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6 & 7 MARCH `24 STATION BERLIN
Neon Stage
Neon Stage
Programmes & Topics
28 Jun 2023 | 10:00 - 10:15
Opening

Bernhard Rohleder, Co-Founder & CEO, Bitkom

Moderation: Sarah Harman

28 Jun 2023 | 10:15 - 10:35
Opening

Timotheus Höttges, CEO, Deutsche Telekom

Moderation: Sarah Harman

28 Jun 2023 | 10:35 - 10:55
Artificial Intelligence
Opening: The Last Ride with Hands on the Wheel: How Do We Safely Navigate This Technological Revolution?

Jonas Andrulis, CEO & Founder, Aleph Alpha

Moderation: Sarah Harman

28 Jun 2023 | 10:55 - 11:25
Artificial Intelligence
Panel: Generative AI: Competitive Advantage for Enterprises

Christine Wang, Managing Director, Lufthansa Innovation Hub

Christopher Kränzler, CEO, Lengoo

Claire Helffer-de Soyres, Enterprise GenAI Lead - DACH, Nvidia

Anna Christmann, Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Start-ups, BMWK

Moderation: Susanne Dehmel

28 Jun 2023 | 11:25 - 11:55
Artificial Intelligence
Panel: Decoding the Dilemma: Ethical Considerations in AI

Ramak Molavi Vasse'i, Digital Rights Advocate & Research Lead AI Transparency, The Law Technologist

Carina Mieth, City Lead Stuttgart, Women in AI & Robotics

Wiebke Dorfs, Policy Advisor, German Parliament

Moderation: Merle Uhl

28 Jun 2023 | 11:55 - 12:25
Artificial Intelligence
Panel: AI's Healing Touch: From Algorithms to Medical Cures

Florian Bontrup, CEO, DOCYET GmbH

Uwe Heckert, Chairman of the Board & Head of Enterprise Informatics Europe, Philips

Tamara Gerbert, Co-Founder & CSO, Brightmind.AI

Moderation: Lea Ossmann-Magiera

28 Jun 2023 | 12:25 - 12:55
Artificial Intelligence
Panel: Who Wins the AI Race?

Perry Klebahn, Professor, Standford University

James McLaughlin , Regional Director, UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN)

Corinna Visser, Journalist, Europe.Table / Table.Media

Moderation: Lukas Klingholz

28 Jun 2023 | 12:55 - 13:30
Digital Sovereignty
Panel: Digital Sovereignty: Unleashing Europe's Potential

Susan-Stefanie Breitkopf, Member of the Executive Board of Carl Zeiss AG, Chief Transformation Officer, Carl Zeiss

Niklas Hellemann, CEO, SoSafe

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General, DIGITALEUROPE

Moderation: Rebekka Weiß

28 Jun 2023 | 13:30 - 13:50
Scaleups in Europe
Panel: The Rise of Industrial Startups: Pioneering Digital Transformation in Traditional Sectors

