AI meets biotechnology - where science and business shape the future together

In order to intensify the exchange between AI providers and AI users in the context of biotechnology, to identify commonalities and to develop (scientific) practical issues and ideas for their solution, the WissKomm Academy in cooperation with the Ministry of Science and Health of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate organizes a networking workshop for stakeholders in the thematic field of biotechnology and artificial intelligence.

October
30

Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur
Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 2
55131 Mainz

Program

10:00 am: Welcome by the President of the Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz

10:05 am: Moderated opening talk with

  • Prof. Dr. Prof. h.c.. Andreas Dengel - Ambassador of the State for Artificial Intelligence
  • Clemens Hoch - Minister for Science and Health of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Dr. Sabine Nikolaus - Chairwoman of the state's biotechnology advisory board
  • Prof. Dr. Norbert W. Paul - Director of the Institute for History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine at JGU
  • Prof. Dr. Eckhard Thines - State Coordinator for Biotechnology

Moderation: Linda Kierstan

11:00 am: Coffee break

11:15 am: Moderated exchange in workshop format on the following topics

  1. Biotechnologically relevant data and their analysis using artificial intelligence 
  2. Artificial intelligence as a tool in genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics 
  3. Image and language processing in biotechnology supported by artificial intelligence 
  4. Promotion of young scientists at the interface of biotechnology and artificial intelligence 
  5. Optimization of biotechnological process technology using artificial intelligence

12.30 pm: Lunch break

1:30 pm: Continuation

2:30 pm: Coffee break

3:00 pm: Moderated presentation of results and outlook

4:00 pm: End of the event

Free admission. Places are limited, registration required by e-mail to info@wisskomm.academy.

The WissKomm Academy is a pilot project of the Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz, funded by the Ministry of Science and Health of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate. The goal is to establish a competence center for science communication in Rhineland-Palatinate. Further info: wisskomm.academy