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15 & 16 April 2026
Heidelberg – Karlstorbahnhof

AI Conference Vision & Impact

Network & learn from AI pioneers how to build profitable, AI-powered companies.

AI Business Conference • B2B Exhibition • Networking Festival

Surround yourself with leading AI experts, build powerful connections, and accelerate the next stage of growth for your business and leadership.

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Two days of Conference,
Exhibition & Festival

120+

Speakers

1000+

Attendees

50+

Partners

7

Stages

Fun

Festival

Conference

  • Keynotes from top speakers
  • Expert masterclasses
  • Panels & live workshops
  • Knowledge transfer
  • Green mobility connecting conference areas
  • Showcases & success stories

B2B Exhibition

  • Connect your business with AI companies
  • Multiple exhibition zones
  • Topic-specific areas
  • Open doors for partnerships
  • Product presentations
  • Live robot demonstrations

Networking Festival

  • Event after-party
  • Networking side events
  • Relaxed atmosphere
  • DJs & live music
  • AI in art and music
  • Food trucks, restaurants & catering stations

Join Leaders from:

  • IBM
  • Linux
  • Adidas
  • Aleph Alpha
  • Aws
  • Bosch
  • Cgi
  • Covestro
  • Deloitte
  • Ernw
  • Fraunhofer Iao
  • Google
  • Greentech
  • Heidelberg
  • Ibm
  • Linux Foundation
  • Meta
  • Microsoft
  • Oracle
  • Quantum
  • Sap
  • Unitree
  • Zeiss

Our Special Guests

G1 EDU Humanoid Robot

G1 EDU Humanoid Robot

Rising personnel costs and limited scalability are slowing your growth. Experience the G1 EDU live and discover how agile humanoid robots automate complex physical tasks—reducing costs, increasing operating time, and unlocking new ROI potential where traditional automation reaches its limits.

Ubtech Walker S2 Humanoid Robot

Ubtech Walker S2 Humanoid Robot

Labor shortages and fluctuating service quality are weighing on your results. Experience the Walker S2 live and see how humanoid robots take over repetitive interactions—reducing operating costs, standardizing processes, and scaling customer-facing operations, all without additional staff.

You can see the robots onsite 2 days all day long.

Business Vision & Impact Days

15 APRIL 2026

Vision Day

Discover where AI creates competitive advantage — today.

Vision Day shows where AI creates competitive advantages today and in the future: key trends, breakthrough technologies, and their long-term impact on the economy, industries, and society.

16 April 2026

Impact Day

From strategy to execution: scale real business impact.

Day 2 focuses on practical implementation — identifying high-value use cases, integrating AI into existing systems, and scaling solutions across teams and processes. It’s about turning ambition into measurable results.

Attend one day for focused insight — or both for the full journey from strategy to implementation. Day 1 explores the opportunity. Day 2 shows how to turn it into real business impact.

Discover our inspiring Speakers

AI Agents & Automation

Dr. Jörg Müller — profile

Dr. Jörg Müller

Director | IT Consultant SAP Business Intelligence

Dr. Jörg Müller — logo
Enno Rey — profile

Enno Rey

Founder of ERNW Research, ERNW & TROOPERS conference.

Enno Rey — logo
G1 Humanoid-Roboter — profile

G1 Humanoid-Roboter

Humanoid agent AI avatar

G1 Humanoid-Roboter — logo
Go2 — profile

Go2

Vierbeiniger Roboter mit integrierter KI

Go2 — logo
Ralf Müller — profile

Ralf Müller

Architect | Former Software Developer

Ralf Müller — logo
Walker S2 — profile

Walker S2

Next-Generation Industrieller Humanoider Roboter

Walker S2 — logo
Polina Galkin — profile

Polina Galkin

Head of PhD Programs

SAP_2011_logo.svg
Jonathan Freund — profile

Jonathan Freund

Manager | Data & AI

Jonathan Freund — logo
Matthias Borstell — profile

Matthias Borstell

Partner

Matthias Borstell — logo
Baby Bot d.cyphr bb1 — profile

Baby Bot d.cyphr bb1

Baby Junior AI Agent

Baby Bot d.cyphr bb1 — logo
Amelie Buss — profile

Amelie Buss

Project Coordinator Artificial Intelligence

Amelie Buss — logo
Daniil Starikov — profile

Daniil Starikov

Senior Product Owner | Digital Cement Operations

Daniil Starikov — logo
Dr. Sara Monji Azad — profile

Dr. Sara Monji Azad

Senior Research Associate | AI Research & Development

Dr. Sara Monji Azad — logo
Dr. Valerian Cimniak — profile

Dr. Valerian Cimniak

ML & Data Lead |

Dr. Valerian Cimniak — logo
Inga Ecker — profile

Inga Ecker

CLT Lead & Doctoral Candidate | Automotive | Fusion Energy | AI & Quantum Computing

Inga Ecker — logo
Georgina Gallizo — profile

Georgina Gallizo

AI Lead | Data Center Management & Infrastructure Lifecycle Services | Cloud & AI Innovation | Certified Data Center Environmental Sustainability Specialist

Georgina Gallizo — logo
Sebastian Warkentin — profile

Sebastian Warkentin

CEO | Digital Transformation | Strategic Planning | Business Development | Smart Cities | Business Strategy

