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🥳 🇩🇪 animal welfare draft bill reached the next level on its way to becoming law! https://lnkd.in/eHeNGruc A few thoughts on the revision that was passed on to the parliament, Deutscher Bundestag from the cabinet yesterday: ☹️/🙂 The assessment is mixed between disappointment about the level of ambition and joy that an improvement in the law is finally coming.  The bill is not a great success ❗️yet❗️  However, because nothing/hardly anything had happened for decades (#shoutout to CDU Deutschlands), it is sadly still the most extensive reform project in animal protection legislation and just a low bar/benchmark to jump over ... The main improvements to the status quo are still in the draft law.  ✅ ban of only certain cruelty breeds  ✅ more efficient farm animal welfare controls using data from rendering facilities of animal products  ✅ mandatory video surveillance in slaughterhouses  ✅ mandatory stunning before killing of octopuses, crabs and lobsters  ✅ federal political animal advocacy officer  ✅ partial ban on tethering animals  ✅ Fight against illegal (online) animal trade  ✅ Prohibition of certain wild animals in circus However, the Cabinet draft leaves a lot of untapped potential that would have required bolder action from the Cabinet and the Minister.  ❌ continuing amputations on farm animals  ❌ continuing live animal exports  ❌ partial continuing of tethering cattle  ❌ continuing artificial stimulation using hormones from horse blood  ❌ no phase-out of animal testing  ❌ no requirements for keeping and killing insects The impression is that only the bare minimum has been addressed with this bill. That's a shame because this is a missed opportunity. After all, how often is the Animal Protection Act changed so comprehensively? (without the government being legally forced to do so...) [Rhetorical question] 😈 Additionally, the devil is in the details... in the cabinet the draft was watered down and worsened in some aspects compared to the ministry's original draft. The draft law resembles a holey Swiss cheese 🧀  - hardly any increase in punishment for cruelty and violations  - many exceptions  - long transition periods  Therefore, the change in the law will actually only bring limited and delayed practical improvements. The legally mandatory involvement of business and farmers associations has led to a deterioration here. A brief analysis of the statements shows that the concerns of civil society & animal advocacy organizations were not taken into account in the cabinet. The draft is therefore not immune to the accusation that economic and scientific interests of an animal using lobby were partially successful. ⏰ fact is that another important step has been taken yesterday. Nevertheless, there is now a tight time frame to finally pass the bill in parliament and at the same time achieve significant improvements to the draft in such a divided government... to be continued 

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What a wonderful idea! Adding a public review to the peer review process is an exciting and innovative idea to bring more practical relevance to research in the field of economics. As I have already published as a co-author in this new, innovative and application-oriented quality journal, I am familiar with the very high standard of its peer reviews. As one of the editors of the issue, I invite researchers and practitioners to submit their contributions on entrepreneurship and innovation for this unique issue. Join us in redefining the boundaries of academic publishing! Important Dates: Submission Deadline: September 15th, 2024 Review Decision: November 2024 Publication Date: April 2025 👩‍🏫 Issue Editors: Prof. Dr. Michelle Cummings-Koether (DIT) Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dorner (DITs Vice President Research & Transfer) & Prof. Dr. Alexander H. Kracklauer (HNU) #peerreview #openaccesspublication #nofees #universitypublishing #appliedresearch #interdisciplinary #academicwriting #THD #openscience #transparentpublishing #innovationandentrepreneurship

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The Panel on x-industry collaboration in the culture and creative sector, is about to start. Thank you Kompetenzzentrum Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft des Bundes for hosting the 8th Creative Lab, this time focussing on Cross Innovation. In order to tackle the waste problem of today and resource scarcity of tomorrow, cross-industrial collaboration is a key approach. Because One persons waste is another persons treasure.

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Wieder mal ein herausragend guter Growth Memo Newsletter Kevin Indig ! (+ gleichzeitig proof of concept: herausragender Content erzeugt Links/Shares) "𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 [𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧]: 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐄𝐎 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. - Basic process: Keyword research > content brief > draft in SEO editor > edit > publish. - The mental model is summarizing and covering all topics of the top results for - a keyword. - Hire many writers for SEO. 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 [𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧]: 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐄𝐎 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬. - Talk to customers on a regular basis about their problems and questions on a topic. - Hire researchers to find and add 1st party data to search-optimized content. - Hire subject matter experts to answer questions that really matter. - Make it convenient and pleasant to consume content. - Monitor content engagement and get qualitative reader feedback." 𝐔𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐳: "A better approach to content creation might be to insert a research phase after identifying the most important topics and prioritizing topics based on user interviews instead of search volume." Mein Reden. Danke :)

