Programme overview

 

An overview of the AIDAQ 2026 programme, featuring leading speakers from industry, politics and research.

Vision Dome

Strategic Perspectives and Future Pathways

Action Stage

Industry application and adoption

AI & Data Expert

Technology and Implementation Deep Dives

Quantum Expert

Technology and Implementation Deep Dives

22 September

Main programme

Side events

Agentic AI

AI & Quantum Synergies

AI Architecture & Model Layer

AI Vision

Applied AI Use Cases That Create Value

Data Foundations for AI

Global AI Leadership

Global Tech Partnerships

Health & Pharma

Mobility & Logistics

Quantum Software & Infrastructure

Scaling Quantum Systems

Sovereignity

Summit Opening

Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

Topics

Agentic AI

AI & Quantum Synergies

AI Architecture & Model Layer

AI Vision

Applied AI Use Cases That Create Value

Data Foundations for AI

Global AI Leadership

Global Tech Partnerships

Health & Pharma

Mobility & Logistics

Quantum Software & Infrastructure

Scaling Quantum Systems

Sovereignity

Summit Opening

Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

Vision Dome
Action Stage
AI & Data Expert
Quantum Expert

Vision Dome

Action Stage

AI & Data Expert

Quantum Expert

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10:00 - 10:10

Welcome Keynote
Summit Opening

Speaker:

Dr Ralf Wintergerst

10:10 - 10:30

The Quantum Economy
Summit Opening

Speaker:

Anders Indset

10:30 - 10:50

Fireside Chat with Dr Alexandra-Gwyn Paetz
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Dr Alexandra-Gwyn Paetz

Moderation:

Leah Schrimpf

10:50 - 11:10

Emerging Technologies for Defence: Perspectives from the Federal Ministry of Defence
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Michael Vetter

11:10 - 12:00

Panel: Upgrading Germany’s Technology Playbook
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Julia Beck
Dr Johannes Otterbach
Ina Schlie
Franziska Brantner

Moderation:

Dr Natalia Stolyarchuk

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:20

Europe at the Inflection Point: AI, Quantum, and the Sovereignty Question
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Claudia Nemat
Manousos Markoutsakis

13:20 - 13:40

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): Timelines, Uncertainties, and Implications
AI Vision

Speaker:

Daniel Privitera

13:40 - 14:20

Panel: Transformative AI and AGI - What Must Germany and Europe Do Now?
AI Vision

Speaker:

Ralph Brinkhaus
Sergey Lagodinsky
Wibke Reincke
Daniel Privitera

Moderation:

Janis Hecker

14:20 - 14:40

AI Disruption Readiness: Implications for Cyber Security
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Henning Kruse

14:40 - 15:20

Panel: Between Hyperscale and Sovereignty: What Cloud Infrastructure Does the AI Future Need?
Sovereignity

Speaker:

Shirley Beul-Leusmann
Vincent Fourmi
Sasha Rubel
Ana-Maria Stefan

Moderation:

Lucy Czachowski

15:20 - 15:40

AI‑Ready Data: The Engine Behind the New AI Operating Model
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Markus Danhel
Florian Thiel
Kirill Podkov

15:40 - 16:00

Governed Flexibility: Choosing Where Data Resides and AI Runs
Global Tech Partnerships

Speaker:

Dr Robert Friedrich
Jurgen Hofkens

16:00 - 16:20

Lighting the Way to Quantum Advantage
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Dr Thomas Volz

16:20 - 16:40

Fireside Chat: From AI Gigafactories to Industrial Transformation - Scaling AI Across Europe
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Benjamin Sokolowski

Moderation:

Marvin Pawelczyk

16:40 - 17:00

Google Cloud & Thales Germany: What a Sovereign Cloud Must deliver for Germany’s Critical Infrastructure?
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Marcus Mühling
Michael Neuber

Moderation:

Leah Schrimpf

17:00 - 17:20

Cryptographic Resilience in the AI-Quantum Era
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Dr Michele Mosca

17:20 - 17:40

AI Is a Team Sport: Turning Multicloud AI into Real-World Impact
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Dr Thierry Buecheler

17:40 - 18:00

GenAI in Software Development
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Prof Dr Volker Gruhn

18:00 - 20:00

Get-together powered by Quandela

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:20

From Foundation Models to Foundation Data: The Next Moat in Healthcare AI
Health & Pharma

Speaker:

