11/06/2024

Final Program Published
CDR Conference 2024 – Fairness in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

On November 14, 2024, the fifth CDR Conference will take place in Berlin from 1 pm to 6 pm, featuring top-class speakers from politics, business, and civil society.

The conference will open with a welcome address by State Secretary Dr. Christiane Rohleder, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV).

This will be followed by a keynote speech by Dr. Till Klein, Head of AI Regulation at the appliedAI Institute for Europe gGmbH, on the topic “Fairness along the AI value chain: What will change with the AI Act?”, followed by a panel discussion on challenges and solutions for fairness in digitalization. In addition to State Secretary Dr. Christiane Rohleder and keynote speaker Dr. Till Klein, Johanna Hinz, Head of Tech Strategy at the Otto Group, and Carla Hustedt, Head of Digitalized Society at Stiftung Mercator GmbH, will take part.

Further information about the final program and registration options can be found here.

Since January 2023, the office of the CDR initiative has been operated by the partners ConPolicy - Institute for Consumer Policy and Concern. Find out more about the CDR initiative here. Please feel free to contact us.

10/31/2024

ConPolicy contribution to the annual conference 2024 of the Plattform Privatheit
The perception of privacy risks in the metaverse by consumers

The Plattform Privatheit supports research projects funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) on the protection of privacy in the digital world. In this context, the Plattform Privatheit organises an annual conference, which was held on October 17th and 18th in 2024 under the theme ‘Freedom in digital infrastructures’. 

Dr. Otmar Lell, Project Manager at the ConPolicy Institute for Consumer Policy, presented initial results from the PRiME project (PRivacy in the Metaverse) at the conference together with Tom Hubert, a PhD student and research assistant at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. The risks of current business models in the metaverse for data protection and personal rights are high, but are not yet widely known. This was demonstrated by the focus group discussions held as part of PRiME. Design proposals developed in the project were also presented to enable users to protect themselves from privacy risks in the metaverse, as well as related legal issues, especially with regard to the possibility of prior consent through Personal Information Management Systems (PIMS).

More information about the project can be found here.

10/10/2024

New project for the German Federal Environment Agency & BMUV
Digital information on sustainable consumption and sustainable product selection in online retail

On behalf of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), ConPolicy, together with co2online, is investigating the availability and quality of sustainability information in German-speaking online retail. The aim of the project is to identify gaps in the information situation and to develop recommendations for action in order to better support consumers in selecting sustainable, durable and repairable products.

The project analyzes the status quo of digital information offerings and focuses on sustainability aspects such as repair options and second-hand products. In addition, the existing UBA environmental tips will be strengthened, and concrete measures will be developed to improve the visibility and dissemination of the information.

You can find more information about the project here.