Topics & Protocols:
It is our goal to make the discussion on the responsible use of new technologies in FCAS as transparent as possible. Therefore, the agenda, participants and the topics discussed during the meetings of the experts panel will be published.
Responsible use of AI und a FCAS
March 31st 2023
9am to 3pm, Berlin
Agenda
| 09:00-09:05 | Welcome | Michael Schoellhorn |
| 09:05-09:10 | Status Update | Wolfgang Koch, Florian Keisinger |
| 09:10-10:15 | Military Threat Scenarios 2040 | Ben Hodges |
| 10:15-11:45 | „Ethics-by-design“: AI in a FCAS-Status of the Demonstrator | Presentation Airbus, Fraunhofer, DMI. Discussion: All |
| 11:45-13:15 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-14:15 | IEEE 7000 standard and its use potential for AI in defence | Wolfgang Koch |
| 14:15-14:30 | Short presentation of the book „Bundeswehr der Zukunft: Verantwortung und KI“ | Amelie Stelzner |
| 14:30-14:45 | Summary & way-ahead | All |
Participants FCAS Forum & guests:
Prof. Dr. Helmut Aust (FU Berlin, FU Berlin, International Law & Internationalization of the Legal System)
Nora Bossong (Novelist)
Anja Dahlmann (Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, Head of Berlin office)
Björn Ebersoll (MoD, Strategic Planing)
Bruno Fichefeux (Airbus, Head of FCAS programme)
Torsten Fiolka (Fraunhofer FKIE, Researcher)
Dr. Sophie-Charlotte Fischer (ETH Zürich, Center for Security Studies, Senior Researcher)
Giorgio Franceschini (Heinrich-Böll-Foundation,Policy Advisor Foreign & Security Policy)
Dr. Ulrike Franke (European Council on Foreign Relations, Senior Research AI Governance, Future of Humanity Institute)
Thomas Grohs (Airbus DS, Chief Engineer FCAS)
General (rt.) Ben Hodges (LTG US Army rt. Former Commanding General US Army Europe)
Dr. Bruno Kahl (BND, President)
Dr. Florian Keisinger (Airbus DS, Campaign Director FCAS)
Daniel Klatz (BND, Planing Unit)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Koch (Fraunhofer FKIE, University Bonn)
Dr. Christian Mölling (German Council on Foreign Relation, Deputy Director)
Oberst Jörg Rauber (MoD Planing FCAS)
General Ansgar Rieks (Air Force, Deputy Air Chief)
Isabell Sarasin (MoFA, Deputy Head of the Armament Control Unit)
PD. Dr. Frank Sauer (Bundeswehr University Munich, Senior Researcher)
General Markus Schetilin (MoD, Head of FCAS programme)
Dr. Michael Schoellhorn (Airbus DS, CEO)
PD. Dr. Hartwig von Schubert (GIDS, Senior Research Fellow)
Dr. Tassilo Singer (Capgemini, Chapter Lead & AI@Defence)
Dr. Ellen Ueberschär (Theologian)
Dr. Johannes Winter (European AI Research Centre L3S, Chief Strategy Officer)
Theresa Caroline Winter (Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation, Policy Advisor Security & Defence Policy)
Dr. Christina Krause (Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Head of Department International Policy & Security)
Carl Wrede (DLR, Head of Department Strategy & ELSA-Research)
Members of German Parliament (Bundestag):
As guests several Members of German Parliament Bundestag from the policy areas of Defence, Foreign Affairs and Disarmament will participate.
