AI is no longer a tech initiative. It is restructuring how companies generate profit, compete, operate, and make future decisions. The question is no longer whether to adopt AI, but how to redesign the enterprise around it to make the most out of it, before the market does it for you.
Whether you direct a whole organization or lead a business function, the Accelerate Tomorrow AI Summit 2026 will help you to reflect with clarity how change happens in the market and inside organizations, and what needs to be done now. The whole event is about practical inspiration, applications, tips, and framework.
Program
Accreditation
9:00
Networking Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
AI Solution Fair
9:30 - 16:30
Program Stages & Masterclasses
9:30 - 16:30
Highlight Show
16:30 - 17:00
Official Closing
17:00
Networking Sundowner
17:15 - 18:00
The AI Era is Here: Here's the History, the Reality, and Why You Still Matter
Masterclass
A grounded, practitioner's view of where AI genuinely stands today. Eric Dubern maps the current pace of AI autonomy and what it already means for you, giving every participant a concrete next step based on their current level of AI fluency.
Transformation Arena
June 2
10:15 - 10:45
Eve Psalti
Engineering the Future: Harnessing the Power of AI to Drive Business Growth
Keynote
Learn best practices for integrating AI into core business operations to unlock measurable growth. This session explores how organizations can operationalize AI capabilities, streamline processes, and turn innovation into tangible business value.
Advantage Arena
June 2
10:15 - 10:45
Marc-Joël Fortelny
AI in Strategy: From Slides to Apps
Masterclass
AI is moving strategy beyond slides into real, working applications. This session showcases practical examples of AI in strategic intelligence, from unified data environments like the “Gardens of Intelligence,” to deep research agents automating competitive intelligence at scale, and interactive world energy models powered by thousands of variables. You will see how strategy is evolving from static presentations into dynamic, decision-ready systems.
Transformation Lab
June 2
10:15 - 10:45
Felix Schlenther
Beyond Tools and Agents: AI as the Operating System
Masterclass
AI is no longer just a collection of tools, copilots, or isolated agents. It is becoming the operating system that shapes how organizations make decisions, coordinate work, and drive execution at scale. This session explores the shift from fragmented AI experimentation to AI-native operating models, where intelligence is embedded across workflows, teams, and business processes. From orchestration and autonomy to governance and organizational redesign, discover what it takes to build companies where AI is not an add-on, but the foundation of how the business operates.
Future of Enterprise Stage
June 2
10:15 - 10:45
Maj-Britt Pohlmann
Process Intelligence: Global Scaling of AI Impact
Masterclass
Scaling AI across global operations requires more than isolated initiatives. This session explores how end-to-end process management enables organizations to anchor, accelerate, and sustain AI-driven transformation, illustrated through real-world insights from the copper production value chain.
VIP Lounge
June 2
10:15 - 11:00
Eduard Singer
Cybersecurity in the Age of AI
Masterclass
AI is transforming cyber security on both sides of the battlefield, enabling more advanced attacks while strengthening defensive capabilities. This session explores emerging risks such as prompt injection and data poisoning, and shares practical strategies for securing AI systems through robust governance, secure ML pipelines, and AI-driven threat detection.
Advantage Arena
June 2
10:45 - 11:15
Christian Gondek
Building Up an Agentic Organization
Masterclass
Agentic AI is reshaping how organizations operate and create value. This session explores how to build an agentic organization by balancing short-term use cases with long-term transformation, while delivering tangible and scalable business outcomes.
Future of Enterprise Stage
June 2
10:45 - 11:15
Natalia Andrievskaya
If You are Not an AI-native Organization, You Can Become AI-first
Masterclass
Most organizations are not AI-native, but they can become AI-first by building systems, not just adopting tools. This session shares a practical playbook for assessing adoption readiness, prioritizing high-feasibility use cases, and turning AI transformation into scalable, repeatable infrastructure.
VIP Lounge
June 2
11:00 - 11:45
Dr. Konstantin Jonas
Unlocking Technical Asset Data with GenAI Agents
Masterclass
Discover how Deutsche Bahn applies GenAI agents to make complex technical asset and maintenance data accessible through natural-language interaction. The session shows how engineering and operations teams can move faster from fragmented data to actionable insights: improving decision-making, transparency, and efficiency across asset management processes at enterprise scale.
AI Advantage Stage
June 2
11:00 - 11:45
Elisabeth Backes, Peter Tasev
Digital Procurement: Why Technology Is the Easy Part
Masterclass
AI and automation promise quick wins, but the real challenge lies within the organization. This session goes beyond theory and shares real use cases in practice. Explore where automation truly creates value, what a digitally ready procurement organization looks like, and why change management and mindsets ultimately determine success or failure.
Transformation Arena
June 2
11:15 - 11:45
Amaryllis Liampoti
Overcoming the Essential Challenges to Scale GenAI
Keynote
Everyone is experimenting with GenAI, but few are scaling it into real value. This session introduces five key paradoxes shaping the next phase of AI adoption and provides a practical framework for redesigning decision processes, strengthening ownership, and turning AI momentum into measurable business impact.
