
Day 1: Oct. 16th
Opening
Event
Opening Speech, Networking, Panel
SIZE
100+ participants
AUDIENCE
Invite only
HIGHLIGHT
Networking for Leaders
INDUSTRY SPONSORS
Vitra, hauser lacour
Day 2: Oct. 17th
AI in
Real Estate
Keynotes, Panel-Discussion, Networking
SIZE
200+ participants
AUDIENCE
Real Estate Industry
HIGHLIGHT
Networking for Leaders
INDUSTRY SPONSORS
Vitra, hauser lacour
Day 3: Oct. 18th
AI in
Pharma
Keynotes, Panel-Discussion, Networking
SIZE
200+ participants
AUDIENCE
Pharma Industry
HIGHLIGHT
Networking for Leaders
Industry Sponsors
Allen & Overy
Day 4: Oct. 19th
AI in
Finance
Keynotes, Panel-Discussion, Networking
SIZE
200+ participants
AUDIENCE
Financial Industry
HIGHLIGHT
Networking for Leaders
Industry Sponsors
Commerzbank, IIF
Day 5: Oct. 20th
AI Start-up &
Investors Day
Investors Breakfast. Pitches, Panels, Party
SIZE
200+ participants
AUDIENCE
Founders,Investors,Experts
HIGHLIGHT
Networking, Closing Party
Industry sponsors
t.b.d.
AI Workshops & Trainings
AI Pop-up Restaurant, AI Vernissage, AI Rave, and many more!

More 🚀
incoming
-> LINEUP
Speakers
Our team is working hard to bring you the most interesting people in the field to learn from and connect to our event.

Prof. Dr. Kristina Sinemus
Hessian Minister for Digital Strategy and Innovation

Walid Mehanna
CDAIO @ Merck

Dr. Marcus Chromik
Member of the Board of Managing Directors, CRO @ Commerzbank

Tobias Guenthoer
CIO @ Stada

Sarah Gadd
Chief Data Officer, Head of Data Platform and Process Automation @ Julius Bär

Dominik Schmidt Kiefer
Divisional Board Member - Head of Big Data and Advanced Analytics @ Commerzbank

Stefanie Babka
Global Head of Data Culture @ Merck

Julia Sterling
VP Big Data & Advanced Analytics @ Commerzbank

Raphael Gielgen
Trendscout Future of Work Life & Learn @ Vitra

Gerald Ertl
Head of Digital Banking Solutions @ Commerzbank

Nadja Schäfer
Global Lead Data Culture @ Roche

Kai Zenner
Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser for MEP Axel Voss @ European Parliament

Sarah Lewandowski
Global Technology & Innovation Lead @ Bayer

Sebastian Heinz
CEO @ AI Hub Frankfurt

Eda Zhuleku
Counsel Life Science, Fachanwältin für Medizinrecht @ Allen & Overy

Nico Baum
Head of Innovation & Data | Fundmanager @ Berenberg

Catharina Glugla
Head of Data Protection and Tech Projects @ Allen & Overy

Hussain Mahmood
General Manager Enterprise Solutions @ Microsoft

Michael Menzel
ML Specialist @ Google

Marius Lohr
Sr. Manager, Solutions Architect Enterprise @ DELL

Jochen Papenbrock
Head of Financial Technology EMEA @ NVIDIA

Tobias Stein
CVO @ AI Hub Ventures

Hannah Becher
Fraud Lead & SME to AI Lab @ Pleo

Dieter Konrad
Head of Quant & Smart Data @ Union Invest

Dr. Kirsten Bremke
Global Lead Data Tribe @ Deutsche Bank

Thomas Stadje
Chapter Lead Data Scientist @ Commerzbank

Laurent Lacour
CEO @ hauser lacour

Dr. Michael Soucek
VP of Data @ Building Minds

Till Eichenauer
Head of Digital Transformation & Innovation @ WISAG

Patrick Soschinksi
CEO @ SPARK Europe

Adrian Seelinger
Project Manager AI, Strategic Development AI @ DIN

Prof. Gregory Wheeler
Head of Computational Science and Philosophy Department @ Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Daniel von Devivere
Venture Partner Europe @ Storm Ventures

