Speakers

CIRC&LOV

Ulrike Acker-Thomsen

Interior Architect, Furniture Designer

shades&contrast

Zamina Ahmad

AI & ML Expert

University of Cologne

Martin Andree

Professor of Media Studies

StudioAugustin

Judith Augustin

Artist, Creative Director

bauhaus studio

Dennis Bajer

Immersive Sound Director

Hamburg Media School

Carena Barkow

Lecturer

COSH! Germany

Luise Barsch

Account Manager

Bookwire

Eric Bartoletti

Head of Business Development

Tech like Vera

Vera Bauer

Content Creator

Stan Hema

Felix Becker

UX Strategist

Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft

Marc Behlau

Program Manager

Hamburg Media School

Stefanie Bilen

Director Executive Education

Self-employed

Frieder Bohaumilitzky

Designer, Design Researcher, Curator

Federal Ministry of Finance

Björn Böhning

State Secretary

getminds.ai, HFBK Hamburg

Prof Dr Friedrich von Borries

Co-Founder

Beta Realities

Marvin Bratke

Managing Partner, Architect

Ministry of Culture and Media

Dr Carsten Brosda

Senator

Urbanes Kulturlabor

Clemens Brück

Communication Designer

Reckhaus

Robin Bühlmann

Project Lead

BULLWINKEL

Marianne Bullwinkel

CEO

Mind Games

Dr Philipp Busch

Experience Designer

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

Gitta Connemann

Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy

BUTTER. Social

Aissu Diallo

CEO

Dobrigkeit Design

Sophie Dobrigkeit

Designer, Creative Director

GEMA

Michael Duderstädt

Managing Director Berlin, Director Political Communication

acameo

Dr Frank Dürr

Director Strategy

NDR/ARD

Svea Eckert

Journalist, Mercator Fellow

promptwhispering.ai

Boris Eldagsen

AI Artist

FUNKE Mediengruppe

Dr Paul Elvers

Head of AI

Association of German Writers

Prof Lena Falkenhagen

Federal Chairwoman

freeters

Sandra Freygarten

Artist, Coach

Verband der Gründer und Selbstständigen Deutschland VGSD

Jörn Freynick

Head of Policy, Secretary General

zweigrad industrial Design

Claudia S. Friedrich

Co-Managing Partner

Self-employed

Birgit Gebhardt

Trend Expert, Futurologist

Self-employed

Kerstin Gold

ArtTech Strategy Advisor, Art Market Expert

Initiative Musik

Prof Dieter Gorny

Music Manager, Musician

Zurich University of the Arts

Prof Dr Simon Grand

Permanent Research Fellow

we are era

Fabian Grischkat

Newsfluencer, Moderator

worksheer

Kerstin Groh

Co-Founder

Self-employed

Tamara Güçlü

Host, Artist

Republic of Užupis

Max Haarich

Ambassador

ki × design

Jenny Habermehl

Creative Director M.A., Lecturer, Author

YOUNA | First Aid for Racism

Said Haider

Founder, CEO

BMW Group

Frank Hansen

Lead Strategist Sustainable Mobility

animAR

Robin von Hardenberg

Co-Founder

Ströer News Publishing / Redaktion t-online

Dr Florian Harms

Editor-in-Chief, Managing Director

Intermate

Maurice van gen Hassend

Social & Culture Innovation Expert

Eckart von Hirschhausen

Doctor, Moderator

Google Germany

Peter Hoffmann

Head of YouTube Social Sales

Nico Hofmann Film Consultung & Development

Prof Nico Hofmann

Producer

ai.tonomy

Melanie Hölting-Eckert

Co-founder, Podcast Host "Wunderpanik"

Initiative Urheberrecht

Matthias Hornschuh

Speaker

Kombinatrotweiss

Svetlana Jakel

CEO

pxi.design

Jakob Jochmann

Communication Architect

Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft

Kathlen Jost

Program Manager Cross Innovation Hub

PAGE

Anne Kaiser

Editor-in-Chief, Brand Strategist

the black frame. think tank.