Transformation Lab
June 2
11:15 - 11:45
Skander Kamoun
Private Equity in the Age of AI
Masterclass
As organizations deploy more AI agents and automation tools, uncontrolled growth can create complexity, risk, and inefficiency. This session explores the business impact of agent sprawl and shares practical strategies to manage, govern, and scale AI agents effectively across the enterprise.
Future of Enterprise Stage
June 2
11:15 - 11:45
Pierre-Yves Calloc'h
3 Key Elements to Deliver ROI from AI Initiatives
Masterclass
Delivering ROI from AI requires more than strong use cases. This session shares real-world examples of AI solutions scaled across 20+ countries and outlines the critical elements for success, including executive sponsorship, global deployment strategies, and driving adoption to turn AI investments into measurable business value.
VIP Lounge
June 2
11:45 - 12:30
Jessica Kafka
From Chaos to Capability: Building an AI Upskilling Strategy for 8,000 People at Zero Cost
Masterclass
In 2024, many organizations faced a familiar challenge: ambitious AI goals, but limited budgets, fragmented teams, and no clear path to scale. In this session, Jessica Kafka shares how HelloFresh built a business-led AI upskilling strategy that reached 8,000+ employees across Europe, the US, and ANZ without additional budget. From securing a strategic Google partnership to embedding AI adoption into the company’s efficiency agenda, this session offers a practical roadmap for turning AI ambition into measurable organizational capability.
Transformation Lab
June 2
11:45 - 12:15
Kathleen Burzycki
Authenticity & Uniqueness in the Age of AI
Masterclass
As AI accelerates content creation, the risk of losing originality grows. This session explores how to preserve authentic human voice and creativity while leveraging AI, and why distinctiveness remains essential for compelling communication in an AI-driven world.
Future of Enterprise Stage
June 2
11:45 - 12:15
Till Behnke
Beyond the Black Box: Bringing Legal Reasoning to AI
Masterclass
In regulated environments, probabilistic answers are not enough. This session introduces a new approach to AI that moves beyond black-box models by applying structured legal reasoning, enabling transparent, verifiable, and reliable decisions for law, compliance, and other high-stakes domains.
VIP Lounge
June 2
12:30 - 13:15
Fabio Baerwald
Building the AI Workplace at REWE Group: Insights from the Engine Room of AI Adoption
Masterclass
In this masterclass we‘ll share hands-on insights on how we translated our AI strategy into Action within our workplace AI product at REWE Group, enabling 20.000 colleagues to use AI everyday, and how the need for AI Adoption is transforming the role of IT in that context.
Value Creation Lab
June 2
14:00 - 14:45
Alejandro Basterrechea
From Procurement AI Strategy to an Operating Model That Works
Masterclass
How to translate AI strategy into a procurement-specific operating model: priority use cases, ownership, governance, and the first pilot logic for strategic and operational procurement.
Transformation Arena
June 2
14:15 - 14:45
Matthias Goehler
The Future of CX in an AI World: How to Achieve 80%+ Automation and Increase Customer Happiness?
Keynote
This session will focus on the significant transformation of Customer Experience through AI. We will discuss how organizations can achieve 80%+ automation while increasing customer happiness at the same time. We will look at implication for your CX landscape as well as the evolution of CX roles. We will end with an outlook on CX if AI takes over.
Advantage Arena
June 2
14:15 - 14:45
Aatraye Almast-Gentzcke
Cautious by Design: Germany’s AI Paradox
Masterclass
Germany was an early mover in AI, yet adoption has often lagged behind ambition. This session examines the cultural and structural factors that have shaped Germany’s cautious approach to AI, and explores what must change to accelerate deployment from strategy roadmaps to real production impact.
Transformation Lab
June 2
14:15 - 14:45
Ashley Hazle
Not So Innocuous: Shadow AI
Masterclass
A high level overview what happens when teams use seemingly innocuous applications that sit between you and your preferred LLM provider, and a look at how WPP are mitigating the risk of shadow AI by providing a safe platform for our teams to access vetted models.
VIP Lounge
June 2
14:00 - 14:45
Marie-Kathrin Wartmann
From Pilot to Implementation: Real Impact in a Global AI Rollout Across a Regulated Quality Organisation
Keynote
Most AI initiatives prove the concept. Few survive contact with the real organisation. This masterclass shares the live story of taking AI from business case to global rollout across four regions in 12 months, inside a process where compliance, accountability, and patient safety are non-negotiable. Presented from the middle of an active go-live, with time to exchange, challenge, and connect.
Transformation Arena
June 2
14:45 - 15:15
Ioannis Papadopoulos
600 to 6000: How trivago is Building a 10x Workforce
Keynote
trivago’s CTO, Ioannis Papadopoulos, will share how the company is using AI as a multiplier and equaliser to transform its operations. The core idea is that achieving a 10x impact does not come from completing tasks more quickly, but from enabling individuals to perform more of the uniquely human activities that generate value, such as building, orchestrating, connecting and navigating complexity. The session will focus on how trivago is transitioning from AI experimentation to practical workflow transformation with the aim of enabling 600 employees to achieve the output of 6,000.
Advantage Arena
June 2
14:45 - 15:15
Bijit Ghosh
Future-Proof Your AI Infrastructure
Masterclass
As AI adoption scales, resilient and high-performance infrastructure becomes mission-critical. In this session, Bijit Ghosh shares practical strategies to modernize AI and data platforms, optimize cloud and GPU architectures, and build scalable foundations for enterprise AI success.
