Digital Economic Forum DEF2019 with the latest technologies at your fingertips
Is human labor becoming obsolete due to digitalization and artificial intelligence? Will new technologies and automation give us more time for seemingly more meaningful or meaningful activities? These questions and answers will be the focus of the 5th Digital Economic Forum (DEF2019) on May 9, 2019.
Robots work longer and more precisely on the assembly line than any human being - we have become accustomed to this. Meanwhile, adaptive algorithms are increasingly taking over more complex human tasks: Bots advise investors, intelligent assistants translate texts, Big Data is used for medical diagnosis, artificial intelligence (AI) supports decision-making and there are the first completely digitally created buildings, to name just a few developments. In high-level inputs on the topic of "World without work?", DEF2019 makes it clear that the focus is still on people. In order to make the best use of technological possibilities, people's working as well as thinking power and creativity are needed. Nevertheless, participants at DEF2019 will have to deal with topics such as cyberattack, AI, virtual reality, drones, Big Data and much more. However, social and political challenges for successful digitization will also be highlighted.
Rehabilitation robotics, masterminds and bots as customer advisors
On May 9, 2019, DEF2019 will once again bring proven and experienced experts from various fields onto the stage. New at Palais X-Tra on Zurich's Limmatplatz, one of the best-known cyborg researchers and ETH professor Robert Riener will use impressive examples to demonstrate the possibilities of the interface between humans and robotics and state-of-the-art cyborg technology. Memory trainer Markus Hofmann finds a super brain in every head, and according to Empa Director Prof. Dr. Gian-Luca Bona, modern materials research and Big Data can cross-fertilize each other. Switzerland's youngest member of the Council of States, Damian Müller (FDP, LU), looks at the political dimensions of digitization.
The world's leading drone experts and winners of the Digital Economy Award Dr. Lorenz Meier and Kevin Sartori share exciting episodes from their ten years of experience with their flying robots. The renowned banker Marianne Wildi wants to know whether robots are suitable as customer advisors. Gianna, an artificial intelligence-based customer interface presented by Tino Hellmund (Head Client Service Management SIX), fits the bill. His colleague Valerio Roncone doubts that traditional institutions will survive digital disruption, and Abacus thought leader Claudio Hintermann already knows the impact of the post-print era. Last but not least, hospital director Dr. Nicolas Krämer reports on a digital attack from the darkness on his hospital. Experts from the ETH start-up SnowHaze show how people sometimes negligently undermine data security in their everyday actions. As always, the well-known journalist and television presenter Stephan Klapproth will lead the day with humor.
Unique world of experience
As a novelty at DEF19, a unique world of experience conveys tangible examples and enables hands-on experience with new technologies. Developments and products from digitization are ready to be discovered: robots, sensory gloves, communicating with bots, experiencing the power of an exomuscle and much more. During the breaks and after the presentations, there will be enough space for networking with visitors and speakers as well as visiting the world of experience.
More information: www.digitaleconomicforum.ch
