Prior to this he was Head of the Cyber Policy Coordination Staff of the German Federal Foreign Office, a member of the Group of Governmental Experts on Advancing responsible State behavior in cyberspace convened in 2019 by UN Secretary-General Guterres and a member of the Ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the Council of Europe. In this position, he was also responsible for the “Recommendations for the Future of Digital cooperation” which Germany and the UAE worked out at the request of the UN.
Previous positions include a term as Research Commissioner of the German Federal Foreign Office and a member of its Policy Planning staff, specializing in Cyberpolicy, Cybersecurity, and, in the face of emerging challenges, the development of future directions and strategies for the Foreign Office. He has also served as Head of the Division for Foresight, in the Ministry’s EU Enlargement Division, as the Political Counsellor in the German Embassy in Tel Aviv dealing with the Middle East Peace Process and Israeli interior politics, in the private office of the Minister for European Affairs and in the Office of the Federal President of Germany. He was also posted as Deputy Head of Mission to Ireland and Azerbaijan.
Before joining the Foreign Service, Wolfram graduated from the Université Paris-Sorbonne with a master thesis (Maitrise) on Artificial Intelligence and lectured in philosophy at the Free University Berlin. He studied also at the University of Marburg as well as in Harvard and holds degrees in both Law and Philosophy.
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The shift towards Electric Vehicles and its impact on various industries
Unlike the past three EV (electric vehicle) booms, the EV shift this time goes beyond the shift to EVs by automakers and is a structural change that involves many stakeholders.
The shift to EVs is not simply a move to replace engines with batteries and motors, but it will cause structural changes in the automotive industry, and the impact will spread to the materials and energy industries. It will also cause a chain reaction with autonomous driving and car sharing, and will spread to service industries such as insurance and logistics, involving the IT industry.
This presentation will provide an overview of the structural changes related to the shift to EVs and report on budding initiatives to seize these changes as opportunities.
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