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Join Future of HumAnIty where experts and innovators discuss how AI, Quantum and other new technologies will impact our future and how we can proactively take charge. The event includes a Keynote Speech by former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Michael Møller, and a Panel Discussion by Experts and Visioners. It all ends with a glass of cava.
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How do we remain in charge of our future? – The challenge of new technologies and other existential threats, Michael Møller, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Against the backdrop of rapidly evolving new technologies, accelerating climate change, a changing world order and other existential threats, Møller raises the question of what humanity should do to stay in charge of its future.
He will particularly look at the evolution of quantum, AI, human augmentation, geo-engineering, and other future technologies, all of which have the potential to change the fabric of humanity itself. He will interact with a diverse panel about how we can harness technology that, without the right control may threaten our very existence.
The talk will be followed by a panel discussion with experts and visioners.
About Keynote Speaker Michael Møller
Møller is Born in 1952 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has over 40 years’ experience in the UN and was for many years the highest-ranking Dane in the organisation. In his last post he served as Director-General of the UN’s Office in Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference of Disarmament.
Møller is now member of the Board of the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation (GESDA). The University of Copenhagen’s Quantum Hub is collaborating with GESDA on the future of Quantum Technology. Furthermore, Møller is Senior Adviser to Macro Advisory Partners in London, Distinguished Fellow at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Geneva, Member of the Executive Board of the Kofi Annan Foundation, Member of the Board of One Young World, and member of the Advisory Boards of several other Foundations.
About the Panel
In addition to Michael Møller, the panel counts:
- Rebecca Adler-Nissen is a Professor in Political Science at the University of Copenhagen with a focus on international relations and diplomacy in the digital age, the relationship between off-line and online worlds and digital mis- and disinformation.
- Shefali Nandhra is MA Development Studies student at the Geneva Graduate Institute, specialising in sustainability. Founder & host of “the aspect:” podcast, forging the voice for a sustainable future.
- Frederik Ravn Klausen works on probabilistic problems in quantum science as a PhD student at University of Copenhagen and has broad interests in science and society.
- Anna Rogers, Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at the IT University of Copenhagen with expertise on AI and society.
- Moderator: Matthias Christandl, Professor for Quantum Information, UCPH.
The Event is organized by The Pioneer Centre for AI, SODAS – Faculty of Social Sciences UCPH, GESDA, Quantum for Life & UCPH Quantum Hub.