Roland

Weigert

Roland Weigert is Vice Minister of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy.

Dr. Hannes

Ametsreiter

Dr Hannes Ametsreiter (born 1967) has been CEO of Vodafone Germany and member of the global Vodafone Group’s Executive Committee since 1 October 2015. Born in Salzburg, the reputed telecommunications manager has more than 20 years of telecoms experience in convergent markets and outstanding expertise in marketing and brand management. He played an instrumental role in positioning Vodafone as a gigabit company and restoring growth by introducing increasingly fast speeds, convergent solutions and attractive products that integrate mobile, fixed, internet and TV. Before joining Vodafone, Dr Ametsreiter served for 6 years as Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Telekom Austria Group, and was also CEO of A1 Telekom, a company created through the merger of Mobilkom Austria AG and Telekom Austria TA AG. He also has longstanding experience in corporate finance. The Vodafone Germany CEO is married with two daughters.

Dr. Susanne

Leifheit

Dr. Susanne Leifheit heads the Public Affairs and Sustainability Department at the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand.
Dr. Leifheit was born in 1963, she has two children.
After graduating from high school, she initially completed an apprenticeship as a farmer. She completed her studies in chemistry at the Technical University of Darmstadt in 1995 with a doctorate in additives in engine oils.
Since 1996 she has been working in the Volkswagen Group. She began her career in the Group laboratory with the analysis of operating materials. She took over the management of "authorities and regulations" and "CO2Management" at the Volkswagen Passenger Car Brand in Wolfsburg. Since 2014, she has been responsible for Public Affairs and Sustainability at the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand in Hanover. 2005-2007 shewas Head oftheGreen Party in LowerSaxony.

Ralf
Wintergerst

As CEO of Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) Ralf Wintergerst is managing one of the world's leading security technology companies. He began his career in 1998 as Director of International Subsidiaries in the Cards and Services business. Between 1999 and 2005 he held various management positions in the division Currency Management Solutions, ultimately heading it from 2006 on. He has been a member of the Management Board since 2013. In 2016, he was appointed Chairman of the Management Board.
Furthermore to his role at G+D, Wintergerst is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of secunet Security Networks AG. In addition, he holds various positions related to IT security issues, including member of the advisory board of the Cyber Defense research institute of the Bundeswehr University in Munich and co-chair of the Digital Summit Platform "Security, Protection and Trust" of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. Since mid-2019, he took over as chair of the North Africa Middle East Initiative of German Business (NMI) and has also become a member of the Executive Committee of Germany's digital association, Bitkom.

Kyriakos

Pierrakakis

Kyriakos Pierrakakis is the Minister of Digital Governance in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He is a Greek computer and political scientist and politician. In 2007 he earned a Master in Public Policy from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and in 2009 he earned a Master of Science in Technology and Policy from MIT. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Athens University of Economics and Business. He served as Director of Research at Dianeosis, an independent non-profit think tank. He produced an array of research papers with a strong focus on economic growth and understanding the prevail-ing perceptions and beliefs among Greeks. He has also worked on technology policy for various research institutes in Greece and abroad and headed Youth Foundation as president. He was born on 1983 in Athens. He is married with three children. He speaks English and French.

Dr. Kristina

Wagner

Dr. Kristina Wagner received her PhD from RWTH Aachen University at the Institute for Number Theory and the Institute for Control Engineering. In 2008, Kristina spent a research stay at Melbourne University, and in 2010 she kicked off her career in technology and process consulting at Siemens AG in Munich.

Since October 2015, Kristina has held various management positions at KUKA AG. As Vice President Corporate Research, she drives robotics innovation and technology development together with her team. In her additional role as Director RoX Program, she is responsible for KUKA's largest and key innovation program RoX | The Robot X-Perience (product name: iiQKA) with the goal of redesigning and transforming KUKA's Robot Experience. As a result, the interaction between humans, tools and robots will be significantly improved. The first prototypes were already delivered to pilot customers at the end of 2019.

Dr. Liliane

Ableitner

Liliane Ableitner emphasized the use of digital technologies in the energy transition during her doctoral studies in information systems at ETH Zurich. After the success of her research project, she founded the startup Exnaton, which rethinks the energy sector and uses data and apps in a targeted way to achieve the climate goals of our society. The startup has won several awards and Liliane Ableitner was listed as a successful young entrepreneur on DACH Forbes' 30 UNDER 30 list.

Kenza

Ait Si Abbou

Kenza is Senior Manager for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at Deutsche Telekom IT. She
was born in Morocco, studied Telecommunications Engineering in Spain. A Master in Project
Management followed in Germany, then Chinese as a foreign language in China. She has a track
record managing big projects, in Hardware and Software development, ICT outsourcing tenders,
agile transformations, or rolling out new network architectures for Deutsche Telekom. In
December 2018 Kenza was awarded with the Digital Female Leader Award in the category
IT/Tech, and in April 2019 with the Engineer Power Women Award from Deutsche Messe, for her
engagement and commitment for more Diversity in the IT and AI world. In August 2020 Kenza
published her first Book „Keine Panik, ist nur Technik“ (in German for now), where she explains
artificial intelligence to the public and pleads for more diversity in AI development.

Johannes

Barckmann

Johannes Barckmann graduated as a designer from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover and started his career at BMW. Until 2017, he was responsible for the company's worldwide design activities at EDAG and today heads the "Global Fairs & Showcars" department in the Group Marketing division.
He is also the EDAG CityBot Concept & Product Owner.
Furthermore, Mr Barckmann is active as a lecturer at international universities and academies, as an advisory board member and as a jury member in design competitions.

Julian

Bergmann

Julian Bergmann is responsible for Business Development at INNOSPOT in Munich, Germany, where he supports organizations in finding relevant Startups in specific search fields.
He joined the company in 2019 and since then helped various organizations from many industries to navigate the global startup ecosystem.

