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Factual, informative, straightforward.

Nicole Formica-Schiller publishes regularly as an author, writes articles, and statements. Factual, informative, straightforward.
Current developments, in a national and global context, presented in an understandable and exciting way. With the right mix of foresight and pragmatism. Not abstract, but with concrete examples.

Nicole Formica-Schiller makes digital opportunities visible and forward-looking topics present. Thought-provoking and with an infectious enthusiasm for the topics around her expertise.

A digital wake-up call!
Listed as “top pre-order”.

The new book by Nicole Formica-Schiller “Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in Healthcare: How COVID-19 and future-oriented technologies are revolutionizing the status quo“. Recognized by and included as expert book into the German Parliament’s library.

Facts, background knowledge and practical application examples. Unexpected inter-connections. Memorably visualized with illustrations and tables. With a fascinating outlook on our future digital health system.

So far, one of the few, if not the only, book on the market that combines artificial intelligence and blockchain for healthcare in one publication.
For all those who question the status quo in healthcare. With curiosity and a desire for digital change.

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European Health Data Space: Transforming health data access and sharing

In this report Nicole Formica-Schiller provides an overview of the current proposal for the European Health Data Space (EHDS), outlined by the European Commission Proposal dated 3rd May 2022, its challenges and issues with implementation as well as potential implications for the healthcare system. Followed by her key findings and recommendations.

Statement “Regulation” by Nicole Formica-Schiller for the German Israeli Health Forum for Artificial Intelligence (GIHF-AI) supported by German Federal Ministry of Health

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Handelsblatt Journal Special Feature “Health” with Nicole Formica-Schiller

Digital thought leader Nicole Formica-Schiller featured in German leading business journal Handelsblatt sharing her views on Artificial Intelligence in Life Sciences and Healthcare as well as the role of Big Tech. Including her recommendations for an investor-friendly tech ecosystem, AI innovation made in Europe, EHDS and EU AI regulation.

„Artificial Intelligence as push for innovation in Life Sciences and Healthcare.“

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OECD Digital Economy Papers:
The AI Footprint

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems can use massive computational resources, raising sustainability concerns. Nicole Formica-Schiller contributed to this report on how to improve understanding of AI environmental impacts, and help measure and decrease AI’s negative effects. While enabling it to accelerate action for the good of the planet.

Distinguishing direct environmental impacts of developing, using and disposing AI systems and equipment, from indirect costs and benefits of AI applications. Recommending measurement standards, expanding data collection, identifying AI-specific impacts, looking beyond operational energy use and emissions, improving transparency and equity. To help policy makers make AI part of the solution to sustainability challenges.

Measuring Environmental Impacts of Artificial Intelligence Compute and Applications

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AI Knowledge and Education Center:
Focus Health

As part of the program “Future Centers (AI)”, KIWW, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Nicole Formica-Schiller explains the use of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare: How to best benefit from AI as key technology? Can we create a human-centered, trustworthy and transparent AI? Why are data and European projects with national scope such as “European Health Data Space” (EHDS) important prerequisites? What is the role of AI EU regulation? What are her recommendations for a positive impact of AI in healthcare?

„Technological innovation, digital sovereignty, disruptive innovation and interdisciplinarity are indispensable for a sustainable healthcare system! Implementing sustainability and ethics in a goal-oriented way.“

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E-Health – Europe between AI innovation and investment demands: Digitalization in the context of Private Equity and global technology trends, while parts of Asia and the US push ahead.

Nicole Formica-Schiller discusses technological trends and venture capital investment with a focus on US and China, why no healthcare system can do without digitization, data and AI, the role of Blockchain in healthcare. And what this has to do with current economic, geopolitical, societal digital developments.

»Germany is facing a complete reorientation.«

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OECD Digital Economy Papers:
“A Blueprint for Building National Compute Capacity for Artificial Intelligence”

Governments are partially launching AI strategies without knowing if they have the computing capacity to implement them. AI has special infrastructure needs. To help countries prepare, the OECD launched “A Blueprint for Building National Compute Capacity for Artificial Intelligence”. With contributions by Nicole Formica-Schiller this report lays out recommendations to help countries assess and build their AI compute capacity. To better support national AI
policies.

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Artificial Intelligence and Digital Sovereignty Quo Vadis?

The question of appropriate balance of digital ethics and innovation in the digital age of human-machine interaction.

In today’s digital world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) influences daily life. Unnoticed by many. In her foreword related to the book project “GenZ”, Nicole Formica-Schiller takes an in-depth look at questions arising in that context and provides an outlook up to the year 2035: What about ethical aspects and biases? How about digital sovereignty? What responsibility do we have as society for the development of a human-centered technology?

Nicole Formica-Schiller sheds light on whether our control over technology and control by technology is becoming increasingly blurred.

True to her motto: we need a world in which digital innovation enriches our lives without at the same time limiting our freedom and autonomy.