Gesche Weger, Co-Founder & CEO, Packwise

Maria Piechnik, Co-Founder, Wandelbots

Moderation: Daniel Breitinger

28 Jun 2023 | 13:50 - 14:15
Metaverse
Panel: Exploring Virtual Worlds

Dirk Lüth, Co-Founder & Co-CEO / Chairman, Uplandme

Christoph Fleischmann, Founder & CEO, Arthur Technologies

Johanna Pirker, Professor, LMU/TU Graz

Moderation: Charleen Roloff

28 Jun 2023 | 14:15 - 14:40
Metaverse
Panel: A Look into the Future: Smart Glasses And the Augmented World

Thomas von Wantoch, Co-CEO & CFO, OQmented

Miro Taphanel, CEO, Gixel

Katrin Pietschmann, Managing Director, Fielmann Ventures

Moderation: Benedikt Faupel

28 Jun 2023 | 14:40 - 14:55
Metaverse
Keynote: Industrial Metaverse: Hype or Hope?

Annika Hauptvogel, Head of Technology and Innovation, Siemens AG

Moderation: Sarah Harman

28 Jun 2023 | 14:55 - 15:25
Metaverse
Panel: The Industrial Metaverse – The Next Industrial Revolution?

Hendrik Witt, Chief Product Officer, Teamviewer

Susanne Haspinger, Co-Founder & COO, Holo-Light

Henning Linn, Global Director Solution Engineering, Unity Technologies

Moderation: Natalia Stolyarchuk

28 Jun 2023 | 15:25 - 15:40
Metaverse
Interview: Augmented Reality - A World Without Limits?

Ronan Harris, EMEA President, Snap

Moderation: Sarah Harman

28 Jun 2023 | 15:40 - 16:10
Metaverse
Panel: Doing Business: Shopping, Banking and Finance in the Metaverse

Martin K. Müller, Member of the Executive Board, DekaBank

Hanbing Ma, Head of Innovation & Digital Transformation, ERGO Group

Thomas Fell, CEO, GS1 Germany

Anna Franziska Michel, CEO & Co-Founder, yoona.ai

Moderation: Kevin Hackl

28 Jun 2023 | 16:10 - 16:45
Scaleups in Europe
Panel: From Garage to Global: Building Tech Champions in Europe

Jörg Gerbig, COO & Founder, Lieferando / Just Eat Takeaway

Jessica Holzbach, Co-Founder & CEO, Pile Capital

Maximilian Tayenthal, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, N26

Moderation: Daniel Breitinger

28 Jun 2023 | 16:45 - 17:45
Scaleups in Europe
Innovators' Pitch

Beth Havinga, CEO, Connect EdTech

Sarah Heuberger, Editor, Gründerszene

Matthias Graf von Kielmansegg, Managing Director, Vodafone Stiftung Deutschland

Jasmin Hasel, Vice President, Executive Producer & European Operations, Scanline VFX

Florian Müller, Country Manager DACH, Fiverr

Vanessa Meyer, Co-Founder, KNOWBODY

Jonas Nöhk, Founder, UPUCATE

Maria Möller, Co-Founder & CEO, talking hands flipbooks

Ira Stoll, CEO, Co-Founder, Physician, myScribe

Eric Marre, Co-Founder & CPO, aiConomix

Ann-Christin Kortenbrede, Senior Investment Manager, eCAPITAL

Louis Heinz, Senior Investment Manager, HTGF

Diana Knodel, Founder & CEO, fobizz

Moderation: Julia Gühlholtz

29 Jun 2023 | 10:10 - 10:15
Opening: Welcome to hub.berlin Day 2

Moderation: Sarah Harman

29 Jun 2023 | 10:15 - 10:35
Opening Keynote

Anna Christmann, Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Start-ups, BMWK

Moderation: Sarah Harman

29 Jun 2023 | 10:35 - 10:50
Artificial Intelligence
Opening Showcase: Learning. Understanding. Predicting. Informing. How Artificial Intelligence Turns Robotic Exoskeletons Into Holistic Workplace Safety Assistants.

Norma Steller, CPO, German Bionic

Moderation: Sarah Harman

29 Jun 2023 | 10:50 - 11:20
Tech for Good
Panel : Tech for Good: Driving Innovation for Social Impact

Sebastian Brandis, Speaker of the Board, Stiftung Menschen für Menschen

Zarah Bruhn, Commissioner for Social Innovation, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Kursat Ceylan, Co-Founder & CPO, WeWALK

Moderation: Kim Klebolte

29 Jun 2023 | 11:20 - 11:40
Tech for Good
Interview: Unmasking The Truth: Open Source Intelligence And Investigative Journalism

Dessi Lange-Damianova, COO, Bellingcat

Moderation: Sarah Harman

29 Jun 2023 | 11:40 - 12:10
Sustainability
Panel: From Vision to Action: Accelerating the Transition Towards a Sustainable Digital Future

Lukas Bosch, Co-Founder, project bcause

Adel Al-Saleh, Board Member, Deutsche Telekom AG

Dana Aleff, CEO & Founder, Circonomit

Moderation: Niklas Meyer-Breitkreutz

29 Jun 2023 | 12:10 - 12:40
Sustainability
Panel: Feeding More, Harming Less: Tech Innovations for Food Security

Martin Frick, Director, World Food Programme Global Office Germany, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Carolin Ackermann, Co-Founder & CEO, SEAWATER Cubes

Laura Gertenbach, CEO, Innocent Meat

Moderation: Sarah Harman

29 Jun 2023 | 12:40 - 13:10
Sustainability
Panel: School's Out, Tech's In: How Ed-Tech Startups Are Changing The Game

Caro Aschemeier, CEO and Co-Founder, Deutschfuchs Gesellschaft für digitalen Unterricht

