Dr. Maria Börner
Dr. Maria Börner holds a Ph.D. in physics from CERN and DESY and is an expert in the field of AI. She is the head of the AI Competence Center at Westernacher Solutions. In this position, she is responsible for developing AI tools for government, church, and justice organizations. She strengthens the company's internal AI comptences and promotes them externally. She is also the deputy chairwoman of the Legal Tech working group at Bitkom and the German ambassador of the Women in AI network. Maria has worked in the field of AI for over eight years, focusing on responsible and ethical AI.
Session
Ethics is often treated like a product feature—something to be added at the end, polished for compliance, or marketed for trust. But what if that mindset is exactly what’s holding us back?
In this keynote, we’ll challenge the idea that ethics is optional or external to the development process. We’ll explore how ethical blind spots in AI systems—from biased models to black-box decisions to unsustainable compute—aren’t just philosophical dilemmas, but human failures with real-world consequences.
You’ll learn how to spot ethical risks before they become failures, and discover practical tools and mindsets to build AI that earns trust—without compromising on innovation. From responsible data practices to transparency techniques and green AI strategies, we’ll connect the dots between values and code.
This isn’t just a lecture—it’s a call to rethink how we build the future of AI—together.