Foundation Metaverse Europe Brussels Event: Forging the Future – Ethics at the Crossroads of Metaverse and AI

Registrations are closed for this event

The AIM Ethics Award focuses on the three thematic pillars BIG: ‘B’ for ‘Building Education’, ‘I’ for ‘Industry & Enterprise’ and ‘G’ for ‘Generating Healthy Worlds’.

This pre-awards event will focus on the ‘Industry & Enterprise’ pillar. In this thematic area, we are looking at projects that use AI and the metaverse to accelerate industrial progress and thereby strengthen the competitiveness of the players and/or countries involved. The projects should create sustainable and efficient solutions with a clear commitment to ethical principles.

Ort: Meta, 35 Bd du Regent, 1000 Brussels (6th Floor)

Time: 26 November 2024, 17:30 – 21:00

Agenda

17.30

Admission

18.00

Welcome: Maren Courage, Managing Director Foundation Metaverse Europe

Introduction to the Planned Ethics Award: Dr. Reinhard Schultze, Foundation Metaverse Europe

18:15

Opening Remarks: Marisa Jimenez Martin, Deputy Head of EU Affairs office META

18:25

Keynote: Kai Zenner, Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser for MEP Axel Voss (EPP group) in the European Parliament

18:40

Content Criteria for the Award and Q&A Session, Dr. Reinhard Schultze, Foundation Metaverse Europe

19:10

Showcases: Exploring Real-World Enterprise Use Cases and Their Ethical Implications

David Bennett – CEO and Founder of Mimic Productions. Mimic Productions creates photorealistic avatars for various industries, including industrial and enterprise sectors. Now integrating AI for conversational capabilities, Mimic showcases its innovations at global forums like the United Nations, contributing to AI discussions.

Dwayne Iserief – Co-founder and COO of Uptale: Uptale uses AI to create personalized immersive learning for efficient employee training through data analytics and interactive scenarios, while automating performance assessments. At the event, we will demonstrate how we prioritize user confidentiality and data security, ensuring employee data is protected throughout the process and that our learning experiences remain secure and privacy-focused.

19:40

Get-together with snacks and drinks

21:30

End of the event

About the Foundation Metaverse Europe AIM EHTICS AWARD

In light of the recent wave of technological advancements driven largely by Artificial Intelligence (AI), we aim to create stronger connections between researchers, start-ups and investors as well as leading technology companies, policy makers and governments through the AI & Metaverse Ethics Awards (AIM ETHICS).

The aim of the AIM ETHICS Award is to recognise projects that achieve economic success with their customers through a clear ethical focus and thus serve as positive examples for other companies and initiatives. With these awards, we want to send a strong signal to all countries in the world, including countries outside Europe. The aim is to illustrate how profitability and ethical behaviour are not only compatible, but can also sustainably increase a company’s competitiveness.

By recognising such projects, we want to stimulate a global dialogue and show that ethical principles in the technology industry are not only morally necessary, but also a decisive success factor.