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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.

We warmly invite you to join us on July 7 – 8, 2026 in the World Conference Center Bonn, Plenary Building. The conference will be conducted in English with translation into German.

Gain access to two days packed with insights into Artificial Intelligence – from research to applications!

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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.

We warmly invite you to join us on July 7 – 8, 2026 in the World Conference Center Bonn, Plenary Building. The conference will be conducted in English with translation into German.

Gain access to two days packed with insights into Artificial Intelligence – from research to applications!

Get your ticket now for 299 €

Featured Speakers

Get a first impression of the renowned international and national experts who contribute to the AI26 in various roles, such as keynote speakers, panelists, or session hosts. Stay tuned for additions to the line-up in the coming weeks!

 

Dr.

Jarek Kutylowski

DeepL

Lamarr Award

Dr. Jarek Kutylowski

CEO and Founder

DeepL

Dr. Jarek Kutylowski is the founder and CEO of DeepL, the Cologne-based AI product and research company building secure, intelligent solutions to complex business problems. Born in Poland and having spent a large part of his life in Germany, Jarek brings an international perspective and a lifelong passion for technology. A developer at heart, he began coding at just 10 years old, building tools he found useful in daily life. He holds a PhD in Computer Science with a focus on mathematics, and has held roles at several tech companies prior to founding DeepL.

Under his leadership, DeepL has grown rapidly, scaling its Language AI platform to offer highly accurate, human-like translation in both written and spoken formats alongside a contextual AI writing assistant. Today, over 200,000 business teams—and millions of individuals across 228 global markets—rely on DeepL for secure, seamless and effective communication.

 

Timotheus Höttges

Deutsche Telekom AG

Timotheus Höttges

CEO

Deutsche Telekom AG

Timotheus Höttges, born in 1962, has been Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG since January 2014. From 2009 until his appointment as Chairman of the Board of Management, he was responsible for Finance and Controlling as a member of the Group Board of Management.

Under Tim Höttges, Deutsche Telekom achieved a landmark move in the U.S. market with the 2020 merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint; at the same time, he significantly accelerated the rollout of 5G and fiber-optics and increased global investments to EUR 19.3 billion most recently. Under his leadership, Deutsche Telekom became one of the world’s most valuable brands.

Minister

Ina Brandes MdL

Ministry of Culture and Science NRW

Ina Brandes MdL

Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine–Westphalia

Ina Brandes, MdL, has been Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine–Westphalia since 2022. From 2021 to 2022, she was Minister of Transport for the State of North Rhine–Westphalia.  She has also been a member of the state parliament of North Rhine–Westphalia since 2024.

Before becoming a minister, Ina Brandes worked in the private sector for a long time. She worked for the Swedish design firm Sweco since 2006, and was CEO of Sweco GmbH from 2011 to 2020. In 2021, she was a member of the Supervisory Board of the GOPA Group, Bad Homburg, and from 2012 to 2020, a member of the Advisory Board of the House of Logistics and Mobility (HoLM), Frankfurt am Main.

After studying political science, history and English philology, she worked as a consultant for the CDU parliamentary group in the Lower Saxonian state parliament on the „Demographic Change“ enquiry commission.

Dr.

Ferri Abolhassan

Deutsche Telekom AG

Dr. Ferri Abolhassan

Board Member Deutsche Telekom AG & CEO T-Systems

Ferri Abolhassan is a member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG and CEO of T-Systems. He holds a PhD in computer science from Saarland University and has more than 30 years of experience in the IT sector including various management roles at SAP, IDS Scheer and Telekom Deutschland. With T-Systems & Deutsche Telekom Ferri Abolhassan boosts digital sovereignty and AI applications for industry by building Germany’s first AI factory, the Industrial AI Cloud in Munich. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and until recently was a member of the Expert Commission “Competition & AI” of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs.

 

Stefanie Kemp

Sana Kliniken AG

Stefanie Kemp

Chief Transformation Officer

Sana Kliniken AG

Stefanie Kemp has served as Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) of Sana Kliniken AG since September 1, 2022, leading the Executive Board’s Transformation division and driving the group’s evolution into an integrated healthcare service provider. She began her professional career as a pediatric nurse. Over 35 years ago, she transitioned into the information technology sector via the pharmaceutical industry. In addition to RWE/innogySE, she has worked at Lowell Financial Services, operated her own consulting firm, and held positions at Oracle. She also holds supervisory board mandates, serves as Executive Sponsor of the Rotonda Business Club Düsseldorf, and is actively involved as a mentor for the Women into Leadership e. V. (IWiL) initiative.

Prof. Dr.

Stefan Wrobel

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel

Director

Lamarr Institute

Stefan Wrobel is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bonn, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS and Director of the Lamarr Institute. As one of the leading AI researchers in Germany, Stefan has been engaged for many years in scientific, technical and economic aspects of AI, with a particular focus on Data Mining and Machine Learning. His research focuses on intelligent algorithms and large-scale data analysis. Stefan has published widely in international top-tier conferences and journals and is recognized as one of the most influential figures in German AI.

Prof. Dr.

Sylvain Baillet

University of Montreal
Health Centre

Prof. Dr. Sylvain Baillet

Director

CRCHUM (Research Center, University of Montreal Health Centre)

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, FRSC, is Director of Research & Innovation at University of Montreal Health Centre (CHUM), Director of the CHUM Research Centre, and Full Professor of Neuroscience at U of Montreal. A physicist with an international career in Europe and the USA, he holds the Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Neural Dynamics of Brain Systems. His work advances time-resolved brain imaging and predictive modeling, including the use of AI models to probe predictive processes underlying perception and cognition. He develops widely used neuroimaging methods, open-source software, and data resources. He previously served as Associate Dean at McGill University and was elected Chair of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping.

Prof. Dr.

Ingmar Posner

Oxford University

Prof. Dr. Ingmar Posner

Professor of Engineering Science (Applied Artificial Intelligence)

Oxford University & Deputy Director of the Oxford Robotics Institute

Prof. Ingmar Posner leads the Applied Artificial Intelligence Lab (A2I) at the University of Oxford. As founding director of the Oxford Robotics Institute (ORI), Ingmar’s research is shaped by a vision to create machines that constantly improve through experience. His work has produced seminal contributions to the foundations of robot learning, including large-scale learning from demonstration, unsupervised learning of scene dynamics, object-centric generative modelling, and 3D object detection. His recent work focuses on a novel class of structured, mechanistic world models designed to enable machines to discover re-usable and interpretable insights through observation, action, and interaction. These models help robots, and increasingly scientists, uncover the underlying structure of complex systems to improve generalisation across environments and application domains ranging from robot manipulation to the natural sciences. His research has been recognised with multiple Best Paper Awards at leading international venues such as ICAPS, IROS, and ISER. He co-led the team behind the UK’s first autonomous car, the Oxford RobotCar (now part of the permanent collection of the London Science Museum), and is a co-founder of Oxa, an award-winning provider of autonomous vehicle software. In 2024, the ORI was awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize, the highest national honour for UK educational institutions. An ELLIS Fellow, Ingmar currently also serves as an Amazon Scholar.

Prof. Dr.

Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo

Paderborn University

Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo

Head of the Department of Computer Science

Paderborn University

Axel Ngonga studied computer science and physics at Leipzig University, where he earned his PhD and completed his habilitation. After leading the Agile Knowledge Engineering group in Leipzig, he became Professor for Data Science at Paderborn University in 2017. He also serves as one of the directors of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Institute and is a Lamarr Fellow. His research focuses on knowledge graphs. He is the thankful recipient of over 30 international awards, including a Next Einstein Fellowship, and the 2024 NRW innovation award for his works on neurosymbolic machine learning. He is also a co-founder of the Tentris GmbH, a deep tech startup that develops the leading-edge tensor-based graph database TentrisDB.

Prof. Dr.