Paul Burggraf

13:20 - 13:40

From Active Ingredient to Actual Cure: AI at the Intersection of Innovation and Responsibility
Health & Pharma

Speaker:

Ralf Schundelmeier

13:40 - 14:00

From Quantum Sensors to Quantum Intelligence: Building the Next Generation of Neurotechnology
Health & Pharma

Speaker:

Prof Dr Surjo R․ Soekadar
Prof Dr Rickey Carter
Dr Charles Bruce

14:00 - 14:20

Are There Health/Pharma Quantum AI Opportunities with Near-Term Value?
Health & Pharma

Speaker:

Dr Frederik Floether

14:20 - 14:40

Physical AI in Practice: From Healthcare to Independent Living
Health & Pharma

Speaker:

Eric Eitel

14:40 - 15:20

Panel: Where Quantum Meets AI — and Where It Doesn’t: Reality Check for Business Applications
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Dr Marcus Hennig
Dr Daniel Ohl de Mello
Stefan Brock
Dr Jasper Simon Krauser

15:20 - 15:40

AI Transformation in Action: What we Learned from 100+ Enterprise AI Rollouts
Applied AI Use Cases That Create Value

Speaker:

Hanna Behnke

15:40 - 16:00

Quantum Computing for Mobility: Exploring Use Cases Across Air, Road, Rail and Sea
Mobility & Logistics

Speaker:

Dr Matthias Zimmermann
Dr Daniel Ohl de Mello
Nico Sieber
Felix Westerkamp

16:00 - 16:20

Quantum Computing in the Airline Industry
Mobility & Logistics

Speaker:

Dr Joseph Doetsch

16:20 - 16:40

Building the Business Case for Quantum Computing in Logistics
Mobility & Logistics

Speaker:

Stefan Kister
Dr Christian Biefel

16:40 - 17:00

Building with AI is Hard​
Mobility & Logistics

Speaker:

Alfred Churchill
Mathias Raak

18:00 - 20:00

Get-together powered by Quandela

11:00 - 11:20

Will AI Transformation Succeed? It Can — But Only With Proper Context
Data Foundations for AI

Speaker:

André Scheffknecht
Thomas Bodé

11:20 - 11:40

The Invisible Force Behind Successful AI: Why Agents Fail Without Integration
Data Foundations for AI

Speaker:

Eugen Galizin
Timm Bohlmann

11:40 - 12:00

Multi-Agent Systems in the Wild: 5 Lessons from Real Production Environments
Data Foundations for AI

Speaker:

Larissa Mikolaschek

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:20

From Partnership to Co-Innovation: Advancing India–Germany Technology Collaboration Through the Nasscom EU Forum
Global AI Leadership

Speaker:

Rajesh Nambiar

13:20 - 14:00

Tech Middle Powers in the Global AI Race: Leveraging Germany's Bilateral AI Partnerships with Brazil, Canada and India
Global AI Leadership

Speaker:

Ajit Gupte
Paulo Gustavo Iansen de Sant’Ana
Vera Alexander

Moderation:

Thomas Jarzombek

14:00 - 14:20

Who Builds the Future of AI? Why Women Are a Critical Success Factor in AI Transformation
Global AI Leadership

Speaker:

Anna-Maria Sperber
Nina Kohl-Haefke

14:20 - 14:40

Building Trusted AI Answers: Why Data Models Matter in the Age of AI
AI Architecture & Model Layer

Speaker:

Lukas Gomber

14:40 - 15:00

Why Agentic AI Needs More Than Intelligence: Knowledge Graphs & Ontologies as the Foundation That Scales
AI Architecture & Model Layer

Speaker:

Julius Hollmann

15:00 - 15:20

Why AI Automation Fails – and How Low-Code Becomes Your Safety Net
AI Architecture & Model Layer

Speaker:

Nils Henning

15:20 - 15:40

From Hype to High-Security: Making AI Operational Where Trust Is Non-Negotiable
Agentic AI

Speaker:

Stephanie Harrer

15:40 - 16:00

From AI Experiments to Business Impact: Use Cases, Operating Models, and ROI That Deliver
Applied AI Use Cases That Create Value

Speaker:

Michael Witzenleiter

16:00 - 16:20

Will the Agent Take the Jobs of Our Data Engineers? Two Execution Models for One Data Lake and What Changes in 2029
Agentic AI

Speaker:

Simon Burghard

16:20 - 16:40

Putting AI into Context: The Missing Layer Between LLMs and Enterprise Reality
Applied AI Use Cases That Create Value