Sven-Anwar

Bibi

Sven-Anwar Bibi has a history in strategy & innovation consulting and user research in the context of product development of analog and digital products and services. He established and lead the Connected Living Venture within PwC IXDS GmbH between 2015 and 2020 to-gether with a team of designers, innovators and researchers. Accountable for projects and relationships with nationally and internationally operating companies (BSH, BOSCH, Vaillant, Vorwerk, SPIE), consulting in the context of digital transformation, he helped companies to thrive on business and cultural level during their challenges to master digital transformation.
Since 2002 Sven has been involved in teaching / academic research and gained experience in the DACH region and abroad, (lectureships, seminars, workshops). At PwC IXDS he lead a consortium of 3 SMEs and 2 Universities during a three year research project on “Prototyp-ing for Innovation” (ProFI), funded by BMBF/DLR.

Dr. Maximilian

Bock

Dr. Maximilian Bock hat an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) einen Master of Science in Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen mit den Schwerpunkten Maschinenbau und Management absolviert. 2020 hat er ebenfalls an der FAU seine Promotion im Fach Wirtschaftsinformatik mit dem Themenschwerpunkt Digitale Geschäftsmodelle in Industrie 4.0 abgeschlossen.

Seit Januar 2021 ist Dr. Maximilian Bock bei der Bayern Innovativ GmbH beschäftigt. Als Projektmanager Technologie ist er hauptsächlich für die ZD.B-Themenplattform Digital Production & Engineering und die Koordinierungsstelle Additive Fertigung tätig.

Dr. Andreas

Böhm

Dr. Andreas Böhm ist Physiker mit Diplom in Festkörperphysik. 2003 hat er an der Universität Frankfurt im Bereich molekularer Biophysik promoviert.

In der Industrie war Dr. Andreas Böhm mehrere Jahre bei einem der weltgrößten Automobilzulieferer in der Entwicklung von Motorsteuergeräten tätig. Bei der Robert Bosch GmbH sammelte er zudem umfangreiche Erfahrung im Management komplexer Projekte.

Seit 2007 ist Dr. Andreas Böhm bei der Bayern Innovativ GmbH tätig und leitete dort von 2012 bis Juli 2020 den Cluster Automotive. Schwerpunktmäßig koordinierte er die Zukunftsthemen Automobiles Bordnetz und Autonomes Fahren. Fachlich betreut er den Arbeitskreis „AK ASIL im Bordnetz“, dessen Ergebnisse in Kooperation mit dem ZVEI in einem technischen Leitfaden fließen.

Aktuell baut er für die Bayern Innovativ GmbH das Technologiefeld Quantentechnologie auf, um in diesem Zukunftsthema den Schulterschluss zwischen Forschung und Wirtschaft zu forcieren.

Michael

Braun

After his training as a mechanic Michael Braun studied agricultural sciences at the Fachhochschule Freising-Weihenstephan. In 2008, he graduated as a certified agriculturist. In 2008, Michael Braun started working for HORSCH and at first was responsible for agronomic tests
and trials. In 2012, he joined the HORSCH product marketing team for tillage and seed drills. Due to the intensive contact to different markets and climate zones he gathered comprehensive experiences in international arable farming.
Since the middle of 2020 Michael Braun has been in charge of the sectors sales support and marketing. In addition to the long activity for HORSCH he runs the parental farm with a focus on arable farming and cattle keeping.

Regina

Burgmayr

Regina Burgmayr (Project Management. Marketing & Events TAWNY) holds a degree of M.Sc. in Economics with specialization in Marketing, Strategy, and Leadership. She also has a degree of B.Sc. in Sports. During her studies, Regina collected expertise in psychology and human biomechanics, as well as she is an active, professional FEI athlete and head coach in a renowed club. At TAWNY, Regina is responsible for project management and customer-centricity research as well as ensuring successful platform projects. She also coordinates all events and is responsible for marketing and media iniciatives.

Dr. Mara

Cole

Dr. Robert

Couronné

Ich bin promovierter Ingenieur der Elektro- und Informationstechnik und habe längere Zeit am Fraunhofer IIS im Bereich Bildverarbeitung und Medizintechnik gearbeitet. Danach habe ich die Geschäftsführung eines IT-Unternehmensnetzwerks übernommen und war zuletzt als Digital Solutions Consultant bei einem IoT-Entwicklungsunternehmen tätig. Cybersecurity ist in Zeiten des IoT ein strategisches Muss.

Smadar

David

Smadar David (co-Founder and CEO):
Holding a B.Sc.& M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering as well as an MBA, all from Tel-Aviv University.
Served for more than 6 years in the technological unit of the intelligence corps (81), leading the execution of full cycle from conceptualization to field implementation of high precision opto-electronic mechanisms and systems.
Following the army service, Smadar joined Innoviz Technologies (a successful Israeli startup developing Lidar for Autonomous Vehicles, raised over $250M) as the first employee. Smadar established and managed the MEMS and mechanical group, a diversified group of more than 20 professionals. The group was in charge of the development of a cutting-edge MEMS scanning module from concept to serial production, utilizing technologies that had never been commercialized before.

Dr. Panagiotis

Demestrichas

Prof. Panagiotis Demestichas is a Professor at the University of Piraeus, School of ICT, Department of Digital Systems, Greece. He is also a co-owner of WINGS ICT Solutions (www.wings-ict-solutions.eu) and of its spin-out Incelligent (www.incelligent.net). WINGS focuses on AI-powered solutions for the environment (air quality), networks and infrastructures (water, energy, gas, transportation, construction), production and manufacturing (food security and safety, industry 4.0, logistics), service sectors (health, defense). Incelligent focuses on products for banking, the public sector and telecommunication infrastructures. Panagiotis conducts research on 5G, cloud and IoT, big data and artificial intelligence, orchestration / diagnostics and intent-oriented mechanisms. He holds a Diploma and a Ph.D. degree on Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He holds patents and has published numerous articles and research papers.

