Im Workshop „KI im Handwerk – Was hat das mit mir zu tun?“, zu dem das Kompetenzzentrum Berliner Handwerker*innen im Rahmen des Learning Circles Nachhaltigkeit in Kooperation mit der Handwerkskammer Berlin einlädt, werden genau diese Fragen praxisnah beleuchtet.

Katja Anclam, Geschäftsführerin von difgl und KI-Expertin, gibt gemeinsam mit Carmen Albrecht (Beraterin für Innovation und Technologie sowie Betriebsberaterin für nachhaltige Unternehmensführung bei der Handwerkskammer Berlin) Einblicke in die Potenziale und Herausforderungen von KI im Arbeitsalltag. Neben einer verständlichen Einführung in grundlegende Konzepte stehen konkrete Anwendungsbeispiele und die Einordnung gesellschaftlicher Auswirkungen im Fokus.

Die Teilnehmenden erhalten die Möglichkeit, Perspektiven für den eigenen Arbeitskontext zu entwickeln und sich mit anderen über den Einsatz von KI im Handwerk auszutauschen.

Termine: 06.05. und 20.05.2026
Ort: Berlin
Teilnahme: kostenfrei

Der Workshop richtet sich an Handwerker*innen, die sich mit den Auswirkungen und Einsatzmöglichkeiten von KI in ihrem Arbeitsumfeld auseinandersetzen möchten.

Mehr Infos hier: https://kompetenzimhandwerk.de/event/herzliche-einladung-zum-workshop-ki-im-handwerk-was-hat-das-mit-mir-zu-tun-dein-werkzeug-deine-entscheidung/

With her experience at the intersection of creativity, education and sustainable development, she provides practical insights into how AI tools can support creative processes, generate content and strategically develop tourism offerings.

In the interactive online workshops, we work specifically with AI tools for text, image and marketing, discuss ethical and legal issues and create space for individual practical examples.

The offer is aimed at anyone who has already gained initial experience with AI and would now like to delve deeper into the application: How can target groups be analyzed? How do I optimize content for different platforms? And how can AI be used strategically in the development and marketing of creative tourism offerings?

Organizer:
The workshop is organized by the State Association of the Cultural and Creative Industries of Saxony e.V. and is part of the Makers, Business & Arts project, a main project of

European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025.

👉 More about the State Association of the Cultural and Creative Industries of Saxony e.V.
👉 Information about the “Makers, Business & Arts” project

SPLEE – Platform for Essays and Discourses

Last year, together with the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, we launched the project “SPLEE – Streaming Platform for Longreads and Essays from Europe”, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Our aim is to make European discourses accessible across borders to all citizens in their respective languages. With AI-supported translations and data visualization, we are facilitating access to essays from leading European media companies.

The project promotes democratic exchange and strengthens understanding of European perspectives. Our interactive website will be launched soon.

KIDD – Artificial Intelligence Serving Diversity

In the research project “KIDD – Artificial Intelligence Serving Diversity”, funded by the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs under the umbrella of the New Quality of Work Initiative (INQA), we have worked with our partners to develop quality criteria, training courses, the KIDD process and a self-audit for the diversity-sensitive implementation of AI systems. The project has been completed for several months, and we regularly incorporate our knowledge into our consulting services and workshops for companies and institutions.

Upcoming AI Events:

On March 11, 2025, difgl Managing Director Katja Anclam, together with Annette Gräfin von Wedel for female.vision, will be invited as an AI expert to the ver.di specialist conference “Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Retail” in Berlin. There, they will be running an interactive workshop on the fair and equitable use of AI. The conference will present practical ways in which retail employees can systematically participate in the introduction of AI and how interest groups can optimally exploit their rights to information, participation and co-determination with regard to AI.

More information here: https://handel.verdi.de/themen/++co++9ccf2940-d7d4-11ef-b40d-f365f03bf377 .

AI ImpactDays on April 09 – Artificial Intelligence for a Better World

This year, AI expert and difgl GF Katja Anclam will also be at the AI Impact Days in Berlin, the leading practical event for impact through artificial intelligence in the DACH region. Her mission: AI for Good!

More information here: https://ai-impactdays.socialimpact.eu .

The fact is: AI remains an important driver for a good life in the future. That is why we are further expanding our range of consulting services relating to trustworthy AI in 2025. Interested?