Maren Bennewitz

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Maren Bennewitz

Principal Investigator

Lamarr Institute

Maren Bennewitz is a Professor of Humanoid Robots, Vice Rector for Digitalization at the University of Bonn, Principal Investigator at the Lamarr Institute and a member of the Executive Board of the Cluster of Excellence PhenoRob – Robotics and Phenotyping for Sustainable Crop Production. A renowned expert in AI-driven Robotics, her research focuses on robots operating in human environments, with emphasis on human-robot interaction. She has developed innovative Machine Learning solutions, among them navigation, manipulation and active perception techniques for legged and wheeled robots and the generation of foresighted, personalized robot behavior.

Prof. Dr. Dr.

Jens Kleesiek

Essen University Hospital

Prof. Dr. Dr. Jens Kleesiek

Director

Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (IKIM) at Essen University

Jens Kleesiek studied medicine in Heidelberg, earning his MD, before completing a PhD in computer science in Hamburg. He is a qualified specialist in radiology and medical informatics. In addition, Jens worked for several years in an executive role in industrial software development. Currently, he is Director of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (IKIM) at Essen University Hospital and heads the Machine Learning in Medicine department. He holds faculty positions at the University of Duisburg-Essen and TU Dortmund University. His research focuses on clinical pattern recognition and multimodal data integration to improve decision-making at the point of care.

 

Romina Medici

ERGO Group AG

Romina Medici

Division Head

Digital Platforms & Data Strategy ERGO Group AG (Munich Re Group)

Romina Medici leads Digital Platforms & Data Strategy at ERGO Group AG, part of Munich Re Group. She oversees enterprise AI and automation platforms, data architecture, and data governance across global insurance markets. Previously, she spent nearly 16 years at E.ON, building a global data platform spanning 40+ business units in 17 countries with a €25M+ portfolio. Her focus: deploying agentic AI systems at scale, with measurable business outcomes. She is developing the Agentic Operating Model — a governance framework for organisations integrating AI agents as workforce members.

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Topics

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.

Foundation Models

AI Research Focus

Discover how large-scale AI models – spanning multiple modalities, including text, vision, speech and structured data – form the technological backbone of generative AI systems such as Large Language Models.

Trustworthy AI

AI Research Focus

Researchers present their approaches to building robust and verifiable AI solutions, ensuring the safety and explainability of AI models and applications while accounting for matters of data sovereignty, legal and ethical guidelines.

Agentic AI

AI Research Focus

Get insights into AI systems that pursue goals and act on real-world environments, with minimal human intervention. Thus, agentic systems unlock significant economic value: from optimizing industrial workflows to programming and coordinating robotic systems.

Health

AI Real-world Impact

Find out how data scientists, medical professionals and pharmacologists collaborate to accelerate the development of healthcare solutions, advance patient care and discover new drugs through AI-driven innovation.

Business

AI Real-world Impact

Top-level managers and decision‑makers from different industries give first-hand insights into the way AI generates economic value across diverse organizational contexts, such as AI scaling, portfolio management, recruiting, law and governance.

Scientific Discovery

AI Real-world Impact

AI revolutionizes the work within research and development. Understand how groundbreaking scientific breakthroughs are achieved due to the unprecedented capabilities of current AI models.

 

Program

The AI26 Conference’s two-day program is currently taking shape. Stay tuned for more details to come on speakers and program items!

Day 1 | July 7
Day 2 | July 8
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08:30 – 09:30

Arrival, Check-in & Mingling

09:30 – 09:45

Greeting

2

Greeting Lamarr Directors

Plenary Hall

Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel

Director

Lamarr Institute

Stefan Wrobel is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bonn, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS and Director of the Lamarr Institute. As one of the leading AI researchers in Germany, Stefan has been engaged for many years in scientific, technical and economic aspects of AI, with a particular focus on Data Mining and Machine Learning. His research focuses on intelligent algorithms and large-scale data analysis. Stefan has published widely in international top-tier conferences and journals and is recognized as one of the most influential figures in German AI.

Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage

Director

Lamarr Institute

Christian Bauckhage is Professor of Computer Science (Pattern Recognition) at the University of Bonn, Lead Scientist for Machine Learning at Fraunhofer IAIS and director of the Lamarr Institute. His national and international experience in academia and industry in the field of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence spans more than 20 years. Christian is a renowned expert in pattern recognition, data mining and intelligent systems and has co-invented four patents. His current work focuses on hybrid learning systems, the potentials of Quantum Computing and Quantum Machine Learning to open up previously unsolvable processes in AI and Machine Learning as well as multi-agent systems.

Prof. Dr. Jakob Rehof

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Jakob Rehof

Director

Lamarr Institute

Jakob Rehof is Director of the Lamarr Institute and a computer scientist specializing in software engineering, verification and Trustworthy AI. He studied Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Copenhagen and received his PhD from the Department of Computer Science (DIKU). After working at Microsoft Research in Redmond from 1998 to 2006 and visiting Stanford University in 1997, Jakob became Professor of Computer Science at TU Dortmund University in 2006. He also served as director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering (ISST) in Dortmund from 2006 to 2021 where he now serves as Director of Research Strategy.

Greeting Lamarr Directors

Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel, Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage, Prof. Dr. Jakob Rehof

Greeting

Plenary Hall

Ina Brandes MdL

Ministry of Culture and Science NRW

Ina Brandes MdL

Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine–Westphalia

Ina Brandes, MdL, has been Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine–Westphalia since 2022. From 2021 to 2022, she was Minister of Transport for the State of North Rhine–Westphalia.  She has also been a member of the state parliament of North Rhine–Westphalia since 2024.

Before becoming a minister, Ina Brandes worked in the private sector for a long time. She worked for the Swedish design firm Sweco since 2006, and was CEO of Sweco GmbH from 2011 to 2020. In 2021, she was a member of the Supervisory Board of the GOPA Group, Bad Homburg, and from 2012 to 2020, a member of the Advisory Board of the House of Logistics and Mobility (HoLM), Frankfurt am Main.

After studying political science, history and English philology, she worked as a consultant for the CDU parliamentary group in the Lower Saxonian state parliament on the „Demographic Change“ enquiry commission.

Greeting

Ina Brandes MdL

09:45 – 10:45

Lamarr Award: Laudation and Award Winner’s Keynote

2

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.

Laudatio

Plenary Hall

Ina Brandes MdL

Ministry of Culture and Science NRW

Ina Brandes MdL

Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine–Westphalia

Ina Brandes, MdL, has been Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine–Westphalia since 2022. From 2021 to 2022, she was Minister of Transport for the State of North Rhine–Westphalia.  She has also been a member of the state parliament of North Rhine–Westphalia since 2024.

Before becoming a minister, Ina Brandes worked in the private sector for a long time. She worked for the Swedish design firm Sweco since 2006, and was CEO of Sweco GmbH from 2011 to 2020. In 2021, she was a member of the Supervisory Board of the GOPA Group, Bad Homburg, and from 2012 to 2020, a member of the Advisory Board of the House of Logistics and Mobility (HoLM), Frankfurt am Main.

After studying political science, history and English philology, she worked as a consultant for the CDU parliamentary group in the Lower Saxonian state parliament on the „Demographic Change“ enquiry commission.

Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel

Director

Lamarr Institute

Stefan Wrobel is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bonn, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS and Director of the Lamarr Institute. As one of the leading AI researchers in Germany, Stefan has been engaged for many years in scientific, technical and economic aspects of AI, with a particular focus on Data Mining and Machine Learning. His research focuses on intelligent algorithms and large-scale data analysis. Stefan has published widely in international top-tier conferences and journals and is recognized as one of the most influential figures in German AI.

