Programme – Monday, 31 March 2025 

Legend for Participation Options: 

🏛️ In-person Only: Available only for on-site participants (no streaming) 

🌐 Hybrid Participation: On-site event with live streaming available for remote viewers 

From 09:00 onwards 

Arrival 

09:00 – 09:30 

🏛️ Networking over coffee, drinks and snacks 

09:30 – 10:00 

🌐 Introduction 

Sabina Leonelli (EDI Director, TUM), Markus Siewert (TUM Think Tank Managing Director) 

10:00 – 10:20 

🌐 Updates on EDI Development: Community Building and Policy (Chair: Philip Pfaller) 

Suchith Anand (EDI Outreach Director, University of Exeter), Kathryn Bailey (EDI Operations Director, University of Exeter) 

10:20 – 10:40 

🌐 Updates on EDI Development: Education 

Kim Hajek (EDI Research Fellow, TUM), Paul Trauttmansdorff (EDI Research Fellow, TUM) 

10:40 – 11:00 

🌐 Updates on EDI Development: Research 

Stephan Guttinger (EDI Research Lead, University of Exeter), Silvia Milano (EDI Research Lead, LMU) 

11:00 – 11:30 

🏛️ Coffee break 

11:30 – 12:00 

🌐 Flash Talks by EDI Affiliates: Session 1 (Chair: Kim Hajek) 

Denis Newman-Griffis (University of Sheffield & Research on Research Institute) “GRAIL: Shared Practices on Responsible AI in Research Funding” 

Ed Humpherson (Office for Statistics Regulation, United Kingdom) “The Ethics of Communicating Data in the Public Sphere: The Case of Official Statistics” 

Francis P. Crawley (International Data Policy Committee & CODATA-ISC) “Reconciling Socrates and Plato in the Ethics of Today’s Digital Landscape Supporting Science and Higher Education” 

12:00 – 13:00 

🌐 Keynote 1: Xiao-Li Meng (Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Data Science Review) (Chair: Sabina Leonelli)  

13:00 – 13:45 

🏛️ Working lunch with ideas maps 

13:45 – 14:15  

 🌐 Flash Talks by EDI Affiliates: Session 2 (Chair: Paul Trauttmansdorff) 

Louise Bezuidenhout (Leiden University) “Insights from CWTS and the UNESCO Chair in Diversity and Inclusion in Global Science” 

 
Davide Posillipo (MIRAI), Giuseppe Primiero (University of Milan & MIRAI) “Finding the Flaw: AI Ethical Debugging” 

Magdalena Eitenberger (University of Vienna, Department of Political Science) “Data Solidarity - Current Developments and Future Perspectives” 

14:15 – 15:15 

🏛️ Break Groups with consultation of community 

15:15 – 15:45 

🌐 Plenary Discussion with Reports back from break out groups 

15:45 – 16:15 

🏛️ Coffee break 

16:15 – 17:15 

🌐 Keynote 2: Hilary Hanahoe (Secretary General, Research Data Alliance) (Chair: Stephan Guttinger) 

17:15 – 17:30 

🌐 Final Reflections and Closing Remarks  

Sabina Leonelli (EDI Director, TUM)

17:30 – 18:30 

🏛️ Evening Reception