Dr. Jörg

Dörr

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Dörr currently holds the chair of "Digital Farming" at TU Kaiserslautern. Furthermore, he has been a member of the extended institute management of Fraunhofer IESE in Kaiserslautern since 2020. In this position, he is responsible for the research programs of the institute and has been leading the Smart Farming program at the institute since 2020. His work at the TU as well as at Fraunhofer IESE focuses on software and systems engineering, especially for applications in digital farming. Jörg Dörr was Co-Head Business Development from 2018 to 2020. From 2010-2019, he was Head of the main department "Information Systems" and from 2005-2010 Head of the department "Requirements and Usability Engineering". He received his PhD in 2010 on non-functional aspects in requirements specification. He studied computer science with a minor in electrical engineering at the University of Kaiserslautern. Since 2002, he has been working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE. Jörg Dörr has extensive knowledge in the areas of software and systems engineering, requirements engineering, and data usage control. He is active in diverse industries, with a focus on smart farming. He is the author of more than 150 academic and industry-related publications. Since 2006, he has been active as a lecturer on topics including requirements engineering and agile methods, and since 2021 also on digital farming at universities. Jörg Dörr is active in the GI (Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.), was spokesman of the requirements engineering group for several years, and is a founding member of the GI Kaiserslautern regional group. Furthermore, he is the technical leader of the User Group Requirements Engineering of the Softwareforen and active in various national and international program committees.

Seamus

Donoghue

Seamus has extensive domain expertise in investment banking, wealth management, commodities and crypto markets that spans market structure, regulation and technology.
He spent 20 years building and managing trading operations across all the global financial centres with JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Since 2011 he has been active as a founder, leader, and investor in fintech and crypto projects including founding Allocated Bullion Solutions, an award winning open architecture technology platform for wholesale precious metals risk management and distribution automation, and as the Asia managing director of the Swiss digital asset exchange Lykke.

Prof. Bjoern

Eskofier

Bjoern M. Eskofier is German Research Foundation (DFG) funded Heisenberg-Professor for
"Digital Support Systems in Sports and Medical Engineering" and endowed professor of the
Adidas AG. He heads the Machine Learning and Data Analytics (MaD) Lab and the Central
Institute for Medical Engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg
(FAU). Currently, his lab has 40 co-workers, who research in the fields of machine learning
and signal analysis for wearable computing systems in sports and health care. The motivation
of the lab’s researchers is to increase human wellbeing.
Dr. Eskofier studied Electrical Engineering at the FAU and graduated in 2006. He then studied
under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Benno Nigg at the University of Calgary (Canada). There,
he received his PhD degree in Biomechanics in 2010 for his research on "Application of Pattern
Recognition Methods in Biomechanics". He authored more than 220 peer reviewed articles,
submitted 5 patent applications, and started three spinoff startup companies. He won several
medical-technical research awards. In 2016, he was a visiting professor in Dr. Paolo Bonato’s
Motion Analysis Lab at Harvard Medical School (February-March), and in 2018, he was a
visiting professor in Dr. Alex “Sandy” Pentland’s Human Dynamics group at MIT Media Lab
(March-August). He is also a delegate of the FAU to the Medical Valley (80 Mio Euro German
Ministry of Education funded cluster) and to the European Institute of Innovation & Technology
for Health (EIT Health, 500 Mio Euro EU consortium, 2015-2021).
Bjoern Eskofier has defined his research and entrepreneurial agenda to revolve around
contributions to a “Digital Health Ecosystem”, where patients are connected to other
stakeholders within the Healthcare system using digital support tools. His digital health
research philosophy is that only multidisciplinary teams of engineers, medical experts, industry
representatives and entrepreneurs will have the tools to actually implement changes in
Healthcare.

Christoph

Giese

Christoph Giese, who has a degree in business administration, has worked in various management positions at different international enterprise companies in the field of IT/communication/digital transformation. In 2020, the year of the pandemic, he decided to contribute his skills to an innovative start-up in the field of cybersecurity/workplace security as co-founder of homebase. The SaaS company develops biometrics-based solutions and supports access management. As CEO, Christoph's focus is innovation, sales and marketing. In addition, he supports companies as a business advisor to enter the European/ DACH area.

Dominik

Golle

Dominik Golle absolvierte einen Master of Public Policy an der Hertie School of Governance und hat in Konstanz, Abuja, Barcelona und Berlin studiert. Zudem ist er Gründer und Koordinator der weltweiten Alumnivereinigung der Hertie Stiftung zu Digitalthemen, dem Hertie Network on Digitalization.

Bei der Bayern Innovativ GmbH leitet er derzeit die Themenplattform „Verbraucherbelange in der Digitalisierung“ des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz. Die Themenplattform ist Teil des bei Bayern Innovativ angesiedelten Zentrum Digitalisierung.Bayern.

Aufgabe der Themenplattform ist es, Unternehmen dabei zu unterstützen, in der Digitalisierung verbraucherfreundlicher zu werden. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf den Bereichen „Privacy by Design“ und „Corporate Digital Responsibility“. Dominik Golle ist Autor mehrerer Publikationen sowie Speaker und Moderator zu „Privacy by Design“ und „Corporate Digital Responsibility“.

Anja

Groß

Anja Groß nahm nach abgeschlossener Ausbildung zur Buchhändlerin ein Studium an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg auf. Das Studium der Wirtschafts- und Buchwissenschaft beendete sie im Jahr 2018 mit einem Masterabschluss.

Im Rahmen von verschiedenen Praktika im In- und Ausland erwarb Anja Groß Kenntnisse im Marketing, Produkt- sowie Projektmanagement.

Ab Oktober 2018 unterstützt sie das EU-Projekt Enterprise Europe Network als Projektmanagerin im Bereich Marketing. Neben der Veranstaltungsorganisation zählt die internationale Kooperationspartnervermittlung zu ihren vorrangigen Aufgaben.