Laudatio

Ina Brandes MdL, Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel
  • Business
  • Agentic AI
  • Science

Keynote

Plenary Hall

Dr. Jarek Kutylowski

DeepL

Dr. Jarek Kutylowski

CEO and Founder

DeepL

Dr. Jarek Kutylowski is the founder and CEO of DeepL, the Cologne-based AI product and research company building secure, intelligent solutions to complex business problems. Born in Poland and having spent a large part of his life in Germany, Jarek brings an international perspective and a lifelong passion for technology. A developer at heart, he began coding at just 10 years old, building tools he found useful in daily life. He holds a PhD in Computer Science with a focus on mathematics, and has held roles at several tech companies prior to founding DeepL.

Under his leadership, DeepL has grown rapidly, scaling its Language AI platform to offer highly accurate, human-like translation in both written and spoken formats alongside a contextual AI writing assistant. Today, over 200,000 business teams—and millions of individuals across 228 global markets—rely on DeepL for secure, seamless and effective communication.

Keynote

Dr. Jarek Kutylowski
  • Business
  • Agentic AI
  • Science
  • Foundation Models

10:45 – 12:00

Robust AI-driven Robotics for the Real World

2

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.

Keynote

Plenary Hall

Prof. Dr. Ingmar Posner

Oxford University

Prof. Dr. Ingmar Posner

Professor of Engineering Science (Applied Artificial Intelligence)

Oxford University & Deputy Director of the Oxford Robotics Institute

Prof. Ingmar Posner leads the Applied Artificial Intelligence Lab (A2I) at the University of Oxford. As founding director of the Oxford Robotics Institute (ORI), Ingmar’s research is shaped by a vision to create machines that constantly improve through experience. His work has produced seminal contributions to the foundations of robot learning, including large-scale learning from demonstration, unsupervised learning of scene dynamics, object-centric generative modelling, and 3D object detection. His recent work focuses on a novel class of structured, mechanistic world models designed to enable machines to discover re-usable and interpretable insights through observation, action, and interaction. These models help robots, and increasingly scientists, uncover the underlying structure of complex systems to improve generalisation across environments and application domains ranging from robot manipulation to the natural sciences. His research has been recognised with multiple Best Paper Awards at leading international venues such as ICAPS, IROS, and ISER. He co-led the team behind the UK’s first autonomous car, the Oxford RobotCar (now part of the permanent collection of the London Science Museum), and is a co-founder of Oxa, an award-winning provider of autonomous vehicle software. In 2024, the ORI was awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize, the highest national honour for UK educational institutions. An ELLIS Fellow, Ingmar currently also serves as an Amazon Scholar.

Keynote

Prof. Dr. Ingmar Posner
  • Business
  • Agentic AI
  • Science
  • Foundation Models
  • Trustworthy AI

Panel

Plenary Hall

Prof. Dr. Ingmar Posner

Oxford University

Prof. Dr. Ingmar Posner

Professor of Engineering Science (Applied Artificial Intelligence)

Oxford University & Deputy Director of the Oxford Robotics Institute

Prof. Ingmar Posner leads the Applied Artificial Intelligence Lab (A2I) at the University of Oxford. As founding director of the Oxford Robotics Institute (ORI), Ingmar’s research is shaped by a vision to create machines that constantly improve through experience. His work has produced seminal contributions to the foundations of robot learning, including large-scale learning from demonstration, unsupervised learning of scene dynamics, object-centric generative modelling, and 3D object detection. His recent work focuses on a novel class of structured, mechanistic world models designed to enable machines to discover re-usable and interpretable insights through observation, action, and interaction. These models help robots, and increasingly scientists, uncover the underlying structure of complex systems to improve generalisation across environments and application domains ranging from robot manipulation to the natural sciences. His research has been recognised with multiple Best Paper Awards at leading international venues such as ICAPS, IROS, and ISER. He co-led the team behind the UK’s first autonomous car, the Oxford RobotCar (now part of the permanent collection of the London Science Museum), and is a co-founder of Oxa, an award-winning provider of autonomous vehicle software. In 2024, the ORI was awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize, the highest national honour for UK educational institutions. An ELLIS Fellow, Ingmar currently also serves as an Amazon Scholar.

Prof. Dr. Maren Bennewitz

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Maren Bennewitz

Principal Investigator

Lamarr Institute

Maren Bennewitz is a Professor of Humanoid Robots, Vice Rector for Digitalization at the University of Bonn, Principal Investigator at the Lamarr Institute and a member of the Executive Board of the Cluster of Excellence PhenoRob – Robotics and Phenotyping for Sustainable Crop Production. A renowned expert in AI-driven Robotics, her research focuses on robots operating in human environments, with emphasis on human-robot interaction. She has developed innovative Machine Learning solutions, among them navigation, manipulation and active perception techniques for legged and wheeled robots and the generation of foresighted, personalized robot behavior.

Prof. Dr. Kai Arras

University of Stuttgart

Prof. Dr. Kai Arras

Professor at Institute for Artificial Intelligence Socially Intelligent Robotics

University of Stuttgart

Prof. Dr. Kai Arras received his Dr. degree in 2003 from EPFL in Lausanne. He was a postdoctoral researcher at KTH Stockholm and the University of Freiburg, and in 2007 received a DFG Junior research group leader grant to lead an independent research group in social robotics. He was a Juniorprofessor at the University of Freiburg, and since 2023 has held the Cyber Valley endowed full professorship for Autonomous Systems at the University of Stuttgart. In parallel, he pursued an industrial career through founding and transferring technology to start-ups, worked as a Senior Research Scientist at Evolution Robotics in Pasadena, California, and served as Head of Robotics Research at Bosch.

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth André

University of Augsburg

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth André

University of Augsburg

tbd

Panel

Prof. Dr. Ingmar Posner, Prof. Dr. Maren Bennewitz
  • Business
  • Agentic AI
  • Science
  • Foundation Models
  • Trustworthy AI

12:00 – 13:15

Lunch Break

13:15 – 14:30

Sovereignty vs. Scale: Can AI Value Creation Deliver Both?

2

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.

Keynote

Plenary Hall

Dr. Ferri Abolhassan

Deutsche Telekom AG

Dr. Ferri Abolhassan

Board Member Deutsche Telekom AG & CEO T-Systems

Ferri Abolhassan is a member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG and CEO of T-Systems. He holds a PhD in computer science from Saarland University and has more than 30 years of experience in the IT sector including various management roles at SAP, IDS Scheer and Telekom Deutschland. With T-Systems & Deutsche Telekom Ferri Abolhassan boosts digital sovereignty and AI applications for industry by building Germany’s first AI factory, the Industrial AI Cloud in Munich. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and until recently was a member of the Expert Commission “Competition & AI” of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs.

Keynote

Dr. Ferri Abolhassan
  • Business
  • Agentic AI
  • Foundation Models
  • Trustworthy AI

Panel

Plenary Hall

Dr. Ferri Abolhassan

Deutsche Telekom AG

Dr. Ferri Abolhassan

Board Member Deutsche Telekom AG & CEO T-Systems

Ferri Abolhassan is a member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG and CEO of T-Systems. He holds a PhD in computer science from Saarland University and has more than 30 years of experience in the IT sector including various management roles at SAP, IDS Scheer and Telekom Deutschland. With T-Systems & Deutsche Telekom Ferri Abolhassan boosts digital sovereignty and AI applications for industry by building Germany’s first AI factory, the Industrial AI Cloud in Munich. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and until recently was a member of the Expert Commission “Competition & AI” of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs.

Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel

Director

Lamarr Institute

Stefan Wrobel is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bonn, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS and Director of the Lamarr Institute. As one of the leading AI researchers in Germany, Stefan has been engaged for many years in scientific, technical and economic aspects of AI, with a particular focus on Data Mining and Machine Learning. His research focuses on intelligent algorithms and large-scale data analysis. Stefan has published widely in international top-tier conferences and journals and is recognized as one of the most influential figures in German AI.