Transformation Lab
June 2
14:45 - 15:15
Mirko Knaak
From AI Use to AI Risk Control: Securing Intelligent Systems in Practice
Masterclass
This session shows how to systematically identify and manage security risks in modern AI applications, from LLMs to autonomous agents. You’ll learn how threats such as prompt injection, data leakage, and agent misuse emerge across the full AI lifecycle, and how to mitigate them in practice. Leave with concrete approaches to secure your AI stack – spanning data, models, tools, and workflows – and ensure safe, reliable deployment in real-world business environments.
Future of Enterprise Stage
June 2
14:45 - 15:15
Mathias Fanschek
Virtual Mobile Assistants in Banking: How Raiffeisen Bank International is Transforming Customer Interaction
Masterclass
How a legacy CEE bank is driving large-scale AI transformation across 11 countries using virtual mobile assistants to modernize customer interaction and improve service efficiency.
Value Creation Lab
June 2
14:45 - 15:15
Andreas Schulz
Procurement Journey-to-Excellence: Building Best-in-Class Procurement with AI and eProcurement
Masterclass
Strategic Closing Session: How AI and eProcurement become differentiators in a sustainable best-in-class procurement journey?
VIP Lounge
June 2
14:45 - 15:30
Dominik Hanic
AI Won't Scale Until Your People Do — So Why Are You Treating It Like an IT Project?
Masterclass
What if the biggest blocker to responsible AI adoption isn't technology, governance, or budget—but the fact that your people don't trust it yet? Drawing from leading AI transformation across EMEA in regulated real estate, this session reveals how to build bottom-up adoption through champion networks, citizen-led innovation, and safe guardrails that empower rather than restrict. Learn how to activate 100 grassroots transformation leaders instead of one, turn AI into a trusted colleague through peer-to-peer learning, and scale responsible use in high-stakes environments where professional judgment cannot be replaced. Walk away with a practical playbook for moving from executive mandates to workforce-driven AI movements that actually stick.
Transformation Arena
June 2
15:15 - 15:45
Dr. Burkhard von Spreckelsen
Reimagining Power: The C-Suite in the Age of AI
Keynote
As AI takes on more cognitive and managerial tasks, the role of the C-suite is set to evolve. This session explores four essential human capabilities leaders must strengthen, including AI literacy, purpose-driven leadership, human-centered hiring, and judgment in uncertainty, to remain effective in an AI-driven organization.
Advantage Arena
June 2
15:15 - 15:45
Volker Harbrecht
Disrupting Your Marketing and Team with AI
Masterclass
AI is reshaping how marketing teams create, operate, and scale impact. This session explores how to rethink your marketing organization and playbook, generate more creative output with fewer resources, and seed the foundations for a future-ready marketing team.
Future of Enterprise Stage
June 2
15:15 - 15:45
Sebastian Walker
Why AI Scaling Fails Without Organizational Intelligence
Masterclass
Many AI initiatives stall not because of technology, but because organizations lack the structures that turn knowledge into action. This session explores why scaling AI requires organizational intelligence, including clear decision logic, contextual knowledge, and operating models that enable agents and AI systems to deliver real impact at scale.
Value Creation Lab
June 2
15:15 - 15:45
Nina Bomberg
AI Implemented — Now what? Change Management, Training and Long-Term Adoption
Masterclass
How to ensure AI actually gets used: training logic, adoption barriers, trust building, and why teams must understand the manual process before they can use AI well.
Transformation Arena
June 2
15:45 - 16:!5
Andre Cremers
Why AI Transformations Fail Before They Start — Stop Piloting. Start Scaling
Keynote
Most AI initiatives stall in pilot mode because organizations lack the structure to scale. This session delivers a practical framework for prioritizing high-value use cases, assessing true readiness, and building the operating model required to turn AI from experimentation into sustained business impact.
Transformation Lab
June 2
15:45 - 16:15
Paul Liebrecht
Sovereignty in Complexity: Scaling Industrial AI for Critical Environments
Masterclass
This session shows why the standard AI playbook is insufficient for companies in high-stakes, complex environments. You’ll leave with a clear framework to build organizational "complexity competence," a strategic approach to maintaining data sovereignty, and a roadmap for scaling mission-critical AI on Europe’s largest sovereign cloud infrastructure.
Future of Enterprise Stage
June 2
15:45 - 16:15
Dr. Jochen Kokemüller
The Agentic Leap: Scaling Value in the Era of Autonomous Intelligence
Masterclass
Stop wasting budget on AI "Innovation Theater" and start building for the P&L. This session reveals how to leap from simple assistants to autonomous Agentic Workflows that execute for days, not minutes. You’ll leave with a blueprint for strategic delegation, a digital immune system for real-time compliance, and the architectural foundation to turn agentic AI into a material competitive advantage.
Transformation Arena
June 2
15:45 - 16:15
Dr. Christian Liedtke
The Revolution of Intent-based Robotics
Keynote
Why has AI not arrived on the shopfloor yet? Because machines and processes still run in silos and there is no agnostic distribution layer connecting AI applications to physical machines. By implementing such a layer we not only enable to Physical AI, we also solve one of the most demanding challenges in today‘s operations. We make programming robots and machines a breeze by simply giving them the intention - that is, the goal - and letting the AI handle the rest. This makes automation incredibly simple and cost-effective.
