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Early Bird Tickets
until May 15
Join AI26 –
The Lamarr Conference
Where AI Research Meets Real-world Impact
We are happy to welcome leading researchers, innovators, and decision-makers to AI26 – The Lamarr Conference.
As Artificial Intelligence continues to transform research, industry, and society at an unprecedented rate, the AI26 Conference brings together those shaping scientific foundations and those translating AI advances into tangible impact.
The AI26 highlights rapid progress in foundation models, trustworthy and agentic AI, examining how these developments open new frontiers in health, business, and scientific discovery.
We warmly invite you to join us in Bonn on July 7 – 8, 2026.
SAVE
YOUR SEAT
Early Bird Tickets until May 15
Join AI26 –
The Lamarr Conference
Where AI Research Meets Real-world Impact
We are happy to welcome leading researchers, innovators, and decision-makers to AI26 – The Lamarr Conference.
As Artificial Intelligence continues to transform research, industry, and society at an unprecedented rate, the AI26 Conference brings together those shaping scientific foundations and those translating AI advances into tangible impact.
The AI26 highlights rapid progress in foundation models, trustworthy and agentic AI, examining how these developments open new frontiers in health, business, and scientific discovery.
We warmly invite you to join us in Bonn on July 7 – 8, 2026.
Program
AI26 – The Lamarr Conference on Artificial Intelligence focusses on three of the most dynamic research topics and illustrates the real-world-impact of AI in selected application fields.
AI Research Topics
- Foundation Models: Discover how large-scale AI models form the technological backbone of generative AI.
- Trustworthy AI: Get in touch with researchers who build robust and verifiable AI applications.
- Agentic AI: Gain insights into AI systems that create economic value by taking on real-world tasks autonomously.
AI Real-world Impact
- Health: Find out how interdisciplinary collaboration leads to advances in patient and health care.
- Business: Top-level managers and experts give insights into the way AI generates economic value.
- Scientific Discovery: Understand how AI enables scientific breakthroughs at an unprecedented pace.
The AI26 Conference’s two-day program is currently taking shape. Stay tuned for more details to come on speakers and program items!
08:30 – 09:30
Arrival, Check-in & Mingling
09:30 – 09:45
Greeting
09:45 – 10:45
Lamarr Award: Laudation and Award Winner’s Keynote
Recognizing his groundbreaking achievements in AI research, development and transfer, the Lamarr Award 2026 is presented to Dr. Jarosław (Jarek) Kutyłowski, CEO and founder of DeepL. A developer at heart, Jarek provides insights from one of the leading machine translation providers worldwide.
Business
Agentic AI
Foundation Models
Science
10:45 – 12:00
Robust AI-driven Robotics for the Real World
AI-driven robotics is transforming industries from manufacturing and agriculture to logistics. Exploring research breakthroughs on the safe and effective deployment of robotics systems in the real world, we highlight advances in robust robotic systems, humanoid robots, and vision-language-action models.
Business
Agentic AI
Foundation Models
Science
Trusthworthy AI
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:45
Sovereignty vs. Scale: Can AI Value Creation Deliver Both?
In the AI economy, companies face a strategic question: how to scale AI solutions globally while maintaining control over key technologies and critical data. Learn more about how organizations can balance scale and sovereignty to unlock sustainable value creation and retain competitiveness.
Agentic AI
Foundation Models
Trusthworthy AI
Business
14:45 – 16:00
AI-driven Innovation for Health and Patient Care
Uniting expertise in medicine, technology and research, we learn how AI can be responsibly and effectively integrated into clinical health and patient care. International and national use cases from this high-risk, high-impact domain render lessons for AI use in other application fields.
Health
Agentic AI
Foundation Models
Trusthworthy AI
16:00 – 18:00
Excursions: Visits to Companies and Tour of Bonn’s Former Government District
18:00 – 22:00
Evening Reception: IHK’s „Empfang der Wirtschaft“ and AI26
08:15 – 09:15
Arrival, Check-in & Mingling
09:15 – 09:30
Greeting
09:30 – 10:15
Keynotes on Current Breakthroughs in AI
We start our second conference day with two insightful keynotes on current advances in AI that unlock new potential for value creation and productivity, including AI agents that move from passive assistance to active execution.