Responsible use of technologies in a FCAS
28 October 2022
Agenda
| 09:30-09:40 | Welcome | Wolfgang Koch, Florian Keisinger |
| 09:40-10:00 | FCAS Programme Update | Markus Schetilin, Bruno Fichefeux |
| 10:00-11:00 | On the transfer of the rules of humanitarian law into AI | Tassilo Singer |
| 11:00-12:15 | Ethical aspects of AI in military scenarios: Update on the “Ethics by design for FCAS” demonstrator | Airbus, Fraunhofer FKIE, DMI |
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:30-14:30 | On the integration of Defence & AI into the IEEE 7000 Standard (value-based engineering) | Wolfgang Koch |
| 14:30-15:00 | Summary & way-ahead | All |
Participants:
Nora Bossong (Writer)
Prof. Dr. em. Armin B. Cremers (International Center for Information Technology, Bonn)
Anja Dahlmann (Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, Head of Berlin Office)
Bruno Fichefeux (Airbus, Head of FCAS)
Torsten Fiolka (Fraunhofer FKIE, Senior Researcher)
Sophie-Charlotte Fischer (ETH Zürich)
Giorgio Franceschini (Heinrich-Böll-Foundation, Foreign- and Security Policy Expert)
Dr. Ulrike Franke (Senior Policy Fellow ECFR/Governance of AI Fellow Future of Humanity Institute)
Ferdinand Gehringer (Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Foreign- and Security Policy Expert)
Thomas Grohs (Airbus, Chief-Engineer FCAS)
Bert van Heukelom (Data Machine Intelligence Solutions GmbH, Managing Director)
Florian Keisinger (Airbus, Campaign Director FCAS)
Daniel Klatz (Federal Intelligence Service)
Wolfgang Koch (Fraunhofer FKIE, University Bonn)
Bernhard Krach (Airbus, Senior System Design Engineer)
Martin Lederer (Data Machine Intelligence Solutions GmbH, Managing Director)
Jörg Rauber (Ministry of Defence, Planning Unit FCAS)
Isabell Sarasin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Head of Division Armament Control)
Frank Sauer (Bundeswehr Universität München, Senior Researcher)
Markus Schetilin (Ministry of Defence, Head of FCAS)
Hartwig von Schubert (Theologist & Senior Research Fellow GIDS)
Tassilo Singer (Capgemini, Chapter Lead & AI@Defence)
Ellen Ueberschär (Theologist)
Christoph Vernaleken (Airbus, Expert Human Factors Engineering)
Carl Wrede (DLR-MI, Head of Strategy und ELSA-Research)
Responsible use of technologies in a FCAS
30th September/1st October 2021
30 September 2021, 7pm: Dinner 01 October 2021, 9:00am to 3pm: Working-session
Agenda (01 October)
| 09:00-09:15 | Welcome | Michael Schoellhorn |
| 09:15-09:30 | Update | Wolfgang Koch, Florian Keisinger |
| 09:30-10:45 | Status of the discussions & update on the UN negotiations on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems | Christian Leitges, Albrecht von Wittke, Frank Sauer, all |
| 10:45-11:00 | Short Break | |
| 11:00-13:00 | „Ethics by design for a FCAS“: Scenario presentation & discussion | Airbus, Fraunhofer, DMI, all |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Wrap-up & way-ahead | Wolfang Koch, Florian Keisinger |
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Helmut Aust (FU Berlin, International Law & Internationalization of the Legal System)
Nora Bossong (Writer)
Prof. Dr. em. Armin B. Cremers (International Center for Information Technology, Bonn)
Anja Dahlmann (German Institute for International and Security Affairs, SWP, Associate)
Brig. General Andreas Delp (GE Air Force Command)
Bruno Fichefeux (Airbus DS, Head of FCAS)
Sophie-Charlotte Fischer (ETH Zürich)
Giorgio Franceschini (Heinrich-Böll-Foundation, Foreign- and Security Policy)
Dr. Ulrike Franke (Senior Policy Fellow ECFR/Governance of AI Fellow Future of Humanity Institute)
