Programme
Together with our partner conference Quantum Summit 2023, we will explore how to unlock the value of technology for your company. Tickets for #BAS23 are valid for both conferences. You can find the programme of #quantumsummit23 here.
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20 September 2023
10:00
Opening
- Dr Marianne Janik (Member of the Executive Board, Bitkom)
Grace Hopper Stage
Start: 10:20
Alan Turing Stage
Start: 11:00
Workshop Room
10:10
Keynote
- Dr Marco Buschmann (Federal Minister of Justice)
Grace Hopper Stage
10:20
From AI to Quantum Computing: Building Ecosystems, Empowering Innovation, Strengthening Sovereignty
- Mario Brandenburg (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Grace Hopper Stage
10:20
Turning Your (Maritime) Data into a Profit with Gaia-X
- Sönke Liebau (Stackable)
Alan Turing Stage
10:30
Train and Trust Your Parrot: Industry Examples for the Use of Generative AI in Complex and Critical Use-Cases
- Jonas Andrulis (Aleph Alpha)
Grace Hopper Stage
10:40
Opportunities and Risks of LLMs
- Dr Raphael Zimmer (Federal Office for Information Security)
Alan Turing Stage
10:50
Foundation Models, Generative AI, and Classic Bots: Where Is the Best Trade-Off? Use Cases, Possibilities for Integration and the Example of "Customer Service”
- Dr Wolfgang Hildesheim (IBM Technology DACH)
Grace Hopper Stage
11:00
Impact Business Outcomes Through Generative AI Orchestration
- Babak Hodjat (Cognizant)
Alan Turing Stage
11:00—11:50
Be Inspired by Quantum-Inspired - How to Solve Optimization Problems with QUBOs for Annealers
- Dr Fritz Schinkel (Fujitsu)
- Dr Stefan Walter (Fujitsu)
Workshop Room
11:10
Setting Your Generative AI Appetite: Evaluating Risks and Opportunities
- Katharine Jarmul (Thoughtworks)
Grace Hopper Stage
11:20
Art in the Age of AI: Decoding Technology, Protecting Artists, and Championing Diversity
- Lúí Smyth (Shutterstock)
Alan Turing Stage
11:30
How Product Thinking Helps to Unlock the Value of Data
- Christin Schink (HelloFresh)
Grace Hopper Stage
11:40
Lessons from 5+ Years of Operationalizing Custom Language Models in the Enterprise
- Christopher Kränzler (Lengoo GmbH)
Alan Turing Stage
11:50
Regulatory Sandboxes – Enabling Innovation & Advancing Regulation
- Dr Sibylle Grabert (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action)
Grace Hopper Stage
11:50—13:15
Break
Workshop Room
12:00
Lunch
Alan Turing Stage
12:10
Lunch
Grace Hopper Stage
13:00
Policy Discussion | AI Act & AI Policy
- Evelyn Graß (Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection)
- Jens Redmer (Google)
- Julia Sterling (Commerzbank)
- Kai Zenner (European Parliament (MEP Voss))
Moderation:
- Kai Pascal Beerlink, Bitkom
Grace Hopper Stage
13:00
AI and Privacy: Global Perspectives
- Srinivas Poosarla (Infosys)
Alan Turing Stage
13:15
Ultra-Fast In-Memory Data Processing: 1000x Faster Queries at 98% Cloud Cost Savings
- Markus Kett (MicroStream Software)
Workshop Room
13:20
Blueprinting AI-Services for Big Data Analytics
- Shehide Abuliz (Allianz Technology)
- Julia Gschwendtner (Allianz Kunde und Markt)
Alan Turing Stage
13:40
Panel discussion | The Deep Tech Dilemma: Is Germany Poised for Success or Stuck in Innovation Quicksand
- Dr Anna Christmann (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action)
- Nico Kelling (Infineon Technologies)
- Dr Frederick Struckmeier (Trumpf SE + Co. KG)
Moderation:
- Susanne Dehmel, Bitkom
Grace Hopper Stage
13:40
Advanced Analytics in the Application Field of Early Warning Systems
- Ralf Hennemann (GBI-Genios Deutsche Wirtschaftsdatenbank)
- Dr Anna Schlösser (RSU GmbH & Co. KG)
Alan Turing Stage
14:00
How Generative AI is disrupting Enterprise Software
- Dr Sebastian Wieczorek (SAP)
Alan Turing Stage
14:00
How Technology Can Help Sustainable Businesses Find the Optimal Plan to Net Zero
- Steffen Wittenauer (IBM)
