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2026

Technology Conference on AI and Data
11 - 12 June

Devcon Audience
Almato DevCon 2026

Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Universitätsstadt Tübingen

Boris Palmer
Mayor of Tübingen
Fri 16:20 - 16:50 | Mainstage Closing Keynote: KI und Digitalisierung als Lösung für den Bürokratiewahnsinn?
Speaker

Kriminalinspektion 5 - Cybercrime und Digitale Spuren

Daniel Lorch
Lead Cybercrime Investigator
Thu 18:00 - 18:30 | Executive Roundtable Cyper Crime 2026: Dynamiken der Bedrohung und strategische Handlungsoptionen für Entscheider
Speaker + Moderator

IHK Region Stuttgart

Thorsten Eller
CIO + Leiter Digital Solutions
Fri 10:25 - 10:55 | Public Sector Track LLM-gestützte Analyse und Klassifikation im öffentlichen Sektor - KI-Engineering mit politischem Impact
Speaker

Capgemini

Dr. Akhauri Prakash Kumar
Chief Strategy Advisor | Insights + Data North + Central Europe
Fri 13:35 - 14:05 | Executive Track Driving Business Strategy with Data Platforms, Agentic AI, and Semantic Graphs
Speaker

Eberspächer Group

Florian Duerr
VP AI + Digital Transformation
Fri 10:25 - 10:55 | Executive Track AI Transformation at Scale
Keynote Speaker

AI Edutainment

Dr. Anastassia Lauterbach-Lang
Founder + CEO
Fri 12:10 - 12:40 | Mainstage Keynote: Why AI Literacy Matters More Than Better Models
Speaker

Deutsche Telekom Service

Marco Einacker
Vice President Service IT
Fri 11:00 - 11:30 | Executive Track Agentic AI – Produktive Live Cases im Einsatz bei der Deutschen Telekom
Speaker

Almato

Stefan Dreher
COO
Fri 11:35 - 12:05 | Public Sector Track Souveräner Stack für Datenintegration und -Analyse: Palantir-Alternative für Staat und regulierte Organisationen
Speaker

Fraunhofer EMI

Dr. Michael Dlugosch
Head of Business Unit Automotive
Fri 10:25 - 10:55 | Data Science Track Hybrid is key – knowledge formalization as enabler for AI-driven engineering applications
Speaker

Lechler

Michael Ikemann
Head of Data + AI
Fri 10:25 - 10:55 | Developer Track Empowerment with AI: Domain-First Development
Keynote Speaker

AI Entrepreneur

Chris Boos
Thu 16:45 - 17:15 | Executive Roundtable Beyond GenAI: The Rise of Real AI
Fri 09:50 - 10:20 | Mainstage Keynote: Beyond GenAI: The Rise of Real AI
Speaker

VfB Stuttgart

Dr. Karoline Wild
Project Manager AI
Fri 11:35 - 12:05 | Executive Track KI Projekte im Profifußball: Wie KI abseits des Spielfelds messbaren Mehrwert schafft
Speaker

Disy Informations-
systeme

Marcus Briesen
Chief Business Officer
Fri 11:35 - 12:05 | Data Science Track Daten verstehen, Muster erkennen: Mit Bardioc und Disy Cadenza räumliche Zusammenhänge sichtbar machen
Speaker

State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg

Björn Beck
Head of Innovation Lab, State of Baden-Württemberg
Fri 13:35 - 14:05 | Public Sector Track Zwischen Hype & Hyperscaler– KI in der öffentlichen Verwaltung
Speaker

Folivora Solutions

Dr. Maximilian Roth
Managing Director
Fri 14:45 - 15:15 | Executive Track From Semantic Data to Domain-Specific Operating Systems
Speaker

Telefónica Germany

Klaus Paul
Senior Manager Simplification
Fri 14:10 - 14:40 | Executive Track KI + RPA: Vom Hype zur echten Wirkung - Wie intelligente Automatisierung den Customer Service transformiert
Speaker

Ministerium des Inneren, für Digitalisierung und Kommunen Baden-Württemberg

Martina Schraml
Referentin
Fri 11:00 - 11:30 | Public Sector Track Case Study: Verwaltungsdigitalisierung auf Basis Semantischer Daten
Keynote Speaker

valantic

Laurenz Kirchner
Managing Partner + Co-Lead, AI & Data Division
Fri 15:45 - 16:15 | Mainstage Keynote: Digital Sovereignty & AI: Success Factors for Companies in 2026
Speaker

