This was BBKIF 2025
2 days full of inspiration & insights on AI and digital trends – cross-industry and hands-on
350+ speakers from business, tech, healthcare & politics
6 stages & a packed program with keynotes, panels, masterclasses & networking opportunities
7,000+ attendees: C-level executives, entrepreneurs, decision-makers & startups
1 certificate on top: On-site attendees receive an official AI certificate
Right Said Fred live! The British pop legends (“I’m Too Sexy”) kicked off the festival night on September 10.
Live. Loud. Legendary. Plus: Networking, street food, drinks.Official TV Spot in the RTL Media Universe featuring Festival Host Ayse Mese
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Dr. Karsten Wildberger
Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and State Modernization
politik
Frank Thelen
Tech investor & innovation expert
ai-technology
Tim Höttges
Chairman of the Board of Management, Deutsche Telekom
ai-technology
Christian Wulff
Former Federal President, Attorney at Law
politik
Carsten Schneider
Federal Minister for the Environment, Climate Protection, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
politik
Gregor Gysi
Lawyer and politician of the party DIE LINKE
politik
Christian Dürr
Federal Chairman of FDP
politik
Dr. Tobias Lindner
Former Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office
politik
Franziska Brantner
Federal Chair of BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN
politik
Rolf Schumann
Co-CEO Schwarz Digits & CDO at Schwarz Group
ai-technology
Alvin Wang Graylin
Tech visionary, bestselling author ("Our Next Reality")
ai-technology
Thomas Jarzombek
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and State Modernization
politik
Evelyne de Gruyter
Managing Director, Association of Women Entrepreneurs in Germany (VdU)
management
Martin Kind
Entrepreneur & former managing director of the KIND-Group
management
Alexander Britz
Senior Director Public Sector & Member of the Executive Board Microsoft Germany
management
Dieter Weißhaar
CEO, myneva Group GmbH
health
Dr. Marianne Janik
Vice President EMEA North, Google Cloud
ai-technology
Dr. Norbert Rollinger
Chairman of the board R+V Versicherung AG
management
Dr. Paul Achleitner
Top manager, investor, former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG
management
Oliver Steil
Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of TeamViewe
ai-technology
Jens Redmer
Principal New Products, Google Germany
ai-technology
Dr. Christoph Bauer
CEO DuMont
ai-technology
Prof. Yuval Noah Harari
Live on tape, Inspiring Ambassador, Historiker, Philosoph, Weltbestseller-Autor
ai-technology
Prof. Dr. Christoph Straub
Chairman of the Board of BARMER
health
Sven Gábor Jánszky
Europe's No. 1 futurologist, Chairman of the 2b AHEAD Group
ai-technology
Dr. Latifa Yakhloufi-Konstroffer
CFO Business Unit Siemens Energy
ai-technology
Achim Berg
IT Manager, digitalization expert, former BITKOM president
ai-technology
Ilse Henne
Member of the Executive Board of thyssenkrupp AG and CEO of thyssenkrupp Materials Services
management
Niklas Östberg
co-founder and CEO of Delivery Hero
ai-technology
Christoph Rabenseifner
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer TDI / Head of Corporate VC Group at Deutsche Bank
ai-technology
Margarita Lindahl
Head of AI Panasonic Connect Europe
ai-technology
Prof. Dr. Kai Gniffke
Director General of SWR
management
Nino Romano
Chief Technology Officers, AUMOVIO
ai-technology
Stephan Karg
Senior Expert Generative AI, Corporate Marketing at Bosch Rexroth
ai-technology
Donya-Florence Amer
CIO/CHRO Hapag-Lloyd AG
management
Hans–Peter Gai
COO, Südzucker AG
management
Rayk Hahne
Founder and CEO of RH Unternehmerwissen GmbH, podcaster, former professional athlete
management
Dr. Steffen Greubel
CEO METRO AG
ai-technology
Benjamin Adrion
Initiator of Viva con Agua Sankt Pauli e.V. & Villa Viva
management
Meryl Deep
Keynote-Speaking-Dragqueen
management
Vision
„The BIG BANG AI Festival inspires the economy with groundbreaking AI ideas, accelerates the transformation of companies and thus secures jobs, prosperity and Germany's global competitiveness in the long term."
– Jens de Buhr, Festival Host
Your hosts
Brigitte Zypries
Federal Ministry of Economics
Jens de Buhr
Publisher, Verleger DUP UNTERNEHMER Media
Ayse Mese
CEO, JDB Holding GmbH
Ines Woermann
CEO, diind
Heiko Hager
CEO, DUP Media
Bianca Möller
CEO, DISQ
CO-Hosts
Professor Dr. Jochen A. Werner
CEO, 10xD & former Medical director, medical department at the University of Essen
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