Sebastian Warkentin — logo
Pallavi Mitra — profile

Pallavi Mitra

AI Research Scientist | AI Lab | Safe AI

Pallavi Mitra — logo
Michelle Pürsten — profile

Michelle Pürsten

AI Lead Business Unit GTO

Michelle Pürsten — logo
Matthias Walenda — profile

Matthias Walenda

CEO

Matthias Walenda — logo
Mohammad Anees Raza — profile

Mohammad Anees Raza

Founder & CEO | Building SlideCoach | EXIST Holder

Mohammad Anees Raza — logo
Torsten Hufsky — profile

Torsten Hufsky

CEO & Founder | AI for Empowerment

Torsten Hufsky — logo
Vincent Rachor — profile

Vincent Rachor

Senior Technology Consultant | Former BearingPoint

Vincent Rachor — logo
Maja Willimowski — profile

Maja Willimowski

Microsoft AI Consultant

Maja Willimowski — logo
Christin‑Jasmin Schleidt — profile

Christin‑Jasmin Schleidt

Head of AI Engineering & Governance

Christin‑Jasmin Schleidt — logo
John Turcus — profile

John Turcus

AI Product & Strategy Leader | Former Adidas

John Turcus — logo
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Humm — profile

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Humm

Professor | Former Head of Research @ sd&m

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Humm — logo
Mark Mattingley-Scott — profile

Mark Mattingley-Scott

Chief Revenue Officer | Former NATO

Mark Mattingley-Scott — logo
Carsten Kraus — profile

Carsten Kraus

AI & Data Science Expert | Forbes Technology Council | Business Angel of the year | Founder Omikron, FACT-Finder, casablanca.ai, ... #Multipreneur | Business Punk Top100 | Innovator | Keynote Speaker

Carsten Kraus — logo
Enver Cetin — profile

Enver Cetin

Senior Manager | AI

Enver Cetin — logo
Dr. Simon Gottschalk — profile

Dr. Simon Gottschalk

Project Manger | Group Leader @ L3S Research Center | Project Manager @ DAISEC - European Digital Innovation Hub for AI and Cybersecurity

Dr. Simon Gottschalk — logo
Christian Späte — profile

Christian Späte

Head of Development

Christian Späte — logo
Sieer Angar — profile

Sieer Angar

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Sieer Angar — logo
Prof. Dr. Holger Fröning — profile

Prof. Dr. Holger Fröning

Professor for HW & AI | Director (managing) of the Institute of Computer Engineering (ZITI)

Prof. Dr. Holger Fröning — logo
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hesser — profile

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hesser

Radiotherapy Specialist

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hesser — logo
Dr.-Ing. Karl-Michael Nigge — profile

Dr.-Ing. Karl-Michael Nigge

Founder | Product & pricing leader in industrial AI, software and hardware

Dr.-Ing. Karl-Michael Nigge — logo
Marcel Kaufmann — profile

Marcel Kaufmann

Team Lead | Proxy Product Owner | Software Engineer

Marcel Kaufmann — logo
Dina Kohler — profile

Dina Kohler

AI Consulting and Implementation for Industry

Dina Kohler — logo
Bartosz Kajdas — profile

Bartosz Kajdas

Science-Tech Venture Building Expert

Bartosz Kajdas — logo

AI Creativity, Marketing & HR

Michael Dietz — profile

Michael Dietz

Customer Engineering Manager, Digital Natives

Michael Dietz — logo
Maryam Arabshahi — profile

Maryam Arabshahi

Data Scientist | AI Specialist | Speaker | Female Empowerment | Sustainability

Maryam Arabshahi — logo
Wolfgang Brickwedde — profile

Wolfgang Brickwedde

TOP 1 HR Influencer lt. Personalmagazin | HR Top Voice

Wolfgang Brickwedde — logo
Hans-Petter Dalen — profile

Hans-Petter Dalen

Business Executive EMEA | Scaleable AI

Hans-Petter Dalen — logo
Daniel DataDan Mühlbauer-Kerber — profile

Daniel DataDan Mühlbauer-Kerber

KI & People Analytics für HR | +30k folgen für Klarheit statt KI-Hype | Views = 100% mine

Daniel DataDan Mühlbauer-Kerber — logo
Prof. Benjamin Zierock — profile

Prof. Benjamin Zierock

Innovation & Research Collaboration Team

Prof. Benjamin Zierock — logo
Dr. Roscoe Araujo — profile

Dr. Roscoe Araujo

Senior Project Manager Transformation | HR & AI | AI Transformation | Former Global Human Resources Business Partner @ thyssenkrupp

Dr. Roscoe Araujo — logo
Prof. Dr. Johannes Berger — profile

Prof. Dr. Johannes Berger

Professor of HR Analytics | HR Controlling | Business Administration | Former Head of HR Analytics & Technology @ Covestro

Prof. Dr. Johannes Berger — logo
Julian Yogeshwar — profile

Julian Yogeshwar

Mitgründer, Keynote-Speaker & Geschäftsführer

Julian Yogeshwar — logo
Katharina Brenner — profile

Katharina Brenner

Founder

Katharina Brenner — logo
Dr. Michael Scharp — profile

Dr. Michael Scharp

Head of Research – Sustainability & Transformation

Dr. Michael Scharp — logo
Andreas Loroch — profile

Andreas Loroch

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

Andreas Loroch — logo
Thomas Riedel — profile

Thomas Riedel

Journalist

Thomas Riedel — logo
Yvonne Wenzel — profile

Yvonne Wenzel

Partnerin | Former CEO @ HAAS MEDIA GmbH

Yvonne Wenzel — logo
Karsten Kammholz — profile

Karsten Kammholz

Partner | Former Chief Editor @ Mannheimer Morgen Großdruckerei & Verlag GmbH

Karsten Kammholz — logo
Felix Schneider — profile

Felix Schneider

Athlete & Venture Advisor | Host

Felix Schneider — logo
Florian Nick — profile

Florian Nick

CTO and Computer Vision Engineer

Florian Nick — logo
DJ Vlader — profile

DJ Vlader

Artist, Producer

DJ Vlader — logo
Hannah Valentin — profile

Hannah Valentin

Founder | Artist

Hannah Valentin — logo

AI Agents & Automation

Enno Rey — profile

Enno Rey

Founder of ERNW Research, ERNW & TROOPERS conference.