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Are you a tech innovator looking for more support and recognition? Then apply for the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz's "Gründungswettbewerb – Digitale Innovationen" by September 25! 🚀 Aspiring entrepreneurs and start-ups with digital technology-based business concepts can participate for free. 👉 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eyHS8wv7 #Innovation #startup #competition #digital #entrepreneurship

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If you would like to learn more about how we can monitor trees to understand their growth in a changing climate, visit us on May 24th at the Lange Nacht der Forschung. #ai4trees #ai4green #ait #LangeNachtderForschung #climatechange

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More than just porn I'm currently working on a new episode of my podcast "Auf der Kippe - Philosophie für das digitale Zeitalter" on #DeepFakes, #SyntheticMedia and the #infocalypse. Here are some thoughts, insights or examples I consider worth dropping in a small series of posts. For more checkout the coming podcast. Nr. 3👉 The evolution of DeepFakes 2017: The first ever (as far as we can tell) so-called DeepFake appears on the internet and it is - of course - a porn DeepFake applying a laughably bad face-swapping technique. 2019: A study published in 2019 comes to the conclusion that 96% of all DeepFakes on the internet are porn DeepFakes (what does that say about us humans?). They still are easy to detect as fake. 2024: DeepFakes become indistinguishable from non-fake media. OpenAI’s #sora and other tools show what is possible. And it is the year that provides a strong usecase: 2024 is the biggest super election in history. Almost half of the world's population (approx. 45%) will vote this year, including geostrategically important countries such as the USA, Europe, Russia, Taiwan and India. This represents a significant trigger to use DeepFake technology for manipulative purposes. Some Examples? 👉 In the US primary campaign in New Hampshire, many voters are receiving calls from President Biden urging them not to vote. 👉 In the run-up to the European elections, videos of supposed nieces of Marine LePen are appearing on TikTok in France, promoting the Rassemblement National with anti-muslim statements. 👉 In Denmark, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announces that the Danes work too little and that all public holidays should therefore be abolished - including Easter and Christmas. Only the Muslim holiday of breaking the fast should be retained. I can go on forever. It’s all fake: voice cloning, fotos, videos. Deepfakes are leaving the porn niche and without countermeasures it will be impossible to say what is real and what is not. (Picture showing me this time as a bearded 'hippie', generated with 'FaceApp' in < 1 minute) (👉Nr. 1 https://lnkd.in/eMUEpMN4) (👉Nr. 2 https://lnkd.in/eMSQZEny) #AufDerKippe #AI #GenAI #KI #FakeNews

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🌟 Meet Us at #cosca24! 🌟 Are you passionate about digital content? Don't miss the Content Strategy Camp on October 11-12, 2024, in Dieburg, Germany! 🎉 Tickets: https://cscamp.de/ (organized by Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Zukunftskultur , main language is German) This year’s motto is "Behind the Hypes", where we dive deep into the substance behind buzzwords like AI, sustainability, and innovation. 🤖🌱✨ 🗣️ What to Expect: - Collaborative sessions driven by YOU! Pitch your ideas during our Session Pitch and shape the agenda together. 📅🤝 - Network with like-minded professionals and Newbies - share your experiences, challenges, and insights. 🌐💬 💡 Why Attend? - Gain fresh perspectives on content strategy, digital communication, and marketing. - Enjoy FREE entry thanks to our amazing sponsors! 🎟️🙌 - Meet some of COS programm's university lecturers like Irene Michl, Robert Gutounig, Doris Eichmeier, Sascha Stoltenow Mark your calendars, book your free tickets and get ready for an inspiring experience! We can't wait to see you there! 🚀 #ContentStrategy #Networking #Barcamp #cosca24 ######## Content Strategy is an international, part-time master's degree programme. Approx. 60 percent of the teaching units of the Master’s programme are available online as moderated e-learning, including both synchronous and asynchronous online courses. Content Strategy is about systematically structuring content so that it supports the organisation’s goals, focuses on the needs of the users, and can be effectively employed by all those involved. www.fh-joanneum.at/cos #cos #contentstrategy

