AI is changing our everyday life's. But do you know what AI is, how it works, and where it is used or will be used in future? Join us at the AI Week's Family Day to interactive sessions, experiments, demos and much more. This event is dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of AI among the public.
The family day is for anyone interested with or without prior knowledge of AI, from all backgrounds and ages, from complete beginners to experts. Different research groups/institutes from RWTH, as well as partnering organizations and institutions, will present their work in Oecherlab and Fireplace, where anyone interested, whether children, pupils, students, adults or even seniors can learn and experience AI. Public lectures on AI will help people with and without any technical knowledge to understand how AI is influencing our life, where it is already used and how we can benefit from it. After the lectures, a debate on the benefits and consequences of chatGPT will be held in Fireplace. Some of the laboratories of the RWTH will open their doors to general public. This unique opportunity will give insight into the cutting-edge research on AI conducted at the RWTH University.
13:00 – 18:30
Locations: OecherLab (Kapuzinergraben 19 D, 52062 Aachen) and Fireplace (Theaterstraße 17, 52062 Aachen)
Event is open for everybody from 5 to 99 years old. No registration is required.
At two locations in the center of Aachen, experiments, demos and interactive activities will be available for the entire spectrum of age and technical knowledge: from young children to adults, from laypeople to experts.
Overview of exhibition booths at Fireplace:
Overview of exhibition booths at OecherLab:
Public lectures from 16:00 to 18:30 at Fireplace (Theaterstraße 17, 52062 Aachen)
Event is open for everybody from 5 to 99 years old. No registration is required.
Dr. 16:00 - 16:30
Vortrag "AI in Healthcare - Die Anwendung von künstlicher Intelligenz im Gesundheitswesen"
16:30 - 17:00
Vortrag "Enhanced Football Intelligence - FIFA’s data journey into the future"
17:00 - 17:30
Vortrag "Breaking boundaries with creative AI"
17:30 - 18:30
Panel discussion: "Large Language Models in everyday life: risks and opportunities of ChatGPT & Co."
Manfred Nettekoven
Chancelor of RWTH Aachen University
Prof. Dr. Holger H. Hoos
Alexander von Humboldt AI Professor and director of RWTH AI Center
Michael Göbbels
Principal of Couven Secondary School
Prof. Verena Nitsch
Director of Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics, RWTH Aachen University
13:00 – 18:00
Map and overview of the labs offering individual visits:
Event is open to interested participants. Registration via Eventbrite is required and will start in September.
Selected laboratories will open their doors and give general public a unique opportunity to learn more about their state-of-the-art research work on AI.
16:00 – 17:30
Wall-E (2008, Animation / Science Fiction / Romance, for young children and families, 97’)
Location: Eden Palast, Franzstraße 45, 52064 Aachen
Synopsis: A machine responsible for cleaning a waste-covered Earth meets another robot and falls in love with her. Together, they set out on a journey that will alter the fate of mankind.
Movie introduced with a talk by an AI Expert. Event open to all citizens. Tickets available online or at the venue.
19:30 – 23:00
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019, Science Fiction, +12, 128’)
Location: Eden Palast, Franzstraße 45, 52064 Aachen
Synopsis: When an advanced Terminator is sent into the past, a cyborg and a seasoned female warrior team up to stop the death of a young woman who is fated to ensure the survival of the human race.
Event open to all citizens. Tickets available online or at the venue.
20:00 – 22:00
The Creator (2023, Science Fiction, +13, approx. 120’)
Location: Cineplex Aachen, Borngasse 30, 52064 Aachen
Synopsis: Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war—and humankind itself.
Event open to all citizens. Tickets available online or at the venue.
The RWTH AI Week is organized and supported by the Board of Directors by the RWTH Center for Artificial Intelligence.
Feel free to contact the organizing team if you have any questions about the RWTH AI Week 2023.
B.A. Maddy Ruppé
Research Network Coordinator, AIM Chair
B.Sc. Diana Safarpour Malekabad
Student Assistant, RWTH AI Center
