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Conference Programme 2026

 

Explore our 2026 agenda shaped around the conversations that matter most across technology, leadership and innovation. Built to be relevant, practical and forward-looking, this year we are bringing together expert voices, real-world insight and the themes defining the year.

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The Collaboration Hub
NEW for 2026!
  1. Peer to Peer: From Strategy to Spend: Making AI Infrastructure Decisions That Hold Up
    The Collaboration Hub
    A one hour peer discussion. Cloud architects and platform leaders compare how they are designing AI- ...
  2. Peer to Peer: Balancing AI Demand with Energy Reality: What Gives?
    The Collaboration Hub
    A one hour peer discussion. Data centre operators and infrastructure leaders share how they are mana ...
  3. Peer to Peer: Turning AI Ambition into Operational Reality
    The Collaboration Hub
    A one hour peer discussion. Business and technology leaders explore how organisations are moving bey ...
  4. Session delivered by AI Frankfurt Rhein-Main e.V.
    The Collaboration Hub
    Session details coming soon
  5. Exercise QUANTUM DAWN: Role-Play an Attacker or Defender in This Cyber Game for When Quantum Computers Break Cryptography
    The Collaboration Hub
    Session details coming soon Planning to join a workshop? Please bring your laptop. Seats are limited ...
    Tommy Charles
    Tommy Charles, HP Chief Cryptographer - HP Security Lab, HP
  6. Agentic AI Security: What Can Go Wrong When AI Acts on Its Own
    The Collaboration Hub
    AI agents are no longer experimental. They browse the web, execute code, and take actions across ent ...
    Dan Gora
    Dan Gora, OWASP Frankfurt Chapter Co-Lead - owasp
  7. OWASP Capture the Flag: Hack, Learn, Defend
    The Collaboration Hub
    Learn application security by doing it. In this hands-on CTF workshop, participants exploit real vul ...
    Dan Gora
    Dan Gora, OWASP Frankfurt Chapter Co-Lead - owasp
Big Data Keynote & Strategy
  1. Data Sovereignty 2026: Realität, Relevanz, Roadmap
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    Daten gelten längst als strategischer Vermögenswert – doch wie souverän sind Unternehmen im Umgang m ...
    Dr. Carsten Bange
    Dr. Carsten Bange, CEO & Founder - BARC GmbH
  2. From AI Use Cases to Business Transformation: What It Takes and How to Get There
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    Transformational AI goes far beyond isolated use cases or productivity gains. It reshapes how organi ...
    Delivered by: Prodyna
    Dr. David Wainwright
    Dr. David Wainwright, Chief Strategy Officer - PRODYNA SE
  3. Testfahrt bestanden: Erfahrungen aus dem Dremio Agentic Lakehouse Setup bei Louis
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    Session details coming soon
    Delivered by: Dremio
    Martin Heydorn
    Martin Heydorn, Innovation & Technology | Lead AI/ML Data Scientist - Louis
  4. Session delivered by ThoughtSpot
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    Session details coming soon
    Delivered by: ThoughtSpot
  5. The Productivity Promise of Generative AI: Measurable Reality?
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    Generative AI is everywhere, but has it truly delivered the productivity surge many predicted? This ...
    Dr. Alec Sproten
    Dr. Alec Sproten, Head of Department Data & Analytics - fischer group
    Erbin Lim
    Erbin Lim, Director of Engineering and Development - Pfizer
    Dr. Nadine Wirkuttis
    Dr. Nadine Wirkuttis, Head of Data & AI - Hays AG
    Yves Brunschwiler
    Yves Brunschwiler, General Manager Germany - Wonderful AI
    Dr. Sabina Kohlmann
    Dr. Sabina Kohlmann, Founder - AI for Future Women Leaders
  6. How to Turn AI Use Cases into Production Runbooks
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    How can we efficiently, compliantly, and most importantly, quickly integrate AI ideas into a product ...