Speaker:

Maximilian Burkardt

16:40 - 17:00

From AI to Action: How Agentic AI Brings True Autonomy to Systems
Agentic AI

Speaker:

Carsten Paasch
Felix Winterhalter

17:00 - 17:20

Platform Beats Model: Agentic Context Engineering in Enterprise AI
Agentic AI

Speaker:

Mika Dinnus

18:00 - 20:00

Get-together powered by Quandela

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:00

From Physics to Systems: Scaling Quantum Computing for Industrial Use
Scaling Quantum Systems

Speaker:

Ingolf Wittmann
Dr Sella Brosh
Dr Carina Mieth

14:00 - 14:20

The "Quantum Winter" is a Myth, But the Hardware Bloodbath is Here
Scaling Quantum Systems

Speaker:

André M. König

14:20 - 14:40

Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation: Where Do We Stand?
Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

Speaker:

Prof Dr Robert Raussendorf

14:40 - 15:00

Quantum Computers Are Useless
Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

Speaker:

Sascha Heußen

15:00 - 15:20

Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing with Trapped Ions
Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

Speaker:

Dr Dr Regina Finsterhoelzl

15:20 - 15:40

Scaling Quantum Computing using AI Supercomputing
Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

Speaker:

Dr Kevin Mato

15:40 - 16:00

Cooling as Infrastructure: Why It Decides Who Scales in Quantum
Quantum Software & Infrastructure

Speaker:

Dr Alexander Regnat

16:00 - 16:20

Quantum: Germany’s Role in the Next Wave of Innovation
Quantum Software & Infrastructure

Speaker:

16:20 - 16:40

Telemetry for Integrating Quantum Systems in HPC Environement
Quantum Software & Infrastructure

Speaker:

Hossam Ahmed

16:40 - 17:00

Bringing Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing to Industry: EuroQSS and the Airbus Aircraft Production Case
Quantum Software & Infrastructure

Speaker:

PD Dr Jeanette Miriam Lorenz
Dr Moriz Scharpenberg

17:00 - 17:20

From Quantum Applications to Fundamental Research - and back
Quantum Software & Infrastructure

Speaker:

Nicole Höß

17:20 - 17:40

Responsible Quantum Technologies: Why societal aspects should be included now
Quantum Software & Infrastructure

18:00 - 20:00

Get-together powered by Quandela

22 September

Main programme

Side events

Agentic AI

Data Foundations for AI

Legal Tech

Meet the Speaker

Quantum Software & Infrastructure

Robotics & Physical AI

Startups

Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Topics

Agentic AI

Data Foundations for AI

Legal Tech

Meet the Speaker

Quantum Software & Infrastructure

Robotics & Physical AI

Startups

Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Workshop Room 1
Workshop Room 4
Workshop Room 2
Workshop Room 3
Meet the Speaker Area

Workshop Room 1

Workshop Room 4

Workshop Room 2

Workshop Room 3

Meet the Speaker Area

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11:00 - 11:45

Data Value Circle
Data Foundations for AI

Speaker:

Moderation:

Lucy Czachowski
Lukas Prommersberger

13:00 - 13:45

Empowered by Agents: Agentic Development in Power BI & Microsoft Fabric
Agentic AI

Speaker:

Marlon Etzel

14:00 - 14:45

Get Started AI & Quantum Showcasing
Startups

Speaker:

Dr Tim Rietz
Max Schwarz
Hamzeh Alavirad
Ehsan Darweshi

15:00 - 15:45

Agents Gone Wild? Keeping Autonomous AI Secure, Trusted and Accountable
Agentic AI

Speaker:

Dr-Ing Michael Tagscherer
Max Imbiel

13:00 - 13:45

From Prompt to Agent: What It Really Takes to Bring Agentic AI into the Enterprise
Agentic AI

Speaker:

Salim Makhloufi
Johannes Oetken

13:00 - 13:45

The Shoemaker’s Shoes: How IBM’s Client Engineering Team Uses IBM Bob to Build Future Safe Applications
Agentic AI

Speaker:

Jan Bode
Dong Hoang
Vladimir Atanaskovik

14:00 - 14:45

Agentic AI Masterclass - Building the Agentic Future: Google's Framework for Opportunities, Guardrails, and Open Questions

Speaker:

Dr Ellie Sakhaee

15:00 - 15:45

Quantum Machine Learning with MerLin
Quantum Software & Infrastructure

Speaker:

