Katja Richter

Managing Director

MediaTech Hub Potsdam

About Me

Katja Richter is Managing Director of MediaTech Hub Potsdam and has many years of experience as a founder, strategist and manager specialising in innovation and business model development. She was previously co-founder of beeta.one and COO/CFO of weeve GmbH, where her responsibilities included strategy, business development and business process management. Katja Richter is known for her passion for implementing new technologies, managing innovation processes and strategically networking companies. Her goal is to further develop the MediaTech Hub Potsdam as a central hub for media technologies and to establish Potsdam Babelsberg as a location with international appeal. With her entrepreneurial mindset, her expertise in the innovation ecosystem and her enthusiasm for digital media and technologies, Katja Richter is actively shaping the future of the MediaTech Hub Potsdam and providing new impetus for the media and technology landscape in Germany.

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Autonomy & Sovereignty: Securing Strategic Technologies

Countries are intensifying efforts to control strategic technologies like artificial intelligence, leading to significant investments and fierce competition for top talent. AI is becoming central to national agendas, reshaping economic policies and priorities. Industries are pooling resources to gain technological advantages, while the drive for autonomy prompts nations to build independent supply chains to reduce reliance on foreign entities. This focus on tech sovereignty has the potential to transform job markets and alter global power dynamics. How will this pursuit of technological self-sufficiency affect innovation and collaboration across countries? What implications does this have for businesses and individuals as control over technology becomes a strategic advantage?