Enno Rey — logo
G1 Humanoid-Roboter — profile

G1 Humanoid-Roboter

Humanoid agent AI avatar

G1 Humanoid-Roboter — logo
Meret Marie Scheidemann — profile

Meret Marie Scheidemann

Senior Consultant Change Management | Workforce Transformation | Certified Trainer, Keynote Speaker & Podcast Host

Meret Marie Scheidemann — logo
Christophe Chieu — profile

Christophe Chieu

Senior Solutions Engineer

Christophe Chieu — logo
Go2 — profile

Go2

Vierbeiniger Roboter mit integrierter KI

Go2 — logo
Philipp Glaser — profile

Philipp Glaser

Bridging Human Expertise & Agentic AI — Leading Scalable Transformation in Manufacturing | Project Director

Philipp Glaser — logo
Ralf Müller — profile

Ralf Müller

Architect | Former Software Developer

Ralf Müller — logo
Walker S2 — profile

Walker S2

Next-Generation Industrieller Humanoider Roboter

Walker S2 — logo
Matthias Patzak — profile

Matthias Patzak

Executive in Residence | Advisor & Evangelist | CTO | Tech Speaker & Author

Matthias Patzak — logo
Negin Schmidt — profile

Negin Schmidt

Consultant/ AI Engineer

Negin Schmidt — logo
Michael Kolb — profile

Michael Kolb

Head of AI Engineering

Michael Kolb — logo
Thomas Südbröcker — profile

Thomas Südbröcker

Senior Engineer - IBM Build Engineering | Solution Architect | Al Engineer

Thomas Südbröcker — logo
Baby Bot d.cyphr bb1 — profile

Baby Bot d.cyphr bb1

Baby Junior AI Agent

Baby Bot d.cyphr bb1 — logo
Dr. Dominik Rether — profile

Dr. Dominik Rether

CEO

Dr. Dominik Rether — logo
Dr. Theresa Bick — profile

Dr. Theresa Bick

Senior AI Specialist

Dr. Theresa Bick — logo
Amelie Buss — profile

Amelie Buss

Project Coordinator Artificial Intelligence

Amelie Buss — logo
Michael Kohl — profile

Michael Kohl

Senior Manager/ CFO Agenda

Michael Kohl — logo
Cansu Yapici — profile

Cansu Yapici

Interim Team Lead Data-Driven Transformation

Cansu Yapici — logo
Kathrin Schmidt — profile

Kathrin Schmidt

Senior Consultant - SAP Integration Technology

Kathrin Schmidt — logo
Cayo Moraes — profile

Cayo Moraes

Automation Architect - Tech Sales IT Automation

Cayo Moraes — logo
Dr. Sven Wanner — profile

Dr. Sven Wanner

CEO

Dr. Sven Wanner — logo
Malte Menkhoff — profile

Malte Menkhoff

Platform Technical Architect - Automation

Malte Menkhoff — logo
Dr. Michael Kröger — profile

Dr. Michael Kröger

CEO | CEO @ InnovationLab GmbH

Dr. Michael Kröger — logo
Dr. Michael Otte — profile

Dr. Michael Otte

Managing Partner & Founder

Dr. Michael Otte — logo
Dr. Safa Omri — profile

Dr. Safa Omri

Head of Cognitive Service Technologies at Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO

Dr. Safa Omri — logo
Michael Magrian — profile

Michael Magrian

Technical Sales Engineer

Michael Magrian — logo
Matthias Walenda — profile

Matthias Walenda

CEO

Matthias Walenda — logo
Maja Willimowski — profile

Maja Willimowski

Microsoft AI Consultant

Maja Willimowski — logo
Thomas Kropf — profile

Thomas Kropf

Member of The Supervisory Board

Thomas Kropf — logo
Clarissa Vogelbacher — profile

Clarissa Vogelbacher

Entrepreneur & Independent Consultant

Clarissa Vogelbacher — logo
Thorsten Veith — profile

Thorsten Veith

Director

Thorsten Veith — logo
Dr. Markus Rosenfelder — profile

Dr. Markus Rosenfelder

Head of AI Strategy

Dr. Markus Rosenfelder — logo
Dr. Philipp Lechleiter — profile

Dr. Philipp Lechleiter

Head of Digital City

Dr. Philipp Lechleiter — logo
Andreas Maring — profile

Andreas Maring

Senior AI Product Manager

Andreas Maring — logo
Dr. Sara Jourdan — profile

Dr. Sara Jourdan

CEO & Co-founder

Dr. Sara Jourdan — logo
Jutta Werbelow — profile

Jutta Werbelow

Communications & PR

Jutta Werbelow — logo
Thuy Dao — profile

Thuy Dao

Senior Product Owner

innoenergy
Dr. Christoph Garbe — profile

Dr. Christoph Garbe

CEO

Dr. Christoph Garbe — logo
Barbara Müller-Geskes — profile

Barbara Müller-Geskes

Organisational Consultant | Former Head of Corporate Development & Executive Office @ Hessischer Rundfunk

Xtern-Controlling UG
Mareike Schimmelpfennig — profile

Mareike Schimmelpfennig

Team Lead & (Proxy) Product Owner

Mareike Schimmelpfennig — logo
Johannes Haux — profile

Johannes Haux

CEO | Shareholder @ Sysmagine GmbH

Johannes Haux — logo
Eric Dauenhauer — profile

Eric Dauenhauer

CEO | AI and EU AI Act Specialist | Experienced Leader in Product Management & Business Development | Committed to Shaping Europe's AI Future

Eric Dauenhauer — logo
Manuel Haupt — profile

Manuel Haupt

AI Venture Architect

Manuel Haupt — logo
Jens Kehm — profile

Jens Kehm

Founder | Digital Sovereignty Advisor | Mentor & Speaker | AI Adoption & Digital Transformation