Seit 2020 ist sie zudem im Bereich Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement tätig.

Anna-Sophie

Harling

Anna-Sophie Harling is Managing Director, Europe and Executive Vice President, Partnerships at NewsGuard, based in London and New York. In 2020, she was selected to serve as a member of the advisory Content Board of Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulatory authority. Prior to joining NewsGuard, Harling worked as Business Development Manager for a technology company in London, and at an international law firm. She has previously worked at two German newspapers. Harling graduated from Yale University, where she was a Yale Journalism Scholar.

David

Heberling

David Heberling, Founder & CEO of Table of Visions, is an expert in digital innovation management and a pioneer in crowdfunding. Together with David Holetzeck, he founded pling, one of the first German crowdfunding platforms for creative projects, and was able to successfully establish the topic on the German market.

Heberling is a jury member of the Slush Startup Competition and a startup crowdfunding advisor at the European University Viadrina.He is co-founder of the Corporate Crowdfunding Days and recently founded the Lab Research Unit Predictify.
As a sought-after speaker and lecturer, David Heberling often shares his knowledge at conferences such as re:publica, Zukunft Personal, IFA or the Hasso Plattner Institute.
Table of Visions develops innovation and financing processes with the help of the crowd. Its customers include small and medium-sized companies as well as corporations that are leaders in their industries in Germany or even worldwide, such as Tchibo.
or even global leaders in their industry, such as Tchibo, psd Bank, Wikimedia, Finanzportal, Total, Desussa Sparkassen Finanzportal or Vaillant Group. He lives and works in Berlin.

Markus

Heintel

Markus Heintel started working in the field of IT security as consultant in 2000. He has been involved in many
security infrastructure projects, including Siemens PKI. Since 2003 he has been responsible for the
development of the Siemens smart card middleware. In 2014 he changed to Siemens Technology
as research scientist for embedded system security. His current focus of work is on security for industrial
automation and control systems, Industrie 4.0, security trust anchors. Markus is driving various security
standardization topics within IEC TC65 and ISO/IEC JTC1.

Michael

Herman

Dr.-Ing. Michael Herman is a research scientist and product owner at the Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence working on machine learning based human motion prediction for assisted and automated driving. He received his PhD at Bosch and the Autonomous Intelligent Systems Lab at the University of Freiburg, which is headed by Prof. Wolfram Burgard. His team is working on ML-based dynamics modeling of interactive multi-agent environments using Imitation Learning, Probabilistic Graphical Models, and Deep Learning.

Kai

Hermsen

Kai Hermsen
IDENTITY Valley
Kai Hermsen is a fellow at the charitable organization IDENTITY Valley, with the aim of establishing a European “answer and evolution” on Silicon Valley, bringing back the focus on our identity and trust. He is also the Global Coordinator for the Charter of Trust for Siemens, representing Siemens Cybersecurity to external organizations like the World Economic Forum and particularly the Charter of Trust. In addition, he co-founded the non-profit foundation TWINDS aimed at developing an open source sollution for Disposable Identities. Previously, he has been leading the Siemens Cybersecurity strategy. The father of two is a strong believer, that technology has to serve society to be of value – it requires trust to enable exactly that. He has a business administration background.

Dr. Rand

Hindi

Dr Rand Hindi is an entrepreneur and investor in Artificial Intelligence and Privacy. He is the CEO at Zama, which provides homomorphic encryption solutions for AI.

Rand started coding at the age of 10, founded a Social Network at 14 and a web agency at 15 before getting into Machine Learning at 18 and starting a PhD at 21. He then created Snips, the first edge-based, private by design voice solution for OEMs, which was then acquired by Sonos.

He has been elected as a TR35 by the MIT Technology Review, as a "30 under 30" by Forbes, is a lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris and an advisor to multiple companies. He was previously a member of the French Digital Council where he focused on AI and Privacy issues.

He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a PhD in Bioinformatics from University College London (UCL), as well as two graduate degrees from Singularity University in Silicon Valley and THNK in Amsterdam.

Maximilian

Irlbeck

Dr. Tanja

Jovanovic

Dr. Tanja Jovanovic studierte Sozialökonomik und International Business Studies an der Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg und promovierte im Innovationsmanagement. Sie arbeitete an der FAU, wo sie u.a. Forschungs- und Unternehmensprojekte bearbeitete, Lehrveranstaltungen hielt und einen Arbeitskreis aufbaute. Außerdem war sie u.a. im Projektmanagement bei der Siemens AG und in einer Gründungsberatung tätig.

Seit Oktober 2018 engagiert sich Tanja Jovanovic als Projekt- & Innovationsmanagerin bei der Bayern Innovativ GmbH. Als Leiterin des Technologie- und Innovationsmanagements verantwortet sie Dienstleistungen im Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement sowie die Weiterentwicklung des Technologietransfers.

Ilyas

Kahn

Ilyas Khan, is the CEO and founder of Cambridge Quantum Computing (“CQC”).
Prior to CQC Ilyas was the founding Chairman of The Stephen Hawking Foundation. He is a Fellow of St Edmund’s College at the University of Cambridge, and also the Leader in Residence at the Judge Business School where he was instrumental in the establishment of the highly regarded Accelerate Cambridge pro-gramme of investment in early stage Cambridge based technology sector companies.
Ilyas is a regular and extensive writer and commentator on topics relating to quantum computing. He has a long-standing interest in the foundations of mathematics and category theory. He is a Life Member of the American Mathematical Society.

Christoph

Karl

Christoph Karl ist Diplom-Physiker (Universität Bayreuth) mit Schwerpunkt Tieftemperaturphysik und Supraleitung.
Bis November 2020 war Christoph Karl als Territory Sales Manager bei Oxford Instruments NanoScience – einem britischen Hersteller für kryogenfreie Mischungskryostaten und supraleitende Magnetsysteme – verantwortlich für den Direktvertrieb in Mitteleuropa.

