Rafael Laguna de la Vera
Mr. Rafael Laguna de la Vera is the founding director of “SPRIND”, the Agency for Breakthrough Innovation of the Federal Republic of Germany, implementing a unique approach of innovation politics for Germany to promote disruptive innovations.Mr. Laguna was born in 1964 in Leipzig, in the former GDR. Since his father is Spanish, the family was […]
Dr. Eva Gengler
Eva Gengler, a business informatics specialist, conducts research and works with an intersectional-feminist perspective at the intersection of power and AI. Her research on feminist AI was conducted at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg within the doctoral program Business and Human Rights. She is a speaker and co-founder of the feminist AI Community and of enableYou. She has […]
Elias Kouloures
Elias is a neurodiverse AI innovator, marketing polymath, data scientist, and life-time tech nerd with 20+ years of international business experience who lived on 4 continents and worked on 3 in 9 cities. He leverages a unique Asperger’s-ADHD blend and multidisciplinary approach to bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI research and practical business applications, fostering […]
Gilles Backhus
Gilles has been working in realtime AI for 12 years at various deeptech startups. He co-founded Recogni in 2017 where he is developing AI inference chips and systems for the data center.
Nina Gronewold
Ich bin Nina Gronewold, eine erfahrene VP Sales AI mit einem Master in Entrepreneurship und Innovationsmanagement. Seit zwei Monaten arbeite ich bei XU sustainable, einem führenden Anbieter von künstlicher Intelligenz für nachhaltige Lösungen. Dort bin ich verantwortlich für den Aufbau und die Pflege von langfristigen Kundenbeziehungen, die Erreichung von Umsatzzielen und die Förderung der Markenbekanntheit. […]
Prof. Yvonne Hofstetter
Yvonne Hofstetter, 1966, lawyer and essayist, started her IT career in 1999 for a US software provider and with Distributed Artificial Intelligence. In 2020, she co-founded 21strategies and has been its CEO ever since. 21strategies transforms how organizations make strategic and tactical decisions under uncertainty. To aim at that mission, the company provides next-gen artificial […]
Dr. Katharina von Knop
Very busy finding and devloping and executing innovative AI products. Leading three AI projects: 1. At Deploy AI we are building the platform for trustwothy AI on behalf of the EU Commission. We are 28 Partners and I am leading the team which is responible for building trustworthiness software testing tools. (Digital Service Act, EU […]
Dr. Volker Wissing, MdB
Dr Volker Wissing was born in Landau, Germany, in 1970. He has been Federal Minister for Digital and Transport since December 2021 and, additionally, Minister of Justice since November 2024, From September 2020 to December 2021 he was Secretary General of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in Germany. From May 2016 to May 2021, Dr […]
Peter Fach
Partner at Deloitte, leading our Products & Assets business. My mission is to enhance our people and knowledge based professional services business by software solutions that allow us to substantially expand the impact we are generating for and with our clients. Furthermore, I have been and continue to lead the Deloitte Center for Process Robotics […]
Michael Frings
Michael is the Federal & Defense Lead at NVIDIA Germany. He joined the company in 2015 after spending more than 20 years in the Defense and Cybersecurity sector. In his role as reserve officer of the German Armed Forces, he participated in NATO missions in Afghanistan and is today the Cyber and Space subject matter […]