Dr. Vera Rödel
Rechtsanwältin | Global Lead Antitrust / Risk Governance and Management @ Merck & Co_Founder Prof. Valmed™

Axel Schnütgen
Founder & CEO @ SynergyShift

Marco Di Sazio
Digital Transformation Manager @ Bankhaus Metzler

Jens Wagner
Counsel Corporate Governance @ Allen & Overy

Michael Rammensee
CEO @ AI Quality & Testing Hub

Daniel Abbou
Managing Director @ KI Bundesverband

Andrej Nikonov
CEO @ Cloudflight

Dr. Matthias Negri
Senior Data Scientist @ Boehringer Ingelheim

David Schlepps
Head of AI Academy @ statworx

Dr. Wolfgang Lippert
Chemicals & Energy Industry Lead @ Microsoft

Sascha Lang
CEO @ AiSupervision

Lennard Schmidt
Co-Founder @ Langdock

Nicolas Pfeuffer
Senior Data Scientist @ BioNTech

Axel Horvath
Director Data & Analytics @ BioNTech

Daniel Gburek
Senior Director Data & AI Platform @ BioNTech

Nacef Labidi
Lead DevOps Engineer @ BioNTech

Volker Liermann
Partner @ EY

Carlos Merida Campos
Director AI @ Banco de Sabadell

Jon Ander Beracoechea
Global Discipline Head Advanced Analytics @ BBVA

Christoph Anders
Manager @ KPMG

John Ho
Head, Legal, Financial Markets @ Standard Chartered

Jessica Renier
Managing Director Digital Finance @ IIF

Conan French
Director Digital Finance @ IIF

More incoming! 🚀
More is more.
Moderation
Our moderation dream time will guide you through the AI Week.

