Hearing on Web 3.0 and Metaverse in the Bundestag

Is Internet still just “uncharted territory” for government and lawmakers? And what about the next generation of the Internet, which is often called “Web 3.0” and includes things like metaverse and blockchain?

Well, at least there will be a hearing on the issues soon.

Time: Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Location: Berlin, Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus, conference room 3.101

The session will be broadcast live on Parliament TV and on the Internet at www.bundestag.de.

Visitors wishing to attend the on-site hearing are requested to register with the Committee Secretariat(adi@bundestag.de) by 12:00 noon the day before, indicating their name and date of birth.

The list of questions announced in the hearing can be found here. The experts present will be Dr. Malte Engeler, Jürgen Geuter (Research Director at ART+COM and
founding member of the Otherwise Network), Dr. Julian Jaursch (Stiftung Neue Verantwortung), Dr. Sebastian Klöß (Head of Consumer Technology, AR/VR & Metaverse, Bitkom e.V.), Prof. Dr. Philipp A. Rauschnabel (Professor of Digital Marketing and Media Innovation, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich), Molly White (software developer) and Lilith Wittmann (software developer).

However, everyone may form his or her own opinion on the selection of experts and the questions…

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