    Artur Yatsenko
    Artur Yatsenko, Director of Data Engineering - Urban Sports Club
  7. Production-Ready Agentic AI for Regulated Industries: Secure, Governed, and Built to Scale
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    In regulated industries, every decision must be traceable, every action must be defensible, and ever ...
    Delivered by: GoodData
    Oldriska Bursik Zikova
    Oldriska Bursik Zikova, Senior Project Manager - GoodData
    Roman Valovic
    Roman Valovic, Senior Software Engineer - GoodData
  8. The Future is Conversational: Bosch's Integrated Data Product Ecosystem with Generative AI
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    Join the deep dive into Bosch's ambitious data journey and understand how Bosch is overcoming tradit ...
    Wolfgang Klein
    Wolfgang Klein, Director Data-as-a-Service - Robert Bosch GmbH
    Simeon Rilling
    Simeon Rilling, Chief Product Owner for the Data Mesh Ecosystem - Robert Bosch GmbH
  9. From Excitement to Value: Success Criteria to Truly Scale AI
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    AI is everywhere, yet companies still struggle to generate value from it at scale. The reason lies i ...
    Tiankai Feng
    Tiankai Feng, Data & AI Leader, Author
  10. Humanise to Realise: Turning Data Strategy into Human Strategy
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    What if your data strategy was more human than technical? This keynote panel surfaces how organisati ...
    Tiankai Feng
    Tiankai Feng, Data & AI Leader, Author
    Petya Dasheva
    Petya Dasheva, Head of Global Digital Identities in the area of Cyber Security - Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Jörg Corsten
    Jörg Corsten, Group Lead Service, Solutions and Innovation - Roche
    Dr. Martin Paschmann
    Dr. Martin Paschmann, Director Data Strategy, AI & Data Science - Douglas Group
    Meri Roboçi
    Meri Roboçi, Cyber Security & AI Enablement - DWS
Data & AI Engineering
  1. Metadata Management & Data Lineage: The Hidden Hero Behind Data Quality
    Data & AI Engineering
    Transparent data lineage is a cornerstone. This session shows how a German bank uses automated metad ...
    Pheline Binz
    Pheline Binz, Director Enterprise Architecture - Aareal Bank AG
  2. From Raw Data to AI-Ready Insight: Why Data Modeling Is the Backbone of Modern Data Strategy
    Data & AI Engineering
    As organisations race to adopt AI and advanced analytics, many discover that success depends less on ...
    Delivered by: Quest
    Geoff Hodgkinson
    Geoff Hodgkinson, Presales Consultant - Quest Software
  3. One Stack Fits All? Architecture Lessons from Integrating SAP BDC with Open Data Platforms
    Data & AI Engineering
    Session details coming soon
    Delivered by: INFORM Data Lab
  4. Generating AI Images at Scale: From Experiment to Automated Production at bonprix
    Data & AI Engineering
    Bringing AI applications from the experimental phase into productivity and thereby creating real fin ...
    Sascha Netuschil
    Sascha Netuschil, Domain Lead AI & Data Science Services - bonprix
  5. How Data Contracts Make AI Smarter – and Vice Versa
    Data & AI Engineering
    Your AI model is only as smart as the data it trusts. And right now, it trusts too much.Schema drift ...
    Philipp Schlechter
    Philipp Schlechter, Principal Consultant, Data Engineering I Data Architecture I Data Culture - Qunis GmbH
  6. AI-Ready by Design: Die Datenplattform für produktionsreife KI
    Data & AI Engineering
    KI-Initiativen scheitern selten am Modell, sondern an der zugrunde liegenden Datenarchitektur. Währe ...
    Delivered by: HICO Group
    Benjamin Gnädig
    Benjamin Gnädig, VP Data & Cloud - HICO Group AG
    Maximilian Kuhn
    Maximilian Kuhn, AI Engineer Consultant - HICO Group AG
  7. AI products at ZEISS in 3D
    Data & AI Engineering
    The talk addresses three major dimensions around AI products in corporate environments. First, the d ...
