6 - 7 MAY 2026
MESSE FRANKFURT

CO-LOCATED SHOWS

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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Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
  1. Chair Open Remarks
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    Marcus Schuler
    Marcus Schuler, Journalist / Silicon Valley Correspondent - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.) / implicator.ai
  2. Beyond Productivity: Wie Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Wirtschaft (und Arbeit) transformiert
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    Künstliche Intelligenz wird meist auf ihre Rolle als Produktivitätstool reduziert. Doch die wahren G ...
    Prof. Dr. Holger Schmidt
    Prof. Dr. Holger Schmidt, Editorial Director "Newsletters and Verticals" & Professor for Digital Transformation - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.) / TU Darmstadt
  3. From Reactive Cloud to Intelligent Sovereignty: The Rise of AI-Native Operations
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    Cloud operations are undergoing a fundamental shift. In Europe's regulated and sovereignty-driven la ...
    Delivered by: SYNTAX
    Björn Bartheidel
    Björn Bartheidel, Regional CEO, Europe - Syntax Systems GmbH & Co. KG
  4. The Quantum Threat to Cryptography: Leadership Actions Now to Reduce Cyber Risk and Establish Resilience in Infrastructure
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    Session details coming soon
    Tommy Charles
    Tommy Charles, HP Chief Cryptographer - HP Security Lab, HP
  5. Europe's Digital Future: Turning AI, Cloud, and Regulation into Competitive Advantage
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    Europe's digital competitiveness will be defined not by technology speed alone, but by how leaders a ...
    Jennifer Baker
    Jennifer Baker, EU Policy and Tech Reporter
    Marcin T. Zakrzewski
    Marcin T. Zakrzewski, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) - GEFA BANK GmbH
    Dr. Anna Christmann
    Dr. Anna Christmann, Founder & CEO - SAI Europe GmbH
    Sevinc Kader
    Sevinc Kader, Founder & CEO | AI Governance & Geopolitical Strategy | Certified Board Member - Forward 1919 Global Strategic Advisory
  6. Security as a Strategic Enabler of Digital Innovation
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    Session details coming soon
    Christine Fahlberg
    Christine Fahlberg, Chief Information Security Officer - Swisscard AECS GmbH
  7. Operating Global E-Commerce Securely at Scale
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    Running global e-commerce at scale means more than handling peak traffic and enabling seamless digit ...
    Andreia Otto
    Andreia Otto, Senior Director Software Engineering - SRE and Operations - adidas
    Tigist Abraham Gizaw
    Tigist Abraham Gizaw, Director of Software Engineering - adidas
  8. Session details following soon
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    Sebastian Damrath
    Sebastian Damrath, Manager Systems Engineering - NUTANIX 
  9. Leading Digital Transformation Like a Team Sport
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    This discussion explores how teamwork, leadership, and resilience from the world of sport can inspir ...
    Jennifer Baker
    Jennifer Baker, EU Policy and Tech Reporter
    Dr. Christoph Menke-Salz
    Dr. Christoph Menke-Salz, Director of Licensed Football / Administration - Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach GmbH
    José Ángel Risco Oliva
    José Ángel Risco Oliva, Director of Digital Content - Sevilla Fútbol Club
    Timm Jäger
    Timm Jäger, CEO EintrachtTech - Eintracht Frankfurt
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
Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
  1. Cloud Transformation in 90 Days: Turning Plans into Practice
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    Modern cloud programmes demand structure, not just scale. This session shows how German enterprises ...
    Mit Saru
    Mit Saru, Head of Platform Engineering, SRE & Cloud Security - STOXX
    Arka Dutta
    Arka Dutta, Head of Enterprise Architecture, Executive Director - ISS STOXX (Part of Deutsche Börse Group)
  2. AI Automation als Wettbewerbsvorteil: Angebotsprozesse von Stunden auf Minuten reduzieren
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    Generative AI hat die Experimentierphase längst verlassen – der wahre Wettbewerbsvorteil entsteht he ...
    Delivered by: AOE Group
    Christian Götz
    Christian Götz, CEO - Deltrian Filtration GmbH
    Daniel Pötzinger
    Daniel Pötzinger, CTO - AOE Group
  3. From Infrastructure to Intelligence: Europas Weg von Cloud-Edge zu AI
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    Der Weg zu leistungsfähiger AI beginnt mit der richtigen Infrastruktur. Dieses Panel beleuchtet, wie ...
    Delivered by: eco - Association of the Internet Industry
    Emma Wehrwein
    Emma Wehrwein, Project Lead FACIS | Senior Manager Innovation & Digital Ecosystems - eco - Association of the Internet Industry
    Thomas Niessen
    Thomas Niessen, Head Coordination Office, IPCEI-CIS - Kompetenznetzwerk Trusted Cloud e.V.
