Talks

Invited talks

• 1. Keynote speaker on "From Local Roots to Global Reach: AI Entrepreneurship Across European Regions" at the 15th Summer Conference of the German Speaking Section of the Regional Science Association, June 26, 2025, Future Work Lab, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Krefeld, Germany.

  2. Invited talk on Senior Entrepreneurship and Well-being at Max-Planck-Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, June 17, 2025.

  3. Invited talk on "Emerging AI Ecosystems in Europe: Are they geographically unbounded?" at Kiel Trade Talks Series, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), Germany, May 23, 2025.

  4. Invited talk at The Impact of AI on White Collar Work Conference, AI-Econ Lab at the University of Örebro, Sweden, June 10-11, 2024.

  5. Invited speaker at the University of Cagliari, Italy, November 9, 2023.

  6. Invited speaker at the University of Umeå, Sweden, October 6, 2023. 

  7. Keynote speaker at the final conference on Digital Citizenship for European Union at the University Roma Tre, Italy, October 2, 2023.

  8. Invited speaker at the University of Applied Labour Studies (HdBA) in Schwerin, Germany, June 21 and 22, 2023.

  9. Invited speaker at the AI in Strategic Management Workshop organized by NYU Stern School of Business and Harvard Business School, on April 29, 2022.

  10. Invited talk at The Impact of AI on White Collar Work Conference, AI-Econ Lab at the University of Örebro, Sweden, June 15-16, 2022.

  11. Invited panelist in the Women in Manufacturing Webinar organized by ERFFA and SPRI, March 23, 2022. 

  12. Invited speaker at the 1st international doctoral seminar in Business Administration at ESAI Business School, Guayaquil, Ecuador, March 18, 2022.

  13. Invited speaker on “The Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Work and Women” at the University of Turin, November 26, 2021.

  14. Invited expert in an expert panel discussion on “Recommendations to encourage attraction, thrive and leadership of women in the manufacturing industry” at the World Manufacturing Forum dedicated to the topic “Back to the Future: Emerging Topics for Long Term Resilience in Manufacturing”. October 20, 2021, Cernobbio, Italy.

  15. Invited panelist in the session on “Future of Work and Social Protection in the Post-Covid World: Role that G-20 can Play” (together with Ruzbeh Irani, Member of the Group Executive Board, Mahindra Group, and Prof. Carl B. Frey, University of Oxford) at the ICRIER’s 13th Annual International G20 Conference, October 6-8, 2021, Delhi, India.

  16. Invited panelist in the G20 Entrepreneurship Roundtable on the topic “Reshape the Paradigm of Entrepreneurship and Employment in the Era of Digital Revolution”, at the G20 Entrepreneurship Research Center on G20 Economies at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. October 13, 2021.

  17. Invited speaker in a workshop in the "Future of Jobs", John Cabot University, Rome, Italy, September 24, 2021.

  18. Invited speaker at “The Future of Work and Artificial Intelligence: AI and Talent Management” conference organized by Geneva Macro Labs, Futures Lab of HEC Lausanne, International Labour Organization, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), among others, June 3, 2021. 

  19. Invited speaker at the workshop on “Changing labour market transitions” organized by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and the International Labour Organization (ILO) within the project on Building partnerships on the Future of Work, on May 17, 2021. 

  20. Guest lecture on the topic "Digitalization, Future of Work, and Inequality" at the University of Georgia (in the class on "Global Digitization Trends"), on April 6, 2021.

  21. Invited expert at the OECD expert meeting on indicators of AI adoption, February 3, 2021.

  22. Invited expert panelist at the OECD International conference on AI in Work, Innovation, Productivity and Skills, February 2nd, 2021. 

  23. Invited speaker on "Gender Equality and Digitalization" at the 14th Bremer Schiffahrtskongress, Bremen, Germany, December 1st, 2020.

  24. Keynote speaker on "Glocalization and Gender Equality: Empowering Women in Digital Age" at the 4th International Women and Justice Summit, Istanbul, Turkey, November 27, 2020.

  25. Invited speaker at Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit 2020, Expert panel on "Promoting a gender-responsive and inclusive Fourth Industrial Revolution", September 4, 2020.

  26. Invited speaker at Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit 2020 Digital Series, ITPO Tokyo: Society 5.0, August 18, 2020. (link to the video)

  27. Invited talk on "The Impact of New Digital Technologies on Gender Equality in Developing Countries" at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, Netherlands, April 30, 2020. 

  28. Invited talk at the Informatik-Kolloquium at the University of Bremen, Germany, January 13, 2020. 

  29. Keynote speaker at the 19th Aleksanteri Conference on “Technology, Culture, and Society in the Eurasian Space” organized by the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland, October 23-25, 2019. 

  30. Keynote speaker on "Digitalisierung, Geschlechtergleichstellung und individuelles Datenkapital: Haben wir einen neuen Gender-Bias?" at zam Steiermark, Graz, Austria, April 16, 2019.

  31. Invited talk on "Frauen als Gewinner einer Digitalen Arbeitswelt?" and panel discussion at the congress "Digitaler Staat", Berlin, Germany, April 2-3, 2019.

  32. Invited speaker in a panel discussion on "Innovative Jobs in the Digital Future" at the German Center for Science and Innovation (DWIH), Moscow, Russia, December 4, 2018.

  33. Invited talk on “The Effects of Digitalization of Occupations on Employment and Entrepreneurship” at the international Workshop “Innovating Innovation Policy“ at Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, Germany, September 26-28, 2018.

  34. Invited speaker in a panel discussion on “How does the digital revolution challenge innovation policy?” at the international Workshop “Innovating Innovation Policy“ at Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, Germany, September 26-28, 2018.

  35. Invited expert at the Workshop "Building Belonging in a Rapidly Changing World", organized by Breuninger Foundation, Robert-Bosch-Foundation and the Community Foundations of Canada, Wasan Island, Canada, August 13-17, 2018.

  36. 2nd IZA/OECD Workshop: Labor Productivity and the Digital Economy, at OECD, Paris, France, July 26-27, 2018.

  37. Public lecture on "Women as winners in the digital age?" as part of the "Kieler Woche" festival, Kiel, Germany, June 21, 2018.

  38. Panel discussion at "Economic Talk of Mittelstandsunion Bavaria (CSU) on Digital SMEs" with Kerstin Schreyer (Bavarian Minister for Family, Labor, and Social Affairs), Valerie Holsboer (Board Member of the Federal Employment Agency), Eva Maria Himmelbauer (Member of the National Council, Austria), and Hans Michelbach (Member of the German Bundestag), München, Germany, June 18, 2018.

  39. Consultation talks with members of the Bundestag as part of the "Leibniz in the Bundestag" initiative, Berlin, Germany, June 5-6, 2018. 

  40. Panel discussion at the 42nd Federal Congress of the German Association of Women Lawyers, Stuttgart, Germany, September 23, 2017.

  41. Invited talk and panel discussion at the "Digital Week 2017" in Kiel, Germany, September 19, 2017.

  42. Invited talk at the Women20 Summit on the Effects of Digitalization on Gender Equality within the G20 Economies, Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2017.

  43. Invited talk at the G20 event on Digitalization and Women's Empowerment in Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 20, 2017.

  44. Workshop on Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Oslo Fiscal Studies, University of Oslo, September 16, 2016.

  45. Invited talk at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia, March 11, 2016.

  46. Invited talk at the Laboratory of Entrepreneurship Research, National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia, September 14, 2015.