Workshop Room
14:20
Data Literacy – Cultivating Essential Skills for Tomorrow
- Dr Christian Zinke-Wehlmann (Competence Center Artificial Human Intelligent (KMI) at the Institute for Applied Computer Science at the University of Leipzig)
Grace Hopper Stage
14:20
AI-Enabled Document Processing in the Mittelstand
- Florian Geiger (Viessmann IT Service)
- Dr Ing Christian Schwöbel (Wattx)
Alan Turing Stage
14:40
Panel discussion | More Similar than Expected? Data Offices in the Public and Private Sector
- Dr Franziska Brecht (Federal Ministry for Economics and Climate Action)
- Faruk Tuncer (Polyteia)
- Dr Sebastian Werner (Thoughtworks Deutschland)
Moderation:
- David Schönwerth, Bitkom
Grace Hopper Stage
14:40
AI in the Supply Chain at Europe's Largest Retailer
- Dr Tim Still (Schwarz IT)
Alan Turing Stage
14:40
Break
Workshop Room
14:50
Killing it with Prompt Engineering: A Hands-On Workshop on Conversational AI. #LLM #ToneOfVoice #RAG #MurderMystery
- Imke Bewersdorf (Big Picture)
- Leonid Sokolov (Big Picture)
- Maximilian Vogel (Big Picture)
Workshop Room
15:00
Chances (and Risks) of Big Data in the Retail Sector
- Anne Böhme (Kyndryl Deutschland GmbH)
- Alexander Kurtzahn (EDEKA Rhein-Ruhr Stiftung & Co. KG)
- Marcus Lange (Kyndryl)
Alan Turing Stage
15:20
Trust your Data, Trust your AI
- Varun Jaitly (Cloudera)
Grace Hopper Stage
15:20
Detecting Zero-Days Before Zero-Day
- Daniele Molteni (Cloudflare)
Alan Turing Stage
15:35—15:50
Break
Workshop Room
15:40
Mastering Roadworthiness of Autonomous Driving
- André Rauschert (Fraunhofer Allianz Big Data and AI)
Grace Hopper Stage
15:40
How Generative AI Is Changing the Game for Cybercriminals and Cybersecurity Teams
- André Reichow-Prehn (Palo Alto Networks)
Alan Turing Stage
15:50
#SheTransformsIT Meetup: Women in AI and Quantum
- Dr Maria Börner (Westernacher Solutions)
- Dr Barbara Wellmann (Deloitte)
Workshop Room
16:00
Build the future! Build Data Products!
- Ludwig Ehlert (One Data)
Grace Hopper Stage
16:00
Using Machine Intelligence to Massively Increase Cost for Adversaries
- Felix Schwyzer (CrowdStrike)
Alan Turing Stage
16:20
Harnessing AI in Healthcare
- Dr Marion Cornelia Legler (Bayer)
Grace Hopper Stage
16:20
Lessons from Ukraine - Software and AI in Defence
- Keesiu Wong (Helsing)
Alan Turing Stage
16:40
Beyond ChatGPT: Democratizing Generative AI, Democratizing Innovation
- Jupiter Bakakeu (Alteryx)
Grace Hopper Stage
16:40
HR-Tech: How AI for Recruiting Will Have to Change - Disruptions & Best Practice
- Linda Flath (messe.rocks / herCAREER)
- Rosmarie Steininger (Chemistree)
Alan Turing Stage
16:50
Break
Workshop Room
17:00
Panel Discussion | Beyond the Hype: Understanding the Real-World Impact of Generative AI
- Dr Martina Flatscher (ZF Group)
- Claire Helffer-de Soyres (Nvidia)
- Jacqueline Liu (Allianz)
- Ramin Mirza (Aleph Alpha)
Moderation:
- Kai Pascal Beerlink, Bitkom
Grace Hopper Stage
17:00
Bringing AI Ethics Principles into Development
- Julia Meisner (Gesellschaft für Informatik | German Informatics Society)
- Linda Schwarz (German Informatics Society)
Alan Turing Stage
17:00
Data, AI & ML in Space - Get Started Deeptech Network x Bitkom Roundtable New Space
- Dr Arne Gausepohl (OHB)
- Sven Przywarra (LiveEO)
- Johannes Röhrenbach (Mavuno Technologies)
- Daria Stepanova (Airmo)
Workshop Room
17:20
Startups and AI: Unleashing New Possibilities for Business Growth and Innovation
- Tristan Post (Campus Founders | Technische Universität München)
Alan Turing Stage
17:40
Scaling Generative AI to All Employees and beyond
- Clemens Siebler (Microsoft)
Grace Hopper Stage
17:40
Engaging Your Customers - Compelling Product Story Telling through Data Driven Generative AI
- Jesper Grode (Stibo Systems)
Alan Turing Stage
End of Day 1
Grace Hopper Stage
End of Day 1
Alan Turing Stage
End of Day 1
Workshop Room
From 6 till 8 pm