Zeitgeist Event “Tradition meets future”

On October 26, 2019, the third Zeitgeist Event “Tradition Meets Future” took place in Palo Alto. At the historic Woman’s Club of Palo Alto, students, researchers, entrepreneurs and politicians from Germany and the US came together to get inspired.
The welcome address was given by Peter Beyer, Member of German Parliament and Coordinator of the Transatlantic Cooperation on behalf of the German Federal Government. High-profile speakers shared their insights about the future of robotics, AI and the role of Germany, as well as the importance of a transatlantic network. The speakers at the Zeitgeist event were: Cyriac Roeding (KIT alumnus, founder, and investor), Torsten Kröger (Professor on leave of KIT and Head of Google Robotics) who held a keynote about “Humans and Robots – A Collaborative Future,“ Annika Hoeltje (BW Innovation Camp), and Sebastian Lang (Global SAP IT Showroom Director) making an impulse statement on the Digital Charter .

Program
- 4:30 pm
  Welcome reception
- 5:00 pm
  Welcome by Peter Beyer LL.M, Member of the
  German Bundestag, Coordinator of Transatlantic
  Cooperation and active member of Atlantik-BrückeIntroduction by Esther Legant, Head of KIT LINK
  Opening remarks by Cyriac Roeding, KIT Alumnus,
  Founder and Investor
  
  Keynote “Humans and Robots – A Collaborative
  Future“ by Torsten Kroeger, Professor of
  Computer Science, KIT (currently on leave)
  
  Short overview of the economic region Baden-
  Württemberg and InnovationCamp BW by
  Annika Hoeltje, Director Innovation Solutions &
  Innovation Scout for the German State Baden-
  Württemberg in Silicon Valley
  
  Impulse statement on the Digital Charter by
  Member of ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd
  Bucerius
  
  SAP’s focus on employee experience and the
  future workplace by Sebastian Lang, SAP
  
  Presentation “Startup Investments and building a
  Venture Capital Firm in Europe“ by Sebastian
  Böhmer, KIT Alumnus and Founding Partner of
  First Momentum VC
- Networking dinner