Thomas Grohs (Airbus DS, Chief-Engineer FCAS)
Florian Keisinger (Airbus DS, Campaign FCAS)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Koch (Fraunhofer FKIE, University Bonn)
General Christian Leitges (GE Ministry of Defence, Head of FCAS)
Paruvana Ludszuweit (Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, International and Security Office)
Dr. Christian Mölling (Policy Fellow ECFR/Governance of AI Fellow Future of Humanity Institute)
Oberst Jörg Rauber (GE Ministry of Defence, Planning Unit FCAS)
John Reyels (GE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Cyber Policy Coordination Staff)
Dr. Frank Sauer (Bundeswehr Universität München, Senior Researcher)
Dr. Michael Schoellhorn (Airbus DS, CEO)
Dr. Hartwig von Schubert (Theologist & Senior Research Fellow GIDS)
Dr. Ellen Ueberschär (Theologist)
Colonel Luis Villar (SP Ministry of Defence, Chief of the National Project Office for the NGWS/FCAS)
Christof Wachter (Federal Intelligence Service)
Dr. Johannes Winter (acatech, Head of the platform „Learning Systems“)
Nicola Winter (Pilot & engineer)
Albrecht von Wittke (GE Federal Foreign Office, Head of Division for Conventional Arms Control and Disarmament)
Nils Wörmer (Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Head of International and Security Office)
Carl Wrede (DLR-MI, Head of Strategy und ELSA-Research)
Experts for the “ethics-by-design”-project:
Jan Feil (Airbus DS, Dept. for Automated Target Recognition, ATR)
Dr. Felix Govaers (Fraunhofer FKIE)
Bert van Heukelom (Managing Director Data Machine Intelligence Solutions GmbH)
Dr. Bernhard Krach (Airbus, Senior System Design Engineer)
Martin Lederer (Managing Director Data Machine Intelligence Solutions GmbH)
Dr. Christoph Vernaleken (Airbus DS, Expert Human Factors Engineering)
Responsible use of technologies in a FCAS
30 April 2021
Agenda
| 09:00-09:05 | Welcome | Dirk Hoke |
| 09:05-09:15 | Update | Wolfgang Koch, Florian Keisinger |
| 09:15-10:15 | Presentation & discussion of the paper „The responsible use of AI in a FCAS“ by Airbus engineers | Bernhard Krach, Thomas Grohs, all |
| 10:15-10:30 | Short Break | |
| 10:30-11:45 | „Ethics by design for a FCAS“: Ideas for an operationalization based on selected case studies | Airbus, Fraunhofer FKIE, DMI, Prof. Sarah Spiekermann, all |
| 11:45-12:00 | Wrap-up & way-ahead | Wolfang Koch, Florian Keisinger, all |
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Helmut Aust (FU Berlin, International Law & Internationalization of the Legal System)
Nicola Baumann (Pilote & engineer)
Nora Bossong (Writer)
Prof. Dr. em. Armin B. Cremers (International Center for Information Technology, Bonn)
Anja Dahlmann (German Institute for International and Security Affairs, SWP, Associate)
Dr. Jeannine Drohla (GE Ministry of Defence, International Law, Legal Basis for Armed forces Operations, Constitutional obligations; Human rights)
Marco Fey (GE Ministry of Defence, Arms Control and New Technologies)
Bruno Fichefeux (Airbus, Head of FCAS)
Sophie-Charlotte Fischer (ETH Zürich)
Dr. Ulrike Franke (Senior Policy Fellow ECFR/Governance of AI Fellow Future of Humanity Institute)
Thomas Grohs (Airbus, Chief-Engineer FCAS)
Bert van Heukelom (Managing Director Data Machine Intelligence Solutions GmbH)
Dirk Hoke (Airbus, CEO Airbus Defence and Space)
Florian Keisinger (Airbus, Campaign FCAS)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Koch (Fraunhofer FKIE, University Bonn)
Dr. Ullrich Kühn (Political Scientist & Peace researcher)
Martin Lederer (Managing Director Data Machine Intelligence Solutions GmbH)
