Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is one of the most sought-after experts in big data, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. The scholar and bestselling author holds the Chair of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute and previously spent ten years as a professor at Harvard. From 2018 to 2022, he was also a member of the German Federal Government's Digital Council.

He examines the societal consequences of data use and advocates for the right to be forgotten in the digital age. His book "Big Data" has been translated into 20 languages and topped international bestseller lists. Some of the central analyses in his bestseller were novel and controversial when it was published ten years ago, but are more relevant than ever today due to AI tools like ChatGPT.

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger advises companies, governments, and international organizations, among others. His research findings and ideas are implemented, for example, in the official policies of the European Union. He outlines a clear vision for the role of data-driven AI, as well as for human ingenuity, and emphasizes that strategies for digital transformation and data utilization must be adapted. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger vividly demonstrates how data and information become geopolitical power and provides strategic clarity in times of change.

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger owes his private passion for cinema to his mother: she ran a cinema and his children's room was literally behind the screen.