Jens Kehm — logo
Ludwig Kannicht — profile

Ludwig Kannicht

Co-Founder | Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board @ subject:RESOUL

Ludwig Kannicht — logo

AI Creativity, Marketing & HR

Wolfgang Brickwedde — profile

Wolfgang Brickwedde

TOP 1 HR Influencer lt. Personalmagazin | HR Top Voice

Wolfgang Brickwedde — logo
Florian Kieser — profile

Florian Kieser

Leadership & AI

Florian Kieser — logo
Rüdiger Pläster — profile

Rüdiger Pläster

Chief AI Officer (Executive Board Member) | Business Consulting | Strategic Management | AI in Marketing

Rüdiger Pläster — logo
Kapilan Koch — profile

Kapilan Koch

Co-Founder | VP of Platform | Former Mercedes-Benz Group AG

Kapilan Koch — logo
Katharina Brenner — profile

Katharina Brenner

Founder

Katharina Brenner — logo
Dr. Thomas Albin — profile

Dr. Thomas Albin

Co-Founder | AI Engineer | Former Senior Machine Learning Engineer @ Mercedes Benz AG

Dr. Thomas Albin — logo
Fabian Schrodt — profile

Fabian Schrodt

Founder & CEO

Fabian Schrodt — logo
Pierre Groh — profile

Pierre Groh

CEO & Founder Performance Gateway Creator of VITAL-TALK®

Pierre Groh — logo
Thomas Riedel — profile

Thomas Riedel

Journalist

Thomas Riedel — logo
Yvonne Wenzel — profile

Yvonne Wenzel

Partnerin | Former CEO @ HAAS MEDIA GmbH

Yvonne Wenzel — logo
Karsten Kammholz — profile

Karsten Kammholz

Partner | Former Chief Editor @ Mannheimer Morgen Großdruckerei & Verlag GmbH

Karsten Kammholz — logo
Felix Schneider — profile

Felix Schneider

Athlete & Venture Advisor | Host

Felix Schneider — logo
Florian Nick — profile

Florian Nick

CTO and Computer Vision Engineer

Florian Nick — logo

Network like no other. A two-day networking experience.

Hosted Round Tables

Exclusive, moderated discussions with a small group of decision-makers — focused, interactive, and outcome-driven.

Curated Meetups

Topic-focused networking sessions with hand-picked participants — relevant conversations with the right people.

Business Speed Dating

Fast-paced 1:1 meetings with decision-makers and industry leaders — direct, efficient, and business-focused.

Built for CEOs, researchers, entrepreneurs, and tech leaders. Curated networking formats integrated throughout the conference program.

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Agenda 2026

Saal
Kino
TIKK
KLUB
Seminarraum
Backstage
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00

Community Breakfast

08:30 – 09:30

Al Agents & Automation

German

Welcoming from Matthias

Superintelligence for All: Empowering People, Brands, and the Future of Human Connection

10:05 – 10:30

Al Agents & Automation

English

AI Superpowers: And What About Europe?

10:35 – 11:15 German
Enno Rey — profile
Enno Rey
Carsten Kraus — profile
Carsten Kraus
John Turcus — profile
John Turcus

Licence to Automate: Mehr James Bond in Ihrer Unternehmensplanung

11:30 – 11:55

Al Agents & Automation

English
Dr. Jörg Müller — profile
Dr. Jörg Müller

The evolution of explainable AI: Between research and application

12:00 – 12:15

Al Agents & Automation

English
Polina Galkin — profile
Polina Galkin

Wie wird Forschung marktfähig – Grüße aus dem Elfenbeinturm!

12:20 – 13:00

Al Agents & Automation

German
Ralf Müller — profile
Ralf Müller
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hesser — profile
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hesser

Networking Lunch

13:00 – 14:00

Al Agents & Automation

English

G1 Humanoid-Roboter

14:00 – 14:20

Al Agents & Automation

English
Thomas Endres — profile
Thomas Endres
Jonas Mayer — profile
Jonas Mayer

Mehr als Automatisierung: Wie KI als Teammitglied den Kundensupport neu definiert

14:25 – 14:45

Al Agents & Automation

German
Inga Ecker — profile
Inga Ecker

Die KI-Gesellschaft: Zwischen Furcht und Euphorie

14:50 – 15:30

Al Agents & Automation

German
Hans-Petter Dalen — profile
Hans-Petter Dalen
Wolfgang Brickwedde — profile
Wolfgang Brickwedde
Inga Ecker — profile
Inga Ecker

HR vs IT? Better Together: Das Operating Model für KI in HR

15:35 – 16:15

AI HR

German
Dr. Roscoe Araujo — profile
Dr. Roscoe Araujo
Prof. Dr. Johannes Berger — profile
Prof. Dr. Johannes Berger
Julian Yogeshwar — profile
Julian Yogeshwar
Daniel DataDan Mühlbauer-Kerber — profile
Daniel DataDan Mühlbauer-Kerber

Operationalise AI faster, better, more reliably and completely trusted

16:20 – 17:00

Al Agents & Automation

English
Hans-Petter Dalen — profile
Hans-Petter Dalen

Closing from Matthias

Netwoking Party

18:00 – 19:00

Al Agents & Automation

English
DJ Vlader — profile
DJ Vlader

AI Today: Real Capabilities, Real Limits and What Leaders Actually Need to Know

10:30 – 10:50

Al Agents & Automation

English
John Turcus — profile
John Turcus

Speedboat vs. Deep Dive: Die richtige KI-Strategie für Unternehmen

10:50 – 11:25

Al Agents & Automation

German
John Turcus — profile
John Turcus
Sieer Angar — profile
Sieer Angar

Generative AI in Oracle APEX No-Code/Low-Code platform

11:30 – 11:50

Al Agents & Automation

English
Ralf Müller — profile
Ralf Müller

From Volatile Energy Markets to Smart Production: Building Digital Products in Cement Industry

12:30 – 12:50

Applied AI

English
Daniil Starikov — profile
Daniil Starikov

Pause

13:00 – 14:00

Al Agents & Automation

English

Europäische harmonisierte Normung zum AI Act

14:25 – 14:45

Al Agents & Automation

German
Amelie Buss — profile
Amelie Buss

Haftungsfragen: Weniger Risiko, mehr Freiheit.