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SAVE THE DATE: Digital Diversity | Multiperspectivity on Digital Bodies Mittwoch, 10. Juli 2024, 19.30 Uhr, diffrakt | zentrum für theoretische peripherie https://lnkd.in/e2MzmkD5 With: Marlene Bart | Johannes Breuer | Cecilia Falkman | Swantje Martach | Tabitha Swanson | Emilia Tikka – Die Veranstaltung findet auf Englisch statt. – Investigations concerning the interplay between body representation and bodily experience continue to be a focus of numerous disciplines. With the advent of digitalization and the increasingly pervasive presence of interconnected health apps, social media, data-collecting wearables and extended-reality devices, questions about the societal impact of the generation and dissemination of data bodies only continue to grow in significance. Taking the publication of the anthology Atlas of Databodies 2 as their point of departure, our guests will discuss how pluralistic data bodies and body images can contribute to diversifying concepts of bodies. They will consider aspects of biopolitics as well as body mysticism and in how far such a concept of mysticism can productively oppose quantifiable and economic data with new understandings of data bodies. How does multiperspectivity on digital bodies succeed? Is a unified concept of data bodies necessary? To what extent do aspects of body politics and body mysticism interact with our contemporary use and understanding of technologies? These questions will form the starting point for the evening. Atlas of Databodies 2: https://lnkd.in/eipsDwm9

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Transition is key! Looking forward to this important workshop. Viktoriya Brand 🙏 Verein für Umweltmanagement und Nachhaltigkeit in Finanzinstituten (VfU) e.V. Deutsche Bank #macroeconomics #biodiversity #nature #financialmarkets

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𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 Are you in the early stages of starting your company and working on your idea or prototype? The Grace Berlin Accelerator is open for applications from aspiring female entrepreneurs and mixed teams. Join Grace and accelerate your journey. Here’s what you can look forward to: 🌟 An 8-month equity-free accelerator 💰 A monthly scholarship of EUR 2.2k per founder 🏢 Free office space to collaborate with fellow female entrepreneurs 💡 Expert workshops, mentoring, and coaching designed to fast-track your entrepreneurial success 🔍 Focus on go-to-markets, visibility, funding, and building a solid product and brand 👶 Childcare support for parents starting a business 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞? ‘’I joined the program right after I started my start-up journey, and the programme's framework allowed me to immerse myself fully in it. All the workshops, coaching sessions, conversations, space for reflection and constant support took me from "I want to do this" to "I know I can and I will". Quoted one of our Grace alumna. By joining the Grace Berlin Accelerator, you'll gain the clarity, skills, and support needed to realise your vision. The program prepares you to be market and investment-ready. It empowers you to build a strong foundation for your business, enhance your leadership skills, and connect with a community that champions your success. Ready to be part of a thriving community of female founders? Apply now: https://lnkd.in/gJfxQW8X 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦. ___ 👉 The project is funded by the European Social Fund Plus with funds from the European Union and the State of Berlin.

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🚀 Join Einstein Industries Ventures at VENTURESPRIND 2024! We're excited to announce our participation in the VENTURE SPRIND event on April 24th at the Alte Münze in Berlin. This event is organised by SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen (Germany's Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation) and gathers Deep Tech, BioTech, and Life Science teams alongside 350 investors, showcasing innovations with the power to reshape our world. 🔗 Event Details: Date: 24th April 2024 Location: Alte Münze, Berlin (Molkenmarkt 2, 10179 Berlin) Time: 10:00 am – 10:00 pm 🌐 Innovation at Its Best At VENTURE SPRIND, over 60 deep tech and lifescience startups will present their solutions on two stages, focusing on pressing global challenges. The event offers a day packed with opportunities for networking, enabling industry players to connect, collaborate, and spark new projects. 🤝 Calling All Innovators Are you an industry player interested in space-enabled applications? Whether startups, investors, or potential partners, we are eager to explore collaborative opportunities in our common #space! Follow Einstein Industries Ventures here on LinkedIn and come meet us in Berlin to explore building exciting space-enabled companies with us. 🔗 Find Out More Mark your calendars and don't miss your chance to be part of this event that's shaping the future of technology and innovation. For more information about VENTURE SPRIND and to register for the event, visit https://smpl.is/8zyil #VENTURESPRIND2024 #DeepTech #BioTech #LifeSciences #Innovation #SpaceTech #Startups #Investors #Networking #BerlinEvents #Technology #Sustainability #GreenTech #ClimateTech #HealthTech #Engineering #Computing #SyntheticBiology #Therapeutics #EnergyStorage #CarbonSequestration #Science #Business #Politics #VentureCapital #EinsteinIV #NewSpace #space #spacetech #technology #venturecapital #funds #investors #VC #lp

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What is the current status of sustainability reporting based on the ESRS in the EU member states? In order to determine the status quo, the ten companies with the highest sales (based on market capitalization) in the ten EU countries with the highest GDP were surveyed, specifically Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Belgium and Ireland and Austria. In addition, the ten companies with the highest turnover in the EU were surveyed, which meant that another company was included in the population. #manz #esrs #csrd #esg

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How do you think AI affects the PR profession? This interesting survey asks good questions on an important topic. Share 10 minutes of your precious time, take this survey and make Jonas Scherhaufer happy 🙂! 