Romina Medici

ERGO Group AG

Romina Medici

Division Head

Digital Platforms & Data Strategy ERGO Group AG (Munich Re Group)

Romina Medici leads Digital Platforms & Data Strategy at ERGO Group AG, part of Munich Re Group. She oversees enterprise AI and automation platforms, data architecture, and data governance across global insurance markets. Previously, she spent nearly 16 years at E.ON, building a global data platform spanning 40+ business units in 17 countries with a €25M+ portfolio. Her focus: deploying agentic AI systems at scale, with measurable business outcomes. She is developing the Agentic Operating Model — a governance framework for organisations integrating AI agents as workforce members.

Hubertus Breier

LAPP Group

Hubertus Breier

Chief Technology and Innovation Officer (CTO)

LAPP Group

Hubertus Breier is Chief Technology and Innovation Officer (CTO) and Member of the Board at LAPP Holding SE. He is responsible for global R&D, product management, quality, IT, and operations. With a background in mechanical engineering and an MBA from the University of Augsburg, combined with extensive leadership experience in technology-driven industries, he brings a strong blend of technical and strategic expertise. His career spans leadership roles in production, development, sales, and global management, shaping his holistic view on technology. He approaches AI as a strategic lever for business transformation, enabling scalable and sovereign value creation.

Panel

Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel, Romina Medici, Dr. Ferri Abolhassan, Hubertus Breier
  • Business
  • Agentic AI
  • Foundation Models
  • Trustworthy AI

14:30 – 15:45

AI-driven Innovation for Health and Patient Care

2

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.

Keynote

Plenary Hall

Prof. Dr. Sylvain Baillet

University of Montreal
Health Centre

Prof. Dr. Sylvain Baillet

Director

CRCHUM (Research Center, University of Montreal Health Centre)

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, FRSC, is Director of Research & Innovation at University of Montreal Health Centre (CHUM), Director of the CHUM Research Centre, and Full Professor of Neuroscience at U of Montreal. A physicist with an international career in Europe and the USA, he holds the Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Neural Dynamics of Brain Systems. His work advances time-resolved brain imaging and predictive modeling, including the use of AI models to probe predictive processes underlying perception and cognition. He develops widely used neuroimaging methods, open-source software, and data resources. He previously served as Associate Dean at McGill University and was elected Chair of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping.

Keynote

Prof. Dr. Sylvain Baillet
  • Agentic AI
  • Foundation Models
  • Trustworthy AI
  • Health

Panel

Plenary Hall

Prof. Dr. Sylvain Baillet

University of Montreal
Health Centre

Prof. Dr. Sylvain Baillet

Director

CRCHUM (Research Center, University of Montreal Health Centre)

Sylvain Baillet, PhD, FRSC, is Director of Research & Innovation at University of Montreal Health Centre (CHUM), Director of the CHUM Research Centre, and Full Professor of Neuroscience at U of Montreal. A physicist with an international career in Europe and the USA, he holds the Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Neural Dynamics of Brain Systems. His work advances time-resolved brain imaging and predictive modeling, including the use of AI models to probe predictive processes underlying perception and cognition. He develops widely used neuroimaging methods, open-source software, and data resources. He previously served as Associate Dean at McGill University and was elected Chair of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping.

Prof. Dr. Dr. Jens Kleesiek

Essen University Hospital

Prof. Dr. Dr. Jens Kleesiek

Director

Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (IKIM) at Essen University

Jens Kleesiek studied medicine in Heidelberg, earning his MD, before completing a PhD in computer science in Hamburg. He is a qualified specialist in radiology and medical informatics. In addition, Jens worked for several years in an executive role in industrial software development. Currently, he is Director of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (IKIM) at Essen University Hospital and heads the Machine Learning in Medicine department. He holds faculty positions at the University of Duisburg-Essen and TU Dortmund University. His research focuses on clinical pattern recognition and multimodal data integration to improve decision-making at the point of care.

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bajorath

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bajorath

Area Chair: Life Sciences & Health

Lamarr-Institute

Jürgen Bajorath is Professor and Chair of Life Science Informatics at the University of Bonn and Chair for Life Sciences and Health at the Lamarr Institute. Previously, he held positions at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, New Chemical Entities, and the University of Washington in Seattle. Jürgen has extensive international expertise in pharmaceutical research and computational drug discovery and drug design. His work focuses on cheminformatics, Machine Learning and the development of computational methods for drug discovery in order to accelerate the identification and design of new therapeutic compounds.

Panel

Prof. Dr. Sylvain Baillet, Prof. Dr. Dr. Jens Kleesiek, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bajorath
  • Agentic AI
  • Foundation Models
  • Trustworthy AI
  • Health

15:45 – 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 18:00

Excursions: Visits to Companies and Tour of Bonn’s Former Government District

18:00 – 22:00

Evening Reception – “Empfang der Wirtschaft“ meets AI26

2

The evening reception, hosted by Industrie- und Handelskammer Bonn/Rhein-Sieg, Handwerkskammer zu Köln & Kreishandwerkerschaft Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, is the festive finale of the first day of AI26 – The Lamarr Conference. All participants are invited to listen to high-level keynotes and join the get-together in the lobby of the plenary building.

Keynote

Plenary Hall

Timotheus Höttges

Deutsche Telekom AG

Timotheus Höttges

CEO

Deutsche Telekom AG

Timotheus Höttges, born in 1962, has been Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG since January 2014. From 2009 until his appointment as Chairman of the Board of Management, he was responsible for Finance and Controlling as a member of the Group Board of Management.

Under Tim Höttges, Deutsche Telekom achieved a landmark move in the U.S. market with the 2020 merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint; at the same time, he significantly accelerated the rollout of 5G and fiber-optics and increased global investments to EUR 19.3 billion most recently. Under his leadership, Deutsche Telekom became one of the world’s most valuable brands.

Keynote

Timotheus Höttges

Panel

Plenary Hall

Timotheus Höttges

Deutsche Telekom AG

Timotheus Höttges

CEO

Deutsche Telekom AG

Timotheus Höttges, born in 1962, has been Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG since January 2014. From 2009 until his appointment as Chairman of the Board of Management, he was responsible for Finance and Controlling as a member of the Group Board of Management.

Under Tim Höttges, Deutsche Telekom achieved a landmark move in the U.S. market with the 2020 merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint; at the same time, he significantly accelerated the rollout of 5G and fiber-optics and increased global investments to EUR 19.3 billion most recently. Under his leadership, Deutsche Telekom became one of the world’s most valuable brands.

Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel

Director

Lamarr Institute

Stefan Wrobel is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bonn, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS and Director of the Lamarr Institute. As one of the leading AI researchers in Germany, Stefan has been engaged for many years in scientific, technical and economic aspects of AI, with a particular focus on Data Mining and Machine Learning. His research focuses on intelligent algorithms and large-scale data analysis. Stefan has published widely in international top-tier conferences and journals and is recognized as one of the most influential figures in German AI.

Dr. Andrea Niehaus

Deutsches Museum Bonn

Dr. Andrea Niehaus

Director

Deutsches Museum Bonn

Dr. Andrea Niehaus is director of Deutsches Museum Bonn, part of Deutsches Museum for Science and Technology in Munich. She studied Art History, Archeology and Cultural Studies in Kiel, Munich and Florence. She moved to Bonn to the newly opened museum. Her work focuses on education and science communication. Over the past five years, she and her team handled the transformation into a innovative forum for AI. Behind the motto “Mission AI – experience.understand.participate” lies a fluid, interactive exhibition concept and human-centered education: the so-called “museotainment”: for visitors of all ages.

Panel

Timotheus Höttges, Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel, Dr. Andrea Niehaus

08:15 – 09:15

Arrival, Check-in & Mingling

09:15 – 09:30

Greeting

2

Greeting

Plenary Hall

Prof. Dr. Jakob Rehof

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Jakob Rehof

Director

Lamarr Institute

Jakob Rehof is Director of the Lamarr Institute and a computer scientist specializing in software engineering, verification and Trustworthy AI. He studied Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Copenhagen and received his PhD from the Department of Computer Science (DIKU). After working at Microsoft Research in Redmond from 1998 to 2006 and visiting Stanford University in 1997, Jakob became Professor of Computer Science at TU Dortmund University in 2006. He also served as director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering (ISST) in Dortmund from 2006 to 2021 where he now serves as Director of Research Strategy.