14:50 – 15:30

Life Science AI

English
Prof. Dr. Julia Gokel — profile
Prof. Dr. Julia Gokel
Christian Erbacher — profile
Christian Erbacher
Dr. med. Parinaz Yavarzadeh — profile
Dr. med. Parinaz Yavarzadeh
Anna Windisch — profile
Anna Windisch

Ohne Daten keine KI: Mehrwert schaffen zwischen Datenstrategie, Souveränität und Datenschutz

15:35 – 16:15

Al Agents & Automation

German
Falk Borgmann — profile
Falk Borgmann
Dr. Nils Kaufmann — profile
Dr. Nils Kaufmann
Fabian Schlier — profile
Fabian Schlier
Martin Mayr — profile
Martin Mayr
Dr. Sara Jourdan — profile
Dr. Sara Jourdan

Angewandte KI: UN Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung voranbringen

16:20 – 16:40

Applied AI

German
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Humm — profile
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Humm

Auswirkungen von KI auf Rechenzentren und IT-Infrastruktur: Was Unternehmen jetzt neu denken müssen

16:45 – 17:05

Al Agents & Automation

German
Matthias Blatz — profile
Matthias Blatz

Arbeitsplätze der Zukunft: Wie wird das Office zum "Place to be"

10:30 – 10:50

Company Pitch

German
Thomas Numrich — profile
Thomas Numrich
Dr. Simone Burel — profile
Dr. Simone Burel

Mayor‑Ready Data: Wie Generative KI urbane Daten in entscheidungsreife Information transformiert

11:00 – 11:20

Spatial reasoning

German
Dr. Ernoe Kovacs — profile
Dr. Ernoe Kovacs
Malte Menkhoff — profile
Malte Menkhoff
Cayo Moraes — profile
Cayo Moraes

Future Insight Illuminating Tomorrow

11:30 – 11:55

Al Agents & Automation

English
Cristina Alves — profile
Cristina Alves

Menschliches Vermögen im KI-Zeitalter: Die neue Führungsqualität

12:00 – 12:25

AI HR

German
Andreas Loroch — profile
Andreas Loroch

Von Tech zu GreenTech: Wenn KI auf Klima- und Ressourcenschutz trifft

12:30 – 13:00

Green Tech AI

German
Birte Boysen — profile
Birte Boysen
Emma Schüttoff — profile
Emma Schüttoff
Dr. Andreas Wierse — profile
Dr. Andreas Wierse

Pause

13:00 – 14:00

Al Agents & Automation

English

BilRess: Mit Retrieval Augmented Generation die Bildungslücke schließen

14:00 – 14:20

Al Agents & Automation

German
Dr. Michael Scharp — profile
Dr. Michael Scharp

The Opposite of Good is Good Intentions

14:25 – 14:50

Al Agents & Automation

English
Sven J. Körner — profile
Sven J. Körner

From the Server Room to the Think Tank

14:55 – 15:35

Al Agents & Automation

English
Sebastian Warkentin — profile
Sebastian Warkentin
Dr. Michael Scharp — profile
Dr. Michael Scharp
Matthias Blatz — profile
Matthias Blatz
Georgina Gallizo — profile
Georgina Gallizo

Innovation first. Zwischen KI-Hype und echtem Wert.

15:45 – 16:10

AI Creativity & Marketing

German
Prof. Benjamin Zierock — profile
Prof. Benjamin Zierock

Was bei der Einführung von KI wirklich zählt

16:20 – 16:40

Al Agents & Automation

German
Martin Förtsch — profile
Martin Förtsch
Thomas Endres — profile
Thomas Endres

From Geometry to Intelligence at a Finger Tip

16:45 – 17:05

Al Agents & Automation

English
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hesser — profile
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hesser
Dr. Sara Monji Azad — profile
Dr. Sara Monji Azad

Wir alle halluzinieren – warum KI uns einen Spiegel vorhält

10:35 – 10:55

Al Agents & Automation

German
Dr. Christian Baron
Dr. Christian Baron

Quantum Reservoir Computing in the NeMoQC project

11:00 – 11:20

Quantum Computing

English
Steffen Leger — profile
Steffen Leger
Pedro Alves — profile
Pedro Alves

Robust Deep and Bayesian Learning

11:25 – 11:45

Al Agents & Automation

English
Prof. Dr. Holger Fröning — profile
Prof. Dr. Holger Fröning

KI-basierte Automatisierung in der Unternehmenskommunikation

11:50 – 12:10

Al Agents & Automation

German
Dr. Valerian Cimniak — profile
Dr. Valerian Cimniak

Smart Scaling: Wo SLMs und MoE-Modelle brillieren

12:15 – 12:35

Al Agents & Automation

English
Marcel Kaufmann — profile
Marcel Kaufmann
Dr. Simon Gottschalk — profile
Dr. Simon Gottschalk

KI Governance als Brücke zwischen Mensch und Maschine

12:40 – 13:00

Spatial reasoning

German
Christin‑Jasmin Schleidt — profile
Christin‑Jasmin Schleidt

Pause

13:00 – 14:00

Al Agents & Automation

English

Automation of work with AI

14:00 – 14:20

Applied AI

English
Thuy Dao — profile
Thuy Dao

Safe and Efficient AI: Building Reliable Models for Real-World Deployment

14:25 – 14:45

Applied AI

English
Pallavi Mitra — profile
Pallavi Mitra

Why Your Slides Are Killing Your Speech (And How AI Can Fix the Alignment)

14:55 – 15:25

Applied AI

English
Bartosz Kajdas — profile
Bartosz Kajdas
Mohammad Anees Raza — profile
Mohammad Anees Raza

Industrielle KI in der Praxis: Anwendungen, Herausforderungen und Mehrwerte

15:30 – 15:50

Applied AI

German
Dr.-Ing. Karl-Michael Nigge — profile
Dr.-Ing. Karl-Michael Nigge

Unstrukturierte Dateien. Strukturierte Daten. - Information Extraction in der Praxis.

