Sunday, October 6th

19:00 Welcome Reception & Get Together
Venue: La Ciccia, Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Str. 2, 10178 Berlin

Day 1: Monday, October 7th

9:00 – 9:30 Registration & Coffee
9:30 – 10:00 Conference Opening & Welcome
Volker Wulf, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, Bonn
Gerda Haßler, President of the Leibniz Society of Science,
Claudia Müller, Speaker of the International Institute for Socio-Informatics and the Section Human-Computer Interaction of the German Society for Computing and
Christian Stoffers: Vorsitzender des Zentrums für die Digitalisierung der Wirtschaft Südwestfalen e.V. (ZDW)

10:00 – 12:00

 Session I: Transforming Traditional Industries: The Challenges of Decarbonization and Digitalization
Responsible: Sven Hoffmann, University of Siegen

10:00 – 10:30

 Keynote Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Broedner, Karlsruhe

10:30 – 11:00

 Augmented Workforce: Sven Hoffmann, Uni Siegen

11:00 – 11:30

 The importance of circular economy for traditional industries:
Walter Schäfer, Zentrum für die Digitalisierung der Wirtschaft (ZDW)

11:30 – 12:00

 Coboting Humans – Process controlling of humans in formerly traditional industrial workplaces:
Christopher Kuhnhen, Uni Siegen
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:30

Session II: IT Support for Health and Aging: Challenges for Rural Communities
Responsible: Claudia Müller, University of Siegen

The future of healthcare: Inclusive for all social groups and in all spatial contexts –
the BMBF funding line “Hybrid Interaction Systems to maintain health even in exceptional situations (HIS)”
Benedikt Krieger, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH, Demografie, Cluster und Zukunftsforschung, Berlin

Caring Communities as a pillar of (digital) healthcare in rural areas
Dennis Kirschsieper, Universität Siegen und Claudia Müller, Universität Siegen

Digitalisation of the healthcare system in France: A focus on rural regions
Myriam Lewkowicz, Troyes University of Technology (France)

European-Japanese Coach for Smart Ageing – Results from the e-VITA proof-of-concept study in four countries
Rainer Wieching, Universität Siegen
15:30 – 16:00 Pause: Coffee & Networking
16:00 – 18:00

Session III: The Emergence of Innovation Systems in Rural Regions
Responsible: Muhamed Kudic, Automotive Transformation Platform Südwestfalen (ATLAS) and Mittelstand-Digital Center Rural Regions

 

Can Kairos be a Good Guide for Cluster Policy?
Michael Rothgang (RWI Essen), Bernhard Lageman (RWI Essen)
 

Effects of digital transformation on work from a codetermination perspective.
Marc Gerbracht (Uni Siegen), Jacob Hochhaus (Uni Siegen), Toralf Pusch (WSI-HBS Düsseldorf), Muhamed Kudic (DNZ Siegen)
 

Regional transition patterns under investigation – what do we know about the early transition phase of regions towards e-mobility?
Patrick Wolf (ZSW-BW Stuttgart), Muhamed Kudic (DNZ Siegen), Tobias Buchmann (ZSW-BW Stuttgart)
 

Exploring the emergence regional digital innovation labs and subsequent impact on invention and innovation.
Marios Mouratidis (Uni Siegen), Max Krueger (Uni Siegen), Debora de Castro Leal (Uni Siegen), Muhamed Kudic (DNZ Siegen)

Day 2: Tuesday, October 8th

8:45 – 9:15 Registration & Coffee

9:15

 Opening of the second scientific and parliamentary day
Christine Regitz, President of the German Informatics Society (GI)
9:30 – 11:00

Session I: Rural communities in a Global Perspective
Responsible: Sarah Rüller and Konstantin Aal, University of Siegen

9:30 – 10:00

 Rural Tech Peripheries and Uneven Development in the 21st Century United States
Jean H. Hardy (Michigan State University)

10:00 – 10:30

 Localization techniques to mediate the conflict between villagers and wildlife: On the use of a lion tracker in the Okawango Delta in Botswana
Margarita Grinko (University of Siegen)

10:30 – 11:00

 The Effect of Digital Technology in Crop Production on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Dr. Thomas Kopp (University of Siegen)
11:00 – 12:30

Session II: Building Vibrant Sharing Communities
Responsible: Philip Engelbutzeder and Leonie Jahn, University of Siegen

11:00 – 11:30

 Building Sustainable Communities: The Foodsharing Movement in Siegen
Leonie Jahn und Philip Engelbutzeder (Universität Siegen)

11:30 – 12:00

 Living Gropiusstadt: Community Engagement and Urban Gardening in Berlin
Mathias Krebs (Projekt Lebendige Gropiusstadt, Berlin)

12:00 – 12:30

 Leveraging Socio-Technical Design for Community Building: Insights from Siegen and Berlin
Philip Engelbutzeder (Universität Siegen) und Mathias Krebs (Projekt Lebendige Gropiusstadt, Berlin)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
Parliamentary Afternoon and evening
13:30 Parliamentary Afternoon, Moderation: Volker Wulf

13:30 – 14:00

 Greetings
Michael Kellner, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Rural industrialized regions: Political conceptions of shaping the future
Position Statement and Discussion

14:00 – 14:30

 Südwestfalen: A Rural Region in (on-going) Industrial Transformations
Luiza Licina Bode, Member of the German Bundestag
14:30 – 17:30 Exhibition with Fingerfood and Drinks
Moderation: Jens Helmecke, Funke Medien Gruppe
Impulse presentations:

Industrial clusters in rural areas: On the development of DO-IT South Westphalia
Nicolas Mues, Authorized representative of the Association for DO IT Südwestfalen

Transforming Rural and Industrial Areas: The Crucial Role of Science and Research Institution
Julia Eisentraut, Member of the Landtag NRW, GRÜNE Fraktion

On the Importance of Sustainability and Regional Transformation in the Work of the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation
Nikolaus Risch, Board of Directors Heinz Nixdorf Foundation, Paderborn

RegioKonneX-System: Tool for building a regional learning community
Nina Felek, Volksbank in Südwestfalen
17:30 – 21:30

Parliamentary Evening

17:30

Opening Parliamentary Evening
17:30 – 18:00

Future Perspectives of Regional Economics in Südwetsfalen – a Political Perspective
Florian Müller, Member of the German Bundestag
18:00

Research into the Transformation of Traditional Industries: Perspectives from the Johannes-Rau-Forschungsgemeinschaft
Dieter Bathen, President of the Johannes-Rau-Forschungsgemeinschaft

18:30

Statement: Development potential of rural-industrialized regions
Saskia Esken, Head of the Social Democratic Party (SPD)

Innovationecosystems in Rural Regions
Saskia Esken (Head of SPD) in conversation with Christine Regitz (President of GI)
Moderation: Claudia Müller (University of Siegen)
19:00

Panel Discussion “Development potential of rural industrialized regions”

Participants:

  • Arndt G. Kirchhoff, Deputy President of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA)
  • Laura Kraft, Member of the German Bundestag
  • Stephan Seiter, Member of the German Bundestag
  • Friederike Welter, President of the Instituts für Mittelstandsforschung, Bonn
  • Prof. Dr. Volker Wulf, Fraunhofer FIT Bonn
20:00

Networking Reception
21:30 End of Conference