Greeting

Ina Brandes MdL, Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage

09:30 – 10:15

Keynotes on Current Breakthroughs in AI 

2

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.

Keynotes

Plenary Hall

Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage

Director

Lamarr Institute

Christian Bauckhage is Professor of Computer Science (Pattern Recognition) at the University of Bonn, Lead Scientist for Machine Learning at Fraunhofer IAIS and director of the Lamarr Institute. His national and international experience in academia and industry in the field of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence spans more than 20 years. Christian is a renowned expert in pattern recognition, data mining and intelligent systems and has co-invented four patents. His current work focuses on hybrid learning systems, the potentials of Quantum Computing and Quantum Machine Learning to open up previously unsolvable processes in AI and Machine Learning as well as multi-agent systems.

Dr. Michael May

Siemens

Dr. Michael May

Head of Data & AI Research

Siemens

Dr. Michael May is heading the Siemens Data & AI Research. He is based in Munich and heading a global AI department with fourteen research groups in Europe, US, and Asia, driving research and innovation at Siemens in AI and machine learning. The department is carrying out research in Industrial Foundation Models, Physical and Neurosymbolic AI. Before joining Siemens in 2013, Michael was Head of the Knowledge Discovery Department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems in Bonn, Germany. Michael was the local chair of the 22nd International Conference on Machine Learning, ICML 2005, and further scientific and industrial conferences in the field.

Keynotes

Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage
  • Business
  • Agentic AI
  • Science

10:15 – 11:00

Setting the Course: Strategic Pathways for AI Transfer

2

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.

Experts

Plenary Hall

Dr. Christian Temath

KI.NRW

Dr. Christian Temath

Managing Director

KI.NRW

Christian Temath is Managing Director of the competence platform KI.NRW. He and his team work to strengthen the initiative “AI made in NRW” and to promote the technological sovereignty of North Rhine-Westphalia by making it easier for larger companies, SMEs and startups to get started with AI. As Transfer chair at the Lamarr Institute, Christian also supports collaboration between research and industry. He holds a PhD in business informatics and has extensive experience in technology consulting and the practical application of AI in international e-commerce. His work focuses on facilitating the adoption of AI in companies and organizations.

Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo

Paderborn University

Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo

Head of the Department of Computer Science

Paderborn University

Axel Ngonga studied computer science and physics at Leipzig University, where he earned his PhD and completed his habilitation. After leading the Agile Knowledge Engineering group in Leipzig, he became Professor for Data Science at Paderborn University in 2017. He also serves as one of the directors of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Institute and is a Lamarr Fellow. His research focuses on knowledge graphs. He is the thankful recipient of over 30 international awards, including a Next Einstein Fellowship, and the 2024 NRW innovation award for his works on neurosymbolic machine learning. He is also a co-founder of the Tentris GmbH, a deep tech startup that develops the leading-edge tensor-based graph database TentrisDB.

Stefanie Kemp

Sana Kliniken AG

Stefanie Kemp

Chief Transformation Officer

Sana Kliniken AG

Stefanie Kemp has served as Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) of Sana Kliniken AG since September 1, 2022, leading the Executive Board’s Transformation division and driving the group’s evolution into an integrated healthcare service provider. She began her professional career as a pediatric nurse. Over 35 years ago, she transitioned into the information technology sector via the pharmaceutical industry. In addition to RWE/innogySE, she has worked at Lowell Financial Services, operated her own consulting firm, and held positions at Oracle. She also holds supervisory board mandates, serves as Executive Sponsor of the Rotonda Business Club Düsseldorf, and is actively involved as a mentor for the Women into Leadership e. V. (IWiL) initiative.

Prof. Dr. LL.M. Karina Grisse

TU Darmstadt

Prof. Dr. LL.M. Karina Grisse

Chair for Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law and Digital Law

TU Darmstadt

Prof. Dr. Karina Grisse, LL.M., is Professor and Chair of Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law and the Law of Digitalisation at TU Darmstadt. She studied in Bonn and Edinburgh and holds a PhD from the University of Bonn. Following several years of practice as an attorney specializing in copyright, unfair competition and media law, and academic research at the University of Cologne, she joined TU Darmstadt in 2025. Her research addresses the civil law challenges of the digital transformation, focusing on platform regulation, data protection, personality rights, and the contractual and copyright questions raised by AI.

Experts

Stefanie Kemp, Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo, Dr. Christian Temath, Prof. Dr. KArina Grisse
  • Business
  • Agentic AI
  • Science
  • Foundation Models
  • Trustworthy AI
  • Health

11:00 – 12:15

Meet the Experts

2

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.

Dr. Christian Temath

KI.NRW

Dr. Christian Temath

Managing Director

KI.NRW

Christian Temath is Managing Director of the competence platform KI.NRW. He and his team work to strengthen the initiative “AI made in NRW” and to promote the technological sovereignty of North Rhine-Westphalia by making it easier for larger companies, SMEs and startups to get started with AI. As Transfer chair at the Lamarr Institute, Christian also supports collaboration between research and industry. He holds a PhD in business informatics and has extensive experience in technology consulting and the practical application of AI in international e-commerce. His work focuses on facilitating the adoption of AI in companies and organizations.

Expert Session Temath: AI Portfolio Management at Scale

Rheinlobby

Expert Dr. Christian Temath shares key insights on managing AI portfolios for maximum business impact — balancing quick wins with long-term vision, top-down and bottom-up approaches, and efficiency with innovation.

Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo

Paderborn University

Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo

Head of the Department of Computer Science

Paderborn University

Axel Ngonga studied computer science and physics at Leipzig University, where he earned his PhD and completed his habilitation. After leading the Agile Knowledge Engineering group in Leipzig, he became Professor for Data Science at Paderborn University in 2017. He also serves as one of the directors of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Institute and is a Lamarr Fellow. His research focuses on knowledge graphs. He is the thankful recipient of over 30 international awards, including a Next Einstein Fellowship, and the 2024 NRW innovation award for his works on neurosymbolic machine learning. He is also a co-founder of the Tentris GmbH, a deep tech startup that develops the leading-edge tensor-based graph database TentrisDB.

Expert Session Ngonga: Insights on Deep Tech Startups

Berlin

Expert Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo shares key insights on deep tech startups — from university spin-offs to the differences in deep tech investment between Europe and the US.

Stefanie Kemp

Sana Kliniken AG

Stefanie Kemp

Chief Transformation Officer

Sana Kliniken AG

Stefanie Kemp has served as Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) of Sana Kliniken AG since September 1, 2022, leading the Executive Board’s Transformation division and driving the group’s evolution into an integrated healthcare service provider. She began her professional career as a pediatric nurse. Over 35 years ago, she transitioned into the information technology sector via the pharmaceutical industry. In addition to RWE/innogySE, she has worked at Lowell Financial Services, operated her own consulting firm, and held positions at Oracle. She also holds supervisory board mandates, serves as Executive Sponsor of the Rotonda Business Club Düsseldorf, and is actively involved as a mentor for the Women into Leadership e. V. (IWiL) initiative.

Expert Session Kemp: Implementing AI in Large-Scale Healthcare

Plenary Hall

Expert Stefanie Kemp shares key insights on AI-driven transformation in large-scale hospital networks — from real-world implementation challenges to the promises surrounding AI that often fall short in practice.

Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage

Director

Lamarr Institute

Christian Bauckhage is Professor of Computer Science (Pattern Recognition) at the University of Bonn, Lead Scientist for Machine Learning at Fraunhofer IAIS and director of the Lamarr Institute. His national and international experience in academia and industry in the field of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence spans more than 20 years. Christian is a renowned expert in pattern recognition, data mining and intelligent systems and has co-invented four patents. His current work focuses on hybrid learning systems, the potentials of Quantum Computing and Quantum Machine Learning to open up previously unsolvable processes in AI and Machine Learning as well as multi-agent systems.