Samuel Horsch

17:00 - 18:00

Quantum Workforce: Who and How?
Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Speaker:

Andreas Land
Dr Franziska Greinert
Dr Larissa Braun
Leena Tharwat

11:00 - 13:00

Meetup Legal Tech x Compliance Automation
Legal Tech

Speaker:

Dr Dirk Woywod
Anna Spitznagel
Jan-Peter Preuß

13:15 - 14:00

The Beginning of the Future of Quantum: A Chat Netween Austria and Germany

Speaker:

Celine Rudorfer
Jasper Glindemann
Prof Dr Markus Krutzik

15:15 - 16:45

Shaping the AI Future: Why Women Matter
Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Speaker:

Larissa Mikolaschek
Dr Susanne Beckers
Anna-Maria Sperber
Dr Kirsten Langfeld
Isabel Hernandez Cabrera

Moderation:

Pauline Meimberg
Verena Laumayer

17:00 - 17:45

Unlocking Autonomous Systems of the Future: Physical AI, Photonics and Enabling Technological Autonomy
Robotics & Physical AI

Speaker:

Alexander Stanitzki
Dr Manuel Thesen
Dr Hans Walter

14:20 - 14:40

Meet the Speaker: Wibke Reincke, Policy Lead Germany (Anthropic)
Meet the Speaker

Speaker:

Wibke Reincke

16:20 - 16:40

Meet the Speaker: Dr Thomas Volz, CTO (Quandela)
Meet the Speaker

Speaker:

Dr Thomas Volz

23 September

Main programme

Side events

AI Act & Responsible AI

AI Trends & Future Outlook

Defence

Finance & Insurance

From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Manufacturing & Industry

Robotics & Physical AI

Sovereignity

Startups

Summit Closing

Summit Opening

Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Topics

AI Act & Responsible AI

AI Trends & Future Outlook

Defence

Finance & Insurance

From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Manufacturing & Industry

Robotics & Physical AI

Sovereignity

Startups

Summit Closing

Summit Opening

Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Vision Dome
Action Stage
AI & Data Expert
Quantum Expert

Vision Dome

Action Stage

AI & Data Expert

Quantum Expert

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10:45
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10:00 - 10:20

AI Everywhere, Impact Nowhere. What Now?
Summit Opening

Speaker:

Kenza Ait Si Abbou

10:20 - 10:40

Cloud, AI and Quantum: Europe's Path to Digital Sovereignty
Sovereignity

Speaker:

Lars Neumann

10:40 - 11:00

Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Moment: Turning Ambition into Action
Sovereignity

Speaker:

Tim Still

11:00 - 11:45

Panel: How Europe Builds, Adopts and Scales Critical Technologies
Sovereignity

Speaker:

Clemens Utschig-Utschig
Michael Kollig
Pierre Chastanet
Dr Kristel Michielsen

Moderation:

Marvin Pawelczyk

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:20

Introductory Keynote: What's Next on the Robotics Roadmap
Robotics & Physical AI

Speaker:

Prof Dr Oliver Brock

13:20 - 14:00

Panel: Building Germany’s Robotics Advantage
Robotics & Physical AI

Speaker:

Prof Dr Oliver Brock
Mladen Milicevic
Anne Decker
Dr Benjamin Alt

Moderation:

Marvin Pawelczyk

14:00 - 14:20

The Next Productivity Gap: Why Some Enterprises Turn AI into Value, and Most Don’t
Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Speaker:

Dr Denise Holtschulte

14:20 - 14:50

Geopolitics Meets the CIO: How Much Sovereignty Can We Afford?
Defence

Speaker:

Ansgar Baums
Christin Jentzsch

Moderation:

Julia Werra

14:50 - 15:30

Panel: AI for Defence - From Innovation to Operational Impact
Defence

Speaker:

Colonel (GS) Gerald Schreiber
Simon Pfeiffer
Heiko Lütjens
Dr Lara Ehrenhofer

Moderation:

Nemo Buschmann

15:30 - 16:05

Startup Pitch
Startups

Speaker:

Tobias Rebert
Dr Peter Eder
Dr Christian Zimmermann
Stefan Krassin

Jury:

Dr Tina Klüwer
Alexander Kiltz
PD Dr Jeanette Miriam Lorenz
Mathias Wenig

16:05 - 16:20

Read/Write, Rebuilt: The Internet's Two Egonomics, Quietly Rebuilt for Someone Else​
Startups

Speaker:

