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Startup Clinics Talk: The App Economy in Europe
The Progressive Policy Institute’s chief economic strategist Michael Mandel will present their study 'The App Economy in Europe', in which they found that the EU has a surprising 1.64 million App Economy jobs. Join the discussion on 9 June on how innovation can create jobs globally, but also locally in Berlin.
Long Night of the Sciences at HIIG
We are participating for the first time at the Long Night of the Sciences on 11 June and prepared an exciting programme for you: Learn about copycats, memes, digital disobedience and cyber security. Come by to discover how 3D-printing works and test your knowledge about what you can and what you can't do in the internet.
Digitaler Salon: Digital Abstinence
Who stays off the internet and why? Internet is everywhere, but not everyone is using it. Some don’t use it, although it’s everywhere. Others abstain from it exactly because it’s everywhere. Some just take a break from social media, other stay offline involuntarily. Our next #digsal is approaching an endangered species: those who abstain from the internet.
HIIG-Forschungsmagazin jetzt online: Encore 2015
Yes, it’s reading time again: The HIIG research magazine encore 2015 is out. On its 207 pages, you will find many informative interviews, fun facts and insights from our institute and articles by our researchers that will certainly excite you. Go on a journey of discovery through our old office floors.
Quarterly II: Protecting Customers’ Data und Regulation Tide in the Internet
Our Quarterly Newsletter informs you about news of the institute, recent publications and upcoming events. To be always up to date, sign up for the Quarterly here and read about digital detox and data protection in the recent one.
HIIG-Researcher at re:publica 2016
The conference re:publica is taking place in Berlin for the tenth time. Blogger, scientists, activists and many more are invited to discuss the development of our digital society. This year, Cornelius Puschmann is part of a panel about the social influence of algorithms.
Digitaler Salon: Is this Utopia?
Shortly before the tenth re:publica, our Digitaler Salon guests will discuss the internet as a room for utopia - a free and uncontrolled space for new ideas. But how much utopia is still within the world wide web and what can we learn from a net of niches? Or is it more a net of failed ideas. Join the utopian search!
My data – my choice! What does the EU data protection regulation do for us?
After screening the celebrated documentary film "Democracy", we will discuss the promises and challenges of EU data protection reform and current battles in transatlantic data processing with MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht. Sign up here.
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Wir suchen ab sofort für den Forschungsbereich Internetbasierte Innovation eine/n wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/in im Themenfeld Geschäftsmodellinnovation. Bei uns übernehmen Sie die Projektleitung und bringen gemeinsam mit anderen Partnern die Digitalisierung des deutschen Mittelstands voran.
15. @kit-Kongress – 5. Forum “Kommunikation & Recht” Internet und Recht und Freiheit
On 14 and 15 April the 15. @kit-Kongress - 5. Forum „Kommunikation und Recht“ with the title „Internet und Recht und Freiheit“ will take place in Berlin. The event looks at current challenges of law and the internet. Former Minister of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger will give the keynote. Here is the updated program.
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