Seit Dezember 2020 unterstützt er die Bayern Innovativ GmbH beim Aufbau des Technologiefelds Quantentechnologie.

Dr. Wolfgang

Kellerer

Wolfgang Kellerer is full professor and head of the Chair of Communication Networks in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany. His research area covers methods and systems for wireless as well as fixed communication networks. Focus of his work is on network dynamics and flexibility based on Software Defined Networking and Network (Function) Virtualization for various emerging systems including 5G and 6G infrastructure as well as industrial communication. In the area of wireless communication his research is targeting machine-to-machine communication for low-delay, high reliability, control-aware wireless network resource management in 5G and 6G networks.

Before he joined TUM, Wolfgang Kellerer pursued an industrial career being more than ten years with DOCOMO Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH, NTT DOCOMO's European research institute in Munich, Germany. His last position was head of the research department for wireless communication and networking, contributing to research and standardization of LTE-A and 5G technologies. In 2001 he was a visiting researcher at the Information Systems Laboratory of Stanford University, California, US.

He received his Dr.-Ing. degree (Ph.D.) and his Dipl.-Ing. degree (Master) from TUM, in 1995 and 2002, respectively. He has published more than 200 papers in respective journals, conferences and workshops and is inventor of more than 40 patents and patent applications in this area. In 2015, he has been awarded with an ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Commission for his research project FlexNets "Quantifying Flexibility in Communication Networks". He is a member of ACM, VDE ITG and a Senior Member of IEEE.

Tom

Klein

Tom Klein, born in 1988, studied information technology and industrial engineering in Zwickau. Both in his university research and in his professional life at SyroCon, he drives innovative projects in the area of automotive with his extensive expertise. The focus is on the development of Engine Control Unit (ECU) components for autono-mous driving as well as in the field of e-mobility. In innovative sensor development projects for autonomous driving, he evaluates new technologies in the field of artifi-cial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision and brings these solutions with his team into the market.

Dr. Peter

Kürz

Patricia

La Torre

Paddy brings over 5 years of experience in the automotive industry to Humanising Autonomy, having previously worked at Bosch in Europe and North America. In her former roles she coordinated business development, funding acquisition, public private partnerships, and policy across the global mobility industry. She holds a Bachelor of the Arts from James Madison College at Michigan State University and a Master of the Arts from the University of Bath. In her current role, Paddy works to engage international partners and customers in achieving Humanising Autonomy’s mission to become the global standard for human interaction with automated systems.

Antoine

Leboyer

• 2008 till 2021: President and CEO of Software Editor GSX, sold to Martello Technologies (MTLO.V)
• Board member of Martello Technologies
• Advisor to several start-ups and entrepreneurs
• Currently, Managing Director, Venture Labs for SW and AI

Christian

Leicher

Christian Leicher is President and CEO of Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG. He has been a member of the Executive Board and Managing Partner since 2005. In July 2016 he assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

He has more than 20 years of international experience in the wireless industry. Prior to joining Rohde & Schwarz, Leicher held positions at Ericsson in Germany, China, Sweden, and the US and at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications for the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa).

Mr. Leicher holds a graduate degree in electrical engineering and a postgraduate degree in ergonomics and economics (AWA) from Technical University of Munich (TUM).

Nicolas

Lerch

Nico Lerch is 31 years old and lives and works in Munich. He studied Sustainable Business at Rotterdam School of Management. In the past he built Sales and Marketing teams for sonnen in Germany and Australia. In 2020 he joined gridX to help accelerate its growth in Europe and overseas. Nico Lerch has got a passion for technology, smart energy and outdoors in the private sector. Over the past ten years he lived in four countries and eight cities, where he gained a lot of experience which helps him to deal with diverse clients and demands.

Dr. Jan

Mayer

Jan Mayer received his PhD in experimental Physics from the University of Basel. His research focuses on energy-related technologies for buildings and urban districts. With over 7 years experience in research projects and applied technology transfer in various fields such as optics & photonics, nanotechnology, integrated organic photovoltaics and distributed energy systems, including several scientific publications, he is currently working as a researcher in the field of energy informatics at fortiss, the Bavarian research institute for software-intensive systems. In his research, he focusses on optimizing energy dispatch across districts and data-driven simulation and modelling of energy systems. As a sideline, he is involved in the technical planning of a new net-zero office building since 2017 and founded a local energy contractor in 2020.

Peter

Merz

Peter is currently leading the Standardization & Research unit in Nokia. The unit is responsible for developing holistic concepts and innovations for Access and Core networks as well as automation breakthroughs in network and service automation and driving them accordingly into external standardization bodies and fora.

Peter received his Master of Science degree on electrical Engineering in 1995 from the University Stuttgart, Germany. In 1996 he joined the Siemens Mobile Networks division and started to work on GSM technology. He has a proven strong background in wireless research and he was part of the Siemens's pioneering activities in WCDMA and LTE. In 2004 he became manager of the unit responsible for radio access research and standardization.
In 2007 he took over the position of Head of Radio Systems research in Nokia Siemens Network and later Nokia Networks. The research performed in this unit has substantially contributed to the evolution of WCDMA, HSPA and LTE/LTE-A and 5G technologies and systems that today and the future provide unparalleled connectivity on a global base.

He is a proven leader and manager, capable of executing defined strategies by leading successfully projects & programs at multi-cultural organizations. Peter co-initiated/founded the industry consortium on CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface) together with Ericsson, NEC, Nortel, Siemens and Huawei. He was involved in the set up of several collaborative research projects and bring up of various mobile generations like LTE and 5G moreover he holds several international patents. He is active in Digital Hub Mobility in Munich as well as a member of the VDE and in the board of “Münchner Kreis”.

