04 Nov EUROPE IN A CHANGING DIGITAL WORLD
This course seeks to analyse the transforming effect of digitization on the various facets of the global economy and the resulting opportunities and threats from an applied multidisciplinary perspective. The advent of digitization, artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, machine learning, big data, and the Internet of Things has caused a systemic change in the way we communicate, transact, and process information, reshaping the structure of the global economy. The big platforms and AI research facilities are dominated by the US and China. Where is Europe? Will it be left behind?
JUERGEN FOECKING
Dr. Juergen Foecking is currently working in the European Commission´s Directorate General for Competition in the Unit responsible for Commission Priorities and Strategy. Before, he was Deputy Director of the European Parliament Office in Spain, where he was responsible for Public and Institutitonal Relations as well as for the communication on the EU’s Digital Policy (Digital Market Regulation, Artificial Intelligence). This came after his stint as acting Director of the European Commission’s Representation in Madrid. Until 2014, Dr. Juergen Foecking worked as official in various management positions at the Directorate General of Competition of the European Commission in Brussels. There he dealt with the European response to the banking crisis of 2007/08, in particular the drafting of new guidelines for bank resolution. He also managed a team to regulate State subsidies to regional airports and airlines. Dr. Juergen Foecking also worked in the private sector as assistant to the CEO of a German bank as well as in management consulting. He studied Economics in Cologne and Dublin and holds a PhD in Economics of the University of Cologne.
Skills
At the end of the course, students will be able to understand, discuss and comment on the major opportunities and challenges relating to the digitalization of almost every aspect of our lives. They will have a basic understanding of how core technologies in the field of artificial intelligence work and discuss their impact on economies, politics and societies. The need for regulation will be studied in the form of group work/presentations, taking as an example recent legislation by the European Union and on a global level.
Schedule
Which dates?
05 March 2025
12 March 2025
19 March 2025
26 March 2025
02 April 2025
09 April 2025
What day?
Wednesday
What time?
14:30-16:00