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🌍 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 - 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬? The gap is our biggest problem. The gap between what needs to be done and what is being done. The climate crisis is more than a collection of statistics - it affects our fears, hopes, and expectations for the future. A recent discussion by Netzwerk Klimajournalismus Deutschland made this very clear, again. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, according to the latest UN Environment Programme report. Emissions are accelerating despite many climate targets and agreements, such as the Paris Agreement. Concrete measures are often postponed to long-term plans instead of pushing ahead with urgently needed emission reductions. ⚙️ What can we do? At KNOWING, we let conflicting stakeholders talk to each other. They discuss key mitigation/adaptation topics - such as wind power in the forest with our partner Südwestfalen 🌪️ We are not planning to resolve the different points of view but we are trying to bring the opposing goals into conversation with each other and at least facilitate a rapprochement. This is an important step that is rarely taken. We also advocate that emotional and social narratives are as important as technical solutions. Collaborating with ovos and leveraging the power of 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, we build interactive experiences to explore climate challenges in a way that is both informative and emotionally impactful. KNOWING is about generating knowledge about ideal mitigation and adaptation measures for regions. But 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. We need to be where the conflicting goals are and let the points of view talk to each other. #ClimateChange #ParisAgreement #Mitigation #Adaptation #KNOWING

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What are we currently working on for the EUDI Wallet Prototypes Funke from SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen? Basically, open-source, open-source, open-source. That's the mantra that's been characterizing our first few sprints! 🌐⚡️ Here's an overview 👇 Before we start on a large part of the wallet implementation work, there are some big open-source milestones to tackle in Credo (https://lnkd.in/gMgV_TrB). Credo is a framework written in TypeScript for building decentralized identity solutions. The framework aims to be compliant and interoperable with identity standards across the world, and we're happy to say we've been helping it progress towards that goal. 🚀 - We've already merged initial support for X509 certificates in Credo (https://lnkd.in/giKy2JWY), and are now wrapping up the integration of this with SD-JWT VC and OpenID4VC (https://lnkd.in/gTEm4DJe) - We've updated OpenID4VCI support to Draft 13/ID1 (https://lnkd.in/gyT2vnMZ), and are also working to update support for OpenID4VP to Draft 20 - We started work on an open-source implementation of OpenID Federation, you can follow the progress here: https://lnkd.in/ge4AENnM - We've made several PRs to Sphereon.com's open-source OpenID4VC libraries, adding support for X509 certificates, and removing some DID focused dependencies (https://lnkd.in/gn4HszVp) - We've created an Open Source Expo/React Native wrapper around the Ausweis SDK, an SDK to enable NFC authentication with the German eID Card, which will be used to receive the PID in the wallet (https://lnkd.in/gts_ESHd) So, a lot of exciting work is already happening, but a lot more to do! We'll be sharing more about our open-source progress as it develops, so make sure to follow along 👀

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WWF Germany and IBM are counting elephants. Yes, you read that right, they are using AI to identify and protect the endangered species, often referred to as the climate heroes (not all heroes wear capes, some wear tusks). Would this also be a solution for our bear problem in Romania? You tell me. Read more about IBM’s solution in the post bellow (if you speak German) and find out why elephants are ecosystem engineers here: https://lnkd.in/dKE2S_xk

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Communication departments need to sharpen their profile Study reveals significant room for improvement in the perception and positioning of corporate communications A team of researchers from Leipzig University investigated the perception and positioning of communication departments in large companies. 1,147 top executives, middle managers, and employees without leadership responsibilities in Germany—the largest European country—were surveyed about their perceptions of the objectives, tasks, and relevance of their communication departments. The results show that there is still much room for improvement. Only 50% of top managers and 36% of middle managers are convinced that communicators' work helps them fulfill their tasks. Nearly every second manager doubts that the resources and budgets spent on communications in their own company are justified. A majority of all respondents call for communication departments to better explain what they do and how they create value. The study reveals possible courses of action. https://lnkd.in/dys_hE5y

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