Oliver Arafat

16:20 - 16:30

Awards Ceremony & Summit Closing
Summit Closing

10:00 - 10:20

Digital Sovereignty by Building a Federated Industrial AI-Ecosystem
Robotics & Physical AI

Speaker:

Ernst Stöckl-Pukall

10:20 - 10:40

Scaling AI for Industrial Competitiveness
Manufacturing & Industry

Speaker:

Sarah Engel

10:40 - 11:00

From Hype to Placement: Where Quantum Computing Can Support Industrial Optimization
Manufacturing & Industry

Speaker:

Dr Thomas Husslein
PD Dr Jeanette Miriam Lorenz

11:00 - 11:20

Designing Intelligence for the Shop Floor: A Software Architect’s Guide to Industrial AI
Manufacturing & Industry

Speaker:

Dr Nikita Golovko

11:20 - 11:40

Custom-Built or Off-the-Shelf? Why Europe’s Industry Needs Its Own AI
Manufacturing & Industry

Speaker:

Tom Becker

13:00 - 13:20

From Product to Platform: How Taxfix Is shaping AI-Driven Finance
Finance & Insurance

Speaker:

Martin Ott

Moderation:

Tim Haremsa

13:20 - 13:40

Fireside Chat: The Future of Insurance in the Age of AI
Finance & Insurance

Speaker:

Dr Ing Susan Wegner

13:40 - 14:00

Quantum Tech at Deutsche Bundesbank
Finance & Insurance

Speaker:

Vasileios Rentoumis
Max Grytz

14:00 - 14:20

Quantum Is Now: From Pilots to Scalable Value in Financial Services
Finance & Insurance

Speaker:

Sarah Nolte

14:20 - 14:40

Quantum in Industry: A Review of What Is Possible Today
Finance & Insurance

Speaker:

Robert Lahmann
Prof Dr Rickey Carter

10:00 - 10:20

High Risk, High Reward?
AI Act & Responsible AI

Speaker:

Dr Till Klein

10:20 - 10:40

AI Transparency from August 2026: Practice, Gaps, Decisions
AI Act & Responsible AI

Speaker:

Akhil Deo
Demian Niemeyer

10:40 - 11:00

Standardization for the EU AI Act: Process, Contents and Impact
AI Act & Responsible AI

Speaker:

Amelie Buss

11:00 - 11:20

Governing AI-Agents: From AI Act Compliance to Runtime Oversight
AI Act & Responsible AI

Speaker:

Fabian Malms

11:20 - 12:00

Panel: Building the AI Safety and Security Institute Deutschland
AI Act & Responsible AI

Speaker:

Dr Daniela Brönstrup
Luise Kranich
Konstantin Sietzy

12:00 - 13:00

Fail and Grow: Why Failure Stories Matter in AI Development and Innovation

Speaker:

Theresa Bick
Dr Jens Hüsers
Simon Sack
Dr Theresa Oehm

Moderation:

Klaas Wiggers
Paul Dannenfeldt
Mia Carlotta Polle

13:00 - 13:20

Human-AI Operating Model: Moving from AI Pilots to AI Transformation at Viessmann
Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Speaker:

Helmut Scherer
Alexander Pöllmann

13:20 - 14:00

Panel: AI at Work: Building Agentic Organizations
Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Speaker:

Katja Modder
Christian Malzacher
Astrid Aupperle

14:00 - 14:20

Context Beats Chance: Making AI Agents Understand Product and Business Logic in Industry
Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Speaker:

Dr Sara Jourdan

14:20 - 14:40

Knowledge That Stays: Making Organisations Future-Proof with AI
Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Speaker:

Dr Janika Kutz

14:40 - 15:00

AI Doesn't Happen by Accident
AI Trends & Future Outlook

Speaker:

Patricia Stich

15:00 - 15:20

AI on a Leash? How Global Regulation is Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence
AI Trends & Future Outlook

Speaker:

Dr Evgeniya Ballmann

15:20 - 15:40

From Training to Inference: Engineering an Efficient and Scalable Data Pipeline with DDN
AI Trends & Future Outlook

Speaker:

Bhavna Mistry

15:40 - 16:00

Data 3.0: The Era of Data Autonomy for Agentic Enterprises
AI Trends & Future Outlook

Speaker:

Carina Schöllmann
Moritz Pawelke

10:00 - 10:20

How Will Quantum Computing Transform AI and Optimization?
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Prof Dr Jens Eisert