Christian

Metz

Christian Metz ist bereits früh in seinem Leben mit der praktischen Landwirtschaft in Kontakt gekommen, woraus eine grundlegende Motivation entstand, neue, innovative und vor allem praxisnahe Lösungen, für eine zukunftsfähige Landwirtschaft, zu entdecken und voranzutreiben.
Nach seinem Masterstudium der Agrarwissenschaft in Weihenstephan trieb es ihn daher, fast schon natürlich, zur Digitalen Transformation, um mit deren Werkzeugen einen stärkeren Einklang zwischen Ökonomie und Ökologie zu erreichen.

Als Leiter des Kompetenznetzwerks Digitale Landwirtschaft Bayern bei der Bayern Innovativ GmbH bietet sich ihm nun die spannende Möglichkeit, das gesamte Ökosystem in einen interdisziplinären Dialog zur Gestaltung unserer Landwirtschaft von Morgen zu integrieren.

Dr. Liana

Movsesyan

Dr. Liana Movsesyan is working at Infineon Technologies AG. In her role as Smart Data Expert she is coordinating Big Data and AI-related projects in the Front-end manufacturing in Regensburg. In 2017 she started her career at Infineon as a product and test engineer, focusing on data analytics for product quality improvement projects, both in Front-end and Back-end Manufacturing. She holds a PhD in Material Science with focus on Nanotechnology from the Technical University of Darmstadt.

Sharath

Muddaiah

Sharath Muddaiah holds a Master degree in Mobile & High Speed Telecommunication Networks. He has held senior positions within Sales & Marketing, Product Management and Portfolio Strategy over the last 17 years at Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Sony before joining Giesecke+Devrient. In his current position as Director of Strategic Solutions & Business Development, he is responsible for product innovation and eco system developments in the areas of 5G, Private Networks and Mobile IoT. Sharath is responsible to direct first global rollouts of products that securely manage the identities and data of the very many connected devices

David

O'Byrne

David O'Byrne is responsible for growing awareness and customer engagement in Europe for Druid Software, one of the leading providers of core network software for 4G and 5G Campus Networks. In this role he works with System Integrators, Mobile Network Operators and industry to capitalise on the opportunities of 5G. Previous to Druid Software, he was Programme Manager at GSM Association where he led the Future Networks programme and was responsible for 5G development and RCS Business Messaging. He has managed the development and launch of new and innovative technology products and services for Microsoft, Vodafone, Visa, iHeed, Bank of Ireland and others.

He holds an Honors degree in Engineering for University College Dublin and an MBA from the Open University.

Bernhard

Niemann

Bernhard Niemann (Dipl.-Phys.) has been with Fraunhofer IIS since 2000. In 2014, he was promoted to head of the Broadband and Broadcast Department focussing on mobile and industrial communications (5G & 6G), AI applications in communication systems and neuromorphic hardware.
Under his guidance, Fraunhofer IIS has established itself as a veritable player in the 5G world. Through Mr. Niemann and his team’s expertise in mobile communications, they have successfully navigated and shaped the 5G standardization process in the past years.
This is underscored by several large-scale projects such as the »5G Bavaria« initiative which aims to close the gap between standardization and market availability for industrial partners through test beds and a test center.

Kimberley

Trommler

Kimberley Trommler studied mathematics and computer science at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and completed her Master of Mathematics in AI (computational linguistics) in 1997.

She has over 20 years of experience in the field of computer science, with an emphasis on data networking, including positions as:

Software developer and team manager of Customer Engineering at Loran International Technologies (now part of HPE), in Ottawa, Canada
Data centre architect at OpenText in St. Gallen, Switzerland
Network architect at BMW in Munich, Germany
Senior technical evangelist at Paessler AG in Nuernberg, Germany
Ms. Trommler has been at Bayern Innovativ since 2017, with a focus on digitalisation in the automotive industry. In 2020 she became a group manager in the Techology division, and in 2021 took over as director of Thinknet 6G.

Rob

Price

Rob is a Director at Alchemmy, a boutique UK based Management Consultancy. He was previously Deputy CEO at Worldline UK, Chief Digital Officer at Atos UK, and Consulting Partner helping organisations on their Digital Transformation. He led the definition of Digital for the Management Consultancy Associatoins's Year of Digital in 2015, was one of the World’s Top 50 influencers on Digital Transformation in 2016 and was co-founder of the concept of Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR) in 2017, whilst leading a research stream on the impact of Digital on Society in a global thinktank led by Thierry Breton, then Chairman of Atos and now EU Commissioner introducing the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act. He runs the blog http://corporatedigitalresponsibility.net and associated Podcast series, “A New Digital Responsibility”, connecting the dots on the people and organisations involved in CDR globally.

Sven

Rausch

Sven is a full-time nerd with a passion for computer science, math and science-fiction.
He is working as CEO of ENER-IQ - a software company using AI to make heating systems more efficient. At Energiezentrale Nord GmbH - a leading engieering company in the field of energy efficiency - he is CTO and responsible for the company's technological development.
All in all Sven founded 10 companies in the last 20 years. (software development, online journal, hosting and video streaming, telecommunications, fitness and sports, energy efficiency, social media and IT services) and has still severall projects on his todo list.
He started programming in the age of 8 in BASIC using an old Acer 500.
Moved to web dev. and co-founded one of europes biggest websites about 'case modding' with over 300k PI a day - when he was 12.
As a teenager he had a very good time doing some hardware projects, developed browser games, a one click sharehoster and a video streaming platform.
At university (B.Sc. + M.Sc. Computer Science) his interests were about database systems and caching, but after some years he moved his focus to data science and artificial inteligence - where he still is. :-)

Dr. Joseph

Reger

Dr. Reger is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Central and Eastern Europe at Fujitsu and a Fujitsu Fellow since 2015.
He is currently focusing on quantum computing, artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies. He began his career in university research (Hunga-ry, Norway, and Germany) and spent three years as a visiting scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz, where he conducted interdisciplinary research on complex systems in areas of physics, mathematics, meteorolo-gy, biology, and computer science. Joseph Reger received his PhD from the University of Cologne and his habilitation from the University of Mainz.

