Speaker Line-Up
Meet our lineup of distinguished speakers from leading companies, universities, and research institutions, each bringing invaluable expertise and insights as they share their visions for the future of AI.
Lamarr Award Winner

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult.
Sebastian Thrun
Stanford University
Political Speakers

Minister
Ina Brandes
Minister of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Federal Minister
Bettina Stark-Watzinger
Federal Minister of Education and Research

Lord Mayor
Thomas Westphal
Lord Mayor of the City of Dortmund

Minister President
Hendrik Wüst
Minister President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Speakers

Dr.
Mehdi Ali
Lamarr Institute
Fraunhofer IAIS

Dr.
Jean Marc Alkazzi
idealworks GmbH

Prof. Dr.
Julia C. Arlinghaus
Fraunhofer IFF
German Science and Humanities Council

Dr.-Ing.
Maximilian Austerjost
Fraunhofer IML

Prof. Dr.
Jürgen Bajorath
Lamarr Institute
University of Bonn

Prof. Dr.
Christian Bauckhage
Lamarr Institute
Fraunhofer IAIS
University of Bonn

Maximilian Bause
Fraunhofer IEM

Dr.
Andreas Becker
TU Dortmund University / Centrum für Entrepreneurship und Transfer

Mike Becker
doks Innovation GmbH

Prof. Dr.
Michael Beetz
University of Bremen

Thomas Bruß
BOB Automotive Group GmbH

Tim Chilla
Fraunhofer IML

Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Uwe Clausen
Fraunhofer IML
TU Dortmund University

Prof. Dr.
Philip Diamond
Square Kilometre Array Observatory

Dr.
Alicia Fattorini
TU Dortmund University

Dr.
Sascha Feldhorst
TU Dortmund University
MotionMiners GmbH

Prof. Dr.
Stefan Feuerriegel
LMU Munich

Prof. Dr.
Asja Fischer
Ruhr University Bochum

Martin Friedrich
Fraunhofer IML

Prof. Dr.
Milica Gašić
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Dr.
Sven Giesselbach
Lamarr Institute
Fraunhofer IAIS

Dr.
Dariush Tavaghof Gigloo
Keller & Kalmbach

Prof. Dr.
Christian Glaser
Uppsala University

Dr.
Julian Graefenstein
WELDOTHERM

Lars Hackstein
Fraunhofer IML

Malik Hafez
Cellgo GmbH

Prof. Dr.
Barbara Hammer
Bielefeld University

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c.
Michael Henke
Fraunhofer IML

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c.
Michael ten Hompel
Lamarr Institute

Maximilian Hörstrup
Fraunhofer IML

Vahid Sadiri Javadi
University of Bonn

Prof. Dr.
Arnulf Jentzen
University of Münster
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Christian Jestel
Fraunhofer IML

Prof. Dr.
David Jurgens
University of Michigan

Dr.
Akbar Karimi
University of Bonn

Prof. Dr.
Gregor Kasieczka
University of Hamburg

Prof. Dr.
Alice Kirchheim
Lamarr Institute
Fraunhofer IML
TU Dortmund University

Otto Klemke
NautilusLog

Prof. Dr.
Matthias Klumpp

Dr.
Alexander Kreyenborg
SIMPL Technologies GmbH

Alexander Krooß
Fraunhofer IML

Jan Läzer
Dortmunder Eisenbahn GmbH

Prof. Dr.
Jens Lehmann
Amazon AGI
TUD Dresden University of Technology

Dr.
Max Lübbering
Fraunhofer IAIS

Dr.
Mounika Marreddy
University of Bonn

Tammo Märtens
Fraunhofer IML

Dr.
Andrea Mastropietro
Sapienza University of Rome

Prof. Dr.
Michael Möller
University of Siegen

Prof. Dr.
Katharina Morik
Lamarr Institute

Anike Murrenhoff
Fraunhofer IML

Prof. Dr.
Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo
Paderborn University

Prof. Dr.
Rebecca Nugent
Carnegie Mellon University

Dr.
Martin Oettmeier
Wilo SE

Maximilian Otten
Fraunhofer IML

Dr.
Stephan Peters
Rhenus

Christian Pionzewski
Fraunhofer IML

Andrej Plenne
Fraunhofer IML

Dr.
Henry Puhl
TGW Logistics

Prof. Dr.
Jakob Rehof
Lamarr Institute
TU Dortmund University

Prof. Dr. Dr.
Wolfgang Rhode
Lamarr Institute
TU Dortmund University

Dr.
Raquel Rodríguez-Pérez
Novartis Biomedical Research

Prof. Dr.
Nikol Rummel
Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS)
Ruhr University Bochum

Jun. Prof. Dr.
Hannah Ruschemeier
Fernuniversität Hagen

Dr.
Magnus Sahlgren
AI Sweden

Maximilian Schellert
Fraunhofer IML

Anna Schmitz
Fraunhofer IAIS

Thomas Schnake
TU Berlin
BIFOLD

Pia Schreynemackers
Fraunhofer IML

Prof. Dr.
Jatinder Singh
RC Trust
Univeristy of Cambridge

Rainer Sträter
Expert Cloud and Hosting Industry

Dr.
Christian Temath
KI.NRW
Fraunhofer IAIS

Prof. Dr.
Heike Vallery
RWTH Aachen

Dr.
Pat Walters
Relay Therapeutics

Lena Weirauch
aiomatic solutions GmbH

Matthias Welland
NTT DATA Business Solutions AG

Prof. Dr.
Stefan Wrobel
Lamarr Institute
University of Bonn
Fraunhofer IAIS

Haris Yalcinkaya
Ziya UG

Dr.
Cass Zhixue Zhao
University of Sheffield