Summer term 2021

15.04.2021: Corona and the (high) schools

The corona pandemic has hit the German education system in particular unprepared. In the panel on April 15, scientific findings and practical experiences on the current problems at schools and universities and possible solutions were discussed: How does education work in corona times? How great are the losses in terms of learning success and educational equity? What educational policy consequences should be drawn? Can and should teaching be more digitalized?

The panel discussed:

• Prof. Dr. Anke Langner (TU Dresden, Faculty of Education, Chair of Education / Inclusive Education, initiator of the Dresden University School).
• Prof. Dr. Eric Schoop (TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, Chair of Business Information Systems, esp. Information Management)
• Prof. Dr. Ludger Wößmann (LMU Munich, Faculty of Economics, Head of the ifo Center for the Economics of Education).

Moderation:

• Prof. Dr. Bärbel Fürstenau (TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, Chair of Business Education and Management Training).
• Prof. Dr. Alexander Kemnitz (TU Dresden, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Chair of Economics, in particular Economic Policy and Economic Research)

06.05.2021: The world of work during and after Corona

More working from home, digital working and numerous new requirements for managers, employees and entrepreneurs: The panel discussion on May 6, 2021 examined how the world of work has changed and will continue to change as a result of coronavirus. Among other things, the question of how interorganizational relationships are shaping up in the crisis, what consequences the burdens resulting from the pandemic have for entrepreneurs and companies and how companies can succeed in aligning their organizational structure and work organization as well as personnel development in a future-oriented manner was explored.

The panelists were:

• Dr. Martina Pieperhoff (TU Dresden, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
• Dr. Dominika Wach (TU Dresden, Faculty of Psychology, Chair of Work and Organizational Psychology)
• Jens Wilde (HR Director and Member of the Management Board, Sachsenmilch Leppersdorf GmbH )

Moderation:

• Prof. Dr. Michael Schefczyk (TU Dresden, Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation)

18.05.2021: Corona and digitalization in the healthcare sector

Laboratories fax test results, restaurants collect contact tracing slips, two out of five hospitals still work almost completely analog. Corona has revealed major digital gaps in Germany. The panel on 18.05.2021 discussed the current state of digitalization in our healthcare system. What untapped potential lies dormant here? What does digitalization cost - or does it even save money? And which digital applications are really useful in the end?

The panelists were:

• Prof. Dr. Beate Jochimsen (Expert Council for the Assessment of Developments in the Healthcare System at the Federal Ministry of Health)
• Dr. Hannes Schlieter (TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, Chair of Systems Development)
• Prof. Dr. Jochen Schmitt (TU Dresden, Faculty of Medicine, Center for Evidence-based Healthcare).

Moderation:

• Dr. Felix Rösel (ifo Dresden and TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, Chair of Finance)

01.07.2021: How do we deal with (life) risks?

The corona crisis shows that people, science and politics perceive (health) risks very differently. The spectrum of individual and communicated perceptions ranges from panicked fear to stoic serenity. In the panel on July 1, 2021, the topic of risk and decision-making was discussed in an interdisciplinary manner, with a focus on the future. How can we enable people to correctly assess risks? Which risks do we accept - and which do we not? How can society, and therefore politics, deal with risks in the future? Our guests contributed a philosophical-historical, psychological and economic perspective to answer these questions.

The panelists were:

• Prof. Dr. Gerd Gigerenzer (Director Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy at the University of Potsdam).
• Prof. Dr. Jonas Grethlein (Professor of Classical Philology, University of Heidelberg)
• Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther (Director of the Institute of the German Economy)

Moderation:
Prof. Dr. Christian Leßmann (TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, Chair of Economics, esp. International Economic Relations)