Foreword by Nicole Formica-Schiller in the context of “U30For35 – Thoughts of today for the country of tomorrow”

Additional (selected, ongoing)

Books – Book Chapters – Legal Commentaries (EU AI Act)

Formica-Schiller, N., Kommentierung Art. 64 EU KI-Verordnung (KI-Governance für Startups, KMUs und Industrie: Das KI-Büro der Europäischen Kommission im Zusammenhang mit digitalpolitischen Programmen der EU) (engl.: Commentary on Art. 64 EU AI Act – AI Governance for Start-ups, SMEs and Industry: The European Commission’s AI Office in the Context of EU Digital Policy Programs). In Andrae, S., Pohle, J. (Eds.), KI-Verordnung (EU AI Act): Handbuch für Unternehmen, Juristen und Praktiker, Erich Schmidt Verlag (to appear).

Formica-Schiller, N., Kommentierung Art. 65 EU KI-Verordnung (Das KI-Board: Einrichtung, Aufgaben und Struktur des Europäischen KI-Gremiums) (engl.: Commentary on Art. 65 EU AI Act – The AI Board: Establishment, Tasks, and Structure of the European AI Board). In Andrae, S., Pohle, J. (Eds.), KI-Verordnung (EU AI Act): Handbuch für Unternehmen, Juristen und Praktiker, Erich Schmidt Verlag (to appear.

Formica-Schiller, N., Kommentierung Art. 66 EU KI-Verordnung (KI-Wertschöpfungsketten, KI-Kompetenzen und Aufgaben des KI-Gremiums im Kontext von Geopolitik und internationaler KI-Governance) (engl.: Commentary on Art. 66 EU AI Act – AI Value Chains, AI Competencies, and Tasks of the AI Board in the context of Geopolitics and International AI Governance). In Andrae, S., Pohle, J. (Eds.), KI-Verordnung (EU AI Act): Handbuch für Unternehmen, Juristen und Praktiker, Erich Schmidt Verlag (to appear).

Formica-Schiller, N., Kommentierung Art. 67 EU KI-Verordnung (Angewandte KI-Innovation und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit für Unternehmen: Das Beratungsforum) (engl.: Commentary on Art. 67 EU AI Act – Applied AI Innovation and Business Competitiveness for Companies: The Advisory Forum). In Andrae, S., Pohle, J. (Eds.), KI-Verordnung (EU AI Act): Handbuch für Unternehmen, Juristen und Praktiker, Erich Schmidt Verlag (to appear).

Formica-Schiller, N., Kommentierung Art. 68 EU KI-Verordnung (Das Wissenschaftliche Gremium unabhängiger Sachverständiger vor dem Hintergrund von Generativer KI und Policy) (engl.: Commentary on Art. 68 EU AI Act – The Scientific Panel of Independent Experts in the context of Generative AI and Policy). In Andrae, S., Pohle, J. (Eds.), KI-Verordnung (EU AI Act): Handbuch für Unternehmen, Juristen und Praktiker, Erich Schmidt Verlag (to appear).

Formica-Schiller, N., Kommentierung Art. 69 der Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und Rates über Regulierung von Künstlicher Intelligenz In Europa (Zugang zum Pool von Sachverständigen durch EU Mitgliedstaaten) (engl.: Comment on Art. 69 of the Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in Europe – Access to the Pool of Experts by EU Member States). In Andrae, S., Pohle, J. (Eds.), KI-Verordnung (EU AI Act): Handbuch für Unternehmen, Juristen und Praktiker, Erich Schmidt Verlag (to appear).

Formica-Schiller, N., Kommentierung Art. 70 EU KI-Verordnung (Analyse der politischen Entscheidungsfindung, Regulierung und Governance von KI auf nationaler Mitgliedsstaatebene bei Benennung nationaler Behörden und zentraler Anlaufstellen für Unternehmen und Stakeholder) (engl: Comment on Art. 70 EU AI Act – An Analysis of Political Decision-Making, Regulatory Approaches, and AI Governance at Member State Level: Focusing on the Designation of National Authorities and Central Contact Points for Companies and Stakeholders). In Andrae, S., Pohle, J. (Eds.), KI-Verordnung (EU AI Act): Handbuch für Unternehmen, Juristen und Praktiker, Erich Schmidt Verlag (to appear).

Formica-Schiller, N., Künstliche Intelligenz und Digitale Souveränität Quo Vadis? Die Frage nach angemessener Balance von digitaler Ethik und Innovation im digitalen Zeitalter der Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion (engl.: AI and Digital Sovereignty Quo Vadis? The Appropriate Balance between Digital Ethics and Innovation in the Digital Age of Human-Machine Interaction). In Nogai, Z. (Ed.), U30for35, Gedanken von Heute für das Land von Morgen (engl.: U30for35, Today’s thoughts for the country of tomorrow), ISBN 979-8856399768, 2023.

Formica-Schiller, N. Künstliche Intelligenz und Blockchain im Gesundheitswesen – Wie COVID-19 und zukunftsweisende Technologien den Status quo revolutionieren (engl.: Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in Healthcare – How COVID-19 and Pioneering Technologies Revolutionize the Status-Quo), ISBN 9783437235917, Elsevier, Urban & Fischer, 2021.

Studies – Technical Reports etc.

