June 16: Start Keynote at 10 am; Evening Event from 6 pm

June 17: Start Keynote at 9 am; Closing at 4 pm

DAY 1 – JUNE 16TH

09:00 am
09:00 am

Doors Open

10:00 am
10:25 am
10:00 am - 10:25 am

Opening Keynote

DATA festival | Dr. Carsten Bange & Alex Thamm

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10:25 am
10:35 am
10:25 am - 10:35 am

Orientation Break

10:35 am
11:05 am
10:35 am - 11:05 am

What happens AROUND the tech stack? Tech is Easy. Change is Not.

ETH Zurich | Nina Indina

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11:05 am
11:35 am
11:05 am - 11:35 am

From slides to systems: Lessons learned from implementing AI governance in a decentral global organisation

ZEISS | Alexandra Wander

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11:35 am
11:55 am
11:35 am - 11:55 am

Coffee Break

11:55 am
12:25 pm
11:55 am - 12:25 pm

The AI Act Reference Architecture: A Practical Blueprint – from Law to System Design

Siemens | Dr. Nikita Golovko

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12:25 pm
12:55 pm
12:25 pm - 12:55 pm

A PPT on AI

RTL | Sidharth Ramachandran

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12:55 pm
2:20 pm
12:55 pm - 2:20 pm

Lunch Break

2:20 pm
2:50 pm
2:20 pm - 2:50 pm

Focussed Discussion Groups

2:50 pm
3:00 pm
2:50 pm - 3:00 pm

Orientation Break

3:00 pm
3:30 pm
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Focussed Discussion Groups

3:30 pm
4:00 pm
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Coffee Break

4:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Building AI Agents on Solid Ground – Context Engineering Explained By a Hands-on Use Case

BARC | Jacqueline Bloemen

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4:30 pm
5:00 pm
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

From Solo Agents to Agentic Ecosystems: Enabling Production-Ready AI for the Energy Transition

E.ON | Kapil Gupta

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5:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Coffee Break

5:30 pm
6:15 pm
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
Interactive Spotlight Panel:  Building AI on Solid Ground –
Shared Vision, Strong Foundation, and Evolving Roles in the Enterprise

Panel discussion moderated by Dr. Katrin Botzen | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

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6:15 pm
6:20 pm
6:15 pm - 6:20 pm

BARC Start-up Data & AI Winner Award Ceremony

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from 6.20 pm – till Midnight

Evening Event

Continue your conversation with colleagues and like-minded people in a relaxed atmosphere in the beer garden right on the Isar river.

7:30 pm
8:00 pm
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Private Tap Room Talk with the DATA festival Program Committee

Alex Thamm, Dr. Carsten Bange, Marcel Kling, Holger Kömm, Thorsten Kranz, Barbara Engerer & Lydia Nemec

DAY 2 – JUNE 17TH

08:30 am
08:30 am

Doors Open

9:00 am
9:30 am
9:00 am - 9:30 am

Opening & Keynote: We make AI take off – on the Rails

DB InfraGO AG | Dr. Nina Stumme

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9:30 am
9:40 am
9:30 am - 9:40 am

Orientation Break

9:40 am
10:10 am
9:40 am - 10:10 am

Beyond the Hype Curve: How to Survive the AI Bubble – Economic Reality meets Generative Infrastructure

BARC | Thomas Zeutschler

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10:10 am
10:40 am
10:10 am - 10:40 am

Agentic and AI Delivery – setup for success

ING Group | Frank Fischer & Claire Pfeil

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10:40 am
11:10 am
10:40 am - 11:10 am

Coffee Break

11:10 am
11:40 am
11:10 am - 11:40 am

Focussed Discussion Groups

11:40 am
11:50 am
11:40 am - 11:50 am

Orientation Break

11:50 am
12:20 pm
11:50 am - 12:20 pm

All Aboard the AI Omnibus: Mind the Act While Accelerating Innovation

Commerzbank | Julia Sterling

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12:20 pm
12:50 pm
12:20 pm - 12:50 pm

Driving data + AI literacy

Henkel | Florian Roscheck

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12:50 pm
2:20 pm
12:50 pm - 2:20 pm