Business
Agentic AI
Science
10:15 – 11:00
Setting the Course: Strategic Pathways for AI Transfer
As AI innovation is accelerating, turning breakthroughs into real-world value remains a challenge. This roundtable explores the key decisions needed to translate innovation into scalable, high-impact applications, including AI portfolios, talent, and governance.
Health
Agentic AI
Foundation Models
Science
Trustworthy AI
11:00 – 12:15
Meet the Experts
Diving deeper into the topics of this morning, it is time to meet our experts. Engage directly with the speakers during interactive sessions. There, you can join topical group discussions, gain practical insights, ask in-depth questions, and connect across research, industry, and law.
Health
Agentic AI
Foundation Models
Science
Trustworthy AI
12:15 – 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:30
Parallel Sessions
Choose from one of the parallel sessions on agentic AI, healthcare data, and scientific discovery. From semantic frameworks and secure patient data infrastructures to AI-driven research, the sessions highlight how AI enables innovation across domains.
Health
Agentic AI
Foundation Models
Science
Trustworthy AI
14:30 – 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:00
Parallel Sessions
Choose your session and explore AI’s transformative potential for businesses and healthcare. Discover how AI certification and agentic systems create real-world business value, and how Foundation Models drive innovation in clinical care.
Health
Agentic AI
Foundation Models
Science
Trustworthy AI
16:00 – 16:30
Outlook
Early Bird Tickets Available
Register until May 15, 2026, to get early bird tickets for 199 €. Regular tickets for AI26 – The Lamarr Conference will cost 299 €.
Location
World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB) | Plenary Hall
Experience a world-class venue on the banks of the Rhine, where modern architecture meets German political history. The centerpiece is the iconic, light-filled Plenary Hall – the former seat of the German Parliament – which offers an acoustically optimized and inspiring setting for keynotes and high-level networking.
Benefit from a central location in the heart of the UN District, featuring excellent public transport links and on-site parking.
Foto: ©WorldCCBonn
Foto: ©WorldCCBonn
Location
Experience a world-class venue on the banks of the Rhine, where modern architecture meets German political history. The centerpiece is the iconic, light-filled Plenary Hall – the former seat of the German Parliament – which offers an acoustically optimized and inspiring setting for keynotes and high-level networking.
Benefit from a central location in the heart of the UN District, featuring excellent public transport links and on-site parking.
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Directions
Getting There by Public Transport
Travel to the regional station Bonn UN Campus using train lines RB26, RB30, RB48, or RE5. From there, it is approximately an 8-minute walk to the WCCB. Alternatively, take subway lines 16, 63, or 66 to the Heussallee/Museumsmeile stop (approx. 5-minute walk). Bus lines 610 and 611 also stop directly at Deutsche Welle, located in the immediate vicinity of the main entrance.
Arrival by Car
The WCCB is centrally located in the Federal Quarter and is easily accessible via the A562 motorway (exit Bonn-Rheinaue) or the B9. Follow the signs for “World Conference Center” or “UN Campus”.
Prof. Dr.
Stefan Wrobel
Stefan Wrobel studied Computer Science in Bonn and Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology) with a focus on Artificial Intelligence and received his doctorate from the TU Dortmund University. After working in Berlin and Sankt Augustin, he became Professor of Computer Science at the University of Magdeburg, before accepting a call to his current position in 2002. Since 2014, he has also been one of the directors of the Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (b-it).
As speaker of the “Fraunhofer Alliance Big Data and Artificial Intelligence”, director of the “Fraunhofer Research Center Machine Learning”, deputy chairman of the “Fraunhofer Information and Communication Technology Group” and speaker of the group “Knowledge Discovery, Data Mining and Machine Learning” of the Society for Computer Science, he is advancing the topics of digitization, intelligent use of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence on a national and international level.