Formica-Schiller, N., et al., A Blueprint for Building National Compute Capacity for AI, OECD Digital Economy Papers, No. 350, p. 1-63, OECD Publishing, 2023.

Formica-Schiller, N., et al., Measuring The Environmental Impacts of Artificial Intelligence Compute and Applications – The AI Footprint, OECD Digital Economy Papers, No. 341, p. 1-56, OECD Publishing, 2022.

Formica-Schiller, N., Evaluation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) and Regulation: Transforming Health Data Access and Sharing, GIHF-AI, p. 1-5, 2022.

Formica-Schiller, N., et al., Stellungnahme zur Startup-Strategie 2022 der Deutschen Bundesregierung (engl.: Position Paper on the German Government’s Startup Strategy 2022), German AI Association, 2022

Formica-Schiller, N., et al., Feedback to the European Commission’s Regulation Proposal on Artificial Intelligence (EU AI Act), German AI Association, p. 1-9, 2021.

Formica-Schiller, N., et al., Positionspapier zur EU-Regulierung von Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI-VO) (engl: Position Paper on the EU AI Regulation – EU AI Act), German AI Association, 2021.

Formica-Schiller, N., et al., Joint Recommendations for AI Regulation in the European Union, German AI Association, 2020.

Journal Papers – Magazine Articles – Expert Contributions (Interviews, TV, Podcast etc.)

Formica-Schiller, N., in Investoren, Startups und Künstliche Intelligenz als Schlüssel für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit (engl.: Investors, Start-ups, and AI as Competitive Advantage), ORF, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, TV-interview, 2025.

Formica-Schiller, N., in Digitalministerium darf kein Alibi sein (engl.: Digital Ministry Must not be an Alibi), Salzburger Nachrichten, interview, 2025.

Formica-Schiller, N., in Das Potenzial von Künstlicher Intelligenz in der Unternehmenspraxis (engl.: The Potential of AI for Companies), Credit Suisse Annual Flagship Congress for Entrepreneurs, TV-interview, 2023.

Formica-Schiller, N., in Künstliche Intelligenz und das wachsende Dickicht des Datenrechts (engl.: Artificial Intelligence and the Increasing Complexity of Data Law), In-house Counsel, 01/2023, p. 52-55, 2023.

Formica-Schiller, N., in Unleashing the Power of AI for Sustainable AI Adoption and Blockchain in the Health Industry and Beyond, The London Financial, interview, 2023.

Formica-Schiller, N., in Künstliche Intelligenz im Gerichtssaal: Wie weit darf Legal Tech gehen? (engl.: Artificial Intelligence in the Courtroom: How far Shall Legal Tech go?), National Geographic, interview, 2022.

Formica-Schiller, N., in Mehr FIHR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) für die Welt und das Potential des Europäischen Gesundheitsdatenraums (engl.: More FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) for the World and the Potential of the European Health Data Space), Tagesspiegel „Health & E-Health“, interview, 2022.

Formica-Schiller, N., in Deutschland steht vor einer kompletten Neuausrichtung – Nicole Formica-Schiller über Venture Capital in den USA, Asien und Europa, Innovation, Policy und Digital Health Strategien, (engl.: Germany Faces a Complete Re-Alignment – Nicole Formica-Schiller on Venture Capital and AI in the US, Asia and Europe, Innovation, Policy and Digital Health Strategies), E-Health-Com, 05/2021, p. 46-51, interview, 2021.

Formica-Schiller, N., in Digitale Innovation lebt durch interdisziplinären Austausch (engl.: Digital Innovation Thrives on Interdisciplinary Exchange), BreakingThrough, interview, 2021.

Formica-Schiller, N., in EU-KI-Verordnung: Deutliche Nachbesserungen gefordert (engl.: EU AI Act: Significant Amendments Required), Tagesspiegel „Digitalisation and AI, interview, 2021.

Formica-Schiller, N., in Künstliche Intelligenz: So schwierig gestaltet sich die rechtliche Regulierung von KI (engl.: Why the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence is so Difficult), Handelsblatt, interview, 2021.

Formica-Schiller, N., in Digitalisierung, KI, Blockchain und Brüssel (engl.: Digitalisation, AI, Blockchain, and Bruessels), Tagesspiegel „Digitalisation and AI“, portrait and interview, 2021.

Formica-Schiller, N., in Vorsicht vor zu vielen Regeln für die Künstliche Intelligenz (engl.: Beware of Over-Regulating AI), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), podcast interview, 2021.

Formica-Schiller, N., in Im Porträt Nicole Formica-Schiller (engl.: A Portrait of Nicole Formica-Schiller), Tagesspiegel „Health & E-Health“, 2021.

Formica-Schiller, N., in Eine ungeheure Gefahr: Microsoft und Co. mischen Kriegswaffen-Markt auf (engl: A Tremendous Danger: Microsoft and Others Disrupt the Military Weapons Market), NTV, German Business News Channel, TV-interview, 2021.

Formica-Schiller, N., in Blockchain ist Mehr als Bitcoin (engl: Blockchain is More Than Just Bitcoin), Sheconomy Magazine, interview, 2021.

Stay tuned! Stay curious!

Further publications to be published on an ongoing basis.