BIG BANG KI FESTIVAL

#BBKIF25: Europes biggest AI-Event

Save the Date:
10. + 11. September 2025

Tickets

Speaker

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    Frank Thelen

    Tech investor & innovation expert

  • Ayse Engel

    Ayse Engel

    Tech Expert Schwarz Digits

  • Richard David Precht

    Richard David Precht

    Philosopher and bestselling author

  • Marie Ostermann

    Marie-Christine Ostermann

    President of DIE FAMILIENUNTERNEHMER e.V.

  • Evelyne de Gruyter

    Evelyne de Gruyter

    Managing Director, Association of Women Entrepreneurs in Germany (VdU)

  • Anastasia Barner

    Anastasia Barner

    Founder FeMentor, bestselling author & TEDx Speaker

  • Jan-Josef Liefers

    Jan Josef Liefers

    Actor, director, musician

  • Felix Kroos

    Felix Kroos

    Former professional soccer player, Podcaster ("Einfach mal Luppen")

  • Jens Baas 02

    Dr. Jens Baas

    CEO, Die Techniker

  • Alexander Wallner

    Alexander Wallner

    Head of Germany and CEO Central Europe, Salesforce

  • Wybcke Meier

    Wybcke Meier

    CEO TUI Cruises GmbH

  • Martin Kind

    Martin Kind

    Managing Director of the KIND Group

  • Katharina Jäger

    Katharina Jäger

    Head of Innovation & Technology, Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft (BVDW) e. V.

  • Rainer Esser vorläufig

    Dr. Rainer Esser

    Managing Director ZEIT Publishing Group

  • Hanna Kamijo NEU

    Hanna Kamijo

    Director General Business, ServiceNow

  • Benjamin Adrion

    Benjamin Adrion

    Initiator + Brand Lead Viva con Agua, CEO Villa Viva

  • Jens Redmer

    Jens Redmer

    Principal New Products, Google Germany

  • Audrey Tang

    Audrey Tang

    Inspiring Ambassador, former Digital Minister of Taiwan

  • Monica Sawhney

    Monica Sawhney

    Managing Director / CFO Thalia Books

  • Yuval Noah Harari

    Prof. Yuval Noah Harari

    Inspiring Ambassador, historian, philosopher, world bestselling author

  • Julia Freudenberg

    Dr. Julia Freudenberg

    CEO, Hacker School gGmbH

  • Tim Alexander

    Tim Alexander

    Head of Global Brand & Marketing, Deutsche Bank

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    Rudolf Scharping

    Former Federal Minister of Defense

  • Silvie Rundel

    Silvie Rundel

    Chief Communications Officer, ZEIT Publishing Group

  • Stuart Carmeron

    Stuart Cameron

    Managing Director and Founder, UHLALA Group

  • Vera Starker

    Vera Starker

    SPIEGEL bestselling author, co-founder & CEO Next Work Innovation Think Tank

  • Senior Director Public Sector, Microsoft

    Alexander Britz

    Senior Director Public Sector, Microsoft

  • Agnė Paulauskaitė-Tarasevičienė

    Agnė Paulauskaitė-Tarasevičienė

    Professor of Computer Science, Head of the Center for Artificial Intelligence at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania

  • Sven Gábor Jánszky

    Sven Gábor Jánszky

    Europe's No. 1 futurologist, Chairman of the 2b AHEAD Group

  • Dieter Weisshaar

    Dieter Weißhaar

    CEO, myneva Group GmbH

  • Antonio Del Negro

    Antonio Del Negro

    Chief Product Officer, myneva Group GmbH

  • Stefanie von Carlsburg NEU

    Stefanie von Carlsburg

    Head of Corporate Communications,
    Hamburger Sparkasse

  • Anke Borchers

    Anke Borchers

    AI Strategist (ML / GenAI)

  • Sebastian Casu

    Dr. med. Sebastian Casu

    Medical Director Asklepios Clinic Wandsbek

  • Andrea Montua

    Andrea Montua

    Change expert & Managing Director MontuaPartner Communications

  • Oliver Dörler SW

    Oliver Dörler

    Head of Big Data & Advanced Analytics, Commerzbank AG

  • Ralf Kleber Foto

    Ralf Kleber

    Tech enthusiast, investor & former CEO Amazon Germany

  • Elke Schwarz

    Elke Schwarz

    CEO, Orange Salamander and app developer

  • Felix Strobl

    Felix Strobl

    Neuroscientist, Tenor, European Society of Preventive Medicine

  • Sören Bauer NEU

    Sören Bauer

    Founder, Face-Club

  • York Boeder

    York Boeder

    CEO, Marabu GmbH & Co. KG

  • Marc Weegen

    Marc Weegen

    Head of Department for Brand Strategy and Communication, Bundesverband der Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken (BVR)

  • Silvana Herold

    Silvana Herold

    Head of Group Corporate Communications, Commerzbank AG

  • André E. Barten

    André E. Barten

    President & CEO, Achenbach Buschhütten GmbH & Co. KG

  • Wilfried Eberhardt

    Wilfried Eberhardt

    Vice President Governmental Affairs, KUKA AG

  • Michael Bröcker

    Michael Bröcker

    Chief Editor, Table.Media

  • Justus Marquardt

    Dr. Justus Marquardt

    Regional Board North – Hamburg, KPMG AG

  • Thomas Voigt

    Thomas Voigt

    Vice President Group Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, Otto Group