10:20 - 10:40

Fireside Chat: From Quantum Algorithms to Value
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Dr Heike Riel
Dr Corey O'Meara

10:40 - 11:00

Time Series Foundation and Quantum Models for Demand Forecasting in Enterprise Supply Chain Planning
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Peter Sarkozy
Pallavi Bhardwaj

11:00 - 11:50

Panel: From Toy Problems to Industrial Value - Turning Quantum Potential into Industrial Applications
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Prof Dr Helena Liebelt
Dr Florian Dommert
Evelina Santa-Kahle
Dr Martin Knufinke
Aliénor Cauvet

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:20

Quantum Computing for Climate Modelling
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Dr Mierk Schwabe
Dr Daniel Ohl de Mello

13:20 - 13:40

VerQueRD: Breaking Encryption Using Quantum Reduction and Decomposition Methods
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Eric Stopfer
Sarah Volkamer
Tanja Döhler
Marc Maussner

13:40 - 14:00

Securing the Future with Post Quantum Cryptography
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Dr Thomas Pöppelmann

14:00 - 14:20

Moving Q-Day Left: How AI Swarms Halved the Quantum Cost to Break ECDSA
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Dr Wadim Wormsbecher

14:20 - 14:40

Starting the Quantum Journey in a Large Organization
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Dr Joseph Doetsch
Dr Carlos Riofrío

Moderation:

Nikola Strah

14:40 - 15:00

Quantum's First Dividend May Be Classical - Public Transport Driver Scheduling as an Example
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Mats Falck

15:00 - 15:20

Practical Quantum Advantage in Materials Simulation
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Dr Niall Moroney

23 September

Main programme

Side events

Agentic AI

AI Act & Responsible AI

Meet the Speaker

Quantum-Safe & Quantum Networks

Sovereignity

Sustainability

Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Topics

Agentic AI

AI Act & Responsible AI

Meet the Speaker

Quantum-Safe & Quantum Networks

Sovereignity

Sustainability

Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Workshop Room 1
Workshop Room 2
Workshop Room 3
Meet the Speaker Area

Workshop Room 1

Workshop Room 2

Workshop Room 3

Meet the Speaker Area

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10:00 - 10:45

The Agentic Enterprise: Where AI Agents Join the Org Chart
Agentic AI

Speaker:

Manuel Koch

11:00 - 11:45

A Structured Approach to the Quantum-Safe Transformation
Quantum-Safe & Quantum Networks

Speaker:

Dr Efstathia Katsigianni

13:00 - 13:45

Stop Burning Tokens & Avoid Hallucinations: How to Govern and Scale Trusted Agentic AI
Agentic AI

Speaker:

Christian Kainzmeier

15:00 - 15:45

After Europe 2031: How Europe should prepare for Transformative AI
Sovereignity

Speaker:

Dr Philip Fox

10:00 - 10:45

Leading with Foresight: Leadership Capability in Transformation
Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Speaker:

Dr Felix von Held

13:00 - 13:45

Human & AI: Best Buddies?! How Leaders Can Shape AI Transformations in a Human-Centered and Successful Way
Talent, Workforce & AI Literacy

Speaker:

Isabel Hernandez Cabrera
Marianne Beer

10:00 - 12:30

AI X Sustainability Meetup @AIDAQ | Bitkom Working Group on Digitalization & Sustainability
Sustainability

Speaker:

Kerstin Haubold
Ines Skock
Dr Marcus Voß
Malte Reissig
Johannes Fischer

13:00 - 14:45

Human-in-the-Loop Governance for Enterprise AI
AI Act & Responsible AI

Speaker:

Alexander Machado
Manuel Jimenez Merida

15:00 - 15:45

The Agentic Software Stack in Action
Agentic AI

Speaker:

Dr Sven Schmeier

10:40 - 11:00

Meet the Speaker: Sarah Engel, Head of AI (TRUMPF)
Meet the Speaker

Speaker:

Sarah Engel

11:40 - 12:00

Meet the Speaker: Tom Becker, VP DACH (Mistral AI)
Meet the Speaker

Speaker:

Tom Becker

14:20 - 14:40

Meet the Speaker: Dr Denise Holtschulte, VP Strategy & Transformation (Capgemini Invent)

Speaker:

Dr Denise Holtschulte

15:30 - 15:50

Meet the Speaker: Heiko Luetjens, Director Engineering & CTO (Thales)
Meet the Speaker

Speaker:

Heiko Lütjens