Value Creation Lab
June 2
15:30 - 16:00
Deepak Alse
The New Change Equation: Humans, Agents, and the Leaders Who Bridge Them
Keynote
When your workforce includes agents that act without being asked, everything you know about leading change needs an upgrade. This masterclass challenges executives to rethink three foundational assumptions of enterprise leadership: The hierarchy assumption, The change recipient assumption, and The control assumption. Drawing on real-world experience building and scaling an AI ecosystem in a European media context, and developing executive-level AI governance frameworks, this session moves beyond theory to give participants a practical new mental model for leading in the agentic era.
VIP Lounge
June 2
15:45 - 16:30
Ana Pantić, Mat Golubović
How to Optimize Your Online Presence in the LLM Era
Keynote
Buyers are increasingly turning to AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity to discover products and services. This session provides a practical playbook for staying visible in AI-driven search, covering what has changed, what still works, and how to adapt your strategy to win organic visibility in the LLM era.
Transformation Arena
June 2
16:15 - 16:45
Hélène Dore, Edouard de Mézerac
To be announced
Keynote
To be announced
Future of Enterprise Stage
June 2
16:15 - 16:45
Felix Brockherde
Beyond the Model: Building Organizational Capability for AI-Enabled Medical Devices
Masterclass
Developing accurate AI models is only the first step toward clinical impact. This session explores how organizations can build the cross-functional capabilities, data infrastructure, and regulatory alignment needed to transform research-grade models into scalable, AI-enabled medical devices that deliver real value in patient care.
VIP Lounge
June 2
16:15 - 17:00
Dr. Simon Fink
Putting AI in Retail: Kaufland's Strategy for AI-Driven Process Optimization Your Marketing and Team with AI
Masterclass
Scaling AI in retail requires more than a single tool. This session explores how Kaufland combines enterprise IT and self-service solutions with targeted workforce upskilling to drive process optimization and enable sustainable AI adoption across the organization.
Advantage Arena
June 2
16:45 - 17:!5
Stefanie Söhnchen
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): The New Reality of Discovery
Masterclass
Search is shifting from traditional engines to AI-generated answers, changing how brands are discovered online. In this keynote, learn how Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is redefining visibility, and what organizations must do to keep their content, authority, and brand relevant in the age of AI-driven discovery.
Transformation Lab
June 2
16:45 - 17:15
Benedikt Nolte
From Reactive to Proactive: How AI is Transforming B2B Wholesale Sales
Masterclass
Wholesale distributors hold vast amounts of untapped ERP data that can unlock new growth. This session explores how AI enables sales teams to shift from reactive order-taking to proactive, data-driven selling, with practical use cases in churn detection, cross-selling, automated quoting, and workflow automation that deliver immediate ROI.
Future of Enterprise Stage
June 2
16:45 - 17:15
Wolfgang Oels
Grounding AI: Ecological, European, Responsible
Masterclass
As AI adoption accelerates, concerns around environmental impact and societal well-being continue to grow. This session explores practical strategies to build AI systems that are more sustainable, responsible, and aligned with European values.
Advantage Arena
June 2
17:15 - 17:45
Paul Rupprecht
From Pilot Hell to Impact at Scale: AI in 2026
Masterclass
Many organizations have launched AI pilots, yet few have translated experimentation into measurable business value. This session explores the most common pitfalls that keep initiatives stuck in “pilot hell” and outlines the success criteria required to generate real economic and organizational impact. Attendees will gain practical guidance on scaling AI beyond isolated use cases and turning early experiments into sustainable business value.
Transformation Lab
June 2
17:15 - 17:45
Jennifer Bemert
AI Funding in Germany
Masterclass
AI investment in Germany is accelerating, but the competitive landscape across Europe is shifting quickly. This session explores key funding trends in Germany, compares investment dynamics with France and the UK, and examines where capital is flowing across infrastructure, foundation models, and the application layer. Gain a data-driven view of how the AI funding landscape is evolving and what it means for innovation and growth.
Future of Enterprise Stage
June 2
17:15 - 17:45
Tim Kappel
From Pilot to P&L: Scaling AI with Real EBIT Impact in Industrial Organizations
Masterclass
Many industrial companies have launched AI pilots, but few have scaled them into EBIT-relevant capabilities. This session shares practical lessons on moving from isolated use cases to an integrated AI operating model, prioritizing initiatives for financial impact, and overcoming the organizational barriers that determine long-term AI success.
AI Advantage Stage
June 3
09:30 - 10:15
Katharina Gehrigk
Automation Self-Service in Procurement: Use Cases, Adoption and Implementation Stories Up an Agentic Organization
Masterclass
This session shows how Ergo embedded automation development, including AI and RPA, as a structural part of procurement. It also shares how the team approaches developing a new negotiation agent and what others can learn from that journey.
Transformation Lab
June 3
09:45 - 10:15
Andreas Mauczka
Quick and Slow: Creating Value in Core Processes While Keeping Management Entertained
Masterclass
AI transformation doesn’t end with a proof of concept—it begins with infrastructure, integration, and sustained execution. This session explores how to maintain leadership buy-in while delivering steady value, combining transformation, tooling, training, and governance into an approach that keeps progress visible and impact measurable.