Expert Session Bauckhage: Multi-Agent Systems in the Real World

Bonn 1

Expert Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage shares key insights on multi-agent systems — exploring their potential for value creation, what already works in practice today, and where challenges and limitations remain.

Prof. Dr. LL.M. Karina Grisse

TU Darmstadt

Prof. Dr. LL.M. Karina Grisse

Chair for Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law and Digital Law

TU Darmstadt

Prof. Dr. Karina Grisse, LL.M., is Professor and Chair of Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law and the Law of Digitalisation at TU Darmstadt. She studied in Bonn and Edinburgh and holds a PhD from the University of Bonn. Following several years of practice as an attorney specializing in copyright, unfair competition and media law, and academic research at the University of Cologne, she joined TU Darmstadt in 2025. Her research addresses the civil law challenges of the digital transformation, focusing on platform regulation, data protection, personality rights, and the contractual and copyright questions raised by AI.

Expert Session Grisse: Building Fair and Trustworthy AI - EU Legal Approaches and Practical Challenges

Bonn 2

Expert Prof. Dr. Karina Grisse provides key insights into legal approaches in recent EU legislation that aim to make AI fair and trustworthy, and discusses the challenges these legal concepts pose in practice.

Expert Session Temath: AI Portfolio Management at Scale

Rheinlobby

Expert Dr. Christian Temath shares key insights on managing AI portfolios for maximum business impact — balancing quick wins with long-term vision, top-down and bottom-up approaches, and efficiency with innovation.

Dr. Christian Temath

KI.NRW

Dr. Christian Temath

Managing Director

KI.NRW

Christian Temath is Managing Director of the competence platform KI.NRW. He and his team work to strengthen the initiative “AI made in NRW” and to promote the technological sovereignty of North Rhine-Westphalia by making it easier for larger companies, SMEs and startups to get started with AI. As Transfer chair at the Lamarr Institute, Christian also supports collaboration between research and industry. He holds a PhD in business informatics and has extensive experience in technology consulting and the practical application of AI in international e-commerce. His work focuses on facilitating the adoption of AI in companies and organizations.

Expert Session Ngonga: Insights on Deep Tech Startups

Berlin

Expert Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo shares key insights on deep tech startups — from university spin-offs to the differences in deep tech investment between Europe and the US.

Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo

Paderborn University

Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo

Head of the Department of Computer Science

Paderborn University

Axel Ngonga studied computer science and physics at Leipzig University, where he earned his PhD and completed his habilitation. After leading the Agile Knowledge Engineering group in Leipzig, he became Professor for Data Science at Paderborn University in 2017. He also serves as one of the directors of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Institute and is a Lamarr Fellow. His research focuses on knowledge graphs. He is the thankful recipient of over 30 international awards, including a Next Einstein Fellowship, and the 2024 NRW innovation award for his works on neurosymbolic machine learning. He is also a co-founder of the Tentris GmbH, a deep tech startup that develops the leading-edge tensor-based graph database TentrisDB.

Expert Session Kemp: Implementing AI in Large-Scale Healthcare

Plenary Hall

Expert Stefanie Kemp shares key insights on AI-driven transformation in large-scale hospital networks — from real-world implementation challenges to the promises surrounding AI that often fall short in practice.

Stefanie Kemp

Sana Kliniken AG

Stefanie Kemp

Chief Transformation Officer

Sana Kliniken AG

Stefanie Kemp has served as Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) of Sana Kliniken AG since September 1, 2022, leading the Executive Board’s Transformation division and driving the group’s evolution into an integrated healthcare service provider. She began her professional career as a pediatric nurse. Over 35 years ago, she transitioned into the information technology sector via the pharmaceutical industry. In addition to RWE/innogySE, she has worked at Lowell Financial Services, operated her own consulting firm, and held positions at Oracle. She also holds supervisory board mandates, serves as Executive Sponsor of the Rotonda Business Club Düsseldorf, and is actively involved as a mentor for the Women into Leadership e. V. (IWiL) initiative.

Expert Session Bauckhage: Multi-Agent Systems in the Real World

Bonn 1

Expert Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage shares key insights on multi-agent systems — exploring their potential for value creation, what already works in practice today, and where challenges and limitations remain.

Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage

Director

Lamarr Institute

Christian Bauckhage is Professor of Computer Science (Pattern Recognition) at the University of Bonn, Lead Scientist for Machine Learning at Fraunhofer IAIS and director of the Lamarr Institute. His national and international experience in academia and industry in the field of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence spans more than 20 years. Christian is a renowned expert in pattern recognition, data mining and intelligent systems and has co-invented four patents. His current work focuses on hybrid learning systems, the potentials of Quantum Computing and Quantum Machine Learning to open up previously unsolvable processes in AI and Machine Learning as well as multi-agent systems.

Expert Session Grisse: Building Fair and Trustworthy AI - EU Legal Approaches and Practical Challenges

Bonn 2

Expert Prof. Dr. Karina Grisse provides key insights into legal approaches in recent EU legislation that aim to make AI fair and trustworthy, and discusses the challenges these legal concepts pose in practice.

Prof. Dr. LL.M. Karina Grisse

TU Darmstadt

Prof. Dr. LL.M. Karina Grisse

Chair for Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law and Digital Law

TU Darmstadt

Prof. Dr. Karina Grisse, LL.M., is Professor and Chair of Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law and the Law of Digitalisation at TU Darmstadt. She studied in Bonn and Edinburgh and holds a PhD from the University of Bonn. Following several years of practice as an attorney specializing in copyright, unfair competition and media law, and academic research at the University of Cologne, she joined TU Darmstadt in 2025. Her research addresses the civil law challenges of the digital transformation, focusing on platform regulation, data protection, personality rights, and the contractual and copyright questions raised by AI.

12:15 – 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 – 14:30

Parallel Sessions

2

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.

Semantic Frameworks for Agentic AI

Plenary Hall

This roundtable explores how controlled vocabularies, knowledge graphs, and semantic structures create the linguistic and conceptual foundation for enterprises moving towards scalable AI ecosystems.

Tom Winter

Deutsche Bahn AG

Tom Winter

Expert Corporate Language & Semantics

Deutsche Bahn AG

Tom Winter is a Corporate Language and Semantic Technologies expert at Deutsche Bahn AG, where he drives the transformation of corporate language into ontology-based, interoperable knowledge structures.He establishes a semantic framework in which terminology serves as a reference layer for enterprise knowledge models. His work enables applications such as machine translation, generative AI, and Digital Twins.After serving as Chairman of the Deutscher Terminologie-Tag e. V. (DTT) until 2025, he continues to contribute as a board member. And he is a member of the Rat für Deutschsprachige Terminologie (RaDT).

Prof. Dr. Sahar Vahdati

Leibniz University
Hannover

Prof. Dr. Sahar Vahdati

Professor | Leibniz University Hannover and TIB

Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology

Prof. Dr. Sahar Vahdati is Professor of AI for Science at Leibniz University Hanover and TIB, Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, where she leads the Nature-Inspired AI for Science Lab. Her research develops theoretical foundations for reasoning and causality in frontier AI models for scientific discovery, with the aim of building transparent, robust, and trustworthy AI for science. She coordinates the EOSC Assistant project, an agentic GenAI Open Research Assistant launching in September 2026. Her broader research agenda explores mind-inspired AI, ARC-AGI, and pathways toward safe AGI.

Marcus Danei

SAP

Marcus Danei

Product Manager Language Technologies

SAP

At SAP, Marcus Danei is responsible for defining and implementing strategic directions for SAP’s language technologies. Marcus has over 30 years’ experience in the software and localization industries, and has worked in a range of areas within SAP, from introducing Arabic as a standard language, through translation production management, defining and maintaining standards for release management and technology, to translation business partner management, software product management and language data management.

