speaker
Dr Michael Drass
Chief AI Officer,
Deutsche Bahn
The Autonomous Railroad: How Deutsche Bahn Orchestrates End-to-End Software Operations with AI Agents
I am a strategic AI Executive specializing in enterprise-wide Generative and Agentic AI transformations. As Chief AI Officer at Deutsche Bahn AG, I created and operationalized the DB AI Strategy, building a scalable enterprise AI ecosystem and managing a significant enterprise budget to industrialize our AI capabilities. I also served as a Board Member for AI at Bitkom e.V., where I shaped Germany's sovereign innovation roadmaps and translated the EU AI Act into responsible governance. Additionally, as CEO and Co-Founder of M&M Network-ING UG, I successfully delivered production-ready industrial AI solutions. I hold a Dr.-Ing. Summa Cum Laude from the Technical University of Darmstadt.