{"id":95585,"date":"2024-07-23T11:23:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T09:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=95585"},"modified":"2025-09-15T14:38:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:38:36","slug":"lea-steinacker","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/lea-steinacker\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00e9a Steinacker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>L\u00e9a Steinacker, PhD, is&nbsp;a social scientist,&nbsp;bestselling&nbsp;author,&nbsp;board member, and&nbsp;award-winning entrepreneur focused&nbsp;on how technology interacts with&nbsp;people, practices, and the planet.<\/strong><br><br>Her 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LArI3B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">book on artificial intelligence<\/a>, co-written with Prof. Dr. Miriam Meckel&nbsp;became an instant national bestseller.&nbsp;<br><br>For about a decade, she&nbsp;has researched the widespread impact of emerging technologies like AI, with publications on a range of topics like automated facial recognition, synthetic voice generation, quantum computing, as well as my original framework of Code Capital.&nbsp;She has worked intensively on the question of what opportunities and risks AI entails and how it can be developed, applied and managed in the best possible way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lea-steinacker-lecture-topics\">L\u00e9a Steinacker lecture topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Everything everywhere at once:<\/strong> How artificial intelligence is changing the world and what we can gain from it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AI in everyday life:<\/strong> Practical solutions for more efficient business processes \/ for traditional companies \/ for productive teams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Man with machine:<\/strong> AI skills as a productivity accelerator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ethical AI applications:<\/strong> Corporate success in the field of tension between European regulation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Beyond the code &#8211; AI skills for all:<\/strong> How to make your workforce fit for the future<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Learning organisations:<\/strong> Strengthening employee skills through Generative AI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With her expertise in emerging technologies and their wide-ranging effects, she is a member of the Board of Directors of Weleda AG, and a member of the AI Advisory Board of Ringier AG, one of Switzerland&#8217;s leading media companies, and a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen, teaching courses like &#8220;Social and Economic Impacts of Artificial Intelligence&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, L\u00e9a Steinacker co-founded and is\u00a0now\u00a0the Executive Chairwoman of\u00a0ada Learning\u00a0to accelerate organizational change by identifying, transforming, and uniting\u00a0leaders who amplify innovation from within.\u00a0Since its inception, ada has connected and worked with thousands of employees from DAX companies, SMEs, governments, and civil society organizations.\u00a0<br><br>Previously, she served as the Chief Innovation Officer of WirtschaftsWoche, Germany&#8217;s leading business magazine, where she also covered the future of work and socio-technological change. Prior to joining Handelsblatt Media Group, she worked with social justice NGOs in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was selected as a Forbes 30 Under 30 leader, one of Medium Magazine\u2019s Top 30 Under 30 journalists, a BCG Thought Leader, and an Atlantik Br\u00fccke Young Leader. In 2011, she was awarded the Henry Richardson Labouisse Prize\u00a0for independent research.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br><strong>L\u00e9a Steinacker holds degrees from Princeton University (A.B.), the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (MPP), and the University of St. Gallen (PhD).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L\u00e9a Steinacker, PhD, is&nbsp;a social scientist,&nbsp;bestselling&nbsp;author,&nbsp;board member, and&nbsp;award-winning entrepreneur focused&nbsp;on how technology interacts with&nbsp;people, practices, and the planet. 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