Future of Enterprise Stage
June 3
09:45 - 10:15
Linda Kohl
How to Avoid Agent Sprawl in the Age of AI
Masterclass
As organizations deploy more AI agents and automation tools, uncontrolled growth can create complexity, risk, and inefficiency. This session explores the business impact of agent sprawl and shares practical strategies to manage, govern, and scale AI agents effectively across the enterprise.
VIP Lounge
June 3
09:30 - 10:15
Angeley Mullins
Storytelling as a Growth Engine: How AI Leaders Use Narrative to Drive Revenue
Masterclass
In a market flooded with AI products, technology alone no longer wins. Narrative does. This masterclass explores why many AI go-to-market strategies fail not because of weak products, but because of weak stories. Angeley Mullins, seasoned CMO, CGO, and founder of Aetheris Ventures, shares how leading AI companies use storytelling as a core growth engine to build trust, accelerate pipeline, and establish category leadership. You will learn how to craft a narrative-first GTM strategy that aligns messaging, resonates across the buyer journey, and turns attention into revenue.
Transformation Arena
June 3
10:15 - 10:45
Grisha Pavlotsky
Successful AI Transformation Starts With Aligned Teams
Keynote
This session explores why AI's biggest enterprise ROI won't come from individual productivity gains, but from accelerating team alignment. You'll learn how centralizing context across people, agents and AI tools reduces the "alignment tax" that slows teams down, and leave with a practical framework for shifting from task management to context management - so your teams can move faster together, not just individually.
Advantage Arena
June 3
10:15 - 10:45
Qihua Wang
Vision for an AI-Native Business and How to Build It
Masterclass
Becoming AI-native requires more than deploying new technologies, it demands a new vision for how organizations are designed and led. This session shares a strategic playbook for building AI-native businesses, covering organizational design, cultural transformation, and leadership practices that enable long-term competitiveness in the AI era.
Transformation Lab
June 3
10:15 - 10:45
Dennis Looks
From AI Experiments to Scalable Impact: Building a Content Engine That Actually Moves
Masterclass
Turning AI pilots into real business value requires more than experimentation. This session explores how to build a scalable content supply chain, prioritize the right use cases, and establish the governance and change management needed to move AI from isolated tests to production-ready impact.
Transformation Arena
June 3
11:00 - 11:45
Dr. Alexander Schellinger
The Missing Link in Healthcare AI: Connecting Payers and Providers for Real Impact
Keynote
Most healthcare AI initiatives remain isolated, limiting their true value. This session explores how connecting payer and provider data creates a longitudinal view of patient journeys and enables system-level intelligence. Learn how perceptive, predictive, and agentic AI can work together to support proactive care, improve patient flow, and optimize resources across the healthcare ecosystem.
VIP Lounge
June 3
10:15 - 11:00
Martin Blach
AI for Data: Autonomous Data Platforms as the Critical Success Factor for Agentic AI
Keynote
This session shows how enterprises can become truly future-ready by making their data instantly accessible to AI and to the next generation of autonomous agents. We will explore how Oracle Autonomous Database with 26ai consolidates fragmented database workloads, embeds vector search natively, and unifies structured and unstructured data through the AI Lakehouse and a Catalog of Catalogs - all available across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and OCI. You will leave with a clear blueprint to accelerate your transformation, simplify your data estate, and unlock agentic AI on top of trusted enterprise data.
Transformation Arena
June 3
10:45 - 11:15
Ilhan Scheer
Sovereignty Through Specialization: Why Europe's AI Edge Won't Come from Copying Silicon Valley
Keynote
Europe’s competitive advantage in AI will not come from scale alone, but from specialization. In this keynote, learn why purpose-built AI models for regulated and high-stakes industries are key to achieving technological sovereignty, and how specialized AI can turn policy ambitions into operational reality across critical sectors.
Advantage Arena
June 3
10:45 - 11:15
Dr. Steffen Wachenfeld
AI in Regulated Software Development
Masterclass
Regulation is often seen as a barrier to innovation, but it can also become a competitive advantage. This session explores how regulated software environments can leverage compliance frameworks to enable trustworthy AI, accelerate development, and strengthen product reliability.
Transformation Lab
June 3
10:45 - 11:15
Adrian Locher
Investing in AI: Learnings from a Decade
Masterclass
What separates successful AI investments from the rest? In this session, gain firsthand insights from a decade of building, scaling, and investing in AI ventures. Learn how to identify high-impact opportunities, navigate emerging technologies, and drive long-term value creation across industries.
Future of Enterprise Stage
June 3
10:45 - 11:15
Pascale Schäfer
From Sensational Hype to Sustainable Transformation: How (Generative) AI is Revolutionizing Rail Infrastructure
Masterclass
We are shaping a new world with data, analytics, and artificial intelligence. When used responsibly, AI holds immense potential – also for Deutsche Bahn, where Generative AI is already accelerating processes, reducing bureaucracy, optimizing construction projects, and enabling a smarter, more sustainable rail infrastructure. Pascale Schäfer (DB InfraGO) and Florian Dohmann (Birds on Mars) will take you behind the scenes of this ongoing intelligent transformation, showcasing pioneering real-world use cases and an overarching data and AI strategy that bridges innovation with tangible impact.