15:55 – 16:15

Applied AI

German
Christian Späte — profile
Christian Späte

Wie verändert Künstliche Intelligenz unseren Wasserverbrauch

16:20 – 16:40

GreenTech AI

German
Fiona Sailer — profile
Fiona Sailer

Klone dich selbst! KI-Zwilling Masterclass: Delegieren statt verzetteln

11:00 – 11:50

Applied AI

English
Dina Kohler — profile
Dina Kohler

Build. Fund. Scale. – Wie Socratyes Start-ups erfolgreich auf Wachstumskurs bringt

12:00 – 12:45

Company Pitch

German
Sieer Angar — profile
Sieer Angar

Pause

13:00 – 14:00

Al Agents & Automation

English

Multimodal AI Driving the Next Wave of Startups

14:45 – 15:30

Spatial reasoning

English
Michael Dietz — profile
Michael Dietz

Smart Verdict - Wie kann GenAI Ihre Entscheidungsfindung auf die nächste Evolutionsstufe heben?

15:35 – 16:15

Al Agents & Automation

German
Jonathan Freund — profile
Jonathan Freund

Becoming a frontier firm

11:00 – 11:50

Al Agents & Automation

English
Torsten Hufsky — profile
Torsten Hufsky
Vincent Rachor — profile
Vincent Rachor

Pause

13:00 – 14:00

Al Agents & Automation

English

Fördermittelstrategie - Finanzierungsoptionen für Innovationsprojekte in den Feldern künstliche Intelligenz und Forschung

14:45 – 15:30

Al Agents & Automation

German
Daniel Niedermaier — profile
Daniel Niedermaier
Dr. Saskia Graf — profile
Dr. Saskia Graf
Simon Glaser — profile
Simon Glaser

From Expertise Bottleneck to AI Advisor: Reimagining SAP Cybersecurity Advisory and Investigation

15:35 – 15:55

Al Agents & Automation

English
Waseem Ajrab — profile
Waseem Ajrab
Saal
Kino
TIKK
KLUB
Seminarraum
Backstage
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00

Welcoming from Matthias

Designing Agentic AI Systems for Industrial Decision-Making

09:25 – 09:45

Al Agents & Automation

English
Philipp Glaser — profile
Philipp Glaser
Michael Kolb — profile
Michael Kolb

Leadership in Zeiten intelligenter Maschinen

09:50 – 10:25

Spatial reasoning

English
Thorsten Veith — profile
Thorsten Veith
Clarissa Vogelbacher — profile
Clarissa Vogelbacher
Jens Kehm — profile
Jens Kehm
Barbara Müller-Geskes — profile
Barbara Müller-Geskes

Künstliche Intelligenz erfolgreich anwenden

10:30 – 10:55

AI Creativity & Marketing

German
Florian Kieser — profile
Florian Kieser

GenAI skalieren: Warum 80% an Operating Model & Entscheidungsfähigkeit scheitern

11:00 – 11:15

Al Agents & Automation

German
Thomas Kropf — profile
Thomas Kropf

Re-Invent Yourself: Das neue Playbook für KI-Ökosysteme

11:20 – 11:55

Al Agents & Automation

German
Thomas Kropf — profile
Thomas Kropf
Johannes Haux — profile
Johannes Haux
Dr. Markus Rosenfelder — profile
Dr. Markus Rosenfelder

AIBOM: Transparenz und Sicherheit in KI- und Software-Wertschöpfungsketten

12:00 – 12:20

Cyber Security

German
Dr. Andreas Fehlner — profile
Dr. Andreas Fehlner

Networking Lunch

12:30 – 13:30

Al Agents & Automation

English

Agentic AI für Führungskräfte

13:30 – 13:55

Al Agents & Automation

German
Matthias Patzak — profile
Matthias Patzak

KI im Recruiting - was Arbeitgeber und Bewerbende wirklich nutzen

14:00 – 14:25

AI HR

German
Wolfgang Brickwedde — profile
Wolfgang Brickwedde

Keynote

14:30 – 14:45

Al Agents & Automation

English
Enno Rey — profile
Enno Rey

All your brain are belong to us – Cybersecurity risks of AI

14:50 – 15:25

Al Agents & Automation

English
Enno Rey — profile
Enno Rey
Roger Klose — profile
Roger Klose
Dr. Philipp Lechleiter — profile
Dr. Philipp Lechleiter
Hannes Mohr — profile
Hannes Mohr

KI in der Verwaltung: Chancen und Herausforderungen

15:30 – 15:50

Al Agents & Automation

German
Dr. Philipp Lechleiter — profile
Dr. Philipp Lechleiter

Closing from Matthias

Der Übergang zur Agent Economy: Wenn Software beginnt, Arbeit zu organisieren

09:30 – 09:50

Al Agents & Automation

German
Rüdiger Pläster — profile
Rüdiger Pläster

Bis zu Quantum Advantage und darüber hinaus: Ein Blick auf die 2026 IBM Quantum Roadmap

10:00 – 10:55

Quantum Computing

German
Ralf Schoppenhauer — profile
Ralf Schoppenhauer
Büsra Kösoglu-Kind — profile
Büsra Kösoglu-Kind

