Maria Furtwängler

Headshot of Maria Furtwängler, Co-Founder of the MaLisa Foundation

MaLisa Foundation

Maria Furtwängler is an acclaimed and multi award-winning-actress, producer and activist. She co-founded DLD Women. In 2016, she founded the MaLisa Foundation together with her daughter Elisabeth. The foundation’s work focuses on the protection of social diversity, biodiversity and the climate, a crisis that is the central issue of our time, if not our century.

Videos

Jan Plagge (Bioland), Maria Furtwängler (MaLisa Foundation), Matthias Berninger (Bayer) and Jan-Gisbert Schultze (Action Capital) discuss sustainable food production at the DLD Nature conference in Munich.

New Ways in Agriculture

Moderated by Maria Furtwängler, this DLD Nature session brings together three panelists with very different backgrounds to discuss strategies for producing food for a growing global population while preserving the environment and biodiversity.…
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Jane Lawton (Earth Species Project) speaks with Maria Furtwängler (MaLisa Foundation) at the DLD Nature conference in Munich.

New Ways of Understanding Nature

This DLD Nature panel discussion explores ways for humans to reconnect with nature and foster solidarity with other species. It’s also a wonderful example of diversity, as you’ll get to hear from three…
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Audience at DLD Nature conference listening to welcome speech by Elisabeth Furthwängler.

DLD Nature Opening & Welcome

In their opening remarks to the DLD Nature 2024 conference, hosts Maria Furtwängler and DLD founder Steffi Czerny make clear that stopping biodiversity loss and mitigating climate change are essential for all life…
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gender equality, digital age, Joy Buolamwini, Maria Furtwängler, Iris Bohnet, DLD conference

Gender Equality in the Digital Age

Is AI advancing or prohibiting gender equality? That’s the core issue that computer scientist Joy Buolamwini, Harvard University professor Iris Bohnet and Maria Furtwängler, founder of the MaLisa Foundation, discuss in this DLD…
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Articles

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Quick Takes from DLD Nature

When technology meets biodiversity a world of opportunities opens up. These insights from our recent conference show why it pays off to invest in healing the planet.
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Events

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DLD Munich 2025

Europe’s leading innovation conference celebrates its 20th anniversary from January 16-18, 2025, in Munich. Find out about speakers, location details and how to attend…
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DLD Nature conference, auditorium with speakers and audience

DLD Nature

Why invest in nature? Get expert insights about biodiversity, climate change and high-tech solutions that can help heal the planet. Join us for DLD Nature on September 12-13, 2024, in Munich…
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