Carolin Wagner
Co-Foudner @ Station

Emily J. Ryan

-> PROGRAM
Agenda
The AI Week is organized in events for different industries, accompanied by learning and cultural offerings.
DAY 1: OCTOBER, 16th 2023
Opening AI Week Frankfurt 2023
3:30 – 4:30 pm: Check-in / Arrival
4:30 – 4:45 pm: Welcome Speech AI Week 2023
Sebastian Heinz, CEO AI Hub Frankfurt
Patrick Soschinski, CEO, SPARK Europe
4:45 – 5:15 pm: The Importance of AI in Germany
Daniel Abbou, Managing Director, KI Bundesverband
5:15 – 6:00 pm: Panel Discussion: Impact of AI for Frankfurt and Rhine-Main
Prof. Dr. Kristina Sinemus, Hessian Minister for Digital Strategy and Innovation
Dominik Schmidt-Kiefer, Divisional Board Member, Head of Big Data and Advanced Analytics, Commerzbank
Peter Knapp, Executive Vice President, cloudHQ
6:00 – 10:00 pm: Networking, Food & Drinks
DAY 2: OCTOBER, 17th 2023
AI in Real Estate
8:30 – 9:30 am: Check-in / Arrival
9:30 – 9:35 am: Welcome Speech AI in Real Estate
Sebastian Heinz, CEO AI Hub Frankfurt
9:35 – 10:15 am: Why is AI important in Real Estate?
Patrick Soschinksi, CEO, SPARK Europe
10:15 – 10:30 am: Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00 am: Sustainability in Real Estate – Energy Forecasting, Energy Rating, Retrofitting
Dr. Michael Soucek, VP of Data, Building Minds
11:00 – 11:30 am: Networking
11:30 – 12:00 am: AI in Real Estate for more Efficient and Sustainable Property Management
Till Eichenhauer, Head of Digital Transformation & Innovation, WISAG
12:00 – 1:00 pm: Lunch Break
1:00 – 1:30 pm: Revolutionizing Real Estate: AI’s Impact on Marketing, Big Data, and Transactions
Stephen Nickel, CEO and Founder, Hello Here SL
1:30 – 2:00 pm: Empowering Customer Service – A Transformation Journey from Municipal Utility to Tech Innovator
Michael Brettner, Innovation Architect, MAINGAU Energie GmbH
2:00-2:30 pm: Generative AI – Game Changer or Hype in Real Estate?
Andrea Heinz, Innovation Manager, Drees & Sommer
2:30-2:45 pm: Coffee Break
2:45 – 3:15 pm: Streamlining the building permit process with AI
Andrej Nikonov, CEO, Cloudflight
3:15 – 4:00 pm: Keynote
4:00 – 4:15 pm: Networking & Coffee Break
4:15 – 5:15 pm: AI in Real Estate Transaction
Frederik Raspe, CEO & Founder, Acquirepad
Matthias Zühlke, CEO, syte
Dr. Nino Paulus, Founder, PPB Company
5:15 – 6:00 pm: Keynote
4:30 – 6:00 pm: The Future of Real Estate in the Age of AI
Jose Martinez, Managing Director, Gross & Partner
Sven Gruber, Managing Director, Immoraum
Sebastian Heinz, CEO, AI Hub Frankfurt
6:00 – 10:00 pm: Networking, Food & Drinks
Opening: Daniel Holz, Vice President of Google Cloud EMEA North (7:00 pm)
Workshops
1:00-2:30 pm: LLMs for Knowledge Management: An Interactive Workshops with the AI Makers Lab
In this workshop, you will learn about the business potential of large language models for knowledge management and interactively build your own solution using our no-code AI Makers Lab.
3:00-4:00 pm: Explainable AI in Business Applications
Get to know the potential and importance of explainable AI for solving real world problems. Learn about the most important approaches and their applications.
4:00-5:00 pm: Forecasting 2.0: Navigating the Future with Foundation Models (Forecasting the Future of Forecasting)
Navigate the uncharted waters of futuristic forecasting models. Learn how foundation models and zero-shot forecasting are setting new standards and reshaping the landscape of predictions.
DAY 3: OCTOBER, 18th 2023
AI in Pharma / Healthcare
9:00 – 9:30 am: Check-in / Arrival
9:30 – 9:35 am: Welcome
Sebastian Heinz. CEO, AI Hub Frankfurt
9:35 – 10:00 am: Keynote Data & AI in Pharma & Healthcare
Walid Mehanna, CDAIO, Merck
10:00 – 10:30 am: Networking & Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00 am: Generative AI in Pharma Use Case
Dr. Matthias Negri,Senior Data Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim
Wolfgang Lippert, Life-Science & Chemicals Industry Lead, Microsoft
