Speaker Bio
Christian Merz is co-leading the BMZ funded programme FAIR Forward – Artificial Intelligence for all dealing with the responsible usage of Artificial Intelligence in international cooperation. Being with GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) for more than 5 years he co-coordinated the GIZ Data Lab. Beforehand he has worked within the Agricultural Development Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as the Senior Programme Officer for Digital Solutions.
Between 2011 and 2016 he managed SAP’s research program on ICT4D (Information and Communication Technologies for Development) covering agriculture, rural logistics, procurement & retail, financial services etc. He received his Diploma in Physics from the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, Germany.