Maria Furtwängler
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.
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Welcome Back: A Call to Nature and Climate Action at DLD25
As Maria Furtwängler (MaLisa Foundation) and Eckart von Hirschhausen (Foundation Healthy Planet, Healthy People) welcome back the audience to day 2 of DLD Munich 2025, they discuss the urgent need to address biodiversity…
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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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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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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 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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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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DLD Munich 2026
From January 15-17, 2026, DLD Munich will bring together more than 250 speakers across different disciplines. Find out how to attend the premier gathering of the year…
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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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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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