Keynote: Between Bits and Behavior – How to make Industrial AI real

• Cedrik Neike, Mitglied des Vorstands und CEO Digital Industries, Siemens AG

Accelerating the AI Ecosystem – Public-Private-Partnerships for Next-Generation Industrial AI

• Katherina Reiche, Bundesministerin für Wirtschaft und Energie

• Dr. Rolf-Dieter Jungk, Staatssekretär Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt

• Cedrik Neike, Mitglied des Vorstands und CEO Digital Industries, Siemens AG

The Advantage of Openness: AI-Driven Engineering and Production: Use Cases, Further Potentials and Need for Collaboration

• Dr. Sabine Klauke, Executive Vice President - Head of Digital Design, Manufacturing & Services, Airbus SAS

• Christian Klettner, Senior Vice President - Digitalization of Operations, BASF

• Dr. Tanja Rückert, Geschäftsführerin und Chief Digital Officer, Robert Bosch GmbH

Cooperating Towards Level 4: A Federated AI Ecosystem for Autonomous Driving

• Dr. Michael Darms, Senior Manager Perception & Function, MB.OS Autonomous Driving Functions, Mercedes Benz AG

• Aria Etemad, Senior Project Manager, Volkswagen Group Innovation

• Dr. Jörg Reichardt, Senior Expert General Machine Learning, Aumovio

Mission‑Critical AI: Balancing Openness and Security in Defence and Critical Infrastructure

• Dr. Eva M. Grochowski, Vice President Innovation & Digitalization, Rheinmetall IT Solutions GmbH

• Kathrin Günther, Chief Transformation Officer, TenneT Germany

Building the Backbone: Foundation Models, Agentic AI and Digital Infrastructure for a Federated Industrial AI Ecosystem

• Elke Anderl, Geschäftsführerin Vertrieb, T-Systems

• Dr. Johannes Hoffart, CTO AI, SAP SE

• Stephan Ilaender, Field CTO, STACKIT

From Pilots to Productivity: Achieving Data Readiness for Industrial AI with Data Ecosystems

• Dr. Gunther Kegel, Präsident des ZVEI e. V., Generalbevollmächtigter der Pepperl+Fuchs Gruppe

• Christina Raab, Vizepräsidentin Bitkom e. V., Market Unit Lead Accenture Central and Eastern Europe, Accenture

• Henrik Schunk, Chairman of the Board, SCHUNK SE & Co KG, Geschäftsführer, Next Level Mittelstand GmbH