    Delivered by: ZEISS Group
    Martin Jänicke
    Martin Jänicke, Head of AI Sync - Carl Zeiss AG
  8. Session delivered by IdexQ
    Data & AI Engineering
    Session details coming soon
    Delivered by: IdexQ
  9. Beyond Copilot: A Customer Case Study on GenAI for Complex RFP Processing with Human-in-the-Loop
    Data & AI Engineering
    Alexander Buchwald
    Alexander Buchwald, Senior AI & Data Platforms Manager - CBTW
    Arved Cornelsen
    Arved Cornelsen, Head of Digital - Novoferm Germany GmbH
  10. Explainable AI for the Business: Making the Output Trustworthy
    Data & AI Engineering
    Explainability isn't just technical; it's cultural. This talk shows how to communicate AI decisions ...
    Jean Amedee Boni
    Jean Amedee Boni, Founder - smainos - smart ai innovation solutions
  11. Agentic AI in Action: Qlik Answers® und MCP-Server als Schlüssel zur KI-erweiterten Analytics-Plattform
    Data & AI Engineering
    Agentic AI ist keine Zukunftsvision – sie ist heute produktiv einsetzbar. In dieser Session zeigen w ...
    Turan Pinar
    Turan Pinar, Principal Solutions Engineer - Qlik
  12. Correcting History at Scale: Apache Iceberg for Near Real-Time Industrial Reporting
    Data & AI Engineering
    Together with our client VW, we at ZEISS built a fully serverless, event-driven SaaS platform on AWS ...
    Pawel Adaszewski
    Pawel Adaszewski, Data Solutions Architect - ZEISS Digital Innovation
    Turan Pinar
    Turan Pinar, Principal Solutions Engineer - Qlik
    Jean Amedee Boni
    Jean Amedee Boni, Founder - smainos - smart ai innovation solutions
    Alexander Schmielau
    Alexander Schmielau, Requirements Engineer - ZEISS Digital Innovation
Agentic Analytics
  1. Governing AI Agents Before They Govern You
    Agentic Analytics
    AI agents are becoming the invisible workforce of the enterprise, making decisions, triggering workf ...
    Session delivered by: Collibra
    Ed Atkins
    Ed Atkins, Senior Customer Engineer - COLLIBRA
  2. From Idea to Impact: Building and Scaling Trusted Data-Driven Applications and AI
    Agentic Analytics
    AI is everywhere today from predictions and image generation to speech recognition and physical AI. ...
    Session delivered by: T-Systems
    Dr. Emmanuel Klinger
    Dr. Emmanuel Klinger, Head of AI & Data Tech Advisory - T-Systems
  3. AI & Vibe Coding - Death or Extension of your BI Plattform?
    Agentic Analytics
    Walk away knowing that your BI platform isn't becoming legacy but it's becoming the enabler for AI i ...
    Sebastian Nädtke
    Sebastian Nädtke, Managing Partner - LeitArt
    Achim Gnadt
    Achim Gnadt, Co-CEO - LeitArt
  4. Session delivered by INFOMOTION
    Agentic Analytics
    Session details coming soon
    Session delivered by: INFOMOTION
  5. Agentic AI in Practice: Autonomous Coding for Everyone and the Rise of Physical AI
    Agentic Analytics
    2026 is the year of agentic systems. We are moving beyond simple chatbots toward systems that don’t ...
    Alexander Zorn
    Alexander Zorn, Lead LLM based Robot Control and Coding - Fraunhofer IAIS
  6. The Hidden Power of Clean Data: Enabling AI, Automation and Real Insight
    Agentic Analytics
    Modern AI and analytics depend on trustworthy data. Yet most organisations underestimate how much in ...
    Session delivered by: Uniserv
    David Hennig
    David Hennig, Head of Business Development - UNISERV GmbH
  7. From Factory Floor to Agentic Company: Building the Foundation for "Talk to Your Data"
    Agentic Analytics
    Becoming an “Agentic Company” doesn’t start with models – it starts with data, ownership and mindset ...