11:00 – 11:30 am: Networking
11:30 – 12:30 am: The Kick-A** Data Culture Panel
Stefanie Babka, Global Head of Data Culture, Merck
Nadja Schäfer, Global Lead Data Culture, Roche
David Schlepps, Head of AI Academy, statworx
12:30 – 1:45 pm: Lunch Break
1:45 – 2:45 pm: The Importance of Data in Pharma & Healthcare
Axel Schüttgen, CEO, SynergyShift
Tobias Guenthoer, CIO, Stada
Walid Mehanna, CDAIO, Merck
2:45 – 3:00 pm: Coffee Break
3:00 – 4:00 pm: AI Regulation and Data Governance in Pharma & Healthcare
Michael Rammensee, CEO, AI Quality & Testing Hub
Eda Zhuleku, Counsel Life Sciences, Allen & Overy
Dr. Jens Wagner, Counsel Corporate Governance, Allen & Overy
Dr. Vera Rödel, Global Lead Antitrust, Risk Governance and Management, Merck
4:00 – 4:15 pm: Coffee Break
4:15 – 4:45 pm: Scalable distributed AI workloads with Alchor
Nacef Labidi, Lead DevOps Engineer
4:45 – 5:15 pm: Establishing a Data & AI Ecosystem at BioNTech
Axel Horvath, Director Data & Analytics
Daniel Gburek, Senior Director Data & AI Platform, BioNTech
Nicolas Pfeuffer, Senior Data Scientist, BioNTech
5:15 – 6:00 pm: GenAI at Life Science Corporates – Technology, Partners, Data Humans
Sarah Lewandowski, Global Technology and Innovation Lead, Bayer
6:00 – 10:00 pm: Networking, Drinks and Food
Workshops
1:00-2:30 pm: LLMs for Knowledge Management: An Interactive Workshops with the AI Makers Lab
In this workshop, you will learn about the business potential of large language models for knowledge management and interactively build your own solution using our no-code AI Makers Lab.
3:00-4:00 pm: Explainable AI in Business Applications
Get to know the potential and importance of explainable AI for solving real world problems. Learn about the most important approaches and their applications.
4:00-5:00 pm: Forecasting 2.0: Navigating the Future with Foundation Models (Forecasting the Future of Forecasting)
Navigate the uncharted waters of futuristic forecasting models. Learn how foundation models and zero-shot forecasting are setting new standards and reshaping the landscape of predictions.
DAY 4: OCTOBER, 19th 2023
AI in Finance
8:00 – 9:00 am: Check-in / Arrival
9:00 – 9:10 am: Welcome
Sebastian Heinz, CEO, AI Hub Frankfurt
9:10 – 09:30 am: Keynote
Dr. Marcus Chromik, Member of the Board of Managing Directors, CRO, Commerzbank
9:30 – 10:00 am: AI in Anti-Financial Crime
Oliver Maspfuhl, Head of Anti Financial Crime Modelling Germany & EMEA, Deutsche Bank
Hannah Becher, Fraud Lead & SME to AI Lab, Pleo
10:00 – 10:30 am: Networking
10:30 – 11:30 am: Panel on EU AI Act
Sarah Gadd, CDO, Julius Bär
Kai Zenner, Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser for MEP Axel Voss, European Parliament
Julia Sterling, VP Big Data & Advanced Analytics, Commerzbank
Catharina Glugla, Head of Data Protection and Tech Projects, Allen & Overy
11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Developing Trustworthy AI
Prof. Dr. Gregory Wheeler, Professor of Theoretical Philosophy and Computer Science, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
Adrian Seeliger, Strategic Development AI, DIN
12:00 – 12:30 am: The Era of Generative AI: Driving transformation in Finance & Banking
Hussain Mahmood, General Manager Enterprise Solutions, Microsoft
Gerald Ertl, Managing Director Digital Banking, Commerzbank
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:00 pm: Key Themes and Questions in AI/ML applications and governance
Volker Liermann, Partner, Head Developing Digitalization, EY
Conan French, Director, Digital Finance, IIF
2:00-2:15 pm: Quantum Computing and AI in Asset Management
Niklas Hegemann, Co-founder & Managing Director, JoS QUANTUM
2:15-2:30 pm: Man and Machine – Hand in Hand: AI in fundamental fund management
Dieter Konrad, Head of Quant & Smart Data, Union Investment
2:30-2:50 pm: Inputs and Outputs: The Importance of Data for AI
Carlos Merida Campos, Director of AI, Banco de Sabadell