VIP Lounge
June 3
11:00 - 11:45
Eliah Werner
Your Brand DNA Is the Prompt No One Else Has
Keynote
The most effective AI strategies start with a deep understanding of brand identity. This masterclass explores how brand history, consumer insights, and distinctive codes can become the foundation for smarter, more authentic AI-driven marketing. Learn how to turn brand DNA into actionable prompts that create meaningful, on-brand experiences and differentiation.
Transformation Arena
June 3
11:15 - 11:45
Philipp Günther
Adoption is the Link Between AI Availability and Impact
Keynote
AI tools alone do not create value—people do. This session explores why long-term competitiveness depends on behavior, capabilities, and proficiency, and how organizations can drive adoption to turn AI availability into measurable business impact.
Advantage Arena
June 3
11:15 - 11:45
Gordian Braun
Voice Agents in Production: What Deutsche Telekom, Klarna and Revolut Already Know
Masterclass
Voice AI is rapidly moving from pilot projects to enterprise-scale deployment. This session shares real-world lessons from leading companies, revealing what drives adoption, what causes projects to fail, and why voice agents are becoming a core infrastructure layer for customer communication at scale.
Transformation Lab
June 3
11:15 - 11:45
Dr. Andreas E. Wagner
The Innovator's Mindset: Emotionally Intelligent Leadership for an AI-powered Future
Masterclass
In an AI-powered world, leadership goes beyond technical expertise. In this session, Andreas explores how emotional intelligence shapes an innovator’s mindset and enables leaders to drive performance through empathy, purpose, and connection. Innovation depends not only on cognitive ability but also on grit, resilience, and psychological safety. Participants will gain practical ways to strengthen emotional intelligence, enhance focus and creativity, and build high-performing teams that can innovate consistently.
Future of Enterprise Stage
June 3
11:15 - 11:45
David Bennett
Reimagining Customer Experience and Brand Connection Through AI Avatars and Digital Identity
Masterclass
AI avatars are redefining how brands engage with customers across marketing, sales, and service. This session explores practical use cases for deploying conversational avatars, designing human-centric journeys, and building trusted digital identities that deliver personalized experiences and strengthen brand connection at scale.
VIP Lounge
June 3
11:45- 12:30
Luise Mohn
Walk the AI Talk - from Vision to Impact
Masterclass
Turning AI ambition into real business impact requires more than strategy. This session explores how to embed AI into the organization through effective transformation practices, illustrated by tangible marketing use cases that demonstrate how vision translates into measurable results.
Transformation Arena
June 3
11:45 - 12:15
Sara Geising-Eggers
From Process to Experience: Designing Intelligent, Human-Centered Operating Models
Keynote
Experience strategy can transform how organizations operate, but success depends on making it practical. This session explores how data and AI can connect processes into seamless, human-centered experiences, while simplifying complexity, aligning ownership, and building momentum for scalable transformation.
Advantage Arena
June 3
11:45 - 12:15
Deborah Hüller
What Happens When AI Actually Works? Why We’re Not Prepared for What Comes Next
Masterclass
AI transformation is often framed as a technology challenge, but the real impact begins when AI starts to work at scale. This session explores how automation reshapes roles, increases cognitive demands, and requires organizations to fundamentally redesign work, collaboration, and human-machine interaction.
Transformation Lab
June 3
11:45 - 12:15
Maxim Romanovsky
The Future of Software Engineering
Masterclass
AI coding tools are rapidly reshaping how software is built and delivered. This session explores emerging trends, key challenges for engineers and organizations, and how teams can adapt their skills, workflows, and operating models to succeed in an AI-augmented development landscape.
VIP Lounge
June 3
12:30 - 13:15
Aleksandar Lombard
From Awareness to Enterprise Adoption: How Swarovski Scaled AI Capability in Practice
Masterclass
Facilitated Q&A masterclass (20 min input + 20 min discussion) on how Swarovski moved from AI awareness to enterprise adoption in day-to-day work. Highlights include how the AI literacy program started and scaled, what changed in “AI Literacy 2.0” to drive real behavior change, and how Responsible AI + governance enabled a controlled Microsoft 365 Copilot rollout with adoption tracking to prove value.
Transformation Arena
June 3
14:15 - 14:45
Dane Molter
Solving the AI Hallucination Problem for Global Enterprise
Keynote
Reliable AI systems require more than high accuracy, they demand trust at scale. This session explores how advanced multi-agent architectures and AI supervision models can reduce hallucinations, enabling organizations to move from basic chatbots to dependable, enterprise-grade AI workforces for high-stakes environments.
Advantage Arena
June 3
14:15 - 14:45
Jakob Sprenger
Speed vs. Regulation: Closing the AI Value Gap from VW Financial Services to Docusign
Masterclass
This session explores how regulated industries balance speed with compliance when deploying AI in finance and contract management. Learn why traditional “move fast” approaches fail in highly governed environments, how organizations are moving beyond generic chatbots to domain-specific AI built for legal and contractual complexity, and where the highest-impact use cases are emerging to accelerate workflows and unlock measurable business value.
