Otto Yon
Marcel „Otto“ Yon is passionate about creating organisations and collaborative teams that are capable of driving innovation at scale. Otto is an AI serial entrepreneur and pioneer. He built three start-up companies from university spin-offs to global market leaders in security & defence, healthcare and automotive. He is also a pioneering public entrepreneur in the […]
Daria Saharova
Janette Wiget
Prof. Dr. Kristian Kersting
Kristian Kersting is a full professor for AI and ML at the TU Darmstadt. After receiving his Ph.D. from U. Freiburg in 2006, he was with MIT, Fraunhofer IAIS, U. Bonn, and TU Dortmund. His main research interests are (deep) probabilistic programming and learning. Kristian has published over 180 peer-reviewed articles. He is an Fellow […]
Fabian Westerheide
Fabian J. G. Westerheide is recognised as one of the leading minds in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) in Germany and is valued for his visionary approach, which is based on his childhood passion for science fiction. His ambitious goal is to make Europe a strong and sovereign player in the global AI ecosystem. As […]
Claudia Pohlink
Claudia Pohlink has over 20 years of professional experience in the fields of data science, artificial intelligence and innovation management. As Director Data & AI at FIEGE Logistik, she is centrally responsible for data and AI topics.Until summer 2024, she headed the Data Intelligence Center at Deutsche Bahn and was responsible for the group’s data […]
Nicole Büttner
I am an entrepreneur, economist and tech optimist. I believe artificial intelligence has the potential to create deep positive impact on individuals, businesses and society as a whole. I enjoy working on real-life challenges and developing new solutions with the help of machine learning and AI. Investing in startups and serving as a board member […]
Vanessa Cann
I am on a mission to make the European AI ecosystem the best in the world through various ventures, policy making and education.
Dr. Simon Haddadin
Dr. Simon Haddadin, CEO and Co-founder of Franka Emika, is a 33 years old innovative entrepreneur who earned his doctorate in safe physical human-robot interaction. Simon received the Deutsche Zukunftspreis by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in November 2017 and the Manager of the Year 2018 award from Markt&Technik. Besides that, he was able to bring […]
MdB Dorothee Bär
Dorothee Bär was born in Bamberg in 1978. She is a political scientist and a Member of the German Parliament since 2002. Before winning her parliamentary mandate she was a journalist for various daily newspapers, radio stations and news agencies. From 2009 to 2013 she was Spokeswoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group for family, senior […]