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 & Data Expert
Quantum Expert

Vision Dome

Action Stage

AI & Data Expert

Quantum Expert

10:00
10:15
10:30
10:45
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
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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
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16:45
17:00
17:15
17:30
17:45
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18:15
18:30
18:45
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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

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 Developments and AGI: What Must Germany and Europe Do Now?
AI Vision

Speaker:

Ralph Brinkhaus
Sergey Lagodinsky
Daniel Privitera

14:20 - 14:40

Building the Next Industrial Intelligence Layer
AI & Quantum Synergies

14:40 - 15:20

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

Speaker:

Shirley Beul-Leusmann
Nikolas Hagl
Vincent Fourmi

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:

Dr Robert Friedrich
Jurgen Hofkens

16:00 - 16:20

Lighting the Way to Quantum Advantage
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Dr Thomas Volz

16:20 - 16:50

AI & Quantum Synergies

16:50 - 17:10

GenAI in Software Development
AI & Quantum Synergies

Speaker:

Prof Dr Volker Gruhn

17:10 - 18:00

AI & Quantum Synergies

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

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

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

Speaker:

Dr Marcus Hennig
Dr Daniel Ohl de Mello

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 - 17:20

From Legacy to Intelligent Logistics: TFG Transfracht’s Journey to Power Container Logistics with Low-Code and Agentic AI
Mobility & Logistics

Speaker:

Mathias Raak

17:20 - 18:00

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

18:00 - 20:00

Get-Together

11:00 - 11:20

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

Speaker:

André Scheffknecht
Thomas Bodé

11:20 - 11:40

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

Speaker:

Eugen Galizin
Timm Bohlmann

11:40 - 12:00

Data Foundations: The Fuel of AI

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:20

Global AI Leadership

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:

Ambassador Embassy of India to Germany
Ambassador Embassy of Brazil to Germany
Ambassador Embassy of Canada to Germany

Host:

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: Building the Intelligence Stack

Speaker:

Lukas Gomber

14:40 - 15:00

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

15:00 - 15:20

Why AI Automation Fails – and How Low-Code Becomes Your Safety Net
AI Architecture & Model Layer: Building the Intelligence Stack

Speaker:

Nils Henning

15:20 - 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

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

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

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

Fireside Chat: Quantum Software & Infrastructure

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:

Prof Dr Wolfgang Mauerer

17:20 - 17:40

Towards 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
Workshop Room 3

Workshop Room 1

Workshop Room 2

Workshop Room 3

13:00
13:15
13:30
13:45
14:00
14:15
14:30
14:45
15:00
15:15
15:30
15:45
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14:00 - 14:45

Get Started AI & Quantum Showcasing

15:00 - 15:45

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

Speaker:

Dr-Ing Michael Tagscherer

16:00 - 16:45

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

Speaker:

Carsten Ulrich
Salim Makhloufi
Matthias Oetken

13:00 - 13:45

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

Speaker:

Jan Bode
Dong Hoang
Vladimir Atanaskovik

16:00 - 16:45

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

Speaker:

Alexander Stanitzki
Dr Manuel Thesen

17:00 - 18:00

Quantum Workforce: Who and How?

15:15 - 16:45

Shaping the AI Future – Why Women Matter

Speaker:

Host:

Larissa Mikolaschek

23 September

Main programme

Side events

Vision Dome
Action Stage
AI & Data Expert
Quantum Expert

Vision Dome

Action Stage

AI & Data 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
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15:30
15:45
16:00
16:15
16:30

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

10:55 - 11:40

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

Speaker:

Clemens Utschig-Utschig
Michael Kollig

11:40 - 12:00

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

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

Industry

14:20 - 14:50

Trusted Technology and Security by Design for Critical Operations
Defence

14:50 - 15:30

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

15:30 - 16:05

Startup Pitch
Startup Pitch

Speaker:

Dr Tina Klüwer
Alexander Kiltz
PD Dr Jeanette Miriam Lorenz

16:05 - 16:20

From Startup to Global Category Leader
Startup Pitch

16:20 - 16:30

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
PD Dr Jeanette Miriam Lorenz

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

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

Speaker:

Tom Becker

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

Fireside Chat: 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

10:00 - 10:20

High Risk, High Reward?

Speaker:

Dr Till Klein

10:20 - 10:40

AI Transparency from August 2026: Practice, Gaps, Decisions
AI Act & Responsible AI: Turning Regulation into Readiness

Speaker:

Akhil Deo
Demian Niemeyer

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

AI Act & Responsible AI: Turning Regulation into Readiness

11:20 - 12:00

Panel: Building a German AI Security 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
Alexander Pöllmann

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 - 15:00

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

Speaker:

Patricia Stich

15:00 - 15:20

Global AI Regulation: Commonalities and Divergences
AI Trends & Future Outlook

Speaker:

Dr Evgeniya Ballmann

15:20 - 16:00

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
Dr Corey O'Meara

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 - 14:20

Quantum Simulation-Based Optimization for Sparse Radar-Cross-Section Model Reduction
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

14:20 - 14:40

Quantum Column Generation: A Scalable Approach to Public Transport Driver Scheduling
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Dr Sebastian Senge

14:40 - 15:00

Practical Quantum Advantage in Materials Simulation
From Quantum Algorithms to Value

Speaker:

Dr Niall Moroney

15:00 - 15:20

From Quantum Algorithms to Value

23 September

Main programme

Side events

Workshop Room 1
Workshop Room 2
Workshop Room 3