Deutsche Telekom Service

Olivier Plein
Head of Automation Operations
Thu 18:45 - 19:15 | AI + Hyperautomation Forum Intelligente Steuerung und Orchestrierung von 3.000 RPA Bots - Erfahrungen aus einer der größten Bot-Farmen Europas ​
Speaker

Sonar

Mathias Conradt
Staff Solutions Engineer
Fri 11:00 - 11:30 | Developer Track Vibe, then Verify: Leveraging LLMs for Quality and Security in the AI Code Reality
Speaker

fastahead

Ralf Weygand
Partner
Fri 14:45 - 15:15 | Public Sector Track KI? Erst mal Daten aufräumen! Warum eine ehrliche Datenstrategie der Verwaltung mehr hilft als der nächste Hype
Speaker

DZ Bank

Julian Fuchs
IT Specialist
Thu 18:15 - 18:45 | AI + Hyperautomation Forum Power Platform meets GenAI
Main Stage Host + Moderator

Professor of Business Informatics

Prof. Dr. Nils Herda
Thu 16:30 - 16:40 | Executive Roundtable Opening
Speaker

Ankura Consulting Germany

Khurram Husainy
Senior Director Risk Forensics and Compliance
Fri 14:10 - 14:40 | Data Science Track Why Graph Technology Matters in Risk Forensics
Speaker

valantic

Dr. Horst-Florian Jaeck
Partner + Managing Director
Thu 17:15 - 17:45 | Executive Roundtable Digitale Souveränität und KI: Erfolgsfaktoren für Unternehmen 2026
Speaker

valantic

Dr. Sebastian Koch
Manager Data + AI
Fri 14:45 - 15:15 | Data Science Track How to Move Beyond Black-Box AI
Speaker

Almato

Dr. Leonie Gehrmann
Data Exploration Consultant
Fri 11:00 - 11:30 | Data Science Track Understanding and Simulating Networks with Bardioc Data Explorer
Speaker

Almato

Thomas Sellner
Director Process Automation
Fri 13:35 - 14:05 | Developer Track Connect Data Sources to Bardioc Semantic Data Platform
Speaker

Almato

Andreas Schmid
CTO
Fri 11:35 - 12:05 | Developer Track Deploying Custom Applications on Bardioc Semantic Data Platform
Speaker

Almato

Karsten Schmöker
Director Application Engineering | Executive Officer
Fri 13:35 - 14:05 | Data Science Track Semantic Exploration of OSINT Data: Practical Experiences with Bardioc
Speaker

DATAGROUP

Michael Herfordt
Project Manager
Fri 14:10 - 14:40 | Public Sector Track Souveränität und Geheimschutz im Kontext wirtschaftlicher Rahmenbedingungen: Die DATAGROUP Defense Cloud
Speaker

DATAGROUP

Francesco Caprio
Head of Department Software Engineering
Fri 14:45 - 15:15 | Developer Track The EU AI Act and its impact on software development – Regulatory requirements, risk classification, and development team considerations
Host

DATAGROUP

Andreas Baresel
CEO
Fri 09:40 - 09:50 | Mainstage Welcome Address
Moderator

DATAGROUP

Dr. Lothar Ludwig
Head of Strategic AI Projects
Host

Almato

Christian Sauter
CEO
Thu 16:40 - 16:45 | Executive Roundtable Welcome Address
Fri 09:30 - 09:40 | Mainstage Opening
Moderator

Almato

Richard McCullough
Managing Director
Host + Moderator

Almato

Michael Arns
Director Process Automation
Thu 16:30 - 17:00 | AI + Hyperautomation Forum Opening + Welcome Address
Thu 17:30 - 18:00 | AI + Hyperautomation Forum Interactive Lightning Use Cases
Speaker

Almato

Patrick Röglin
Senior Software Engineer
Fri 14:10 - 14:40 | Developer Track Bardioc Reasoning: Making Non-Deterministic AI Systems Accessible to Enterprise Developers
Speaker

Almato

Peter Beckschäfer
Senior Manager
Thu 17:30 - 18:00 | AI + Hyperautomation Forum Interactive Lightning Use Cases
Speaker

DATAGROUP

Ulrich Wetzel
SAP Business Transformation Manager
Speaker

Inn2

Andreas Mayer
Managing Director
Speaker

Almato

Marc Müller
Senior Manager AI

more speakers to come