Peter Bihr investigates how emerging technologies can benefit society. As an independent advisor, Peter Bihr works with philanthropies, non-profits & public sector at the intersection of tech, governance, policy and social impact. He is a special advisor to Stiftung Mercator’s Center for Digital Society.
Peter served as Interim Director for the European AI Fund. He co-founded ThingsCon e.V., a non-profit that advocates for responsible Internet of Things (IoT) practices. Peter was a Mozilla Fellow (2018-19) investigating trustable technology (IoT), and an Edgeryders Fellow (2019) studying smart cities from a civil rights standpoint. He was Managing Director of the independent research firm The Waving Cat GmbH from 2015 to 2021. He wrote View Source: Shenzhen (2017) and Understanding the Connected Home (with Michelle Thorne, 2015). Postscapes named him a Top 20 IoT Influencer (2019). On and off, Peter co-hosts the Getting Tech Right podcast.
Along the way, Peter has co-founded several acclaimed emerging technology conferences including ThingsCon, UIKonf, and Cognitive Cities Conference, and curated leading conferences such as Interaction16, NEXT, and TEDxKreuzberg.
His projects, ideas and antics have been featured in Forbes, the New York Times, SPIEGEL, The Guardian, ZDF, ZEIT and many other publications. His work has been shown at London Design Festival, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Fuori Salone. He blogs at thewavingcat.com.
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