Welcome by Prof. Dr. Susanne Staude,
President Ruhr West Universty of Applied Sciences

Welcome by Minister Mona Neubaur,
Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of NRW

Opening keynote by Prof. Dr. Justus Haucap,
University of Düsseldorf and Director of Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE):
Algorithmic pricing and changing market structures

Panel Session 1:
Competition and Economic Growth

Von Maydell/Menzel: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence: Towards a Modernisation of Competition Policy

Shirota/Chakraborty/Sreekanth/Yoshiura: Ambidextrous Time Series Data Clustering with Amplitude- based and Shape-based Distances – Case Study of Indian Companies’ Growth Pattern of Aggregate Market Values

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Werner Halver

Panel Session 2:
Production

Menger/Ohler-Martins/Lemette/Martin: Automatic classification of files based on the classes of IEC 61355

Feld/Arens-Fischer/Schumacher: „KI-AGIL“ – an agile process model to make AI development accessible to SMEs

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Sonja Schade

Panel Session 4:
Forecasting

Vogt/Bönner/Römmich/Weiß/Türkoglu: Energy Stocks Price Forecast based on Sentiment Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms – Which approach performs best in day trading?

Köstner/Llacay/Alaminos: Forecasting Brent Oil Index Volatility: DeepAR vs LSTM

Johnen/Kley-Holsteg/Niemann/Ziel: Optimizing water supply – Application of probabilistic deep neural networks to forecast water demand in the short-term.

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Mark Oelmann

Panel Session 3:
AI and Humans

Moritz/Pomrehn/Steinmetz/Wehner: Between Algorithm Aversion and Appreciation: A Meta-Analysis about the (Un-)Fairness Perceptions of Algorithmic Decision-Making

Rana/Roemer/Pitz/Sickmann: Public perception of artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making systems: A systematic evaluation of newspaper articles using sentiment analysis

Simon: Toward a Structuralist Data Narratology

Roth/Ferizovic: Generational differences in framing social robot usage intention from a consumer behaviour point of view

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Tobias Meisen

Evening programme & dinner

18:00: EscapeRoom, Sandstraße 154-162, 45473 Mülheim an der Ruhr

20.00: Restaurant Mausefalle, Bogenstraße 8, 45468 Mülheim an der Ruhr;
Transfer by Taxi from the EscapeRoom to the restaurant will be provided.

Panel Session 5:
Applying and Regulating AI

Krüger, N./Stibe/Krüger, J.: Plug and Play AI – How Companies Can Benefit From AI as a Service

Matemane/Varaidzo/Mokabane: Artificial intelligence, cyber security risk and board characteristics in the fourth industrial revolution era: evidence from an emerging economy

Pantos: Supervisory approaches to AI regulation in insurance: the case of the UK prudential framework

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Michael Römmich

Panel Session 6:
Retailing and E-Commerce

Specker/Lahmeyer/Roemer/Thalmann/Huebner: Drivers and barriers of customers’ adoption of AI-driven AR apps in furniture retailing

Cortial/Chausse/Albouy-Kissi: A deep analyse of Product Space with graph learning methods

Mapila: Exploring the Adoption of AI for Customer Engagement Marketing by Small and Medium Enterprises in South Africa: A Literature Review of Challenges and Opportunities

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Sarah Hosell

Poster presentations (building 3):

Fischer/Grüter/Rimpler/Pimenta/Almeida/Lemette/Ohler-Martins: The potential of industrial usage of a machine learning model in classify the lubrication in tribological systems

Hofmann/Fehr: Magnetic Induction Tomography: Image Reconstruction with Deep Learning

Janzen/Gedikli: NewsRecs – A mobile app framework for conducting and evaluating online experiments for news recommender systems

Koltermann da Silva/Burrichter/Quirmbach: Radar-based precipitation nowcasting model for heavy rainfall in KIWaSUS research project

Pasch L./Pasch T./Tettenborn: Gender Gap in Financial Accounting Management in Germany? Status Quo and Possible Causes

Pudill: Feature Engineering in Natural Language Processing

& coffee break

Panel Session 7:
HR and Employment

Christenko: Effects of automation on work intensity: Evidence from select European Union countries

Pomrehn/Wehner: Affective Employee Reactions in Career Development: An Experimental Vignette Study

Eichenberg/Pudill/Rüschoff/Stockem Novo/Vogelsang: Vacancies, tasks and profiles for AI jobs

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Olga Hördt

Panel Session 8:
Finance & Accounting

Bravidor: Auditing Algorithms in the (Non-)Financial Audit: Status Quo & Way Forward

Lausberg/Eimuth/Stockem Novo: Barriers to the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Management Reporting

Rautenstrauch/Hummel/Isoz/Moser: Transforming Management Accounting with Robotic Process Automation – Requirements and Implications

Moderation: Prof. Tankiso Moloi, PhD

Panel Session 9:
Organisation and Workflow

Dandalt: Job Security & Physicians in the Age of AI: A Leaders’ Perspective

Harlacher/Altepost/Elsen/Ferrein/Hansen-Ampah/Merx/Niehues/Schiffer/Shahinfar: Approach for the Identification of Requirements on the Design of AI-supported Work Systems (in problem-based Projects)

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Anne Stockem Novo

Keynote by Prof. PhD Vincent Conitzer,
Carnegie Mellon University and University of Oxford:
AI, Economics and Philosophy

Keynote by Prof. John-Stewart Gordon, PhD,
Lithuanian University of Health Science:
Are superintelligent Robots entitled to Human Rights?

Discussion: Anne Stockem Novo, Vincent Conitzer, John-Stewart Gordon;
Moderation: Michael Vogelsang