    Sponsored by: Dataciders
    Melanie B. Sigl
    Melanie B. Sigl, Managing Consultant - Dataciders
  8. KI Einsatz in der Praxis: Erfahrungsbericht im weltweiten GenAI Rollout an 1.200 Personen
    Agentic Analytics
    Was möglich ist: Chancen und Potenziale von GenAI im Unternehmensalltag Wie man startet: Deine erste ...
    Marc Thormann
    Marc Thormann, Head of Growth - myGPT
    Heiko Butz
    Heiko Butz, Head of AI Strategy - BUHLMANN Group
  9. AI at the Edge: Where Latency, Cost, and Scale Start to Break Traditional Architectures
    Agentic Analytics
    Session details coming soon
    Noha Salama, MBA PMP
    Noha Salama, MBA PMP, Germany Chapter Director - Women in Tech - Global Movement
  10. Session delivered by
    Agentic Analytics
    Session details coming soon
    Dr. Chantal Spleiss
    Dr. Chantal Spleiss, Co-chair of AI Governance and Compliance - Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)
  11. Session delivered by
    Agentic Analytics
    Session details coming soon
    Gold Darr-Hood
    Gold Darr-Hood, International Business Strategist - Cultural Infusion
The Collaboration Hub
NEW for 2026!
  1. Workshop zu: Souveräne industriespezifische KI-Modelle aus Deutschland.
    The Collaboration Hub
    LEAM/CESAI ist ein Projektansatz, der darauf zielt, industriespezifische KI-Modelle auf Basis schlan ...
    Michael Hase
    Michael Hase, Manager EuroCloud - eco - Association of the Internet Industry
    Christian Schmitz
    Christian Schmitz, CEO - LEAM GmbH
    Hauke Timmermann
    Hauke Timmermann, Head of Digital Business Models – Member of the Executive Board - eco - Association of the Internet Industry
  2. Peer to Peer: From Data Strategy to Deployment: Why Scaling Still Fails
    The Collaboration Hub
    A one hour peer discussion. Data leaders discuss the gap between data ambition and operational AI, f ...
  3. Peer to Peer: Securing AI and Hybrid Systems: Where Are the Real Risks?
    The Collaboration Hub
    A one hour peer discussion. Security leaders examine how threat models are evolving with AI adoption ...
  4. Peer to Peer: Cost, Risk, or Growth: What’s Really Driving Data Centre Decisions?
    The Collaboration Hub
    A one hour peer discussion. Senior leaders reflect on how priorities are shifting across cost contro ...
  5. Fix This Data Project: What Went Wrong?
    The Collaboration Hub
    A data project has failed. Your job is to fix it. In this interactive workshop, you'll step into a b ...
    Gabriel Uchôa
    Gabriel Uchôa, Co-Founder - Justdata
    Luiz Guimarães
    Luiz Guimarães, Co-Founder - Justdata
    Gabriel Ávila
    Gabriel Ávila, Co-Founder - Justdata
Big Data Keynote & Strategy
  1. The AI Act Almost Two Years On
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    The AI Act has moved from legal obligation to business benchmark. This keynote outlines how DACH ent ...
    Kai Zenner
    Kai Zenner, Head of Office & Digital Policy Adviser (MEP Axel Voss) - European Parliament
  2. Beyond the Model: Turning AI Ownership & Governance into Measurable Value
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    As organisations move AI beyond experimentation, success depends less on model accuracy and more on ...
    Iris Hollick
    Iris Hollick, Head of Data Science - Breuninger
    Dr. Richa Sharma
    Dr. Richa Sharma, Data Scientist - Breuninger
  3. From Data to Decisions: Building Trusted Data Products with Purpose and Governance
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    As organisations invest heavily in data platforms and AI, many still struggle to translate data into ...