Prof. Andreas

Riener

Andreas Riener is professor for Human-Machine Interaction and Virtual Reality at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt with co-appointment at the CARISSMA Institute of Automated Driving. He is heading the interdisciplinary “Human-Computer Interaction Group” (https://hcig.thi.de) at THI. Riener conducts hypotheses-driven, experimental research in the area of driver and driving sup-port systems. His research interests include HF/ergonomics, driver state assessment, and trust/acceptance/ethics in automated driving. Furthermore, he is working with AR/MR/VR technol-ogy and developing novel interaction concepts. Riener’s research has yielded more than 200 publi-cations. He is holding IEEE, ACM, HFES Europe memberships. Andreas Riener is steering committee co-chair of ACM AutomotiveUI and chair of the German ACM SIGCHI.

Sampsa

Samila

Sampsa Samila received his PhD from Columbia University (New York, NY, USA) in Mathematics and his MSc from Helsinki University of Technology (Espoo, Finland; now part of Aalto University) in Mathematics and Economics. He has taught previously at Columbia Business School, Brock University (St Catharines, ON, Canada), and the National University of Singapore.

At IESE, Sampsa teaches artificial intelligence, innovation strategy, and competitive strategy in a range of programs from MBA and EMBA to senior executives. He is particularly focused on how new technologies like AI enable new business models, the challenges of organizing to develop the capabilities and deliver the value, and how to change the mindset of executives to understand the changes brought by these new developments. As the Academic Director, he designs and leads the Artificial Intelligence for Executives open enrollment program for senior executives. He has written a number of cases on Scribendi, Siemens, Uber, Amazon, and others. He is currently writing cases on AI business transformation in different industries. Sampsa also speaks extensively on AI and advices companies.

Sampsa’s research focuses primarily on artificial intelligence, innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategy. His most recent working paper tracks the dramatic increase in the demand for AI skills in the labor market and he is currently engaged in studying the causes and consequences of AI adoption in firms. His other projects include gender and ethnic integration in innovation as well as trust and social networks. His prior work has studied for instance how success persists in venture capital, how venture capital generates innovation and economic growth, and how networks shape the path of commercial development. His work has been published in highly-respected journals such as American Sociological Review, Management Science, Research Policy, and Review of Economics and Statistics. His work has been discussed in Institutional Investor, Slate, Huffington Post, The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, IESE Insight, and elsewhere.

Yulia

Sandarmirskaya

Yulia Sandamirskaya leads the Application Research team of the Neuromorphic Computing Lab. Her team develops spiking neuronal network based algorithms for neuromorphic hardware to demonstrate the potential of neuromorphic computing in real-world applications. Before joining Intel, Yulia led a group “Neuromorphic Cognitive Robots” in the Institute of Neuroinformatics at the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. She was chairing EUCog—the European Society for Artifi-cial Cognitive Systems and coordinated an EU project NEUROTECH, creating and supporting the neuromorphic computing technology community in Europe.

Peter

Schablitzki

Peter Schablitzki is a design engineer at enders GmbH with over 13 years experience on working on interdisciplinary projects ranging from industrial sensor products for condition monitoring to ma-chines for production process development.

He holds a graduate degree in electrical engineering from Landshut University of Applied Sciences.

Dr. Benjamin

Schleich

Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Schleich studied industrial engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. He then completed his doctorate at the Faculty of Design Engineering at FAU in the field of tolerance management for tolerance simulation based on point clouds and surface meshes. Since 2017, he has been a senior engineer at the Faculty of Design Engineering, where he is the head of the research unit "Virtual Product Development and Design Methodology" with the two specialist groups "Tolerance Management" and "Digital Engineering". In addition, he has been managing director of the Bavarian Research Network on Customized Digital Engineering using the example of the drive train of electric vehicles (FORCuDE@BEV) since 2020.

Dr. Albrecht

Schmidt

Albrecht Schmidt is a professor of computer science at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich, where he holds a chair for Human-Centered Ubiquitous Media. His teaching and research interests are in human-centered artificial intelligence, intelligent interactive systems, ubiquitous computing, multimodal user interfaces, and digital media technologies. He studied computer science in Ulm and Manchester and received a PhD from Lancaster University. Albrecht is the scientific speaker of ZD.B and the scientific co-director of the Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) and he is the co-founder of the ACM conferences TEI and Automotive User interfaces. In 2018 I was inducted into the ACM SIGCHI Academy and in 2020 he was elected into Leopoldina, the Germany academy of science.

Christopher

Schneider

Christopher Schneider (31) grew up in Regensburg and graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering in "Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency" and a master's degree in applied research at the OTH Regensburg in 2015. He gained relevant experiences as a project manager for a new building area with an intelligent supply concept (electricity, local heating and fiber optics). In 2017, he joined the team of Stadtwerk Haßfurt GmbH and worked on R&D projects as a manager for more than 3 years, driving the development of the company. Since December 2020, he has contributed to the company's utilization of the results of numerous completed R&D projects into the company's divisions energy economy, sales and R&D as a division manager, ensuring the company's sustainability and further renewable development.

Daniel

Schröder

Daniel Schröder is currently working as a research associate at the chair for automotive technologies at TU Munich. As part of the MCube Strategy Team, he was substantially involved in the formation of “MCube – Munich Cluster for the future of Mobility in Metropolitan Regions” that is part of the BMBF clusters4future initiative. He is a former consultant with experience in automated, shared and electrified vehicles as well as innovative and integrated urban transport solutions.