2:50-3:00 pm: Coffee Break
3:00-4:00 pm: Elevator Pitches – Innovative Solutions & Breakthrough Technology
3:00 pm: LLM Applications, Thomas Stadje, Director Big Data and Advanced Analytics, Commerzbank
3:15 pm: LLM & Tech, Jon Ander Beracoechea, Global Head of Advanced Analytics, BBVA
3:45 pm: AI in Financial Services, Cristoph Anders & Matthias Peter, Manager, KPMG
4:00-5:30 pm: [Members Only] IIF Roundtable on AI
4:00-5:00 pm: AI in Private Banking
Marco Di Sazio, Digital Transformation / Innovation Manager, Bankhaus Metzler
Nico Baum, Head of Innovation & Data, Berenberg Bank
Augustin Danciu, Direktor Digital Client Experience and Digital Transformation, Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank
Matthias Repplinger, Managing Director, Helaba Digital
5:00-5:30 pm: Berenberg’s approach how to use AI in the Asset Management industry
Nico Baum, Head of Innovation & Data, Berenberg Bank
5:30-5:40 pm: Coffee Break
5:40-6:00 pm: Emerging considerations in AI governance and oversight
John Ho, Head of Legal, Financial Markets, Standard Chartered
Jessica Renier, Managing Director, Digital Finance, IIF
6:00-6:30 pm: Accelerate & Future-Proof your Generative AI in Financial Services
Marius Lohr, Manager Enterprise Solution Architecture, Dell Technologies
Jochen Papenbrock, Head of Financial Technology EMEA, NVIDIA
6:00 – 10:00 pm: Networking, Food & Drinks
Workshops
1:00-2:30 pm: LLMs for Knowledge Management: An Interactive Workshops with the AI Makers Lab
In this workshop, you will learn about the business potential of large language models for knowledge management and interactively build your own solution using our no-code AI Makers Lab.
3:00-4:00 pm: Explainable AI in Business Applications
Get to know the potential and importance of explainable AI for solving real world problems. Learn about the most important approaches and their applications.
4:00-5:00 pm: Forecasting 2.0: Navigating the Future with Foundation Models (Forecasting the Future of Forecasting)
Navigate the uncharted waters of futuristic forecasting models. Learn how foundation models and zero-shot forecasting are setting new standards and reshaping the landscape of predictions.
DAY 5: OCTOBER, 20th 2023
AI Start-up Day
9:30 – 9:35 am: Welcome
Sebastian Heinz, CEO, AI Hub Frankfurt
9:35 – 10:15 am: The State of AI Start-ups in Germany
t.b.d.
10:15 – 10:30 am: Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30 am: Panel on Investing in AI First Companies
Christian Arndt, Senior Investment Manager, HTGF
Daniel von Devivere, Venture Partner, Storm Ventures
Concha Zimmer, Associate, Yttrium
Caroline Gattner, Investment Team, Maki VC
11:30 – 12:00 am: Impact of AI Act on German Start-up
Michael Rammensee, CEO, AI Quality & Testing Hub
12:00 am – 1:15 pm: Lunch
1:15 – 2:15 pm: Y Combinator Founders Roundtable
Lennard Schmidt, Co-Founder, Langdock (YC S23)
Tobias Kemkes, Co-Founder, Langdock (YC S23)
Sascha Lang, Co-Founder & CEO, AiSupervision (YC W22)
2:15 – 2:45 pm: Networking
2:45 – 3:45 pm: Founders Story Google x AI Hub Frankfurt
Dr. Leif Lundbaek, CEO, Xayn
Jonas Menesklou, CEO, AskUI
Nik Dorndorf, CTO, cre[ai]tion
3:45 – 4:15 pm: Coffee Break
4:15 – 5:00 pm: Pitch Fire – 10 Startups, 5 Minutes each
Featuring, Phont, creaition, preventio, zigmund AI, umyno, trailml, aisupervision, haven, langdock, melibo
5:00 – 5:15 pm: Closing Remarks of AI Week 2023
Sebastian Heinz, CEO, AI Hub Frankfurt
5:15 pm – 1:00 am: AI Week Closing Party 🥳
Closing Party
Agenda will follow soon 😉

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Meet the team
The AI Hub Frankfurt team is looking forward to welcome you to the most exciting event in Frankfurt this year!

Sebastian Heinz
CEO AI Hub Frankfurt

Marcel Isbert
COO AI Hub Frankfurt

Tobias Stein
CVO AI Hub Frankfurt

Julius Heinz
CFO AI Hub Frankfurt

Stefanie Sykes
Event Office

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