    Delivered by: Quest
    Ales Zeman
    Ales Zeman, Sales Engineering Director EMEA - Quest Software
  4. Operationalising Enterprise AI: From Strategy to Scalable Execution
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    Most organisations have defined AI strategies but struggle to translate them into operational realit ...
    Delivered by: OpenText
    Nhi Le
    Nhi Le, Lead Solutions Consultant | Strategic Cross-BU AI & Aviator Programs, Strategic Technologies - OpenText Software GmbH
  5. GenAI Meets Reality: Revealing Organisational Readiness Gaps
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    In this talk, I address how Generative AI has exposed many organisations' readiness issues, which st ...
    Dr. Nadine Wirkuttis
    Dr. Nadine Wirkuttis, Head of Data & AI - Hays AG
  6. SPOT-ON in der Cloud – Datenqualität als Grundlage für BI & KI: Techems Weg zu einer KI-fähigen Datenplattform
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    In dieser Session teilt Techem, ein führender Anbieter von Energiedienstleistungen und -lösungen, se ...
    Christoph Goertz
    Christoph Goertz, Head of Business Intelligence - Techem Energy Services GmbH
    Andreas Pfangert
    Andreas Pfangert, Senior Solutions Engineer DACH - Qlik
  7. Sustainable AI Adoption: Enabling Humans to Work WITH Intelligence, Not Under It
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    AI enablement has been framed inaccurately over time. Most organisations treat it as a training prob ...
    Dr. Ofure Obazee
    Dr. Ofure Obazee, Associate Director, RQS Digital Capability & AI Enablement - Merck Healthcare KGaA
  8. Datenmanagement mit und für KI-Agenten: Vom Daten-Dschungel zur Wertschöpfungs-Oase
    Big Data Keynote & Strategy
    Der Aufstieg von Agentic AI stellt die bisherigen Regeln des Datenmanagements in Frage und eröffnet ...
    Florian Bigelmaier
    Florian Bigelmaier, Analyst Data & Analytics - BARC GmbH
Data & AI Engineering
  1. Scaling GenAI Beyond Pilots: Governance, Reuse & Production-Ready Delivery in a Regulated Enterprise
    Data & AI Engineering
    GenAI adoption is easy to start but hard to scale without fragmentation, duplicated solutions, and s ...
    Ömer Adigüzel
    Ömer Adigüzel, Senior AI & Generative AI Specialist - Deutsche Lufthansa AG
    Luca Wiesmaier
    Luca Wiesmaier, Senior Data Scientist - Deutsche Lufthansa AG
  2. Nächster Halt „Data-Mesh-Bric“ - Die Reise zu einer modernen Datenarchitektur beim DB Fernverkehr
    Data & AI Engineering
    Datenmanagement ist seit jeher eine Herausforderung, das gilt insbesondere in komplexen und historis ...
    Session delivered by: Denodo
    Steffen Kandler
    Steffen Kandler, Senior Data Strategist and Enterprise Architect - DB Fernverkehr AG
    Rakibul Haque
    Rakibul Haque, Data Specialist - DB Fernverkehr AG
  3. Session delivered by Dremio
    Data & AI Engineering
    Session details coming soon
    Delivered by: Dremio
  4. Culture of Caution vs Culture of Confidence
    Data & AI Engineering
    Different industries and cultures approach AI adoption with very different appetites for risk. This ...
    Dr. Ofure Obazee
    Dr. Ofure Obazee, Associate Director, RQS Digital Capability & AI Enablement - Merck Healthcare KGaA
    Jean Amedee Boni
    Jean Amedee Boni, Founder - smainos - smart ai innovation solutions
    Nico Baum
    Nico Baum, Head of Solutions and Head of AI - Berenberg
    Anastasios Fountis
    Anastasios Fountis - Harvard in Tech Chapter Berlin Lead
    Dr. Emmanuel Klinger
    Dr. Emmanuel Klinger, Head of AI & Data Tech Advisory - T-Systems
  5. The T+1 Countdown: How DataOps Keeps Settlement From Breaking
    Data & AI Engineering
    The shift to T+1 settlement is creating serious data challenges across the financial industry. In th ...
