head of Digital Open Space at Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany

Discussion with plenum

16:00 Wrap up and Closing