Omnipresent & Hidden: Impact, Costs, and Futures of AI

The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) invites you to a workshop on the impact, costs and futures of artificial intelligence as part of the Impact AI project. The event will be held in English.

Omnipresent & Hidden
Impacts, Costs, and Futures of AI

Workshop
29 October 2025 • 2:00 – 4:00 pm (CET)
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) • Französische Str. 9, 10117 Berlin

In this collaborative workshop, organised by Prof. Dr. Jan Distelmeyer (University of Potsdam) and Dr. Theresa Züger (Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society), we will spotlight different perspectives on AI that often remain hidden. We want to highlight and discuss the hidden societal impacts and costs of AI development and its industry. We will discuss in an interactive format with our three speakers: Mophat Okinyi (CEO Techworkers Community Afrika), Raghavendra Selvan (Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen) and Katrin Fritsch (Green Web Foundation).

Reserve your seat and stay tuned for more information.

Speakers

Mophat Okinyi, he is founder & CEO of Techworker Community Africa. As AI and human rights activist, his primary focus lies in advocating for the fair treatment and rights of online content moderators, tech workers and data training professionals.

Raghavendra Selvan, he is an Assistant Professor at the Machine Learning (ML) Section, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH). His current research interests are broadly pertaining Resource Efficient ML, ML for Sciences, and Graph Neural Networks. He is also interested in the intersection of sustainability and ML where he investigates sustainability with ML, and also the sustainability of ML.

Katrin Fritsch, she is a freelance writer on technology, environment, and feminism, as well as a Senior Program Manager at Green Web Foundation. She also advises organisations on data, justice, sustainability, and emerging technologies. Previously, she was chair of epicenter.works and co-founded and co-led MOTIF: a think tank working towards social justice in the digital age. Katrin is also a co-initiator of the art project Feminist Futures.

Agenda

To be announced shortly.

Participation

If you would like to participate in the workshop, please register until 27 October 2025 using the below form.

Bookings