    Dr. Christian Weiss
    Dr. Christian Weiss, Cloud Services, CTO Defense Cloud - T-Systems International GmbH
  4. KI-Assistenten und Datenkontrolle
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    Wenn KI und Sicherheit Hand in Hand gehen müssen
    Delivered by: Arrow
    Alessandro Pätow
    Alessandro Pätow, Business Development Manager - Arrow ECS Germany
    Jason Audsley
    Jason Audsley, Sales Engineer, Strategic Customers DACH region - Arrow Electronics
  5. Beyond Human Skill: Benchmarking Cybersecurity Capability in the Age of AI
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    As AI reshapes both cyber threats and defensive operations, security leaders face a new reality: AI ...
    Delivered by: HACK THE BOX
    Shelby Heard
    Shelby Heard, Vice President of EMEA - Hack the box
  6. Cyber Resilience by Design: From Compliance to Competitive Advantage in the Age of AI
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    This session explores how organisations can move beyond checkbox compliance to enable resilient, tru ...
    Meri Roboçi
    Meri Roboçi, Cyber Security & AI Enablement - DWS
  7. When Security Fails: Building Operational Resilience for AI-Enabled Services
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    Enterprises are moving fast on AI governance and AI security controls. In production, however, contr ...
    Andrea Thu Le
    Andrea Thu Le, Business Resilience Manager - Allianz Global Investors
  8. Digitale Souveränität 2026 – Strategien für Kontrolle, Resilienz und Innovation
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    Digitale Souveränität entwickelt sich 2026 vom politischen Leitbild zur strategischen Kernanforderun ...
    Delivered by: eco - Verband der Internetwirtschaft e. V.
    Olaf Pursche
    Olaf Pursche, Consultant & Founder Pursche Tactical - Pursche Tactical (Consulting & Communications)
    Adrian Stiller
    Adrian Stiller, Director Client Solutions - nexspace data centers GmbH
    Holger Nicolay
    Holger Nicolay, Director of Business Development - firstcolo Datacenters GmbH
    Peter Höhn
    Peter Höhn, Chief Commercial Officer - PlusServer
  9. Sovereignty in Action: Cloud Strategies That Build Trust
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    Learn how sovereignty and trust are embedded into successful cloud strategies and where it can break ...
    Delivered by: HPE 
    Stefan Wiesböck
    Stefan Wiesböck, Strategic Lead for Hybrid Cloud - HPE
  10. Smart Spend for Smarter AI: Rethinking Cloud Economics
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    AI workloads are changing how we think about cloud costs. This session explores how leading DACH ent ...
    Dr. Redouane Boumghar
    Dr. Redouane Boumghar, CEO - Celestical – The European Serverless Cloud
Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
  1. Chair Open Remarks
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    Marcus Schuler
    Marcus Schuler, Journalist / Silicon Valley Correspondent - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.) / implicator.ai
  2. Dark Side of AI – How Hackers Use AI and Deepfakes
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    More than 90% of cyber attacks are caused by human error, and hackers now use AI and deepfakes to at ...
    Mark T. Hofmann
    Mark T. Hofmann, Crime- & Intelligence Analyst ('Profiler') - www.mark-thorben-hofmann.de/en
  3. Effective AI in an Age of Insecurity: How Trust, Culture & Infrastructure Shape Real Adoption
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    Every organisation wants AI adoption. Few understand why it fails. In this talk, I'll share practica ...
    Marie Kilg
    Marie Kilg, AI Advisor & Host of "Der KI-Podcast" (ARD)
  4. If No One Gets It, No One Uses It: Why Communication Is the Missing Link in Sovereign Innovation
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    Sovereign innovation often fails not for lack of technology, but for lack of clarity. Brilliant solu ...
    Sarah Yvonne Elsser
    Sarah Yvonne Elsser, Co-Founder, Head of Strategy - Tech Well Told
    Alexander Pessler
    Alexander Pessler, Co-Founder, Head of Content - Tech Well Told
  5. From Strategy to Adoption: How Leaders Build Trust in Sovereign Innovation
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    After the impulse session has set the stage, this panel shifts the lens to the C-suite. Sovereign, s ...
    Sarah Yvonne Elsser
    Sarah Yvonne Elsser, Co-Founder, Head of Strategy - Tech Well Told
    Alexander Pessler
    Alexander Pessler, Co-Founder, Head of Content - Tech Well Told
    Dr. Ulrike Tagscherer
    Dr. Ulrike Tagscherer, Managing Director - China Innovation Consulting (ex-KUKA)
    Ulrich Irnich
    Ulrich Irnich, CIO Advisor EMEA - Salesforce
    Larissa Mikolaschek
    Larissa Mikolaschek, Head of Tech - SEST digital
  6. She Builds, She Leads, She Inspires: Empowered by Tech
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    Diversity drives innovation. Join women trailblazers and digital leaders as they explore how inclusi ...
