Millennium Technology Prize Forum 2024
Intelligence at a Crossroads: Machines or Humans?
Intelligence at a crossroads: machines or humans?
Rapid advances in technology have the potential to transform our lives and world beyond imagination. New disruptions create new opportunities and new challenges. But how to make best use of technology without losing control?
The Millennium Technology Prize Forum delved into these themes at Dipoli in Espoo, Finland on 30 October 2024. The Forum brought prominent international speakers to Finland, including Amandeep Singh Gill, the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology; Peter Skillman, Global Head of Design at Philips; and Malte Lohan, Director General of Orgalim, European technology industry association. The Forum was hosted by renowned technology journalist Jason Palmer of The Economist.
Recordings of the livestream are available here:
Millennium Technology Prize Forum: Utopia or dystopia?
MILLENNIUM TECHNOLOGY PRIZE FORUM 2024
| Time | PROGRAM | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | Doors open, coffee and networking | |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Opening keynotes Amandeep Singh Gill & Malte Lohan | |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | UTOPIA OR DYSTOPIA? What can we learn from science fiction that explores the incredible potential of technology? Is the technology of the real world leading us towards a utopia – or a dystopia? Dialogue keynote Jason Palmer & Harri Junttila | |
| 10:00 –10:30 | BREAK | |
| 10.30 – 11:30 | RADICAL TECHNOLOGIES What are the emerging technologies that will define our future? From artificial intelligence to advanced biotech to quantum computing, what tools do we have at our disposal to reach a utopia? Keynote speaker Karl Deisseroth Panel discussion Karl Deisseroth, Thierry Klein, Sabrina Maniscalco | |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Millennium Young Scientist Contest READ MORE | |
| 12:00 –13:30 | LUNCH | |
| 13:30 – 14:40 | HUMANS IN CHARGE How can we foster trust in technology? How can we ensure that humanity is able to control the technology it creates? Keynote speaker Abeba Birhane Panel discussion Abeba Birhane, Minna Ruckenstein, Peter Skillman | |
| 14:40 – 15:00 | Closing remarks, results of Millennium Young Scientist Contest | |
| 15:00 | End of Forum |
Watch the session: Utopia or dystopia?
Watch the session: Radical Technologies
Watch the session: Humans in charge
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The evolution from Industry 4.0 to 5.0 has already begun. It will build on the digitalization journey embracing technologies such as AI, Cloud Computing and 6G in a more human-centric and sustainable way.
Dr. Thierry E. Klein, President of Nokia Bell Labs Solutions Research -
There are numerous examples of companies that are blurring ethical lines to ensure they are not left behind. Values are important.
Peter Skillman, Global Head of Design, Philips -
As quantum AI technology advances, life expectancy will increase faster, eventually reaching a point where we gain a year of life expectancy each year.
Sabrina Maniscalco, Professor, University of Helsinki CEO, Algorithmiq
Speakers
Senior Advisor in AI Accountability
Abeba Birhane
Mozilla Foundation and Trinity College Dublin
Bio & more
Professor
Sabrina Maniscalco
Quantum Information, Computing and Logic, University of Helsinki
Bio & more
Host of the event
Jason Palmer
Jason Palmer, host of our Millennium Forums 2021 and 2022, returns to be your guide to the programme.
Palmer hosts “The Intelligence”, a daily news podcast published by The Economist since 2019. He began his work for The Economist in 2014 as a science and technology correspondent. Before that, he was a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT and a science and technology reporter at the BBC. He has a doctorate from Imperial College London and is a former physicist who specialized in high-power laser development and ultrafast spectroscopy.