Vibeke Gwendoline Fængsrud, Founding CEO, House of Math AS

Diana Knodel, Founder & CEO, fobizz

Moderation: Leah Schrimpf

29 Jun 2023 | 13:10 - 13:45
Energy
Panel: Energy Masterminds & Pioneers

Markus Roth, Chief Science Officer, Focused Energy

Nicolas Steinbacher, Project Lead/ Head of Strategy, Northvolt Germany

Alexander Clavien, Chief Growth Officer and Managing Director, LAVO Germany

Shikha Ahluwalia, Principal, Balderton Capital

Moderation: Sarah Harman

29 Jun 2023 | 13:45 - 14:15
Future Mobility
Panel: Shipping Reshaped: Exploring Seamless Digital Logistics

Hendrik Kramer, Co-Founder & CEO, Fernride

Phanthian Zuesongdham, Head of Division Port Process Solution / Lead Coordinator for smartPORT, Digital Maritime and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Hamburg Port Authority AöR

Irene Selvanathan, CEO & Founder, NEUROSPACE

Moderation: Nils Heller

29 Jun 2023 | 14:15 - 14:25
Future Mobility
Keynote: Focus on Alternative Drives: How Data Supports the Decarbonization of Transport

Daniel Krauss, CIO and Co-Founder, Flix

Moderation: Sarah Harman

29 Jun 2023 | 14:25 - 15:00
Future Mobility
Panel: Data in Motion: Transforming The Way We Move

Oliver Mackprang, CEO, MILES Mobility

Daniel Krauss, CIO and Co-Founder, Flix

Mike Hyde, Chief Data Officer, Trainline

Christine Wenzel, Director Public Sector, TIER Mobility

Moderation: Pauline Bombeck

29 Jun 2023 | 15:00 - 15:20
Future Mobility
Panel: Digital Take Off: Innovations in the Air

Xavier Lagardère, Chief Data Officer LHG & Vice President Innovation Management, Lufthansa Group

Klaus Seywald, Head of Digital Products & Strategy, Volocopter

Moderation: Leah Schrimpf

29 Jun 2023 | 15:20 - 15:30
Future Mobility
Keynote: Driverless at 300 km/h? How Deutsche Bahn is Speeding Up to Capacity And Punctuality

Daniela Gerd tom Markotten, Member of the Management Board for Digitalization & Technology, Deutsche Bahn AG

Moderation: Sarah Harman

29 Jun 2023 | 15:30 - 16:00
Future Mobility
Panel: Road, Rail, … Space? Exploring the Dimensions of Autonomous Mobility

Daniela Gerd tom Markotten, Member of the Management Board for Digitalization & Technology, Deutsche Bahn AG

Katrin Bacic, CEO, UNIO Enterprise

Jan Luedtke, Managing Director Via Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Via Transportation

Moderation: Nils Heller

29 Jun 2023 | 16:00 - 16:30
Closing Keynote

Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, Member of the German Bundestag