Transformation Lab
June 3
14:15 - 14:45
Jay Mohan Kaul
Enterprise Agentic AI Strategy and Integration: What Actually Works
Masterclass
This session shows how to implement enterprise agentic AI systems that with strong scalable foundational systems design, that goes beyond AI pilot projects to building systems that drive organisational AI integration and accelerate business growth.
VIP Lounge
June 3
14:15 - 15:00
Dmitry Tikhomirov
Scale AI in Regulated Enterprises to Drive Measurable Outcomes
Masterclass
Most organizations are experimenting with AI, but few are scaling it across core business processes. In regulated industries, success requires more than pilots. It demands strong data foundations, built-in governance, and advanced AI engineering. This session explores how leading enterprises are operationalizing AI, including agentic AI in mission-critical workflows like KYC, to drive measurable business outcomes.
AI Advantage Stage
June 3
14:30 - 15:15
Catharina Golz
Stop Piloting. Start Scaling – The Procurement AI Playbook for Industrial Mid-Size Companies
Masterclass
Europe won't win by building the best AI. It will win by using it first, using it boldly, and using it where it matters most: Procurement. This session is for leaders who are done waiting – and ready to execute. And for those who are still unsure where to begin, struggling with the first requirements document, or wondering if their data is good enough: this session is especially for you.
Transformation Arena
June 3
14:45 - 15:15
Florian Kunzke
Language, Lies, and Agency: What the Cognitive Revolution Teaches Us About Enterprise AI
Keynote
Enterprise AI adoption often stalls not because of technology, but because organizations face structural gaps in context and decision-making. This session draws on cognitive science and real-world deployments to explore how human reasoning patterns shape AI behavior, and offers a practical framework to close the context and agency gaps that limit scalable enterprise AI.
Advantage Arena
June 3
14:45 - 15:15
Mirza Beširović
From Pilot to Millions: What Actually Scales AI
Masterclass
Most AI initiatives fail to deliver real business impact beyond the pilot stage. This session reveals what truly drives scalable success, highlighting the hidden costs of AI transformation, the outsized impact of organizational change, and the highest-ROI investments that turn pilots into multi-million value creation.
Transformation Lab
June 3
14:45 - 15:15
Gregor Schmalzried
AI for Humans
Masterclass
The biggest barrier to AI transformation is no longer technology, but people. This session explores why listening to employees and designing AI around real user needs is essential to drive adoption, build trust, and unlock meaningful business impact.
VIP Lounge
June 3
15:00 - 15:45
Dr. Anna Lukasson-Herzig
From Wrong Parts to Right Revenue: AI-Driven Spare Parts Identification in Manufacturing
Masterclass
Misidentified spare parts cost manufacturers time, money, and customer trust. In this candid masterclass, Anna Lukasson-Herzig unpacks a real customer case — how nyris tackled spare parts identification head-on and helped protect and scale one of manufacturing's most profitable business lines: after-sales service.
Transformation Lab
June 3
15:15 - 15:45
Firas Ben Hassan
Agentic AI in the Enterprise: Real Lessons in People, Technology and Culture
Masterclass
Scaling Agentic AI requires more than technical capability. This session shares practical lessons from large-scale enterprise transformation, highlighting how to align people, technology, and culture, select the right use cases, and build the organizational foundations needed to turn AI ambition into measurable business impact.
Future of Enterprise Stage
June 3
15:15 - 15:45
Dr. Florian Matusek
AI is Not Enough: How to Prioritize Outcomes Over Tech
Masterclass
Successful AI adoption starts with clear business outcomes, not technology alone. This session shares practical lessons from real-world deployments, showing how to focus on tangible results, prioritize high-impact use cases, and ensure AI initiatives deliver measurable value.
VIP Lounge
June 3
15:45 - 16:30
Olivier Flebus
Innovation, Transformation, and AI: Everywhere, All at Once?
Masterclass
Balancing innovation and transformation is critical to unlocking AI’s full potential. In this session, discover practical lessons from the automotive industry on selecting the right use cases, aligning innovation with business needs, and turning AI excitement into sustainable impact.
Advantage Arena
June 3
15:45 - 16:15
Oktay Tannert-Yaldiz
The Art of Transformation - Why Strategy, Narrative, and Culture Must Move as One
Masterclass
Most organizations have an AI strategy. Far fewer are ready to execute it. This session explores why AI transformations break down when strategy meets organizational reality. Oktay Tannert-Yaldiz, Founder of REFRAMICA, shares a practical framework for aligning strategy, narrative, and culture, with a focus on the critical first 90 days that determine whether transformation gains momentum or stalls. You will leave with clear guidance on turning strategy into organizational movement.
Transformation Lab
June 3
15:45 - 16:15
Christian Rebernik
AI as Infrastructure: Why the Next Generation of Market Leaders is Built Differently
Masterclass
Most AI transformations fail because they treat AI as an add-on rather than a foundation. This session explores the shift from layering AI onto existing systems to building AI-native organizations from the ground up. Drawing on 25 years of platform-building experience at companies like N26, Vivy, and ShareTheMeal, Christian shares how designing AI as infrastructure across product, data, and decision-making unlocks speed, quality, and new ways of operating. Using Tomorrow University as a live case study, he demonstrates what “AI-native” means in practice and how organizations can rethink their foundations to stay competitive in an AI-driven world.
