The summit program
SZ Digitalgipfel 2024
AI: THE FUTURE IS HERE - AND NOW?
Program overview
9.30 | Opening
- Judith Wittwer und Lisa Nienhaus
9.35 | Opening speech and Q&A
- Markus Söder, Bavarian Minister President
- Moderation: Judith Wittwer und Lisa Nienhaus
10.05 | Panel: AI - what remains of the hype?
- Kenza ait Si Abbou, FIEGE
- Claus Herbolzheimer, Oliver Wyman
- Matthias Spielkamp, AlgorithmWatch
- Moderation: Jannis Brühl
10.45 | Coffee break ☕
11.30 | Talk: Can AI and robotic secure the competitiveness of German industry?
- Sami Aiya, ABB
- Moderation: Judith Wittwer
11.45 | Panel: Can Germany keep up with artificial intelligence?
- Vanessa Cann, KI-Entrepreneurin & Member of the Board KI Bundesverband
- Reiner Kurzhals, Pacemaker
- Jens Redmer, Google
- Moderation: Lisa Nienhaus
12.25 | Lunch 🍽️
13.25 | Talk: Germany´s way into the future
- Amy Webb, Future Today Institute (digital)
- Moderation: Jannis Brühl
13.40 | Panel: Can Germany do digitization?
- Markus Beckedahl, digitalpolitik.de
- Bob Blume, educational influencer, teacher and author
- Laura Sasse, Dr. Sasse Group
- Benjamin Springub, Deutsche Telekom
- Moderation: Lisa Nienhaus
14.05 | Talk: How does innovation succeed - in the city, country and federal government?
- Fabian Mehring, Bavarian Minister of State for Digital Affairs
- Moderation: Judith Wittwer
14.15 | Panel: How does innovation succeed?
- Laura Sophie Dornheim, CDO of Munich
- Fabian Mehring, Bavarian Minister of State for Digital Affairs
- Thomas Zeller, UnternehmerTUM
- Moderation: Judith Wittwer
14.45 | Talk with
- Frances Haugen, Facebook-Whistleblowerin (digital)
- Moderation: Lisa Nienhaus
15.00 | Who is going to program all this? How Germany finds IT experts
- Enzo Weber, Institute for Employment Research
- Jörg Ochs, SWM- Stadtwerke München
- Christine Rupp, IBM Consulting DACH
- Moderation: Jannis Brühl
15.35 | Coffee break and networking ☕
16.20 | Talk and Q&A
- Yoshua Bengio, Université de Montréal and Mila Quebec AI Institute (digital)
- Moderation: Jannis Brühl
16.30 | Mixed doubles: "What to do about hate online?"
- HateAid, Josephine Ballon
- Florian Gallwitz, TH Nürnberg
- Moderation: Florian Eder
17.05 | Talk
- Sherrod de Grippo, Microsoft (digital)
- Moderation: Matthias Punz
17.05 | Hacking- a major risk for companies
- Sabine Griebsch, GovThings
- Patric Spethmann, Marc O'Polo
- Christine Schäl, Zentralstelle Cybercrime Bayern
- Moderation: Matthias Punz
17.30 | Final talk
- Tom Hillenbrand, Author
- Moderation: Lisa Nienhaus
18.00 | Summary and farewell
- Moderation: Lisa Nienhaus und Jannis Brühl
Closing of the summit
- Afterwards, you are cordially invited to end the day together at the bar on the first floor and raise a glass with us.
