{"id":1214,"date":"2025-04-02T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speinshart.ai\/pulse\/p\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T17:13:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T15:13:48","slug":"scientific-panel-ai-and-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speinshart.ai\/de\/pulse\/p\/scientific-panel-ai-and-us","title":{"rendered":"Scientific panel “AI and Us”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, the newly established\u00a0Speinshart Scientific Center for AI and SuperTech<\/em> hosted its first public event:\u00a0\u201cAI and Us\u201d<\/em>, a scientific panel designed to foster dialogue between researchers and the broader public \u2014 and it was a resounding success.
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\u201cAfter spending the past few months working quietly behind the scenes to complete the founding of the company and prepare for operations, it was truly wonderful to finally host our first public event \u2014 and to see that everything ran smoothly.\u201d<\/p>Dr. Adrian Rossner<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Behind the scenes, however, substantial progress had already been made. The organization, originally burdened with a lengthy official name, is now publicly operating under the much more concise title\u00a0\u201cSpeinshart Scientific Center\u201d. It also boasts a new corporate design, which will be featured both on-site and on the Center\u2019s new website launching later this month.

The choice of an English name was deliberate, aiming to attract an international audience to visit Speinshart Monastery. Since 2023, the underlying concept has been developed with the vision of combining the living tradition of the Baroque abbey with the exploration of future technologies. The special\u00a0spirit<\/em>\u00a0of the place has always been central \u2014 after all, Speinshart has for centuries been a place of science, community, and exchange.


A Special Place of Knowledge<\/strong>

This spirit was also deeply meaningful to Dr. Ro\u00dfner himself, a historian by training:

\u201cI was originally tasked with drafting the concept and coordinating the project for the creation of the center,\u201d he explains. \u201cAfter that phase concluded, I applied for the role of Managing Director in order to help bring it to life.\u201d

He, too, was personally moved by the place:

\u201cThe community in and around Speinshart Monastery \u2014 the whole location \u2014 is truly unique. Once you\u2019ve been here, it\u2019s hard to let go.\u201d

The next step is to open this space \u2014 and its long intellectual tradition \u2014 to scholars, who will be invited to attend multi-day seminars in a setting free from bureaucracy and daily distractions, giving them space to fully focus on their research. The first group to do so consisted of researchers from the University of Bayreuth, TU Darmstadt, and Saarland University. They had spent four years exploring\u00a0Explainable Intelligent Systems<\/em>, examining not only technical aspects but also legal, regulatory, and philosophical dimensions of artificial intelligence.

The project, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, culminated in a three-day retreat at Speinshart. The researchers embraced the atmosphere, enjoyed the peaceful surroundings \u2014 and even sampled the local monastery beer. On Tuesday evening, they presented their findings to the public in the form of a scientific panel, with each expert giving a brief five-minute talk followed by a Q&A session. The format was very well received by both the researchers and the audience, which included guests who had traveled all the way from Saxony.

A special highlight came from\u00a0Prof. Dr. Holger Hermanns, the incoming Scientific Director of Schloss Dagstuhl \u2014 Germany\u2019s renowned center for informatics research and a source of inspiration for Speinshart. He was not only impressed by the location and the collegial atmosphere, but concluded, based on what he had seen and experienced, that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cSpeinshart will become something truly phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>Prof. Dr. Holger Hermanns<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A better endorsement for the Center\u2019s debut is hard to imagine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the focus turns to preparing the next events and continuing to develop the Scientific Center in close cooperation with the monastery and the team at the International Meeting Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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