Manouchehr Shamsrizi
Chancen und Risiken der Quantentechnologien zwischen Außen-, Wirtschafts- und Kulturpolitik
Governments, civil society, artists, family businesses, social entrepreneurs, researchers—no sphere of influence remains untouched by developments in quantum science and technology. That is why actors from these and other social spheres are currently trying to position themselves wisely. These efforts are embedded in larger trends and transformations that occupy our foreign, economic, and cultural policies. In an “interdisciplinary venture that pushes the boundaries of competence” (Dirk Baecker), which is necessary for such projects, I map the opportunities, risks, and some (surprising) intermediate neighborhoods of quantum technologies in times of change.
Manouchehr Shamsrizi co-directs leap.berlin, the capital’s hub for quantum technologies within Berlin Quantum, and he co-founded gamelab.berlin and the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Values at Leuphana University, a collaboration he initiated with Nobel Peace Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus. He works at the intersection of academia, tech entrepreneurship, and policy, e.g., as a Fellow of the German Council on Foreign Relations and advisor to the Federal Foreign Office. In 2017, Shamsrizi was named one of Germany’s “Top 40 under 40” by Capital, is a Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum, a FERD’s List Honouree, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is a lecturer on emerging technologies and its impact on society at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg and a lecturer on philosophy at Hochschule für Künste im Sozialen Ottersberg.
The German talks will be simultaneously translated into English.