Press
Port of Hamburg: Digital Twins and What They Promise (Armin Beverungen)
A voice command to your smartphone and shortly afterwards the desired goods arrive – a promise of convenience. Being able to see what is happening at home while at work – a promise of security. Being able to control processes at the Port of Hamburg remotely – a promise of efficiency. Prof. Dr. Armin Beverungen, Randi Heinrichs and their international project partners are investigating the extent to which smart technologies are linked to promises of prosperity in the “Smartness as Wealth” research project.
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- Link to the article
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Conference
Urban Speculations: Cities, Technologies, Futures
The conference explores how cities have become key sites of speculation, where financial, technological, and social actors imagine and calculate urban futures through data, prediction, and experimentation. From smart city initiatives to Amazon’s logistical infrastructures, technological speculation now shapes the very fabric of urban life and governance. The conference invites critical reflection on how these speculative practices—ranging from prototyping and patenting to investing—redefine cities’ social, cultural, and political futures, and how alternative or resistant forms of speculation might emerge.
- 4-6 February 2025
- Centre for Digital Cultures, Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- Organized by Ilia Antenucci, Armin Beverungen, Maja-Lee Voigt, Randi Heinrichs, Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal
- Conference website
