Speakers of 2026

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Tobias Gotthardt

Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy

Susie Meier

Managing Director

Max Wittrock

Timo Kistner

EMEA Lead Industrial & Robotics

Olga Perepelkina

Inception - Physical AI lead in DACH

Dr. Daniel Biene

Leadership & Strategy Team

Bundeswehr Cyber Innovation Hub

Prof. Dr. Milan Allan

Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer

Kartik Sachdev

Senior Solutions Architect

Christian Schmidt

Chief Strategy Officer

Oleksandr Vorobiov

Deputy Chief of Air Defence

Third Army Corps, Armed Forces of Ukraine

Vladyslav Berehovyi

Intelligence Analyst of the Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Division, 3rd Separate Assault Brigade

3rd Separate Assault Brigade, UAF

Benoit Deper

Selected Former Speakers

Barack Obama

44th President of the USA

Michelle Obama

Former First Lady

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor, Businessman, Investor, Environmentalist, form. Governor of California

Reid Hoffman

Nathan Blecharczyk

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

Niklas Zennström

Robert Gentz

Founder & Co-CEO

Thomas Wolf

Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer

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