Katja will be speaking for the DIFGL on the exciting topic: “AI in Game Culture: Exploring Opportunities and Risks.”

What does a good life look like in the future? For this, we need positive visions for the use of AI! Come by and discuss with us the opportunities and challenges that AI and games hold for the future!

📍 Games Ground Berlin, hosted by Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur – all information here: https://www.stiftung-digitale-spielekultur.de/project/ai-utopia-dystopia/

Day 1 was dedicated to future technologies in tourism such as AI, big data, mobility, and VR. Renowned speakers such as Prof. Dr. Liudger Dienel (TU Berlin), Oliver Puhe (C.I.S.T.), and Dr. Christoph Lange-Bever (Fraunhofer FIT) shared insights into data-driven innovations and GAIA-X. Cyril Tuschis VR demo (SyncReality) with virtual tours and hotel visits offered participants first-hand impressions of the future of travel. Exciting future scenarios were developed in group work, which concluded the day. The evening ended with an aperitif and a historical lecture by Dr. Hartmut Kühne from the University of Leipzig on the beginnings of package tourism in the Middle Ages.

Day 2 was all about strategic approaches. Futurist and physicist Karl-Heinz Steinmüller led through the development of scenarios for 2030 and 2050, and Ziyi Huang provided exciting insights into innovative approaches in international tourism with a “look at China.” These global perspectives offered impulses that the participants could translate and adapt into the German tourism landscape. Influencer Jasmin Mühlbach from ReDiscover Brandenburg spoke in an interview with Fabienne Sand about her perspective as a “professional traveler” on the future challenges and opportunities in tourism.

Conclusion: Two intensive, productive days full of new perspectives, exciting impulses, and valuable results! A big thank you to all participants and the partners from the Mittelstand Digital Zentrum Tourismus and DIANA T for the inspiring collaboration and the exciting exchange. More to come! ✨

At herCAREER in Munich, experts from politics, research, media, and business discussed the pressing issues of our time: Is our liberal democracy in danger? What measures are necessary to counter populist movements and protect the pluralistic society?

Participants included Anette von Wedel from Female Vision e.V., Sophie Pornschlegel, Sabine Klisch, Yasemin Efiloglu from Volt Berlin, and difgl editor Fabienne Sand.

The conclusion: Everyone is called upon to actively commit to the future of Europe and strengthen European values.

With our recently launched research project “SPLEE – Streaming Platform for Longreads and Essays from Europe”, together with the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, we invite you to stand up for a pluralistic Europe.

The project, currently in the conception phase, aims to use an AI-supported platform to provide EU citizens with low-barrier, cross-border access to quality media, thereby creating a basis for the holistic communication of European discourses. In the connection of communication and modern technology, difgl sees the key to responding to the challenges of a digitized society and enabling pluralistic, democratic discourses in Europe.

An inspiring talk that motivates us to stand up for a united and democratic Europe! Thank you for the great conversations!

Difgl Managing Director Katja Anclam will be there as part of the kick-off event and expert for the socially responsible implementation of AI. Participants can expect a full-day, comprehensive kick-off program that includes work sessions, lectures, and keynotes, as well as best practice impulses and panel discussions.

As part of the Kick Off Event in Berlin on October 15, 2024, selected impact cases will be processed live in several parallel workshops. The aim is to show how the use of artificial intelligence can increase efficiency, develop innovative solutions and thus achieve a greater social impact.

Social startups, social entrepreneurs and impact companies are invited to apply to participate and have their cases processed by experienced AI experts. Participation is free of charge for the selected companies and offers a unique opportunity to use AI for positive change.

Giving space to one’s own creativity and political voice – difgl has already designed and submitted initial posters as part of the workshop program. As historians, difgl managing directors Katja Anclam and Christoph Henseler are not only advocates of peaceful and communal coexistence:

Topics such as cultural heritage and the reappraisal and preservation of the past are important approaches to working towards a good life in the future. Knowing and understanding what was is an elementary prerequisite for setting the right course in the future.

Posters specially designed and assembled: This will create a spectacular overall picture along the former course of the Wall. Visitors are invited to explore the former course of the Wall and, based on the thousands of testimonies, statements, and stories, to grasp what freedom meant for people then (and today)!