Speakers of 2026

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Matthias Lehna

Vice President Business Development and Strategic Communications

Nikolaus Karpf

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Timo Kuroschinski

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Hugo Suidman

Executive Coach & Founder Sidekick

Desiree Fixler

Veteran Banker and Free Enterprise Activist

DF Consult Group

Thomas Oehl

General Partner

Mike Wax

General Partner

Frank Thieser

Hannah Schwär

Manager Magazin

Guido Brendler

Senior Vice President Sales & Business Development & Member of the Board

MBDA Deutschland

Fanny Giannou

Alithea Biotechnology

Prof. Dr. Angela Relógio

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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