BIG BANG AI FESTIVAL

#BBKIF25: Europes biggest KI Event

Save the Date:
10. + 11. September 2025

Tickets
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

On Stage

  • frank-10xdna-cover-4_web.jpg

    Frank Thelen

    Tech investor & innovation expert

  • Ayse Engel

    Ayse Engel

    Tech Expert Schwarz Digits

  • Alexander Wallner

    Alexander Wallner

    Head of Germany and CEO Central Europe, Salesforce

  • 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)

  • Jens Baas

    Dr. Jens Baas

    CEO, Die Techniker

  • 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

  • Jens Redmer

    Jens Redmer

    Principal New Products, Google Germany

  • Audrey Tang

    Audrey Tang

    Inspiring Ambassador, former Digital Minister of Taiwan

  • Hagen Rickmann

    Hagen Rickmann

    Managing Director Corporate Customer Business Vodafone Germany

  • 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

  • portrait_rudolf_scharping.jpg

    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

  • 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

  • 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 NEU

    Wilfried Eberhardt

    Executive Vice President Marketing & Associations, 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

  • 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

  • Daniel Rüben

    Daniel Rüben

    Founder & CEO Cancierge Breast B.V.

  • Christian Schwedler NEU

    Christian Schwedler

    BMW Group strategist and spokesman

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

  • download-pressefotos-bianca-moeller_web.jpg

    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

Partners 2024

Supporter

Media Partner

Organisers