THE GERMAN AI ECOSYSTEM ORGANISES THE "GERMAN AI MONTH mAI" IN 2023 FOR THE FIRST TIME TO STRENGTHEN "AI MADE IN GERMANY".
- The German AI Month mAI strengthens the networking and cooperation of the German AI industry with the business community under the vision of "AI made in Germany".
- The initiators are the appliedAI Initiative GmbH, Rise of AI, the KI Park e. V., Merantix AG and the Bundesverband KI e. V.
- Interested AI companies, AI hubs and initiatives are invited to participate with their own events to increase the visibility of AI in the totality of its application possibilities.
Berlin, 09 January 2023 - The first "German AI Month mAI" will take place from 1 to 31 May 2023. The main players in the German AI ecosystem have joined forces across the country to draw attention to the vision of "AI made in Germany".
The mission of the German AI Month is to strengthen the domestic AI ecosystem, to network and to open up at the same time. Together, the vision of "AI made in Germany" will be promoted and confidence in Germany as an AI location of the future will be built. Current challenges such as the EU AI Act, the shortage of skilled workers and AI security will also be addressed. The overarching goal of the initiative is to provide easy access to information and AI applications for all interested parties. It also aims to establish sustainable contacts in the AI industry.
"Germany has a rapidly growing AI landscape with numerous start-ups, globally recognised research as well as numerous initiatives driving the topic forward. However, the German AI community lacks clout as it is still highly fragmented."
says Fabian Westerheide, Managing Director of Rise of AI.
"If we want to use the immense potential of the know-how and technologies available here, we must pool our resources and approach the development of AI in Germany together and in a coordinated manner. The AI Month mAIwill provide an important impulse for this."
"The German AI Month mAI sees itself as a platform to bring together existing initiatives, associations and companies. We want to promote mutual trust and leave behind the idea of competition"
says Dr Christian Temath, Managing Director of KI.NRW.
"I am convinced that Germany can play the same pioneering role in the field of AI as it does in the traditional industrial sector. If we work together as a team on this, 'AI made in Germany' can become a globally recognised seal of quality."
In summary, AI will be an important driver for digital transformation and progress in various industries.
The aim of the AI Made in Germany initiative is to educate the public about the many possibilities and benefits of AI and to ensure that AI is developed and used in Germany in a sustainable and responsible way.
The initiative aims to help Germany become a major player in the field of AI and maximise the positive impact of AI on the economy, society and the environment.
In the first week of May 2023, the northern German AI ecosystem will present itself under the patronage of AI.HAMBURG with the participation of the AI.STARTUP.HUB Hamburg and the AI Transfer Hub Schleswig Holstein, among others. Afterwards, from 8 to 12 May, selected events will take place in Berlin and eastern Germany, starting with AI Monday, organised by the DFKI, K.I.E.Z. and Berlin Partner at the Merantix AI Campus. Afterwards, on 9 and 10 May, the Rise of AI Conference was held, followed by an event organised by the KI Park e. V. for members and interested parties on 11 May.
In the third week of May, under the patronage of KI.NRW to western Germany, starting with AI Monday at the Founders Foundation in Bielefeld.
Starting on 22 May, events will take place in the south of the republic under the auspices of the non-profit appliedAI Institute for Europe gGmbH and applied Initiative GmbH, with the participation of a variety of partners from appliedAI's AI ecosystem, such as the IHK München & Oberbayern and fortiss.
The German AI Month mAI will be accompanied by satellite events from other international countries as well as selected virtual events and the European AI Forum in June 2023, initiated by the Bundesverband KI e. V.
All German AI companies and initiatives are invited to participate in the German AI Month mAI with their own AI events. Provided the proposals serve the mission, they will be published on the joint AI Month mAI website at www.KI-Deutschland.de listed. The website serves as a central point of contact for interested parties to find out about and participate in the events offered before and during the KI Month mAI.
About the initiators
The initiators of the AI Month mAI are Rise of AI, the KI Park e. V., Merantix AG, appliedAI Initiative GmbH and the Bundesverband KI e. V.
Further information is available at www.ki-deutschland.de available.
appliedAI Initiative GmbH:
appliedAI is an initiative of UnternehmerTUM and Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence (IPAI). It pursues the goal of shaping Europe's innovative power in AI. It serves companies of all sizes, start-ups, public institutions and academia as a neutral platform to accelerate the application of the latest methods and technologies in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Together with leading technology and industry groups as well as partners from politics and science, appliedAI aims to support companies in the application and design of AI.
At the same time, appliedAI discusses the impact of AI on people and business and addresses the enormous importance of AI through free offers and assistance. appliedAI is the largest initiative of its kind in Europe with over 50 partners, hundreds of supported companies and over 40,000 training participants. www.appliedai.de
AI for Humans GmbH:
Since 2016, AI for Humans GmbH has been networking the key players of the German and European AI ecosystem in Berlin with the annual Rise of AI conference as well as private dinner events. www.riseof.ai
Bundesverband KI e.V.:
With more than 400 AI entrepreneurs, the Bundesverband KI is Germany's largest network for innovative AI and deep-tech companies and acts as a central point of contact for business, politics and the media. www.ki-verband.de
KI Park e. V.:
As an association of research institutions, start-ups, established companies, capital providers as well as social and political actors, KI Park e.V. pursues the goal of advancing the development and use of artificial intelligence so that Germany and Europe take a leading position as a location for technology and innovation. The ecosystem enables its members to share knowledge, advance their ideas and solve relevant problems together in AI real labs. The AI Park has a clear focus on those AI technologies that will significantly shape the future of industry and society, such as Deep Reinforcement Learning, 5G & 6G, NLP or even Digital Twins. More information about the AI Park and the ecosystem is available at www.kipark.de available.
Merantix AG:
Under the umbrella of Merantix AG, the AI Campus Berlin, the Venture Studio, a dedicated investment fund and Merantix Momentum are operated. Spin-offs in recent years include SiaSearch, Vara, Cambium, Briink, Kausa, Looks and Deltia. In 2021, Merantix opened the AI Campus in Berlin, a co-working community for the AI ecosystem and a platform for AI stakeholders. www.merantix.com, www.aicampus.berlin
About the ecosystem partners
#ki_Berlin
With the #ki_berlin platform, Berlin Partner and other partners want to make the capital region's international and diverse AI ecosystem more visible and promote collaboration between excellent research, innovative technology companies and strong networks and initiatives.
https://ki-berlin.de/
AI.HAMBURG
AI.HAMBURG promotes the knowledge and widespread use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in particular in companies in the region.
https://ai.hamburg/
KI.NRW
As the central point of contact for artificial intelligence in North Rhine-Westphalia, the AI.NRW competence platform supports the transfer of innovative AI solutions into the economy and shapes the social dialogue around trustworthy, human-centred AI.
https://www.ki.nrw/
K.I.E.Z.
The Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneurship Centre is an initiative to promote start-ups of science-related entrepreneurs in the field of artificial intelligence.
https://kiez.ai/
DFKI
The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) is a non-profit public-private partnership established in 1988. The DFKI operates 27 research areas and 9 competence centres for application-oriented AI cutting-edge research.
https://www.dfki.de