    Dr. Alexander Lammers
    Dr. Alexander Lammers, Researcher & Lecturer - FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management
  6. Skills for Future Careers – The Impact of AI on Recruitment
    Data & AI Engineering
    Join us for an insightful talk, exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping hiring practices, ...
    Dr Bertie Müller
    Dr Bertie Müller, PGT Programme Director - Computer Science - Swansea University
  7. The Next Generation Data Team: Roles, Skills & Culture
    Data & AI Engineering
    AI and platform strategies are reshaping how DACH enterprises design and operate their data organisa ...
    Mario Chatzidamianos
    Mario Chatzidamianos, European Engagement Strategist - Cultural Infusion
    Artur Yatsenko
    Artur Yatsenko, Director of Data Engineering - Urban Sports Club
    Semone Noel
    Semone Noel, CEO & Founder - PPA LeaderTek
    Stephen Nwoye, PhD
    Stephen Nwoye, PhD, Senior Data Engineer - National Health Service (NHS) England
    Laura Moritz
    Laura Moritz, Country Director Germany - Global Women TechLeaders
  8. Governed AI-Driven CDC Data Pipelines: Timely, Trusted Data for Faster Insights and Smarter Decisions
    Data & AI Engineering
    Observations and findings from building and scaling a real-time data backbone for AI-driven decision ...
    Clemens Rabe
    Clemens Rabe, Solution Architect for Business Intelligence, Data Analytics and Data Catalogue Solutions - Pentaho
    Philipp Heck
    Philipp Heck, Head of Technical Solutions & Customer Success - it-novum GmbH
Agentic Analytics
  1. Session delivered by ThoughtSpot
    Agentic Analytics
    Session details coming soon
    Session delivered by: ThoughtSpot
  2. Data Engineering im Zeitalter von AI Agents
    Agentic Analytics
    Mit dem Aufkommen von AI Agents verändert sich die Entwicklung von Data Pipelines und Betrieb grundl ...
    Patrick Keller
    Patrick Keller, Principal Consultant, Data & Analytics Strategy - Qunis GmbH
  3. Transformative Power of Agentic Analytics
    Agentic Analytics
    Session details coming soon  
    Ashwinth Solomon
    Ashwinth Solomon, Senior Evangelist - Zoho Analytics - Zoho Corporation
  4. Deploying AI in Regulated Enterprises: Turning Complex Data into Scalable Knowledge Agents
    Agentic Analytics
    In many organisations, employees spend a significant portion of their time searching for information ...
    Erlend Kühnel
    Erlend Kühnel, Manager IT-Department - MinebeaMitsumi Technology Center Europe GmbH
    Sara Jourdan
    Sara Jourdan, CEO & Co-Founder - Genow GmbH
  5. Session delivered by Inics
    Agentic Analytics
    Session details coming soon
  6. The Path to Sovereign AI
    Agentic Analytics
    Many international companies are leaning into regulation while addressing the risks of data dependen ...
  7. Is the Answer Always 42? On AI Agents and Black Boxes in Enterprises
    Agentic Analytics
    Session details coming soon
    Anastasios Fountis
    Anastasios Fountis - Harvard in Tech Chapter Berlin Lead
    Dr. Sabina Kohlmann
    Dr. Sabina Kohlmann, Founder - AI for Future Women Leaders
  8. Key Considerations for Scalable Agentic AI in Data‑Driven Enterprises
    Agentic Analytics
    This session highlights the key considerations data and AI leaders must address when adopting agenti ...
    Veera Babu Manyam
    Veera Babu Manyam, Global Agentic AI Enterprise Architect - E.ON Digital Technology GmbH
    Naveen Kanneganti
    Naveen Kanneganti, Global Lead Data & AI Enterprise Architect - E.ON Digital Technology GmbH

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