State government sets up expert committee on digital change

Oldenburg. Prof Dr Susanne Boll-Westermann, Professor of Media Informatics and Multimedia Systems, and Prof Dr Ira Diethelm, Professor of Didactics of Computing Science, have been appointed to the Digital Council of Lower Saxony. The 20-member body is made up of representatives from science, politics, business, associations, media, education, ethics, labour and consumer protection. The inaugural meeting of the newly established council will take place during the CeBIT computer trade fair in Hanover on 20 March. In future, it will meet three times a year and advise the state government of Lower Saxony on issues relating to digital change, such as broadband expansion, automated driving and digital learning.

Source: University press release