Programme overview

 

The programme will be continuously updated
as preparations for the conference progress.

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

Vision Dome
Action Stage
AI Expert
Quantum Expert

Vision Dome

Action Stage

AI Expert

Quantum Expert

10:00
10:15
10:30
10:45
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
12:30
12:45
13:00
13:15
13:30
13:45
14:00
14:15
14:30
14:45
15:00
15:15
15:30
15:45
16:00
16:15
16:30
16:45
17:00
17:15
17:30
17:45
18:00
18:15
18:30
18:45
19:00
19:15
19:30
19:45
20:00

10:00 - 10:10

Welcome Keynote
Summit Opening

Speaker:

Dr Ralf Wintergerst

10:10 - 10:30

Welcome Keynote & Talk
Summit Opening

Speaker:

Dorothee Bär

10:30 - 10:50

Priorities of the EU-Commission for the AI & Quantum Future
AI & Quantum Synergies

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

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:20

When AI Meets Quantum: Unlocking the Next Computing Frontier
AI & Quantum Synergies

13:20 - 13:40

Towards a Better Environment for Frontier AI in Europe
AI Vision

Speaker:

Daniel Privitera

13:40 - 14:20

Panel: Artificial General Intelligence
AI Vision

Speaker:

Ralph Brinkhaus
Rebecca Lenhard
Daniel Privitera

14:20 - 14:40

Building the Next Industrial Intelligence Layer
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Sabine Scheunert

14:40 - 15:20

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

Speaker:

Shirley Beul-Leusmann
Nikolas Hagl

15:20 - 15:40

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

Speaker:

Markus Danhel

15:40 - 16:00

Turn your Data Estate into AI Fuel
Global Tech Partnerships

Speaker:

Ingo Fuchs

16:00 - 16:20

Lighting the Way to Quantum Advantage
AI & Quantum Synergies

16:20 - 16:50

Panel: Global Tech Partnerships

Speaker:

Axel Quack
Dr Michele Mosca
Vera Alexander

16:50 - 17:10

GenAI in Software Development
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Prof Dr Volker Gruhn

17:10 - 17:30

AI and Quantum for the Next Era of Innovation
AI & Quantum Synergies

17:30 - 18:00

Closing

18:00 - 20:00

Get-Together

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:20

Digital Innovation at Merck: Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Beyond
Health & Pharma

Speaker:

Dr Mathias Winkel

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

Building Smarter Safer Hospitals with AI
Health & Pharma

14:00 - 14:20

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

Speaker:

Dr Frederik Flöther

14:20 - 14:40

Data Science and AI as Drivers of Healthcare Innovation
Health & Pharma

14:40 - 15:20

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

15:20 - 15:40

Enterprise AI in Logistics
Mobility & Logistics

Speaker:

Lennard Schmidt

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

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

The Autonomous Railroad: How Deutsche Bahn Orchestrates End-to-End Software Operations with AI Agents
Mobility & Logistics

Speaker:

Dr Michael Drass

17:00 - 17:40

Panel: AI & Quantum in Mobility: Are We Solving the Right Problems?
Mobility & Logistics

18:00 - 20:00

Get-Together

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:20

Will AI Transformation Succeed? It Can — But Only With Proper Context
Data Foundations: The Fuel of AI

Speaker:

André Scheffknecht
Thomas Bodé

13:20 - 14:20

Data Foundations: The Fuel of AI

14:20 - 14:40

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

Speaker:

Lukas Gomber

14:40 - 15:00

Who Builds the Future of AI? Why Women Are a Critical Success Factor in AI Transformation
AI Architecture & Model Layer: Building the Intelligence Stack

Speaker:

Anna-Maria Sperber
Nina Kohl-Haefke

15:00 - 15:20

Why GenAI Doesn't Scale Without a Foundation: Knowledge Graphs & Ontologies as the Key to Success
AI Architecture & Model Layer: Building the Intelligence Stack

Speaker:

Julius Hollmann

15:20 - 15:40

AI Product Architecture: Turning AI into Products

15:40 - 16:20

Applied AI Use Cases That Create Value

16:40 - 17:00

From AI to Action: How Agentic AI Brings True Autonomy to Systems
Agentic AI: When Systems Start to Act

Speaker:

Carsten Paasch

17:00 - 17:20

Platform Beats Model: Agentic Context Engineering in Enterprise AI
Agentic AI: When Systems Start to Act

Speaker:

Mika Dinnus

17:20 - 17:40

Agentic AI: When Systems Start to Act

18:00 - 20:00

Get-Together

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:00

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

14:00 - 14:20

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

14:20 - 14:40

Quantum Error Correction: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go
Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

14:40 - 15:00

Quantum Computers Are Useless
Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

Speaker:

Sascha Heußen

15:00 - 15:20

Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

15:20 - 15:40

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

Speaker:

Dr Kevin Mato

15:40 - 16:00

Quantum Software & Infrastructure

16:00 - 16:20

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

Speaker:

Hossam Ahmed

16:20 - 16:40

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

16:40 - 17:00

Quantum Software & Infrastructure

17:00 - 17:20

Toward Scalable Quantum Systems: Distributability, Consensus, and Modular Architectures for Industry Applications
Quantum Software & Infrastructure