Rina

Shainski

Rina Shainski is the Chairwoman and Co-Founder of Duality Technologies, a leading provider of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies based on Homomorphic Encryption. Following a career as a high-tech executive and a general partner at Carmel Ventures (now Viola VC) and serving on boards of high-tech companies in a variety of IT areas, Rina, along with her other co-founders, founded Duality with the goal of enabling organizations to collaborate on data, including sensitive and regulated data, to drive value while preserving privacy and trust.

Dr. Maike

Stern

Dr.-Ing. Maike Stern is a key expert at ams OSRAM Opto Semiconductors in Regensburg, Germany, where she leads a team dedicated to machine learning research. She received her PhD in 2020 from Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg in computer science and was a research asso-ciate at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB until 2018. She and her team are working on optimisation methods, causal inference and the combination of both to answer the question of where and how to intervene in a process to achieve an optimal result. Also, they organise the Women in Data Science Regensburg conference as well as a working group on causal inference, which brings together researchers from academia and industry.

Patrick

Stern

Patrick Stern is a research associate in the Human-Technology Interaction research area at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (Fraunhofer IAO) in Stuttgart. As a side-line, he gives lectures at universities and also works as a lecturer at the Stuttgart Region Chamber of Industry and Commerce. He holds a degree in business administration (Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH)) and can draw on more than 10 years of professional experience in the digital environment.

David

Stewart

David Stewart is the CEO and Cofounder of Approov, an API security company specializing in the protection of APIs which service mobile apps. Approov employs a patented mobile app authentication approach to ensure that only genuine mobile app instances running in safe environments can utilize your APIs. The solution is successfully deployed widely in retail, fintech, healthcare, automotive/mobility, gaming and other markets. https://approov.io

Thomas

Strottner

Thomas Strottner is Head of Business Development at brighter AI. Since joining the startup in 2018, he drove marketing & sales activities and supported the founders in shaping the product strategy. Thomas has a Master degree in International Business and previously worked in management consulting, automotive and for a fintech startup.

Prof. Dr. Hannah

Trittin-Ulbrich

Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich is an Assistant Professor for Business Administration, particularly Business Ethics, at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany. She researches Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability with a special focus on the role and function of communication. Currently, she investigates responsible management in the digital age along the concept of „Corporate Digital Responsibility“. She is also the academic lead„of a „Digital Ethics“ further education certificate study program at Leuphana University Lüneburg.

Stefan

Ulm

Stefan Ulm serves as Senior Project Manager Embedded System Development at AKKA. As part of the company's own research department named AKKA Research in the German Business Unit, the physicist is working with his team on three research projects regarding the development of control electronics for quantum experiments.

Axel

von Arnim

Axel von Arnim is leading the Neuromorphic Computing competence field in fortiss, Munich, since January 2020. He and his team are investigating the application of Neuromorphic Hardware and Spiking Neural Networks in the industrial context, including robotics, sensing, edge computing. They are Intel partners in the frame of the Intel Neuromorphic Research Group. Before 2020, Axel von Arnim has been leading the development of neurorobotics simulation software since 2014 within the Human Brain Project. Former paths in his carreer embrace applied research in robotics, visual sensing and automation.

Dr.

Sebastian Voss

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Voss is a lead researcher at fortiss - the bavarian research and transfer institute for software intensive systems. Previously, he was heading the Model-based Systems Engineering department and the Embedded Systems Soft-ware Engineering Institute (ESSEI). Since 2020 he is a professor at the University of Applied Science in Aachen heading the chair of Advanced Systems Engineering. In 2017 he founded the qwitto GmbH, a Munich SME supporting in various activi-ties during adoption of MbSE in the industrial practice. His research interests in-clude the Adoption of MbSE, techniques and tools for the professional develop-ment of software-intensive systems and their model-based (tool) development.

Anna

Wacker

Emma

Wehrwein

Emma Wehrwein is Project Manager Digital Business Models at eco Association for the Internet Industry. She holds a master’s degree of Science and worked as IT Project Manager within the chemical industry for many years before joining eco. Since 2020 she is heading the Project Management Office for the German Gaia-X Federation Services initiative and is active as Ambassador for Gaia-X via Events and Social Media.

Dr. Ilana

Wisby

Dr Ilana Wisby is the Founding CEO of Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), the UK’s premier player in the quantum revolution. At OQC, Ilana and her team have built the UK’s most ad-vanced quantum computer, the only one commercially available in the country. OQC’s missi-on is to put quantum in the hands of humanity and at the fingertips of our most brilliant minds to help solve some of the world’s most challenging problems.Ilana is also an advisor to the WEF’s new Future Council on Quantum and a champion for women in technology and lea-dership. Ilana envisions a brighter future for everyone, enabled by quantum.

Dr. Imme

Witzel

Dr. Imme Witzel promovierte an der TU München in Wirtschaftswissenschaften mit den Schwerpunkten Innovationsmanagement, Stakeholderkommunikation und Nachhaltigkeit. Sie verfügt über mehr als 15 Jahre berufliche Praxis, u. a. in einer internationalen Strategieberatung, im Wissenschaftsmanagement an der TU München sowie als selbständige Organisationsberaterin.

Bei der Bayern Innovativ GmbH leitet Dr. Imme Witzel die ZD.B-Themenplattform Arbeitswelt 4.0, deren Ziel es ist, Organisationen bei der digitalen Transformation der Arbeitswelt zu begleiten.

Dr. Robert

Woll

Dr.-Ing. Robert Woll studied computer science, then worked at the Fraunhofer Research Institute IPK on the industrialization of scientific innovations in the context of virtual product development, where he earned his doctorate on the topic of data integration in cross-disciplinary product development. Today, he works at Siemens Digital Industries Software as a PreSales Account Development Specialist.
Model-based systems engineering has been one of his main areas of focus for almost 10 years, in which he has been active both in research and in method and system consulting, primarily for customers from the automotive environment.