General Christian Leitges (GE Ministry of Defence, Head of FCAS)
Dr. Christian Mölling (Policy Fellow ECFR/Governance of AI Fellow Future of Humanity Institute)
Oberst Jörg Rauber (GE Ministry of Defence, Planning Unit FCAS)
John Reyels (GE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Cyber Policy Coordination Staff)
General Ansgar Rieks (Deputy Chief of the GE Air Forces)
Dr. Frank Sauer (Bundeswehr Universität München, Senior Researcher)
Dr. Hartwig von Schubert (Theologist & Senior Research Fellow GIDS)
Prof. Dr. Sarah Spiekermann (University Vienna, Head of Institute for Information System and Society)
Dr. Ellen Ueberschär (Theologist)
Christof Wachter (Federal Intelligence Service)
Dr. Johannes Winter (acatech, Head of the platform „Learning Systems“)
Nils Wörmer (Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Head of International and Security Office)
Carl Wrede (DLR-MI, Head of Strategy und ELSA-Research)
Working Group: The responsible use of technologies in a FCAS
October 1st & 2nd 2020
October 1st (Dinner, 7:00pm)
| Welcome | Dirk Hoke |
| Impuls (1) | Thomas Silberhorn |
| Impuls (2) | Susanne Baumann |
October 2nd
| 09:00-09:05 | Welcome & Introduction | Wolfgang Koch, Florian Keisinger |
| 09:05-09:20 | Update on the FCAS status & technology development | Thomas Grohs |
| 09:20-10:20 | Strategic threat horizon 2040 | Bruno Kahl |
| 10:20-10:50 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:50-11:20 | Constructive conflict cultures | Franz-Josef Overbeck |
| 11:20-12:45 | Value-Based Engineering for Ethics by Design | Sarah Spiekermann |
| 12:45-13:00 | An external perspective: Feedback on the discussion | Nora Bossong |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:00 | “Man-in-the-loop”? Design Principles for a responsible use of a FCAS | Wolfgang Koch |
| 15:00-15:40 | The European dimension of the discourse – Opportunities & Challenges | Peter Beerwerth, John Reyels |
| 15:40-16:00 | Summary & next steps | All |
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Helmut Aust (FU Berlin, International Law & Internationalization of the Legal System)
Ambassador Susanne Baumann (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control, Head of the Directorate-General for International Order, the United Nations and Arms Control)
Ambassador Peter Beerwerth (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Permanent Mission to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva)
Nora Bossong (Writer)
Prof. Dr. em. Armin B. Cremers (International Center for Information Technology, Bonn)
Anja Dahlmann (German Institute for International and Security Affairs, SWP, Associate)
Dr. Jeannine Drohla (GE Ministry of Defence, International Law, Legal Basis for Armed forces Operations, Constitutional obligations; Human rights)
Marco Fey (GE Ministry of Defence, Arms Control and New Technologies)
Bruno Fichefeux (Airbus, Head of FCAS)
Sophie-Charlotte Fischer (ETH Zürich)
Dr. Ulrike Franke (Senior Policy Fellow ECFR/Governance of AI Fellow Future of Humanity Institute)
General Gerald Funke (GE Ministry of Defence, Head of FCAS)
Thomas Grohs (Airbus, Chief-Engineer FCAS)
Dirk Hoke (Airbus, CEO Airbus Defence and Space)
Dr. Bruno Kahl (Federal Intelligence Service, President)
Florian Keisinger (Airbus, Campaign FCAS)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Koch (Fraunhofer FKIE, University Bonn)
Dr. Christian Mölling (German Council on Foreign Relations, DGAP, Deputy Director)
Dr. Franz-Josef Overbeck (Catholic Military Bishop of the GE Armed Forces and Bishop of Essen)
Oberst Jörg Rauber (GE Ministry of Defence, Planning Unit FCAS)
