Short Biography

Judith Gerlach (35), Member of the Bavarian State Parliament, chairs Germany’s first State Ministry for Digital Affairs since November 2018. She is pulling all the strings of the Bavarian digital strategy. In addition to driving forward state-of-the-art technologies such as AI and Blockchain, Minister of State Judith Gerlach sees digital administration as an important element in making the state ready for the digital transformation.

„Using AI helps us in saving resources. That creates economic, but also ecological advantages!
This is very important to me: AI is a good match for creating economic value and for building up sustainability at the same time.“

Judith Gerlach is patron for the DATA festival #online

Video: Digitalisierung in Bayern. Der Mensch im Mittelpunkt – Bayern