Speakers of 2026

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Stefan Rouenhoff

Parliamentary State Secretary

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

Dr. Florian Keisinger

Zentralverband der deutschen Seehafenbetriebe e.V.

Basitan Giegerich

Director-General and CEO

Sven Przywarra

Konstantin Kuhle

Special Counsel

Christian Miele

General Partner

Marc Henrichmann

Deutscher Bundestag

Maria Lindholm

Dr. sc. Florian Petit

Ido Bar-On

Co-founder & CEO

Dr.-Ing. Marius Lammers

INLEAP Photonics

PD Dr. Alex Ilic

Co-Founder & Executive Director

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