Æthos(Un)conference
1. Event Announcement
Unconference on Responsible AI
Europe's Opportunity to Lead with Ideas, Values & Innovation
Saturday, March 22, 2025
9 am to 5:30 pm
CIC, Berlin
Our Mission:
Bring together diverse voices to shape AI that reflects Europe's values - ethics, transparency, and human dignity. Let's move beyond rules to create AI that truly serves people. Why Join This Conversation?
We need You:
🌟 Shape Real Change: Help guide how Europe develops AI that puts people first
🤝 Connect Across Sectors: Work with tech creators, policymakers, lawmakers, activists & thinkers
🛠️ Get Practical Tools: Leave with actionable ideas for ethical AI in your work/sector
🌍 Build Global Bridges: Help shape standards that protect human rights worldwide
For Europe and beyond:
💡 Lead with Values: Show how tech innovation can align with human dignity
🔧 Build Trustworthy Tech: Create AI systems people can understand and trust
🌱 Grow Our Strengths: Support European businesses making ethical AI solutions
🗣️ Amplify Our Voice: Share European perspectives in global AI discussions
Who Should Come?
We need all perspectives at the table:
Tech Builders Engineers, designers & researchers creating AI tools
Policy Guides Lawmakers & regulators shaping our digital future
Business Leaders Companies using AI in healthcare, finance, manufacturing etc.
Community Voices NGOs, activists & cultural protectors
Ethics Navigators Philosophers & social scientists keeping us grounded
Legal Protectors Experts ensuring AI respects our rights
Inspired by Humboldt's Legacy
Building on Alexander von Humboldt's groundbreaking 1828 Berlin conference that revolutionized scientific collaboration, this unconference revives his principles of:
Participant-driven dialogue (no pre-set speakers)
Interdisciplinary exchange across tech, policy & civil society
Informal knowledge sharing in creative spaces
Register by March 20th to participate in Europe's AI future
2. Timetable with up to 5 breakouts per session
9:00-9:30 – Welcome Coffee & Registration
9:30-10:00 – Agenda Co-Creation
10:00-11:00 Initial Session
Birds of a feather flock together (build connective tissue around people sharing concerns or interests in this space)
11:30-13:00 Tactical Sessions
Getting to brainstorming Ansatz formulations
13:00-14:30 – Lunch with Members of Peer Group or Lunch with Members of other Fields
14:30-15:30 Strategic Sessions
How to take what we've learned and “Turn up the good”
15:30-16:00 – Coffee Break around “Stammtisch” topics
16:00-17:30 Synthesis Session (all together)
Wrap-Up Session
17:30-19:00 – Optional Dinner nearby
20:30-open After Unconference drinks and networking