With the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Aspen Institute Germany launched a virtual conversation series on “COVID-19 and Technology”. This digital event series gave participants the opportunity to engage with leading researchers, entrepreneurs, policy-makers, and civil society representatives in interactive discussion formats, looking at technology and pandemic crisis management. The talks addressed how technology like AI, 3D printing, and big data are supporting diagnostics, medical production, resilience, and analytics of infection spreading. Furthermore, the event series addressed the geo-politics of tech, the race for a vaccine, cybersecurity, disinformation, and the use (and misuse) of data. This eight-part series ran from March to June 2020 and included 20 speakers and over 700 guests. All discussions were recorded and can be found on Aspen Germany’s YouTube Channel. This series was realized with the support of our partner, Google.