Moderation: Sarah Harman

29 Jun 2023 | 16:30 - 16:40
Closing

Bernhard Rohleder, Co-Founder & CEO, Bitkom

Moderation: Sarah Harman

Speakers

Jonas Nöhl
Jonas Nöhk

Founder, UPUCATE

Christoph Fleischmann
Christoph Fleischmann

Founder & CEO, Arthur Technologies

Mike Hyde
Mike Hyde

Chief Data Officer, Trainline

Thomas von Wantoch
Thomas von Wantoch

Co-CEO & CFO, OQmented

Maria Möller
Maria Möller

Co-Founder & CEO, talking hands flipbooks

Ramak Molavi Vasse'i
Ramak Molavi Vasse'i

Digital Rights Advocate & Research Lead AI Transparency, The Law Technologist

Johanna Pirker
Johanna Pirker

Professor, LMU/TU Graz

Christine Wenzel
Christine Wenzel

Director Public Sector, TIER Mobility

Miro Taphanel
Miro Taphanel

CEO, Gixel

Dr Bernhard Rohleder
Bernhard Rohleder

Co-Founder & CEO, Bitkom

Ira Stoll
Ira Stoll

CEO, Co-Founder, Physician, myScribe

Carina Mieth
Carina Mieth

City Lead Stuttgart, Women in AI & Robotics

Dr Anna Christmann
Anna Christmann

Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Start-ups, BMWK

Katrin Pietschmann
Katrin Pietschmann

Managing Director, Fielmann Ventures

Eric Marre
Eric Marre

Co-Founder & CPO, aiConomix

Wiebke Dorfs
Wiebke Dorfs

Policy Advisor, German Parliament

Norma Steller
Norma Steller

CPO, German Bionic

Dr.-Ing. Klaus Seywald
Klaus Seywald

Head of Digital Products & Strategy, Volocopter

Martin Frick
Martin Frick

Director, World Food Programme Global Office Germany, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Christopher Kränzler
Christopher Kränzler

CEO, Lengoo

Ann-Christin Kortenbrede
Ann-Christin Kortenbrede

Senior Investment Manager, eCAPITAL

Carolin Ackermann
Carolin Ackermann

Co-Founder & CEO, SEAWATER Cubes

Claire Helffer-de Soyres
Claire Helffer-de Soyres

Enterprise GenAI Lead - DACH, Nvidia

Brigitte Zypries
Brigitte Zypries

Federal Minister of Justice from 2002 to 2009 and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 2017 to 2018,

Dr. Niklas Hellemann
Niklas Hellemann

CEO, SoSafe

Hendrik Kramer
Hendrik Kramer

Co-Founder & CEO, Fernride

Laura Gertenbach
Laura Gertenbach

CEO, Innocent Meat

Louis Heinz
Louis Heinz

Senior Investment Manager, HTGF

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl
Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl

Director General, DIGITALEUROPE

Dr Phanthian Zuesongdham
Phanthian Zuesongdham

Head of Division Port Process Solution / Lead Coordinator for smartPORT, Digital Maritime and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Hamburg Port Authority AöR

Katrin Bacic
Katrin Bacic

CEO, UNIO Enterprise

Caro Aschemeier
Caro Aschemeier

CEO and Co-Founder, Deutschfuchs Gesellschaft für digitalen Unterricht

Jörg Gerbig
Jörg Gerbig

COO & Founder, Lieferando / Just Eat Takeaway

Dr. Diana Knodel
Diana Knodel

Founder & CEO, fobizz

Hendrik Witt
Hendrik Witt

Chief Product Officer, Teamviewer

Irene Selvanathan
Irene Selvanathan

CEO & Founder, NEUROSPACE

Jan Luedtke
Jan Luedtke

Managing Director Via Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Via Transportation

Vibeke Gwendoline Fængsrud
Vibeke Gwendoline Fængsrud

Founding CEO, House of Math AS

Jessica Holzbach
Jessica Holzbach

Co-Founder & CEO, Pile Capital

Lukas Bosch
Lukas Bosch

Co-Founder, project bcause

Susanne Haspinger
Susanne Haspinger

Co-Founder & COO, Holo-Light

Daniel Krauss
Daniel Krauss

CIO and Co-Founder, Flix

Florian Bontrup
Florian Bontrup

CEO, DOCYET GmbH

Dr Annika Hauptvogel
Annika Hauptvogel

Head of Technology and Innovation, Siemens AG

Adel Al-Saleh
Adel Al-Saleh

Board Member, Deutsche Telekom AG

Henning Linn
Henning Linn

Global Director Solution Engineering, Unity Technologies

Dr. Matthias Becker
Matthias Becker

Head of Department "Secure Services & Apps", Fraunhofer IEM

Beth Havinga
Beth Havinga

CEO, Connect EdTech

Dana Aleff
Dana Aleff

CEO & Founder, Circonomit

Ronan Harris
Ronan Harris

EMEA President, Snap

Prof. Dr. Markus Roth
Markus Roth

Chief Science Officer, Focused Energy

Tamara Gerbert
Tamara Gerbert

Co-Founder & CSO, Brightmind.AI

Sarah Heuberger
Sarah Heuberger

Editor, Gründerszene

Dr Sebastian Brandis
Sebastian Brandis

Speaker of the Board, Stiftung Menschen für Menschen

Martin K. Müller
Martin K. Müller

Member of the Executive Board, DekaBank

Nicolas Steinbacher
Nicolas Steinbacher

Project Lead/ Head of Strategy, Northvolt Germany

Perry Klebahn
Perry Klebahn

Professor, Standford University

Matthias Graf von Kielmansegg
Matthias Graf von Kielmansegg

Managing Director, Vodafone Stiftung Deutschland

Zarah Bruhn
Zarah Bruhn

Commissioner for Social Innovation, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Hanbing Ma
Hanbing Ma