GenKI als Unterstützung für Brachen mit fehlgeschlagener Digitalisierung

11:00 – 11:20

Al Agents & Automation

German
Dr. Dominik Rether — profile
Dr. Dominik Rether

Proof, Not Promises: Lessons Learned from Building a Blockchain Carbon Bank

11:25 – 11:45

General Al Topic

English
Dr. Sebastian F. Walter — profile
Dr. Sebastian F. Walter
Dr. Tosin Lebile — profile
Dr. Tosin Lebile

Building Deterministic Systems using Non-Deterministic Models

11:50 – 12:10

Cyber Security

English
Hannes Mohr — profile
Hannes Mohr
Matthias Ortmann — profile
Matthias Ortmann
Enno Rey — profile
Enno Rey

AI coding agents can get your computer fully compromised

12:10 – 12:30

Al Agents & Automation

English
Ahmad Abolhadid — profile
Ahmad Abolhadid

Pause

12:30 – 13:30

Al Agents & Automation

English

When decisions scale faster than responsibility: Leadership in the age of AI

13:30 – 13:55

General Al Topic

English
Cansu Yapici — profile
Cansu Yapici

Quantum Computing: Game Changer in life Science and Chemistry

14:00 – 14:35

Al Agents & Automation

English
Büsra Kösoglu-Kind — profile
Büsra Kösoglu-Kind
Dr. César Rodríguez Rosario — profile
Dr. César Rodríguez Rosario
Supreeth Mysore Venkatesh — profile
Supreeth Mysore Venkatesh
Mark Mattingley-Scott — profile
Mark Mattingley-Scott

Grüner wird’s nicht? – Wie nachhaltig ist Künstliche Intelligenz wirklich?

14:40 – 15:00

Al Agents & Automation

German
Maryam Arabshahi — profile
Maryam Arabshahi

Multimodale Kognition in kritischen Systemen – Warum sensorische Wahrnehmung und implizites Wissen der vergessene Schlüssel zur KI sind

15:05 – 15:25

Al Agents & Automation

German
Dr. Safa Omri — profile
Dr. Safa Omri

KI-Agenten Orchestrierung: Warum die Integration Middleware zur Schlüsseltechnologie der KI-Transformation wird

15:30 – 15:50

Al Agents & Automation

German
Kathrin Schmidt — profile
Kathrin Schmidt

Von der Idee zur Funktion: KI sinnvoll in bestehende digitale Produkte integrieren

09:30 – 09:50

Best Practice

German
Mareike Schimmelpfennig — profile
Mareike Schimmelpfennig

From Idea to Production: Building Enterprise GenAI with Agent Bricks

09:55 – 10:15

Al Agents & Automation

English
Christophe Chieu — profile
Christophe Chieu

Die nächste Entwicklungsstufe: Von KI zu Sustainable Intelligence

10:20 – 10:55

GreenTech AI

German
Dr. Petra Wicklandt — profile
Dr. Petra Wicklandt
Birte Boysen — profile
Birte Boysen
Fiona Sailer — profile
Fiona Sailer
Dr. Andreas Wierse — profile
Dr. Andreas Wierse

Kontext schlägt Zufall – Wie präzise KI-Agenten Sales- & Service-Prozesse bei einem Industriekonzern transformieren

11:00 – 11:20

Al Agents & Automation

German
Dr. Sara Jourdan — profile
Dr. Sara Jourdan

Kommunikation entscheidet – wie Wirkung systematisch trainierbar und messbar wird

11:30 – 11:55

Al Agents & Automation

German
Pierre Groh — profile
Pierre Groh

Warum KI im Mittelstand keinen ROI liefert – und wer dafür verantwortlich ist

12:00 – 12:25

Al Agents & Automation

German
Andreas Maring — profile
Andreas Maring

Pause

12:30 – 13:30

Al Agents & Automation

English

From Digital Twins to Scalable Physical AI

13:30 – 13:50

Best Practice

English
Negin Schmidt — profile
Negin Schmidt

Fachkräftemangel mit MR.KNOW beheben

14:00 – 14:20

Al Agents & Automation

German
Dr. Michael Otte — profile
Dr. Michael Otte

KI verändert die Softwareentwicklung dramatisch: vom Coding zum Review

14:30 – 14:50

Al Agents & Automation

German
Thomas Südbröcker — profile
Thomas Südbröcker

Spatial Realities

15:00 – 15:25

Al Agents & Automation

English
Thomas Riedel — profile
Thomas Riedel

Agentic Coding Beyond Hyperscalers: Tooling, Hardware & Enterprise Workflows

09:30 – 09:50

Al Cloud Infrastructure

English
Dr. Henrik Riedel — profile
Dr. Henrik Riedel

Conversational AI

09:55 – 10:15

Al Agents & Automation

English
Manuel Haupt — profile
Manuel Haupt

Fit for AI: Ist Ihre Infrastruktur bereit?

10:20 – 10:40

GreenTech AI

English
Adrian Stiller — profile
Adrian Stiller

Smartere Vision-Projekte: Kosten senken und Performance steigern mit GenAI

10:45 – 11:05

Al Agents & Automation

German
Dr. Sven Wanner — profile
Dr. Sven Wanner

MuseBoard - The human-centered concept board

11:10 – 11:30

AI Creativity & Marketing

English
Dr. Thomas Albin — profile
Dr. Thomas Albin
Kapilan Koch — profile
Kapilan Koch

KI für den Mittelstand: HammerHAI macht Künstliche Intelligenz für Start-ups und KMUs einfach, schnell und kostengünstig nutzbar