Speakers 2024
our guests
Markus Söder
Bayerischer Ministerpräsident
Markus Söder
Bayerischer Ministerpräsident
Frances Haugen (digital)
Facebook-Whistleblowerin
Frances Haugen (digital)
Facebook-Whistleblowerin
Amy Webb (digital)
Future Today Institute
Amy Webb (digital)
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Future Today Institute
Fabian Mehring
Bavarian Minister of State for Digital Affairs
Fabian Mehring
Bavarian Minister of State for Digital Affairs
Yoshua Bengio (digital)
Université de Montréal and Mila Quebec AI Institute
Yoshua Bengio (digital)
Full professor (UdeM), Founder and Scientific Director (Mila), Université de Montréal and Mila Quebec AI Institute
Tom Hillenbrand
Schriftsteller
Tom Hillenbrand
Schriftsteller
Kenza Ait Si Abbou
FIEGE
Kenza Ait Si Abbou
Executive Board Member, FIEGE
Sami Atiya
ABB
Sami Atiya
Member of the Group Executive Board, Head of the Robotics and Manufacturing Automation Division, , ABB
Josephine Ballon
HateAid
Josephine Ballon
CEO, HateAid
Markus Beckedahl
digitalpolitik.de
Markus Beckedahl
Founder and chief editor; digitalpolitik.de
Bob Blume
Educational influencer, teacher and author
Bob Blume
Educational influencer, teacher and author
Vanessa Cann
KI-Entrepreneurin & Member of the Board KI Bundesverband
Vanessa Cann
KI-Entrepreneurin & Member of the Board KI Bundesverband
Sherrod DeGrippo (digital)
Microsoft
Sherrod DeGrippo (digital)
Director, Threat Intelligence Strategy, Microsoft
Laura Sophie Dornheim
IT Department of the City of Munich
Laura Sophie Dornheim
IT Officer and CDO, IT Department of the City of Munich
Florian Gallwitz
Technische Hochschule Nürnberg
Florian Gallwitz
Professor
Sabine Griebsch
GovThings
Sabine Griebsch
Managing Director, GovThings
Claus Herbolzheimer
OliverWyman
Claus Herbolzheimer
Partner und Practice Leader Digital, Central Europe, OliverWyman
Reiner Kurzhals
pacemaker
Reiner Kurzhals
CPO, pacemaker
Jörg Ochs
SWM - Stadtwerke München
Jörg Ochs
Head of IT, SWM - Stadtwerke München
Jens Redmer
Google
Jens Redmer
Principal, New Products; Google
Christine Rupp
IBM Germany
Christine Rupp
Managing Director IBM Germany
Laura Sasse
Dr. Sasse Gruppe
Laura Sasse
Board member, Dr. Sasse Gruppe
Christine Schäl
Zentralstelle Cybercrime Bayern
Christine Schäl
Prosecutor as group leader, Zentralstelle Cybercrime Bayern
Patric Spethman
Marc O´Polo
Patric Spethman
COO und Board member, Marc O´Polo
Matthias Spielkamp
AlgorithmWatch
Matthias Spielkamp
Co-founder and managing director, AlgorithmWatch
Benjamin Springub
Deutsche Telekom
Benjamin Springub
Vice President Operations Development, Deutsche Telekom
Enzo Weber
Institute for Employment Research
Enzo Weber
Head of Research Department, Institute for Employment Research
Thomas Zeller
UnternehmerTUM
Thomas Zeller
CEO, UnternehmerTUM
moderation
Jannis Brühl
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Jannis Brühl
Team Leader Digital, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Florian Eder
SZ Dossier
Florian Eder
Manager, SZ Dossier
Lisa Nienhaus
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Lisa Nienhaus
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Born in Oberhausen in 1979, studied economics and politics in Cologne and Stockholm, at the same time attending the Cologne School of Journalism. 10 years as economics editor at the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung", then moved to the current position as deputy head of the economics department and head of the Frankfurt bureau. Since autumn 2022 she has been head of the SZ economics department.
Matthias Punz
SZ Dossier
Matthias Punz
Team leader SZ Dossier Digitalwende, SZ Dossier
Judith Wittwer
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Judith Wittwer
Süddeutsche Zeitung
born in 1977, has been leading the editorial team of the Süddeutsche Zeitung together with Wolfgang Krach since summer 2020. Previously, she was business editor for Axel Springer's Handelszeitung in Zurich before returning to Tages-Anzeiger as head of news and CvD and joining the editorial team in 2016, then as editor-in-chief from 2018.
Digitalgipfel 2024 is supported by
More about our partners
ABB
ABB is a technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future. The company’s solutions connect engineering know-how and software to optimize how things are manufactured, moved, powered and operated. Building on more than 140 years of excellence, ABB’s ~105,000 employees are committed to driving innovations that accelerate industrial transformation.
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Making AI helpful for everyone is the most profound way to advance this mission. Google approaches this in a bold and responsible way, working together with others. With products like Search, Maps, Gmail, Chrome, Gemini, the Pixel smartphones and watches or platforms such as YouTube, Google plays a meaningful role in the daily lives of billions of people. Google has been operating in Ger Show More
Oliver Wyman
Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has 7,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunit Show More
pacemaker
pacemaker.ai offers a cloud-based software solution that accurately predicts future demand and enables certified emissions tracking. AI technology is at the core of leveraging the full potential of your data to conserve resources. Our experts are the "pacemakers" on your journey to becoming a data-driven enterprise. The solution enables companies to make their supply chain more sustainable by combining human expertise with technological possibilities. The algorithms, for example, can hel Show More
Telekom
Deutsche Telekom is a leading telecommunications company. As one of the largest companies in the industry, it offers a wide range of communications and IT services in over 50 countries. Its portfolio includes fixed and mobile communications, broadband internet, cloud services and digital solutions for private and business customers. Deutsche Telekom is driving the digital transformation with innovative technologies and plays an important role in the development of the 5G network. The comp Show More