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Digital Enlightenment Forum organises panel debates, and workshops with open participation. In addition fireside chats are organised with limited participation.
A fireside chat is a small-size online meeting, lasting about 1 -1.5 hours, for 6-8 young and promising professionals and researchers including PhD and master’s level students.
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It is an informal chat with a senior person from the world of policy, politics, industry or academia.
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Interested to participate in a fireside chat? Contact us via our fireside interest form.
Elections & democracy
27 September, a deep dive, the day after the German elections. Can post-Merkel Germany strengthen Europe’s strategic position in the world and at the same time overcome Europe’s internal divisions?
- Ryan Heath, POLITICO’ senior Washington political editor
- Shada Islam, influential Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs;
- Derk Oldenburg, former Dutch deputy Ambassador in Berlin.
Democracy and Media
A conference on 9 November 2019 was held on How to fix Democracy for the digital world? Can new digital tools actually help to guarantee democracy and ensure transparency of data use? We zoomed in on ethical, market and policy dilemmas that come with digitisation (e.g. artificial intelligence, Internet of Things). and contributed to the search for ways of democratic governance in the digital era
Strategic autonomy, cyber security & privacy, AI
Skills
COVID-19 and Democracy
Digital Enlightenment members are active in many events, studies, projects and fireside chats on themes such as strategic autonomy, cybersecurity, privacy, and AI Some of the recent ones in 2021 can be found here and here (with Digital Humanism) and in the overview of fireside chats.
A workshop on November 8, 2018 on Education and Skills for the New Era addressed the challenge of education and skills provision for the new employment ecosystem. The workshop produced recommendations for EU policy.
Democracy is under constant threat and permanent construction. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been dominating how we all live our lives - and how political leaders are making decisions at the local, national and global level. As the pandemic remains a reality, and with the challenge the democratic principles, we considered it the right time to analyse the situation and draw lessons. A high-level workshop was held on 13 October 2020. Full recording is here.
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