    Ashley Bryant
    Ashley Bryant, Director of IT Innovation - Teaching and Learning - Frankfurt International School e.V.
    Amesteris Amin
    Amesteris Amin, Lead Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Germany - Munich Re
    Marie Kilg
    Marie Kilg, AI Advisor & Host of "Der KI-Podcast" (ARD)
    Andreia Otto
    Andreia Otto, Senior Director Software Engineering - SRE and Operations - adidas
    Christine Fahlberg
    Christine Fahlberg, Chief Information Security Officer - Swisscard AECS GmbH
    Miriam Kugel
    Miriam Kugel, Director, AI Transformation Advisory, EMEA & Principal People Scientist - Microsoft
  7. How Agentic Automation Is Reshaping Engineering Operations, Teams, and Outcomes at Scale
    Tech Show Frankfurt Keynote
    As development teams improve AI coding, the bottleneck for most enterprise engineering teams at scal ...
    Kyle Forster
    Kyle Forster, Founder / CEO - RunWhen
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
Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
  1. Edge Computing in Deutschland: Chancen, Anforderungen und Perspektiven
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    Ob Mittelstand, öffentliche Hand oder kritische Infrastrukturen: Digitale Anwendungen brauchen heute ...
    Delivered by: eco - Verband der Internetwirtschaft e. V.
    Raphael Schmieder
    Raphael Schmieder, Manager for Digital Infrastructure and Resilience - eco - Association of the Internet Industry
    Florian Kritzler
    Florian Kritzler, Team Lead Germany - nLighten Deutschland
    Dr. Martin Leipziger
    Dr. Martin Leipziger, Director Strategic Product Management - HLkomm Telekommunikations GmbH (PŸUR Business)
    Jens Kilian
    Jens Kilian, Head of Sales DACH - AtlasEdge
    Christian Schake
    Christian Schake, Senior Quality & Energy Manager - I.T.E.N.O.S. GMBH
  2. Quantum Steps for AI
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    Quantum computers are a real technology that disrupts classical computation, offers enhanced securit ...
    Dr Bertie Müller
    Dr Bertie Müller, PGT Programme Director - Computer Science - Swansea University
  3. The ANOM Case: Security Awareness Through the Logic of Organised Crime
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    The ANOM operation exposed how structured and process-driven organised crime networks operate. This ...
    Olcay Sancar
    Olcay Sancar, Manager Security Awareness Programs & Security Innovations - Fresenius Group
  4. Are Humans the Weakest Link or Cyber Security's Strongest Defence?
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    As threats evolve, so must our view of the human factor. This panel examines how culture, leadership ...
    Dr Bertie Müller
    Dr Bertie Müller, PGT Programme Director - Computer Science - Swansea University
    Cesar Oliveira
    Cesar Oliveira, Chief Information Security Officer - CMS
    Dr. Redouane Boumghar
    Dr. Redouane Boumghar, CEO - Celestical – The European Serverless Cloud
    Alice Mini
    Alice Mini, Information Security Risk and Awareness Specialist - Hyundai Motor Europe
  5. Von Kubernetes-as-a-Service bis Daily Operations: Was kostet es wirklich Kubernetes Cluster zu betreiben?
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    Kubernetes-as-a-Service kaufen und los geht's? Nein. Ein Kubernetes Clusters zu betreiben ist weitau ...
    Delivered by: AOE Group
    Kevin Schu
    Kevin Schu, Director Cloud & DevOps - AOE Group
    Kevin Gimbel
    Kevin Gimbel, DevOps & Platform Engineer - AOE Group
  6. When "New Hire” Means “New Threat”: DPRK vs EU
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    EU companies are increasingly running into DPRK operations that don't begin with a sketchy email. Th ...
    Nicol Daňková
    Nicol Daňková, Head of SOC, Incident Response & CTI - Henkel
  7. Cyber Resilience Under Pressure: Do Exercises Really Prepare Us?
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    Cyber exercises are now standard practice across Europe, but do they genuinely prepare organisations ...
    Riccardo Riccobene
    Riccardo Riccobene, Senior Information Security Officer - State Street Bank International
    Dr. Chantal Spleiss
    Dr. Chantal Spleiss, Co-chair of AI Governance and Compliance - Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)
    Anton Horn
    Anton Horn, Founder & Managing Director - Envoy Security
    Nicol Daňková
    Nicol Daňková, Head of SOC, Incident Response & CTI - Henkel
  8. GRC Engineering: How DevOps Thinking Fixes Compliance
    Cloud, AI, & Cyber Security Keynote
    Software engineering is being massively accelerated by cloud platforms and AI. Governance, Risk and ...
    Anton Horn
    Anton Horn, Founder & Managing Director - Envoy Security

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