DATA festival
Program 2024
DAY 1 – MARCH 19TH
10:00 am
Doors Open
10:30 am
Opening Keynote: GenAI – what is hype and what is real?
DATA festival | Dr. Carsten Bange & Alexander Thamm
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10:45 am
Break
11:15 am
Finding the signal in the chatter: BSH AI Strategy in times of GenAI
BSH Home Appliances Group| Hendrik Siefert
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12:15 pm
Panel: Decoding the AI & Data Act: Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Regulation
Moderator: Alexander Stavinski | Deutsche Bahn
Speakers:
Dr. Holger Kömm | Bain & Company
Dr. Ursula Feindor-Schmidt | Lausen Rechtsanwälte
Julia Sterling | Commerzbank
Dr. Hanno Schmiedt | DHL
12:35 pm
Speedpitches Headliner
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12:40 pm
Introduction to the live experiment: Are we using AI’s power for the most essential challenges?
Mathias-Riechert-Art.com | Dr. Mathias Riechert
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2:15 pm
Lunch Break
2:45 pm
Charting a Course in Data Mesh: Understanding Data Products and Contracts
BARC | Jacqueline Bloemen
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3:15 pm
Data Mesh vs. central analytics foundation: Contradiction or necessity?
MediaMarktSaturn | Kolja Manuel Rödel
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3:45 pm
Data Democratization unwanted! – Breaking the Silo through a people first approach
ÖBB Infrastruktur AG | Katrin Haas
DAMA Austria | Lukas Negrin
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4:15 pm
Data Mesh Journey @ Zollner
Zollner | Franz Emberger
TIKI | Dr. Michael Colombo
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4:45 pm
Break
5:15 pm
GenAI Demystified: Exploring the Reality Beyond the Hype
Dr. Andrea Hofmann | Deutsche Post DHL Group
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6:15 pm
Panel: The Future of Data Leadership – The Death of the CDO?
Moderator: Alexander Thamm | [AT]
Speakers:
Walid Mehanna | Merck Group
Barbara Engerer | BSH Home Appliances
Dr. Christian Essling | E.ON
Stephan Kaulbach | [AT]
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6:45 pm
Centralized vs. decentralized analytics – striking the right balance
Kaufland Stiftung & Co. KG | Dr. Armin Müller
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6:50 pm
Official greeting from the Bavarian State Minister for Digital Affairs
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Digitales | Dr. Fabian Mehring
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7:30 pm
Get Together Apero
Networking, Aperitif & Fingerfood
data.party
Festival food, Drinks, DJ, Livemusic & Fun
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DAY 2 – MARCH 20TH
09:00 am
Doors Open
09:30 am
Opening Keynote: Data Lakehouse – When to consider and how to do it?
BARC | Thomas Zeutschler
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09:45 am
Break
10:15 am
How a 150-year-old traditional company becomes data-driven!
FIEGE Logistik Stiftung | Marco Geuer
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10:45 am
Unlocking the Power of AI: How we drive Innovation at LHG
Swiss International Air Lines, Lufthansa Group | Dr. Margot Loewenberg & Dr. Claudia Wenzel
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11:15 am
One size does not fit all : A data-driven size recommendation approach for online fashion retailing
adidas | Paul Zieringer
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11:45 am
Break
12:15 pm
Unlocking the business potential of GenAI in the automotive industry
CARIAD – Automotive Software for Volkswagen | Dr. Michael Schmidt
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1:15 pm
Panel: Smart Manufacturing
Speakers:
Martin Tupy | Brose Fahrzeugteile
Ulli Waltinger | Siemens
Nico Kelling | Infineon Technologies
Thomas Schlech | Uni Augsburg
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2:45 pm
Lunch Break
3:15 pm
Data Intelligence: Platforms, Catalogs & Marketplaces – The Next Chapter
BARC | Timm Grosser
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3:45 am
Unleashing the potential of GenAI: Empowering Human-AI Collaboration
Metro/Dish Digital | Pankaj Kumar Mishra
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3:55 pm
Results presentation of the live experiment: Are we using AI’s power for the most essential challenges?
