Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): How Close Are We Really and What Does It Mean?

22 June 2026 | 6:30 PM

As recently as 2020, AI systems struggled to produce coherent text. Today, they are winning mathematics Olympiads and, in some cases, outperforming professional software developers. At the same time, they still fail at tasks that humans find trivial. 

How far will AI capabilities continue to advance? When might AI systems match or surpass human performance across nearly all cognitive tasks, which experts call Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? What political and societal consequences would this have?

To discuss these questions, we welcome three experts who study the progress of AI and its implications for politics, security, and society:

• Stefan Mesken, Chief Scientist, DeepL
• Dr Philip Fox, European AI Policy Lead, KIRA Center
• Maximilian Negele, Research Affiliate, Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative, University of Oxford

Quantum Meets Chemistry: Potential, Limitations and Time Horizons for the Chemical Industry

25 June 2026 | 3:00 PM

Together with experts from industry and technology, we take a realistic look at the current state of quantum technologies, emerging use cases, as well as the challenges and time horizons that will shape their impact on the chemical industry.

We look forward to insights from our experts: 

• Elisabeth Weigel, Cloud Solution Architect & Quantum Ambassador, Microsoft
• Christian Gogolin, Head of High Performance and Quantum Computing, Covestro
• Samuel Horsch, Quantum Applications Architect, Quandela