Workshop goals
The workshop is aimed at understanding recent trends in Industry 4.0 /Internet of Things/Big Data and to analyze its possible impacts on society and the environment. The goal is to connect junior and senior researchers in the field and to exchange current research findings in order to develop a research network in the near future.
Conference Program
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Friday, Jan 19th 2018 |
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8.45-09.00
9.00-10.00 |
Welcome Address Genia Kostka (Freie Universität Berlin/GEAS) Panel I: Trends, risks, and opportunities in Digital Manufacturing: A cross-regional comparison |
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Chair: Shiwei Shi (Freie Universität Berlin) Grischa Beier (IASS): Recent trends Industry 4.0 in Germany and China compared Jaqueline Ives (MERICS): Made in China 2025 – The making of a high-tech superpower Discussant: Sarah Eaton (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) |
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10.00-10.30 |
Coffee Break |
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Poster session: young researchers |
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10:30-11.30 |
Panel II: Digital manufacturing in China: Trends and Social and environmental impacts |
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Chair: Léa Steinacker (Wirtschaftswoche) Florian Butollo (WZB): Intelligent manufacturing as a leap beyond the "global factory" model - the end of cheap labour?" Wang Feng (CAICT): Development of Industrial Internet in China Discussant: Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla (Freie Universität Berlin) |
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11:30-12:30 |
Panel III: Working with big data from China |
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Chair: Julia Püschel (Freie Universität Berlin) Daniela Stockmann (Hertie School of Governance): Towards Area-Smart Data Science: Critical Questions for Working with Big Data from China Christian Göbel (Universität Wien): Calibrating the Chinese Citizen: propaganda, e-petitioning and big data-driven governanc Discussant: Elena Meyer-Clement (Freie Universität Berlin) |
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12.30- 13.30 |
Lunch |
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13.30-15.00 |
Panel IV: Big data and political control |
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Chair: Katja Levy (Freie Universität Berlin) Jiang Min (UNC Charlotte), Big data, big brother, big profits? The political economic implications of Chinese big data Shazeda Ahmed (University of California, Berkeley): Personal Risk and Algorithmic Opacity: An Investigation of User-Identified Concerns in the Construction of the Social Credit System Fan Liang (University of Michigan): The Instrumentalization of Big Data Infrastructures in China Discussant: Lena Ulbricht (WZB) |
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15.00-15.30 |
Coffee Break |
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Poster session: young researchers |
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15.30-17.00 |
Panel IV: The Governance of big data and internet |
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Chair: Daniela Stockmann (Hertie School of Governance) Rogier Creemers (Leiden University): China’s Digital Society - Developing a Research Agenda Samantha Hoffman (IISS): Internet governance and social management Discussant: Genia Kostka (FU Berlin) |
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17.00-18.00 |
Future Cooperations |
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Moderation: Genia Kostka (Freie Universität Berlin)
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Time & Location
Jan 19, 2018 | 08:50 AM - 06:00 PM
Room 2.2051 (Holzlaube, second floor)
Freie Universität Berlin
Fabeckstr. 23-25
14195 Berlin