Speaker:

Ali Abedi

18:00 - 20:00

Get-Together

22 September

Main programme

Side events

Workshop Room 1
Workshop Room 2

23 September

Main programme

Side events

Vision Dome
Action Stage
AI Expert
Quantum Expert

Vision Dome

Action Stage

AI Expert

Quantum Expert

10:00
10:15
10:30
10:45
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
12:30
12:45
13:00
13:15
13:30
13:45
14:00
14:15
14:30
14:45
15:00
15:15
15:30
15:45
16:00

10:00 - 10:20

Political Welcome Keynote
Summit Opening

Speaker:

Prof Dr Kristina Sinemus

10:20 - 10:35

Government as a Catalyst for Germany's Technological Sovereignty
Sovereignity

Speaker:

Dr Thomas Steffen

10:35 - 10:55

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

Speaker:

Arno Huhn

11:00 - 11:40

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

Speaker:

Clemens Utschig-Utschig
Sabrina Maniscalco
Kilian Gross

11:40 - 12:00

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

Speaker:

Lars Neumann

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:20

Introductory Keynote: What's Next on the Robotics Roadmap
Robotics

Speaker:

Prof Dr Oliver Brock

13:20 - 14:00

Panel: Building Germany’s Robotics Advantage
Robotics

Speaker:

Prof Dr Oliver Brock
Mladen Milicevic

14:00 - 14:20

Trusted Technology and Security by Design for Critical Operations
Defence

14:20 - 15:00

Panel: Strategic Technologies for Security: The Future of Defence
Defence

15:00 - 15:35

Startup Pitch
Startup Pitch

Speaker:

Dr Tina Klüwer

15:35 - 15:50

From Startup to Global Category Leader
Startup Pitch

Speaker:

Carsten Thoma

15:50 - 16:00

Awards Ceremony & Summit Closing
Summit Closing

10:20 - 10:40

From Industrial Data to Autonomous Manufacturing
Manufacturing & Industry

Speaker:

Sarah Engel

10:40 - 11:00

Entangle the Qubits: Corporate Strategy Insights for Quantum
Manufacturing & Industry

Speaker:

Theresa Scheyer

11:00 - 11:20

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

Speaker:

Dr Thomas Husslein

11:20 - 11:40

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

Speaker:

Dr Nikita Golovko

11:40 - 12:00

Powering Industrial AI through German and European Innovation Policy
Manufacturing & Industry

12:00 - 13:00

Exclusive Physical AI Lunch

Speaker:

Ernst Stöckl-Pukall

13:00 - 13:20

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

Speaker:

Martin Ott

13:20 - 13:40

AI Transformation in Banking: Balancing Innovation, Governance and Trust
Finance & Insurance

13:40 - 14:00

The Future of Insurance in the Age of AI
Finance & Insurance

Speaker:

Dr Ing Susan Wegner

14:00 - 14:20

Quantum Tech at Deutsche Bundesbank
Finance & Insurance

Speaker:

Vasileios Rentoumis
Max Grytz

14:20 - 14:40

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

Speaker:

Sarah Nolte

14:40 - 15:00

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

Speaker:

Robert Lahmann

15:00 - 15:40

Finance & Insurance

10:40 - 11:00

Standardization for the EU AI Act: Process, Contents and Impact
AI Act & Responsible AI: Turning Regulation into Readiness

Speaker:

Amelie Buss

11:00 - 11:20

Global AI Regulation: Commonalities and Divergences
AI Act & Responsible AI: Turning Regulation into Readiness

Speaker:

Dr Evgeniya Ballmann

11:20 - 12:00

Panel: Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute
AI Act & Responsible AI: Turning Regulation into Readiness

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:

Klaas Wiggers
Şeniz Tiryaki

13:00 - 13:20

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

Speaker:

Helmut Scherer

13:20 - 14:00

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

Speaker:

Katja Modder
Christian Malzacher

14:00 - 14:20

AI Literacy, Talent & Workforce

Speaker:

Dr Sara Jourdan

14:20 - 14:40

AI Literacy, Talent & Workforce

14:40 - 15:40

AI Trends & Future Outlook

10:20 - 10:40

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

Speaker:

Prof Dr Jens Eisert

10:40 - 11:00

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

Speaker:

Dr Heike Riel

11:00 - 11:20

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

Speaker:

Peter Sarkozy
Pallavi Bhardwaj

11:20 - 12:00

From Toy Problems to Industrial Value
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

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

Quantum Computing Meets AI: A New Frontier for Virtual Screening of Photosensitizers and Photocatalysts
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Dr habil Stefan Knecht

13:40 - 14:00

NISQ-Era Threat Assessment: Evaluating Quantum-Classical Hybrid Attacks on RSA Security
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Eric Stopfer
Sarah Volkamer
Tanja Döhler
Marc Maussner

14:00 - 15:40

Quantum-Safe & Quantum Networks

23 September

Main programme

Side events

Workshop Room 1
Workshop Room 2
Workshop Room 3