Head of Innovation & Digital Transformation, ERGO Group

Alexander Clavien
Alexander Clavien

Chief Growth Officer and Managing Director, LAVO Germany

James McLaughlin
James McLaughlin

Regional Director, UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN)

Jasmin Hasel
Jasmin Hasel

Vice President, Executive Producer & European Operations, Scanline VFX

Kürşat
Kursat Ceylan

Co-Founder & CPO, WeWALK

Thomas Fell
Thomas Fell

CEO, GS1 Germany

Shikha Ahluwalia
Shikha Ahluwalia

Principal, Balderton Capital

Corinna Visser
Corinna Visser

Journalist, Europe.Table / Table.Media

Florian Müller
Florian Müller

Country Manager DACH, Fiverr

Anna Franziska Michel
Anna Franziska Michel

CEO & Co-Founder, yoona.ai

Gesche Weger
Gesche Weger

Co-Founder & CEO, Packwise

Vanessa Meyer
Vanessa Meyer

Co-Founder, KNOWBODY

Dr Dirk Lüth
Dirk Lüth

Co-Founder & Co-CEO / Chairman, Uplandme

Maria Piechnick
Maria Piechnik

Co-Founder, Wandelbots

Dr Volker Wissing
Volker Wissing

Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, Member of the German Bundestag

Daniela Gerd tom Markotten
Daniela Gerd tom Markotten

Member of the Management Board for Digitalization & Technology, Deutsche Bahn AG

Timotheus Höttges
Timotheus Höttges

CEO, Deutsche Telekom

Susan-Stefanie Breitkopf
Susan-Stefanie Breitkopf

Member of the Executive Board of Carl Zeiss AG, Chief Transformation Officer, Carl Zeiss

Jonas Andrulis
Jonas Andrulis

CEO & Founder, Aleph Alpha

Xavier Lagardère
Xavier Lagardère

Chief Data Officer LHG & Vice President Innovation Management, Lufthansa Group

Dessi Lange-Damianova
Dessi Lange-Damianova

COO, Bellingcat

Dr Uwe Heckert
Uwe Heckert

Chairman of the Board & Head of Enterprise Informatics Europe, Philips

Christine Wang
Christine Wang

Managing Director, Lufthansa Innovation Hub

Oliver Mackprang
Oliver Mackprang

CEO, MILES Mobility

Portrait of Sarah Harman
Sarah Harman

TV Presenter, Broadcast Journalist

Leah Schrimpf
Leah Schrimpf

Education Policy & Public Affairs Officer, Bitkom

Nils Heller
Nils Heller

Mobility Division Manager, Bitkom

Julia	Gühlholtz
Julia Gühlholtz

Moderator, hub.berlin

Klingholz
Lukas Klingholz

Referent Big Data & Artificial Intelligence, Bitkom

Pauline Bombeck
Pauline Bombeck

Communications Manager, Bitkom

Charleen Roloff
Charleen Roloff

Referent Legal Tech & Law, Bitkom

Portrait of Susanne Dehmel
Susanne Dehmel

Member of the Executive Board & Head of Legal & Security, Bitkom

Rebekka Weiß
Rebekka Weiß

Head of Trust & Security, Bitkom e.V.

Merle Uhl
Merle Uhl

Incoming Researcher at Weizenbaum Institut, Bitkom

Lea Ossmann-Magiera, Bitkom
Lea Ossmann-Magiera

Reserach Assistant, Bitkom e.V.

Daniel Breitinger
Daniel Breitinger

Head of Startups, Bitkom

Natalia Stolyarchuk
Natalia Stolyarchuk

Head of Future Computing & Microelectronics, Bitkom

Kevin Hackl
Kevin Hackl

Head of Digital Banking & Financial Services, Bitkom

Benedikt Faupel
Benedikt Faupel

Division Manager Blockchain, Bitkom

Niklas Meyer-Breitkreutz
Niklas Meyer-Breitkreutz

Officer Digitalisation & Sustainability, Bitkom

Portrait of Kim Klebolte
Kim Klebolte

Managing Director, DFA Digital für alle gGmbH