  • Elke Kronewald NEU

    Professor Dr. Elke Kronewald

    Professor of Communication Management and PR Evaluation, Kiel University of Applied Sciences and Chairwoman of the German Council for Public Relations

  • Sebastian Walter

    Dr. Sebastian Walter

    VP Digital and Consulting Otto Group Holding

  •  Feras Alsamawi

    Feras Alsamawi

    Head of Innovation & Transformation Programs Germany & Europe Central Amazon Web Services

  • Axel Kniehl NEU

    Dr. Axel Kniehl

    Managing Director Marketing and Sales of the Miele Group

  • Ingo Horak

    Ingo Horak

    Digital Health Entrepreneur

  • Thomas Druyen

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Druyen

    Director, Institute for Future Psychology and Future Management (IZZ) at the Sigmund Freud Private University
    President, opta data Future Foundation

  • Volker Meschonat

    Volker Meschonat

    Senior Sales-Manager NVIDIA

  • Christoph Straub NEU

    Prof. Dr. Christoph Straub

    Chairman of the Board of BARMER

  • Susanne Gottschalk

    Susanne Gottschalk

    AI Change Management Expert, Schaeffler AG

  • Artus Rupalla

    Artus Rupalla

    Director Product Management (AI), TeamViewer SE

  • Dr. Nicolas Flores-Herr

    Dr. Nicolas Flores-Herr

    Team Lead Conversational AI, Fraunhofer IAIS

  • Ralf Schütten

    Ralf Schütten

    Spiritus Rector, net-maxX GmbH

  • Daniel Rüben

    Daniel Rüben

    Founder & CEO Cancierge Breast B.V.

  • Wassim Saeidi

    Wassim Saeidi

    CEO of United Robotics Group Health and Food GmbH

  • Kemal Görgülü

    Kemal Görgülü

    CTO, Arte

  • Monika Schaller

    Monika Schaller

    Chief Communications Officer
    SAP

  • Christian Schwedler NEU

    Christian Schwedler

    BMW Group strategist and spokesman

  • Dr. Thomas Endress

    Dr. Thomas Endress

    Executive Director of EMD Digital and Head of M-Trust™, Merck

  • Mareike Vogel

    Mareike Vogel

    Head of Business Consulting, Hettich Unternehmensgruppe

  • Matthias Blatz

    Matthias Blatz

    Head of People Experience & HR Partner, Hettich Unternehmensgruppe

  • PhD Sebastian Barnutz

    PhD Sebastian Barnutz

    Partner and Head International LifeSciences Squad, Metaplan Gesellschaft für Planung und Organisation mbH

  • Michael KyuJaku Kockro

    Michael KyuJaku Kockro

    Business economist and Zen priest

  • Dr. Thomas Stoffmehl

    Dr. Thomas Stoffmehl

    Speaker of the Executive Board, Vorwerk SE & Co. KG

  • And Jung

    Andy Jung

    Former Head of Marketing at FC Bayern, Strategic Consultant for Marketing, Partnerships & Sponsoring

  • Marcel Loko

    Marcel Loko

    CEO Hirschen Group GmbH

  • Hans-Jörg Schäper

    Hans-Jörg Schäper

    Senior Expert GovTechCampus, Member of the Supervisory Board BWI GmbH

  • Prof. Dr. Sabine Einwiller

    Prof. Dr. Sabine Einwiller

    Professorin für Public Relations Forschung
    Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft der Universität Wien

  • Claudia Frese

    Claudia Frese

    Independent Advisor and Board Member

  • Rainer Krumm

    Rainer Krumm

    Management trainer and founder of the 9 Level System

  • Stefanie Kemp

    Stefanie Kemp

    Chief Transformation Officer (CTO), Sana Kliniken AG

  • Inga Höltmann

    Inga Höltmann

    Consultant + speaker for new work and hybrid collaboration

  • Martin Pietzonka NEU

    Martin Pietzonka

    Senior Head of Innovation Drees & Sommer Group, Startup Hub Berlin

  • Dr. med. Markus Leck Dieken

    Dr. med. Markus Leyck Dieken

    Executive Partner, Die BrückenKöpfe Management GmbH

  • Dr. Fabian Mehring

    Dr. Fabian Mehring

    Bavaria's Minister of State for Digital Affairs

  • Dr. Katharina Weitz

    Dr. Katharina Weitz

    Project Manager: Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI, Department of Artificial Intelligence

  • Prof. Dr. Jan A. Neuhoefer

    Prof. Dr. Jan A. Neuhoefer

    Virtual Systems and Computer Graphics Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

  • Daniel S. Vonier

    Daniel S. Vonier

    Leadership designer & organizational developer

Jens de Buhr NEU

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

  • Federal Ministry of Economics

    Brigitte Zypries

    Federal Ministry of Economics

  • Jens de Buhr

    Jens de Buhr

    Publisher, Verleger DUP UNTERNEHMER Media

  • Ayse Mese

    Ayse Mese

    CEO, JDB Holding GmbH

  • Ines Woermann

    Ines Woermann

    CEO, diind

  • Heiko Hager

    Heiko Hager

    CEO, DUP Media

  • Karol Baginski

    Karol Baginski

    CEO, diind

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    Bianca Möller

    CEO DISQ

Co-Hosts

  • Jochen A. Werner

    Professor Dr. Jochen A. Werner

    Medical director, medical department at the University of Essen

  • David Matusiewicz

    Professor Dr. David Matusiewicz

    Dean, FOM University of Applied Sciences

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