BIG BANG AI FESTIVAL
#BBKIF25: Europes biggest KI Event
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10. + 11. September 2025

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
On Stage
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Frank Thelen
Tech investor & innovation expert
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Ayse Engel
Tech Expert Schwarz Digits
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Alexander Wallner
Head of Germany and CEO Central Europe, Salesforce
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Marie-Christine Ostermann
President of DIE FAMILIENUNTERNEHMER e.V.
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Evelyne de Gruyter
Managing Director, Association of Women Entrepreneurs in Germany (VdU)
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Dr. Jens Baas
CEO, Die Techniker
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Wybcke Meier
CEO TUI Cruises GmbH
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Martin Kind
Managing Director of the KIND Group
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Katharina Jäger
Head of Innovation & Technology, Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft (BVDW) e. V.
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Dr. Rainer Esser
Managing Director ZEIT Publishing Group
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Hanna Kamijo
Director General Business, ServiceNow
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Jens Redmer
Principal New Products, Google Germany
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Audrey Tang
Inspiring Ambassador, former Digital Minister of Taiwan
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Hagen Rickmann
Managing Director Corporate Customer Business Vodafone Germany
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Monica Sawhney
Managing Director / CFO Thalia Books
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Prof. Yuval Noah Harari
Inspiring Ambassador, historian, philosopher, world bestselling author
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Dr. Julia Freudenberg
CEO, Hacker School gGmbH
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Tim Alexander
Head of Global Brand & Marketing, Deutsche Bank
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Rudolf Scharping
Former Federal Minister of Defense
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Silvie Rundel
Chief Communications Officer, ZEIT Publishing Group
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Stuart Cameron
Managing Director and Founder, UHLALA Group
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Vera Starker
SPIEGEL bestselling author, co-founder & CEO Next Work Innovation Think Tank
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Alexander Britz
Senior Director Public Sector, Microsoft
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Agnė Paulauskaitė-Tarasevičienė
Professor of Computer Science, Head of the Center for Artificial Intelligence at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania
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Sven Gábor Jánszky
Europe's No. 1 futurologist, Chairman of the 2b AHEAD Group
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Dieter Weißhaar
CEO, myneva Group
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Stefanie von Carlsburg
Head of Corporate Communications,
Hamburger Sparkasse -
Anke Borchers
AI Strategist (ML / GenAI)
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Dr. med. Sebastian Casu
Medical Director Asklepios Clinic Wandsbek
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Andrea Montua
Change expert & Managing Director MontuaPartner Communications
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Oliver Dörler
Head of Big Data & Advanced Analytics, Commerzbank AG
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Ralf Kleber
Tech enthusiast, investor & former CEO Amazon Germany
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Sören Bauer
Founder, Face-Club
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York Boeder
CEO, Marabu GmbH & Co. KG
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Marc Weegen
Head of Department for Brand Strategy and Communication, Bundesverband der Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken (BVR)
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Silvana Herold
Head of Group Corporate Communications, Commerzbank AG
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André E. Barten
President & CEO, Achenbach Buschhütten GmbH & Co. KG
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Wilfried Eberhardt
Executive Vice President Marketing & Associations, KUKA AG
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Michael Bröcker
Chief Editor, Table.Media
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Dr. Justus Marquardt
Regional Board North – Hamburg, KPMG AG
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Thomas Voigt
Vice President Group Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, Otto Group
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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
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Dr. Sebastian Walter
VP Digital and Consulting Otto Group Holding
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Feras Alsamawi
Head of Innovation & Transformation Programs Germany & Europe Central Amazon Web Services
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Dr. Axel Kniehl
Managing Director Marketing and Sales of the Miele Group
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Volker Meschonat
Senior Sales-Manager NVIDIA
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Prof. Dr. Christoph Straub
Chairman of the Board of BARMER
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Susanne Gottschalk
AI Change Management Expert, Schaeffler AG
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Artus Rupalla
Director Product Management (AI), TeamViewer SE
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Dr. Nicolas Flores-Herr
Team Lead Conversational AI, Fraunhofer IAIS
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Daniel Rüben
Founder & CEO Cancierge Breast B.V.
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Christian Schwedler
BMW Group strategist and spokesman
Your hosts
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Brigitte Zypries
Federal Ministry of Economics
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Jens de Buhr
Publisher, Verleger DUP UNTERNEHMER Media
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Ayse Mese
CEO, JDB Holding GmbH
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Ines Woermann
CEO, diind
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Heiko Hager
CEO, DUP Media
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Karol Baginski
CEO, diind
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Bianca Möller
CEO DISQ
Co-Hosts
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Professor Dr. Jochen A. Werner
Medical director, medical department at the University of Essen
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Professor Dr. David Matusiewicz
Dean, FOM University of Applied Sciences