John Reyels (GE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Cyber Policy Coordination Staff)
General Ansgar Rieks (Deputy Chief of the GE Air Forces)
Dr. Frank Sauer (Bundeswehr Universität München, Senior Researcher)
Thomas Silberhorn, MP (GE Ministry of Defence, Parliamentary State Secretary)
Prof. Dr. Sarah Spiekermann (University Vienna, Head of Institute for Information System and Society)
Dr. Ellen Ueberschär (Theologist)
Dr. Emmeram Weis (Federal Intelligence Service)
Dr. Johannes Winter (acatech, Head of the platform „Learning Systems“)
Nils Wörmer (Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Head of International and Security Office)
Carl Wrede (DLR-MI, Head of Strategy und ELSA-Research)
Presentation of the “working group on the responsible use of technologies in a FCAS“ in a virtual panel discussion
May 14th 2020, 10am to 11am
Participants:
Ambassador Rüdiger Bohn (Deputy Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control)
General Gerald Funke (GE MoD)
Dr. Ulrike Franke (ECFR)
Thomas Grohs (Airbus, Chief Engineer FCAS)
Dr. Frank Sauer (Universität der Bundeswehr München)
Dr. Ellen Ueberschär (Theologist)
Moderation: Prof. Wolfgang Koch (Fraunhofer FKIE) and Florian Keisinger (Airbus)
Kick-off meeting
Sept. 26th 2019, in Bad Aibling
| 10:00-10:15 | Begrüßung und Vorstellung der Teilnehmer | alle |
| 10:15-10:30 | Ideenskizze zur Initiative | Wolfgang Koch, Florian Keisinger, Yvonne Hofstetter |
| 10:30-11:15 | Einführung in FCAS, v.a. mit Blick auf die Anwendung neuer Technologien | Thomas Grohs |
| 11:15-12:00 | FCAS aus Sicht des Kunden – Bedarfe und Anforderungen | Oberst Jörg Rauber |
| 12:00-13:00 | Mittagessen | |
| 13:00-13:45 | Geopolitische Dimension, Europa als Akteur in der Welt | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Menzel |
| 13:45-14:30 | Völkerrechtliche Perspektive | Prof. Dr. Helmut Aust |
| 14:30-14:45 | Kaffeepause | |
| 14:45-15:30 | Ethische Dimension – wo sind die Grenzen beim Einsatz neuer Technologien? | Dr. Ellen Ueberschär |
| 15:30-16:00 | Erwartungsabgleich Arbeitsgruppe Ethik & Technikverantwortung bei FCAS und weiteres Vorgehen | alle |
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Helmut Aust (FU Berlin, Völkerrecht & Internationalisierung d. Rechtsordnung)
Marco Fey (BMVg, Rüstungskontrolle Neue Technologien)
Bruno Fichefeux (Airbus, Programmleiter FCAS)
Dr. Ulrike Franke (Senior Policy Fellow ECFR/Governance of AI Fellow Future of Humanity Institute)
General Gerald Funke (BMVg, Projektleiter FCAS)
Dr. Dennis Göge (DLR, Leiter Sicherheitsforschung)
Thomas Grohs (Airbus, Chef-Ingenieur FCAS)
Yvonne Hofstetter (Juristin, IT-Unternehmerin, Autorin)
Florian Keisinger (Airbus, Kampagne FCAS)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Koch (Fraunhofer FKIE)
Dr. Ulrich Kühn (Rüstungskontrolle und Neue Technologien, Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg)
Prof. em. Dr. Ulrich Menzel (TU Braunschweig, Internationale Beziehungen)
Dr. Christian Mölling (Stellvertretender Direktor DGAP)
Dr. Ulrich Pohlmann (BMVg, Maßnahmen vernetzter Sicherheitspolitik, Wissenschaft & Gesellschaft)
Oberst Jörg Rauber (BMVg, Planung FCAS)
John Reyels (Auswärtiges Amt, Konventionelle Abrüstung und Rüstungskontrolle)
Dr. Frank Sauer (Universität der Bundeswehr München, Senior Researcher)
Michael Teichmann (BMVg, Völkerrecht, Rechtsgrundlagen der Einsätze der Bundeswehr, verfassungsrechtlicher Bezüge; Menschenrechte)
Dr. Ellen Ueberschär (Theologin)
Dr. Emmeram Weis (BND, Mitarbeiter Leitungsstab)
Dr. Johannes Winter (acatech, Leiter Plattform „Lernende Systeme“)