Daniela Fleck

Philips

Daniela Fleck

Terminologist

Philips

Daniela Fleck is a terminologist at Philips working on clarity and consistency in language use across complex, multilingual settings. Her work focuses on helping teams make concepts explicit and align on shared definitions as a basis for communication across languages, teams, and channels. In the context of increasing AI use, she draws attention to the role of terminology in supporting more informed design, evaluation, and governance of language‑mediated systems.

Helmut Nagy

Graphwise

Helmut Nagy

Graphwise

VP Sales Enablement

Helmut Nagy is VP of Sales Enablement at Graphwise, the vendor behind the Graphwise Platform. Graphwise has offices in Vienna, Sofia, and New York. In his role, he is responsible for Graphwise’s internal knowledge management solutions, certification program, and product portfolio. The Graphwise Platform is used by more than 200 organizations worldwide to build reliable and scalable semantic AI solutions. He is a recognized expert in knowledge management and semantic AI and has collaborated with global organizations to support them in developing and implementing their knowledge management and AI strategies. Helmut Nagy is co-author of “The Knowledge Graph Cookbook” and “DOM GraphRAG: A semantic content architecture for neuro-symbolic RAG.”

Semantic Frameworks for Agentic AI

Tom Winter, Prof. Dr. Sahar Vahdati, Marcus Danei, Daniela Fleck, Helmut Nagy

As enterprises move toward Agentic AI, semantic frameworks become essential for ensuring shared meaning, interoperability, and trustworthy decision-making across systems. This roundtable explores how controlled vocabularies, knowledge graphs, and semantic structures create the linguistic and conceptual foundation for scalable AI ecosystems. Perspectives from SAP, Philips, Graphwise and academia provide practical and strategic insights into the future of enterprise AI.

  • Business
  • Agentic AI

Patient-Centered AI for the Healthcare of the Future

Berlin

In this session, the consortium comprising the Lamarr Institute, University Hospital Essen, and University Hospital Bonn showcase their NRW-led initiative to shape the future of AI-driven patient care.

Prof. Dr. med. Jörg C. Kalff

University Medical Hospital Bonn

Prof. Dr. med. Jörg C. Kalff

Head of the Department of Surgery

University Medical Hospital Bonn (UKB)

Prof. Dr. Jörg C. Kalff is a leading German surgeon, academic, and medical innovator, serving as Director of the Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Transplant Surgery at the University Hospital Bonn. He is the Speaker of the BOSTER – Bonn Surgical Technology Center, an initiative to advance surgical innovation and the integration of emerging technologies into clinical practice.With decades of experience in complex surgical care and translational research, he operates at the intersection of clinical excellence, scientific discovery, and healthcare innovation. His clinical expertise includes advanced surgical oncology, particularly liver, pancreas, and gastrointestinal oncological procedures, as well as transplant surgery.

In addition to his clinical leadership, Prof. Kalff is internationally recognized for his research on postoperative inflammation, intestinal function, and neuro- immune interactions in the gut. Through his work in BOSTER, he is closely engaged in shaping the future of surgery by fostering collaboration between medicine, engineering, and data science, including the application of artificial intelligence.

Prof. Dr. Michael Kamp

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Michael Kamp

Principal Investigator

Lamarr Institute

Michael Kamp is a Principal Investigator at the Lamarr Institute and an Associate Professor for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence at TU Dortmund University. He is also affiliated with the Institute for AI in Medicine (IKIM), where he previously led the Trustworthy Machine Learning group. His career includes a decade as a data scientist at Fraunhofer IAIS and research stays at Monash University and CISPA. Michael’s research focuses on the theoretical foundations of deep learning, causal representation learning, and privacy-preserving methods like federated learning, specifically tailored for sensitive applications in medicine and healthcare.

Patient-Centered AI for the Healthcare of the Future

Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Kalff, Prof. Dr. Michael Kamp

As enterprises move toward Agentic AI, semantic frameworks become essential for ensuring shared meaning, interoperability, and trustworthy decision-making across systems. This roundtable explores how controlled vocabularies, knowledge graphs, and semantic structures create the linguistic and conceptual foundation for scalable AI ecosystems. Perspectives from SAP, Philips, Graphwise and academia provide practical and strategic insights into the future of enterprise AI.

  • Trustworthy AI
  • Health

AI for Scientific Discovery

Bonn 1

In this session, research engineer Dr. Bogdan Georgiev from Google DeepMind explores how AI drives scientific breakthroughs and what it takes to foster a culture of innovation in research.

Dr. Bogdan Georgiev

Google DeepMind

Dr. Bogdan Georgiev

Staff Research Engineer

Google DeepMind

Dr. Bogdan Georgiev is a Staff Research Engineer at Google DeepMind. Previously, he was a research scientist at the Fraunhofer IAIS and the Lamarr Institute. He obtained his PhD in mathematics from the Max Planck Institute and the University ofBonn.
Dr. Georgiev is fascinated by the possibilities for exploration and discovery introduced by the interplay between AI and mathematics—from differential equations and geometry to optimization and machine learning. Recently, he has been exploring these areas using tools such as specialized machine learning algorithms (PINNs), theorem-proving agents (AlphaProof), and evolutionary coding agents (AlphaEvolve). He is also broadly interested in computing at scale, high-precision numerics, and training dynamics in ML.

AI for Scientific Discovery

Dr. Bogdan Georgiev

As enterprises move toward Agentic AI, semantic frameworks become essential for ensuring shared meaning, interoperability, and trustworthy decision-making across systems. This roundtable explores how controlled vocabularies, knowledge graphs, and semantic structures create the linguistic and conceptual foundation for scalable AI ecosystems. Perspectives from SAP, Philips, Graphwise and academia provide practical and strategic insights into the future of enterprise AI.

  • Science
  • Foundation Models

14:30 – 15:00

Coffee Break

15:00 – 16:00

Parallel Sessions

2

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.

The European Market Supervision of AI Systems - An Interactive Perspective

Bonn 2

The Bundesnetzagentur and Fraunhofer IAIS outline the goals and the process of AI market surveillance in Germany and the potential for automation in assessing the non-conformity of AI systems with the AI-Act.

Dr. Daniel Becker

Fraunhofer IAIS

Dr. Daniel Becker

Team Lead AI Assessment Operations

Fraunhofer IAIS

Daniel Becker holds a PhD in theoretical physics (quantum computing and spintronics) and has a background in algorithmic trading. For over five years now, he works at Fraunhofer IAIS in the department AI Assurance & Assessments (AAA), where he leads the AI Assessment Operations team (AAOps). As part of this position, Daniel leads and contributes to various  applied research and industry projects focussing on safeguarding of AI systems, automation of assessment workflows, and AI trustworthiness in general, both from a technical and auditor perspective.

Paul Klee

Bundesnetzagentur

Paul Klee

Referent

Bundesnetzagentur

Paul Klee is an expert in market surveillance and ICT regulation at the Bundesnetzagentur. He holds a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in International Business Administration and Engineering. Within the Bundesnetzagentur, his work focuses on ICT standardization, emergency call systems, and artificial intelligence (AI). Currently, he is part of the task force dedicated to the enforcement of the European AI Act under the national implementing legislation, shaping the future of AI market surveillance in Germany.

The European Market Supervision of AI Systems - An Interactive Perspective

Dr. Bogdan Georgiev, Dr. Daniel Becker

The EU AI-Act mandates member states to effectively supervise their national markets of AI systems and products. In this session, the Bundesnetzagentur provides a short, interactive overview of the goals and the process of AI market surveillance in Germany as well as of the various involved national and European authorities and stakeholders and their interplay. Additionally, Fraunhofer IAIS presents a recent study that examines the potential for automation in assessing the non-conformity of AI systems with the AI-Act using appropriate assessment tools.

