DLD Future Hub: Impact of AI

Vlad Ciurca is the Co-Founder of Techsylvania, a leading technology conference in Eastern Europe, and the deep-tech event Codiax. Previously, he held different management positions in his native country of Romania.

Prof. Walter Werzowa is a composer, entrepreneur, and innovator who has collaborated with Steven Spielberg, Robbie Williams, and Refik Anadol. As the founder of HealthTunes, a UCLA-endorsed non-profit streaming app, Prof. Werzowa is pioneering a new music as medicine modality. He also created the iconic Intel audio branding and co-completed Beethoven’s 10th Symphony with AI.

Wen-Yu Weng leads the Critical Minerals Mission at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the global non-profit championing a circular economy. Her team forges industry, policy and finance coalitions to keep critical minerals in productive use across the energy and digital transitions. Beyond EMF, Wen-Yu currently serves as a trustee of Earthwatch Europe and Groundwork London.

Xue Tan is Chief Curator and Head of Programme and Exhibitions at Haus der Kunst, Munich, and co-curator of the 15th Shanghai Biennale. From 2015 to 2024, she was the founding Senior Curator of Tai Kwun Contemporary in Hong Kong, one of Asia’s leading contemporary art centers.

Dr. Joseph (Yossi) Vardi is a co-chairman of DLD. With 40 years experience in building over 60 high-tech companies, he is one of Israel’s early entrepreneurs. Yossi co-pioneered instant messaging as the founding investor and the former Chairman of Mirabilis Ltd., creator of ICQ, later acquired by AOL.

Prof. Yuki M. Asano leads the Fundamental AI (FunAI) Lab at the Technical University of Nuremberg. Previously he led the QUVA lab at the University of Amsterdam, where he collaborated with Qualcomm AI Research. His group pioneers research on self-supervised and multimodal Large Language Models.