Artificial Intelligence is rapidly advancing, significantly impacting humanity. Therefore, inclusive participation in guiding its development, at global and local levels, is urgently needed. Together, we presented an initiative aiming at deploying a deliberative process on AI which will engage thousands of citizens of the world representative of the diversity of the global population, with an open discussion exploring possible topics and governance options. In collaboration with Missions Publiques and Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab.

On May 23rd, we hosted a panel discussion on the topic of sustainability: In an increasingly interconnected world, where the pursuit of sustainability transcends boundaries, are we doing enough to apply our scientific knowledge to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a sustainable society? The conversation explored bridging the gap between knowledge and action and exchanging new ideas for pathways to a sustainable future with Rector of the University of Cologne and DAAD President Professor Joybrato Mukherjee, Columbia Law School Professor Michael B. Gerrard, and Dianne Anderson, Director, Office of Sustainability at NYU. Moderated by broadcast journalist Dr. Yaena Kwon!

As artificial intelligence permeates both research environments and our daily lives, inquiries about its positive and negative impact are essential. Esteemed physicist Jesse Thaler and IBM researcher Hendrik Strobelt shed light on these issues, drawing from their experiences in working with AI in the natural sciences. Moderated by Renate Kurowski-Cardello, President of the Kurt Forrest Foundation.

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As part of the ongoing exhibition, Elias Wessel: It’s Complicated, Is Possibly Art, we hosted a discussion with Dr. Wendy Suzuki, Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Center for Neural Science at New York University; Sue Huang, a new media artist whose work addresses collective experience, and Elias Wessel, whose latest exhibition was on view at 1014. Moderated by the exhibition curator, Alina Girshovich.

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In the globalized world of the 21st century, solving problems alone seems no longer sufficient and cultural and inter-cultural competencies are being added to the target specifications of a successful engineer. Featuring Julika Griem, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI Essen); Myles W. Jackson, Albers-Schönberg Professor in the History of Science at Princeton University’s Institute for Advance Study (IAS); Jelena Kovačević, Dean of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering; and Pamela H. Smith, Seth Low Professor of History at Columbia University, Director of the Center for Science and Society. Moderated by Kurt Becker.

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The "Transatlantic Media Forum" was a one-day German-American gathering of fifteen renowned experts and journalists in New York City. Across three "Strategic Roundtables", the format allowed for in-depth deliberations wherein we discussed the media and techno-economic mechanisms that cause and perpetuate each of today’s major crises - regardless of their respective content. How can we achieve resilience under these conditions? With Sham Jaff, Anna Romandash, Delia Baldassarri, Paulina Fröhlich, Alison (Ali) Goldsworthy, Ulises Ali Mejias, Alexander Sängerlaub, Christoph Bieber.

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It’s Complicated, Is Possibly Art presented a selection of works by Elias Wessel that invert the digital space, playing with the seemingly non-corporeal, ephemeral, and magical forces tracking and shaping our experience. The exhibition gives visible, audible, and physical form to the orchestration behind the scenes, and the resulting fragmented, incomprehensible nature of language, individual identity, and digital communication. Can our perception of reality and ourselves really be trusted? Curated by Alina Girshovich. Including an audiowork by Natalia Kiës.

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In this panel, featuring Elizabeth Hamilton of Fort Valley State University, Lukas Feireiss of Berlin University of the Arts, and Damon Bradley of DeepSpace Technologies, speakers examined and discussed several works of space art and their import to human society at various times and places. What can these works tell us about those who produced them, their contemporary times, and now our own? Curated and moderated by Nick Travaglini (Liberal Studies - The New School), Co-Chair of New School Policy and Design for Outer Space (NSPDOS) of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.

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Should people go into outer space? What about returning to the moon, or perhaps going even further to other celestial bodies? These questions regained a sense of urgency in the mainstream with the so-called “Billionaire Space Race” of 2021 and the steady drumbeat of space-related news throughout the year. To consider these questions, we brought together researcher and designer Angeliki Kapoglou, scientist and musician Divya Persaud, and engineer and writer Joalda Morancy. Curated and moderated by Nick Travaglini (Liberal Studies - The New School), Co-Chair of New School Policy and Design for Outer Space (NSPDOS) of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.

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This panel explored the making of the Moon as a site for human endeavors. What is the work that will be necessary for people to (peacefully) act together there? And who gets to decide how they will do so? Featuring experts Mclee Kerolle, Deputy Executive Director, The Space Court Foundation Inc.; Britt Adkins, founder of Celestial Citizen; and Tamara Alvarez, Assistant Professor of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at Jagiellonian University. Curated and moderated by Nick Travaglini (Liberal Studies - The New School), Co-Chair of New School Policy and Design for Outer Space (NSPDOS) of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.

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For what purposes have historical and contemporary actors used the space of Earth's orbit? Featuring experts Fred Scharmen, Morgan State University School of Architecture and Planning; Cristian van Eijk, University of Cambridge; and Anuradha Damale, incoming Policy Fellow and Programme Manager at BASIC. Curated and moderated by Nick Travaglini (Liberal Studies - The New School), Co-Chair of New School Policy and Design for Outer Space (NSPDOS) of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.

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