  • Business
  • Trustworthy AI

Trustworthy AI for Health

Berlin

Trustworthiness is a key component when applying AI in the sensitive domain of medicine. Startup and research innovators share how to build intelligent systems that are safe, reliable, and ready for impact.

Prof. Dr. Adele Ribeiro

RWTH Aachen

Prof. Dr. Adele Ribeiro

RWTH Aachen

tbd

Dr. med. Nicolas Conze

docport GmbH

Dr. med. Nicolas Conze

Head of Data Science

docport GmbH

Nicolas Conze is a physician and Head of Data Science at docport GmbH – a network of ~50 GP clinics in NRW building federated AI infrastructure for primary care. He leads FLIP-IT, an EFRE-funded federated learning project in collaboration with IKIM Essen and the Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. Goal of this project is to establish decentralised AI training across real-world GP practices without centralising patient data. Nicolas holds an M.Sc. in Applied Digital Health from Oxford and continues to practise clinically alongside his technical work.

Trustworthy AI for Health

Dr. med. Nicolas Conze

The EU AI-Act mandates member states to effectively supervise their national markets of AI systems and products. In this session, the Bundesnetzagentur provides a short, interactive overview of the goals and the process of AI market surveillance in Germany as well as of the various involved national and European authorities and stakeholders and their interplay. Additionally, Fraunhofer IAIS presents a recent study that examines the potential for automation in assessing the non-conformity of AI systems with the AI-Act using appropriate assessment tools.

  • Trustworthy AI
  • Health

Humanoid Robotics in Logistics

Bonn 1

In this session, experts examine key perspectives on robust robotic systems, the rapid progress of humanoid robotics, and the growing potential of vision-language-action models to enable adaptive robot behavior.

Dr. Johannes Hinckeldeyn

KION Group

Dr. Johannes Hinckeldeyn

Director Research Engineering

KION Group

Dr. Johannes Hinckeldeyn is Director Research Engineering at KION AG and is responsible for research and product development projects in the field of intralogistics. Previously, he served as a senior engineer at the Institute of Technical Logistics at TU Hamburg and as Chief Operating Officer at EL Cell GmbH. In that role, he led operational processes as well as the further development of development and production structures. He holds a doctorate in Operations Management and has extensive experience at the intersection of engineering, business, and academia. Through his work in industry, consulting, and research, he combines strategic thinking with strong practical implementation skills.

Dr. Julian Eßer

Lamarr Institute

Dr. Julian Eßer

Scientific Coordinator: Embodied AI

Lamarr Institute

Julian Eßer is a research associate in Robotics and AI at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics in Dortmund and scientific coordinator of the Embodied AI research group at the Lamarr Institute. After earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees (with honors) in mechanical engineering from the University of Duisburg-Essen in 2018 and 2020, respectively, he completed his Ph.D. at TU Dortmund University in 2025 on learning-based control of highly dynamic robots. His research focuses on embodied AI, particularly at the intersection of robotics, reinforcement learning, and physics simulation.

 

Humanoid Robotics in Logistics

The safe and reliable deployment of AI-driven robotics systems in real-world settings is crucial for value creation in various industrial and societal domains. By discussing the latest research breakthroughs on robust AI-driven robotics for the real world, experts examine key perspectives on robust robotic systems, the rapid progress of humanoid robotics, and the growing potential of vision-language-action models to enable more flexible, context-aware behavior of robots.

  • Business
  • Agentic AI

AI-ready data for business – insights from local companies

Plenary Hall

This panel brings together leading local companies to share practical insights and real-world experiences on how businesses can become truly AI-ready and successfully drive AI adoption in practice.

Dr. Patrick Maué

AV Software Solutions 360°

Dr. Patrick Maué

Executive Principal

AV Software Solutions 360°

Dr. Patrick Maué began his professional career in artificial intelligence and geospatial data research. For more than twenty years, he has advised organizations and led the implementation of projects in the fields of artificial intelligence, document analysis, and electronic records management. As Executive Principal at AV Software Solutions 360° (AVS), the Competence Center of the Bechtle IT System House Bonn, he leads a team of AI experts and data scientists. His work focuses on public sector projects, ranging from municipalities to federal ministries. His conviction: AI creates its greatest impact by making complex administrative processes more transparent, efficient, and future-ready.

Bernhard Christ

IHK Bonn/Rhein-Sieg

Bernhard Christ

Referent IT- & Gesundheitswirtschaft

IHK Bonn/Rhein-Sieg

Bernhard Christ is an Economic Policy Consultant (M.Sc.) for the IT and health economy at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Bonn/Rhein-Sieg and the Managing Director of Wirtschaftsjunioren (WJ) Bonn/Rhein-Sieg, a network für young entrepreneurs. His work focuses on consulting, lobbying, and networking for regional businesses in the fields of AI, cybersecurity, digital sovereignty, fiber-optic infrastructure, and digital health. He gained practical experience in the application of AI while working as a Manager in Delivery Operations at Amazon Logistics.

Martin Förster

Scopevisio AG

Martin Förster

Director of Product

Scopevisio AG

Martin Förster is Director of Product at Scopevisio AG, a German cloud ERP and accounting software provider, where he holds company wide responsibility for product management, go-to-market strategy, and the company’s AI agenda. He brings deep expertise in complex enterprise and ERP products: at Wolters Kluwer he led the cloud transformation of a legal practice management solution across seven countries, and he subsequently served as Head of Product Management for Social Housing at Aareon. At Scopevisio he is now driving the shift toward AI-first products, including retrieval-based document intelligence built on customers’ accounting and ERP data.

Martin Wibbe

conet

Martin Wibbe

Chief Executive Officer

conet

Seasoned executive with over 25 years of experience in the IT services industry, having held various senior management roles across sales, operations, and business development. Formerly SVP Chief Sales Officer at Atos Germany and CEO of the Materna Group, he has a strong track record in driving growth and transformation. Currently serving as CEO of conet Group, leading around 2,000 professionals in software engineering and digital solutions. He brings extensive board-level expertise in go-to-market strategy, strategic leadership, and organizational development.

Dr. Andrej Fischer

Comma Soft AG

Dr. Andrej Fischer

Executive Manager Consulting AI & Data

Comma Soft AG

Dr. Andrej Fischer is a member of the Executive Management at Comma Soft AG. Since joining in 2014, he has established the Data Science Consulting practice and currently leads strategic AI and GenAI initiatives across various industries. He holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Cologne and conducted postdoctoral research in cancer genomics at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge. He has been working with AI and statistical data analysis since 2010. Nowadays, he is focusing on how to manage all the transformations that are induced by these technologies.

AI-ready data for business – insights from local companies

Dr. Bogdan Georgiev, Dr. Andrej Fischer

This panel brings together leading regional companies to share practical insights on how businesses can become truly AI-ready. From first AI use cases and system integration to scalable data strategies and trustworthy governance, the discussion highlights real experiences from companies driving AI adoption in practice. Attendees will gain concrete perspectives on implementation challenges, emerging opportunities, and the key factors organizations should not underestimate when turning AI ambition into sustainable business value.

  • Business

16:00 – 16:30

Closing

2

Outlook and Closing

Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage

Lamarr Institute

Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage

Director

Lamarr Institute

Christian Bauckhage is Professor of Computer Science (Pattern Recognition) at the University of Bonn, Lead Scientist for Machine Learning at Fraunhofer IAIS and director of the Lamarr Institute. His national and international experience in academia and industry in the field of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence spans more than 20 years. Christian is a renowned expert in pattern recognition, data mining and intelligent systems and has co-invented four patents. His current work focuses on hybrid learning systems, the potentials of Quantum Computing and Quantum Machine Learning to open up previously unsolvable processes in AI and Machine Learning as well as multi-agent systems.

Outlook and Closing

Prof. Dr. Christian Bauckhage

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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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