Lunch Break

2:20 pm
2:50 pm
2:20 pm - 2:50 pm

How the agents have colonized Carrefour

Carrefour | Guillaume Blaquiere

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2:50 pm
3:20 pm
2:50 pm - 3:20 pm

From Silos to Synergies: The Journey to AI-Ready Reporting & Analytics

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH | Boyana Todorova & Stefanie Bayer

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3:20 pm
3:50 pm
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm

The Future is Conversational: Bosch’s Integrated Data Product Ecosystem with Generative AI

Robert Bosch Group | Wolfgang Klein & Simeon Rilling

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3:50 pm
4:00 pm
3:50 pm - 4:00 pm

Closing

DATA festival | Dr. Carsten Bange & Alex Thamm

DAY 1 – JUNE 16TH

NEWCOMER STAGE

11:05 am
11:35 am
11:05 am - 11:35 am

Customer Succes Story presented by Entropy Data

11:35 am
11:55 am
11:35 am - 11:55 am

Coffee Break

11:55 am
12:25 pm
11:55 am - 12:25 pm

What If You Never Had to Share Data Again?

Linksight | Carl Fransman

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12:25 pm
12:55 pm
12:25 pm - 12:55 pm

From PDFs to production-ready data: AI meets reinforcement plans

ARGE Baustahl Eisen Blasy-Neptun GmbH | Thomas Prugger

Sclable Business Solutions | Nina Mrzelj

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12:55 pm
2:20 pm
12:55 pm - 2:25 pm

Lunch Break

2:20 pm
3:30 pm
2:20 pm - 3:30 pm

Focussed Discussion Groups

3:30 pm
4:00 pm
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Coffee Break

4:00 pm
5:00 pm
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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BARC Start-up Award Data & AI Finalist Pitches

DAY 2 – JUNE 17TH

TECH DEEP DIVES

9:40 am
10:40 am
9:40 am - 10:40 am

Tech Deep Dive:

DB360 – From Raw Data to Trusted Data Products with GenAI and Self-Learning Quality Intelligence

Deutsche Bahn AG | Konstantin Jonas

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10:40 am
11:10 am
10:40 am - 11:10 am

Coffee Break

11:10 am
11:40 am
11:10 am - 11:40 am

Focussed Discussion Groups

11:50 am
12:50 pm
11:50 am - 12:50 pm

Tech Deep Dive:

The Death of the Dashboard: Why Your Next BI Report Should Be a Conversation

Starburst | Korbinian Zollner

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12:50 pm
2:20 pm
12:50 pm -2:20 pm

Lunch Break

2:20 pm
3:20 pm
2:20 pm - 3:20 pm

Tech Deep Dive:

AI Agents: The New Frontier of LLMs

Nomba | Mustapha Adekunle

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DAY 1 – JUNE 16TH

10:35 am
11:05 am
10:35 am - 11:05 am

Customer Success Story presented by Dremio

11:05 am
11:35 am
11:05 am - 11:35 am

Iron Man: Turning Data Into Cash – Optimizing NWC With Data Products

One Data | Dr. Stefan Rameseder

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11:35 am
11:55 am
11:35 am - 11:55 pm

Coffee Break

11:55 am
12:25 pm
11:55 am - 12:25 pm

From Bot to Business Standard: How AI-Powered Knowledge Management Is Transforming the Organization

Müller Group presented by Marmeladenbaum | Dominik Wuttke

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12:25 pm
12:55 pm
12:25 pm - 12:55 pm

Stop Managing AI Projects. Start Managing AI Impact.

Mindfuel | Nadiem von Heydebrand

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12:55 pm
2:20 pm
12:55 pm - 2:20 pm

Lunch Break

2:20 pm
3:30 pm
2:20 pm - 3:30 pm

Focussed Discussion Groups

3:30 pm
4:00 pm
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Coffee Break

4:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Customer Success Story presented by Starburst

DAY 2 – JUNE 17TH

9:40 am
10:10 am
9:40 am - 10:10 am

Trusted AI: From Data Integration to the Semantic Layer

End-to-End Traceability: From Mainframe to AI Agent

it-novum | Philipp Heck

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*Preliminary schedule, subject to change.

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