Our world, with its systems, products, and processes, is complex and increasingly confusing for people and businesses. We constantly wish we could take many perspectives into account and consider extensive information in order to get closer to our desire for predictability, controllability, and improvement in our lives. Digital twins already promise us this today.
A digital twin is a digital representation of a tangible or intangible object or process from the real world in the digital world. It is irrelevant whether the counterpart already exists in the real world or will only exist in the future.
We understand the digital twin as a tool that enables people to master complex “realities.”
With the “AK Digital Twin,” we want to shed light on digital twins, discuss their opportunities and risks, and provide guidance. Our goal is to create a qualified basis for the potential and benefits of digital twins:

• How can the digital twin integrate and connect different perspectives and disciplines of knowledge?
• What opportunities do new technologies, such as AI, create for digital twins and vice versa?
• What new areas of application are opening up as a result of digital twins?
• Can digital twins support transformation processes?
• What effects do digital twins have on our society and can they help us?