11:35 – 11:55

Al Cloud Infrastructure

German
Dr. Andreas Wierse — profile
Dr. Andreas Wierse

Beyond Chatbots: Boosting Training Efficacy with Hybrid AI Companions

12:00 – 12:20

Al Agents & Automation

English
Fabian Schrodt — profile
Fabian Schrodt

Pause

12:30 – 13:30

Al Agents & Automation

English

LLM oder doch Machine Learning? Das richtige KI-Modell für die richtige Aufgabe

13:30 – 13:50

Al Cloud Infrastructure

German
Dr. Theresa Bick — profile
Dr. Theresa Bick

AI at the Energy Frontline: Optimizing What Powers Our Future

14:00 – 14:20

GreenTech AI

English
Marcus Rübsam — profile
Marcus Rübsam

Menschzentrierte KI-Transformation

14:30 – 14:50

Al Agents & Automation

English
Maja Willimowski — profile
Maja Willimowski

Wie KI den Finanzbereich disruptiert

15:00 – 15:20

Applied AI

German
Michael Kohl — profile
Michael Kohl

Europäische harmonisierte Normung zum AI Act

10:00 – 10:45

Al Agents & Automation

German
Amelie Buss — profile
Amelie Buss

SME Change & Adoption for Data & AI Transformations

10:55 – 11:40

Al Cloud Infrastructure

English
Meret Marie Scheidemann — profile
Meret Marie Scheidemann

Pause

12:30 – 13:30

Al Agents & Automation

English

From HER to YOU: Was passiert, wenn ein Mensch einer KI wirklich vertraut

15:10 – 15:55

Al Agents & Automation

German
Eric Dauenhauer — profile
Eric Dauenhauer

Funding Strategy for Research and Innovation projects in AI and Life Sciences

10:00 – 10:45

Al Agents & Automation

English
Daniel Niedermaier — profile
Daniel Niedermaier
Dr. Saskia Graf — profile
Dr. Saskia Graf
Simon Glaser — profile
Simon Glaser

Bewerbende suchen nicht mehr auf Google - wie bleibt man als Arbeitgeber sichtbar und relevant bei KI-Suchen?

10:55 – 11:40

Al Agents & Automation

German
Wolfgang Brickwedde — profile
Wolfgang Brickwedde

nodium.ai // Find fit faster. Find a professional, that really fits your project.

11:45 – 12:25

Applied AI

English
Thorsten Veith — profile
Thorsten Veith
Ludwig Kannicht — profile
Ludwig Kannicht

Pause

12:30 – 13:30

Al Agents & Automation

English

Monetarisierung von KI - Wie aus Mehrwert Umsatz wird

13:30 – 14:15

Applied AI

German
Dr.-Ing. Karl-Michael Nigge — profile
Dr.-Ing. Karl-Michael Nigge

Vom Prozess zum messbaren ROI: KI-Use-Cases identifizieren und hart priorisieren

14:20 – 15:05

Al Agents & Automation

German
Andreas Maring — profile
Andreas Maring

Tell us who you are

Shape the Future of Your Business

  • See where AI will directly impact your market position and growth
  • Identify new revenue streams and scalable business opportunities
  • Gain clarity on where to invest now vs. where to hold back

Access the Right People

  • Connect with decision-makers actively driving transformation
  • Build partnerships that accelerate your strategic initiatives
  • Exchange insights that influence high-stakes business decisions

Turn AI into Competitive Advantage

  • Identify use cases that deliver measurable business impact
  • Benchmark how leading companies successfully scale AI
  • Translate innovation into clear strategic advantage

Turn Strategy into Execution

  • Move from AI vision to real implementation in your organization
  • Integrate AI into existing processes without disruption
  • Avoid mistakes that slow down transformation initiatives

Increase Efficiency & Performance

  • Identify tools that directly improve productivity and output
  • Enable teams to work effectively with AI in daily operations
  • Make better decisions through data-driven insights

Apply What Works in Practice

  • See how companies solve real operational challenges with AI
  • Gain frameworks to scale initiatives across departments
  • Leave with clear actions you can implement immediately

Build Systems That Scale

  • Design AI systems that run reliably in production environments
  • Move from prototype to fully operational solutions faster
  • Ensure scalability, performance, and long-term maintainability

Stay Technically Ahead

  • Identify technologies that will shape the next generation of AI systems
  • Evaluate tools based on real-world applicability, not hype
  • Exchange insights with experts solving complex technical challenges

Solve Real Engineering Problems

  • Tackle challenges in integration, data pipelines, and deployment
  • Improve system robustness with secure and scalable architectures
  • Learn from peers how to overcome bottlenecks in production AI

Exhibitors with real solutions.

Our exhibitors will present solutions that will make your company future-proof.

GreenTech BW
Sulzmann Energy
dcyphr.
Qnovi
CibusCell Technology GmbH
Performance Gateaway
Projektionisten GmbH
Institut für Zukunftsstudien und Technologiebewertung
New Media Service GmbH
PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH WPG
Bosch Connected Industry
TWT Health
Genow GmbH
Mr Know logo
Re4vive GmbH

Sponsors 2026

Further sponsors and partners for 2025 will be announced in the coming days.

Platinum

aleph-alpha2
Techniker Krankenkasse
Deepshore
ERNW
IBM
PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH WPG
Qnovi
dcyphr.

Gold

DM hoch2 ai solutions
TNG Technology Consulting GmbH
TWT Health
Heidelberg iT Management GmbH & Co. KG
HessianAI
L-Bank
Techniker Krankenkasse
biolabs
CBS
Sparkasse Heidelberg

Silver

Bosch Connected Industry
SICOS
nexspace
CibusCell Technology GmbH
Genow GmbH
Mr.Know
Performance Gateaway
Projektionisten GmbH
PromptingBirds
New Media Service GmbH
Triton Legal Rechtsanwälte
hide & Grow

Bronze

Failrun

Our Partners

Cooperation

Goodspaces
QuantumBW
Digital heidelberg
bioRN
Biolabs
KI Bundesverband
Platina
Green Industry Cluster

If you have any questions, contact us in person.