Prof Dr Martin Kiel

CPO

Campaign Germany

Nina Kirst

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

MFG Baden-Württemberg

Mira Kleine

Project Lead

Koalition Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft in Deutschland (k3d)

Daniel Knöll

CEO

Plan.Net Studios

Katrin Krall

Director Client Services Agentic AI

Jung von Matt

Jonas Kratz

Data Strategist

innatura

Dr Juliane Kronen

Co-founder, CEO

Self-employed

Lore Kurtz

Creative Process Facilitator, Coach

Jurist und Politiker

Dr Peter Kurz

Oberbürgermeister a.D.

ontoStory

Petra Lammers

CEO

Multiplicities

Dr Bastian Lange

Founder, Lead

Macromedia University of Applied Sciences

Prof Dr Oliver Lohmar

Professor

Self-employed

Wolf Lotter

Author, Journalist

EarReality

Christian Mahnke

CEO

German Opera Berlin

Marion Mair

Marketing Director

VGSD Association of Founders and the Self-Employed

Katharina Mandlinger

Press & Public Relations

VDA, German Association of the Automotive Industry

Dr Kirsten Matheus

Speaker

Plan.Net Studios

Nina Matzat

General Manager

Strategic Consulting & Co-Creation

Nina Mönich

Historian, Philosopher, Senior Business Advisor

University of Amsterdam

Prof Dr Daniel Mügge

Professor of Political Arithmetic

Ulrike Müller & Partners

Dr Ulrike Müller

Organisational Developer, University Lecturer (Creative Industries)

KREATIVES SACHSEN

Claudia Muntschick

Deputy Managing Director

Sofilab / CORPUS.MUSIC

Mathis Nitschke

Founder, Managing Director

Bertelsmann

Rhys Noelke

Chief Data Officer

Creative UK

Caroline Norbury

Founder, Former CEO

Self-employed

David Odiase

Transdisciplinary Artist

USEYA / USEYA ADVANCED INDUSTRY

Osamu Oji

Founder, CEO

City of Heidelberg

Katharina Pelka

Head of the Cultural and Creative Industries Unit

Scholz & Friends

Larissa Pohl

WPP Open X Europe Lead

Leaders of AI

Dominic von Proeck

CEO, Founder

freeters meets Lucia Rainer

Dr Lucia Rainer

Dance and Theatre Mediator, Dramaturge, Artistic Researcher

creative.nrw

Ines Rainer

Project Lead

City of Mannheim

Dr Matthias Rauch

Head of Cluster Creative Economy

INSECT-RESPECT / Reckhaus

Georg Reckhaus

Project Lead

UNVERZAGT Attorneys at Law

Dr Sebastian Rengshausen

Lawyer

KREATIVES SACHSEN

Christian Rost

Cross Innovation, Internationalization

Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft

Egbert Rühl

CEO

Schöne Neue Welt Ingenieure, Architektenkammer Berlin

Florian Scheible

Partner

Self-employed

Kerstin Schiemenz

Bullet Journal® Trainer, Coach

Futures2All

Tanja Schindler

Futurist

Intermate Media

Martin Schlösser

Head of Visual Content & UGC

ARD

Gregor Schmalzried

Host "Der KI Podcast"

Deutsche Telekom

Maike Scholz

Squad Lead Digital Ethics, Group Compliance Management

COSH! — Conscious Shopping Made Easy

Niki De Schryver

CEO, Founder

acameo for CyberLÄND

Katja Schurr

Project Manager

Reeperbahn Festival

Detlef Schwarte

Director

3STN.

Dara Sepehri

CEO

Self-employed

Kristin Siebert

Film Director, Author, Journalist

Save Social - Networks For Democracy

Björn Staschen

Co-founder

CampusVäre - Creative Institute Vorarlberg

Bettina Steindl

CEO, Curator

Mona Steinhäußer

Mona Steinhäußer

Artist, Creative Strategist

VDI/VDE - Innovation + Technology

Joanna Szlauderbach

Deputy Project Manager IGP

WIR GESTALTEN DRESDEN

Henrike Terheyden

Management Board

Authority for Transport and Mobility Transition

Dr Anjes Tjarks

President of the Authority for Transport and Mobility Transition, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

Ekaterina Travkina

Head of Culture, Creative Sectors and Global Events

Stan Hema

Daniela Vogel

Designer

Zürcher Hochschule der Künste

Prof Christoph Weckerle

Director ZHdK Centre for Creative Economies

Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

Wolfram Weimer

Minister of State for Culture and the Media

Kreativ Quartier Potsdam

Christopher Weiß

CEO

wbd1 / DWHH.art

Daniel Weiss

AI Artist

M.ORE than good enough.

Griselda Welsing

She-EO

Stadt Dortmund

Christian Weyers

Head of DORTMUND KREATIV

zweigrad

Timo Wietzke

Partner

Humanist University Berlin

Dr Dorothea Winter

Philosopher

Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft

Dr Katja Wolframm

Head of Real Estate and Urban Development

Innovation and Science Cooperations, City of Heidelberg

Prof Benjamin Zierock

Team Lead

German Cultural Council

Olaf Zimmermann

Managing Director

Self-employed

Laura Lo Zito

Author, Creator