VIP Lounge
June 3
16:30 - 17:15
Hadi Eghlidi
Architecting the Digital Backbone: Proprietary AI, Cloud, and Digital Solutions for Global Supply Chain Orchestration
Masterclass
In an era of unprecedented volatility, true competitive advantage lies in owning your supply chain logic. This session breaks down the strategic blueprint used to move beyond manual silos into a high-IQ, Cloud-native digital ecosystem. We will dissect our field-tested transformation of Demand and Capacity Management through custom Cloud/AI solutions and reveal the roadmap for the next frontier: a unified Global Command Center. Participants will gain a framework for integrating real-time alerting, predictive monitoring, and advanced scenario planning—shifting the supply chain from a reactive function to a proactive engine for growth.
Transformation Arena
June 3
16:15 - 16:45
Alwin Penner
From Cloud Shift to AI Shift — Why Your IT Landscape Needs a New Blueprint
Keynote
As AI moves from experimentation to core capability, traditional cloud strategies are no longer enough. In this keynote, learn what IT leaders must rethink across data, platforms, security, and architecture to build infrastructure that is not just cloud-ready, but truly AI-ready.
Advantage Arena
June 3
16:15 - 16:45
Michael Keusgen
The Gap Between AI Enthusiasm and AI Expertise, and the Importance of the Healthcare Sector
Masterclass
Many organizations are eager to adopt AI, but few have the structures and expertise to scale it responsibly. This masterclass provides a practical roadmap for moving from pilots to real-world impact in healthcare and other regulated environments, covering governance, adoption, and the organizational capabilities required to make AI reliable, compliant, and transformative.
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Sebastian Schröder
From Research Lab to Global Adoption: Building Toward Visual Intelligence
Keynote
What happens after a breakthrough AI model changes the industry overnight? This session explores the journey from research breakthrough to global enterprise adoption, unpacking the realities of scaling demand at speed, partnering with organizations worldwide, and navigating the regional differences shaping AI adoption across markets. From the rapid evolution of the ecosystem between 2023 and 2026 to the growing role of visual intelligence in business transformation, this session offers an inside look at how frontier AI moves from the lab into real-world impact.
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Marc-Andreas Albert
AI as a Colleague: Redefining Organizational Hierarchy and the Future of Human Skills
Panel
As AI evolves from tool to collaborator, organizations must rethink hierarchy and skill development. This session explores how collaborative intelligence is reshaping organizational structures and examines how AI can either erode or strengthen the skill ladder that builds future leaders.
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Prof. Gunnar Graef
AI Adoption in the German Mittelstand
Panel
AI adoption is accelerating across the German Mittelstand, but scaling it requires practical experience and leadership commitment. This panel brings together CEOs and owners to share real-world lessons, proven best practices, and insights on turning AI initiatives into measurable business value.
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Andreas Horn
Agentic AI in 2026: Hype, Reality, and the Road Ahead
Panel
Agentic AI is surrounded by bold promises, but real enterprise value lies between hype and execution. This session explores what is actually working today, the gaps between demos and deployment, and the strategic decisions leaders must make to turn agentic AI into sustainable business impact.
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Peter Guaganti
The Rise of the AI Workers
Masterclass
AI agents are becoming a new digital workforce across the enterprise. This session explores how AI workers can function as digital colleagues, enhance productivity, and support smarter decision-making. Learn how to set realistic expectations for cost savings and growth, manage hybrid teams of humans and AI, and move from strategy to scalable, responsible adoption.
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Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
Growing and Scaling AI Startups: What We Can Learn from China
Panel
As a General Partner at Speedinvest and head of its corporate program, Marie-Helene works closely with hundreds of portfolio companies and global corporations. Through this, she has developed a sharp, practical understanding of the challenges that arise when startups and large organizations (try to) work together.
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Beatriz Ahle
Successful AI Transformation is Not Just About Technology, It’s About Agile Leadership
Panel
Uncover how the agile mindset empowers leaders to navigate their organizations towards Human+AI powered growth. How adaptive leadership, grounded in agility, drives collaboration, innovation and value creation in a world reshaped by artificial intelligence.
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Christian Nagel
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Johann Strauss
Quo Vadis AI?
Keynote
Johann Strauss, CTO AI Solutions at Dell and responsible for the European Union AI ecosystem, explores why AI is the “new Internet” moving at four times the speed and why efficiency alone is no longer a competitive advantage. He examines AI as a core driver of digital transformation, warns how “unsteered AI” can quietly succeed in the wrong direction, and outlines how to build an ecosystem approach rather than relying on a single vendor. Cutting through “Terminator” fears and “Wall-E” fantasies, he separates hype from reality and shows how agentic AI and digital twins are already transforming enterprises of all sizes, leaving C-level leaders with a clearer view of where to apply AI first and where not to.
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Nicolaj Bruun
From Fragmented Data to Scalable AI: How Procurement Can Build the Right Foundation for Transformation
Masterclass
Many procurement organizations want to scale AI, but fragmented systems and weak data foundations hold them back. This session explores how procurement teams can move from scattered ERP and source-to-contract landscapes toward a more AI-ready setup, how AI can help structure and harmonize data, and when focused use cases make more sense than large end-to-end implementations.