Mathias-Riechert-Art.com | Dr. Mathias Riechert
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4:00 pm
Closing
DATA festival | Dr. Carsten Bange & Alex Thamm
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DAY 1 – MARCH 19TH
10:45 am
Break
11:15 am
Evolution of Modern Data Architecture: A Practical Journey
Partner Reinsurance | Sebastian Drozdz
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11:45 am
How to build trustworthy AI with Data Products
Denodo | Petra Melters
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12:15 pm
Freenet ready to go – Freenet’s path to the cloud DWH
freenet AG | Timo Burmeister
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12:45 pm
Unlock AI Excellence: Unleashing the Power of Data Preparation
APARAVI | Radik Zagirov
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2:15 pm
Lunch Break
2:45 pm
Making GenAI an Enterprise Reality
Dataiku | Maximilian Harms
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3:15 pm
ROLAND’s AI Journey: From Local ML Beginnings to a Future of AI-Driven Success
ROLAND Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG | Sven Remme & Daniel Krieg
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3:45 pm
Data Migration with dbt Cloud
Dish Digital Solutions | Ramon Marrero
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4:15 pm
Promoting Green Mobility by Increasing Digital Literacy
Deutsche Bahn Regio AG | Tanja Schlesinger & Anastasia Heide
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4:45 pm
Break
5:15 pm
Data Debt to Agility: The Power of Integration
Actian |Ricardo Fuentes
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5:45 pm
The Data Quality Difference: Elevating Machine Learning from Good to Great
pacemaker | Prof. Dr. Reiner Kurzhals
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6:15 pm
Learn how No-Code AI helps the AI Transformation at the BMW Group
BMW | Markus Frank
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7:30 pm
Get Together Apero
After Party
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DAY 2 – MARCH 20TH
09:45 am
Break
10:15 am
Driving Data Empowerment with GenAI: Enhancing Analytics, Profitability, and Workforce Literacy
Slalom | Karen Mindermann & Christian Kainzmeier
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10:45 am
Data Driven meets Change – How congstar managed to build a vibrant Data-Culture
[in German language]
congstar | Susanne Weßel-Therhorn
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11:15 am
AI Anywhere on Data Everywhere – Preparing for AI with Data Management
Dell Technologies | Christian Spindeldreher
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11:45 am
Break
12:15 pm
Bazinga! How DKB went from Big Bang to a Universe of Data.
DKB | Stephan Richter
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12:45 pm
Bringing GenAI to Your Data
Snowflake | Dr. Fabian Gampfer
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1:15 pm
Dive into the Future of Business with “Masterdata – the Backbone for AI-Readiness”
Dun & Bradstreet | Stefan Kuhlmann
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2:45 pm
Lunch Break
DAY 1 – MARCH 19TH
10:00 am
Doors Open
12:15 pm
From Insights to Action: Leveraging Data & AI for a Sustainable World
FPT | Dr. Siegmar Haasis
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12:45 pm
Data Mesh Manager: Data Products, Data Contracts and Policies
Data Mesh Manager, powered by INNOQ| Dr. Simon Harrer
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2:45 pm
How Data Scientists and AI-specialists can become Super Heroes
MI4People | Dr. Paul Springer
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3:15 pm
What we mean by AI for public interest
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet & Society | Dr. Theresa Zueger
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3:45 pm
Implementation of Public Interest AI
Alexander von Humbold Institute for Internet & Society | Sami Nenno
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4:15 pm
Democratizing Algorithm Development: Advancing Personalized Medicine through Federated Learning
Care-for-Rare Foundation & Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital | Dr. Denis Dalić
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4:45 pm
Break
5:15 pm
AI Use Cases for Robot-Assisted Emergency Response
German Rescue Robotics Center | Dr. Ivana Kruijff-Korbayova
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5:45 pm
The needle in a haystack – searching for refugee boats in satellite images
Space-Eye e.v. | Steffen Merseburg
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7:30 pm
Get Together Apero
After Party
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DAY 2 – MARCH 20TH
09:00 am
Doors Open
10:15 am
Federated Learning – Why and How at Zeiss?
Carl Zeiss AG | Dr. Thomas Stecher
10:45 am
Data Mesh journey with the Witboost, the automated data platform.
Agile Lab | Andrea Novara
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11:15 am
Tech Deep Dive – Pandas, Polars and the DataFrame Consortium
Kuehne & Nagel | Alessandro Romano
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11:45 am
Break
12:15 pm
Tech Deep Dive – Delta Lake – what’s the new kid on the block?
RTL 2 | Thomas Gremm
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12:45 pm
Break – visit our other stages!
1:15 pm
Tech Deep Dive – Using Physiological Data for Climate Adaptation
TU München | Bilge Kobas
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DAY 1 – MARCH 19TH
10:45 am
Break
12:15 am
Starburst Galaxy – A day in the life of a data engineer
Starburst | Korbinian Zollner
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2:15 pm
Lunch Break
4:00 pm
What Pyramids have in common with Analytics Modernization – Our Experience replacing a grown System (SAP BO)
Opitz Consulting | Janine Ellner
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7:30 pm
Get Together Apero
After Party
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DAY 2 – MARCH 20TH
11:15 am
Rag With Dataiku: Build and Reuse Rag Pipelines With Full Enterprise Governance in Your Organization
Dataiku | Rogier van Aarle
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11:45 am
Break
1:15 pm
Bolster Operational Efficiency and Productivity with Data-Driven Approach
FPT | Vu Hoang
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*Preliminary schedule, subject to change.
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