International Edition
The first international AI.SUMMIT in Hamburg — launching the format on top of the city at EMPORIO Tower.
AI.SUMMIT 2021 — Accelerating the Cognitive Economy
A huge thank you to all participants! The first international AI.SUMMIT in Hamburg brought 21 AI champions, 6 startup pitch heroes, and more than 300 attendees to EMPORIO Tower — plus a thousand virtual guests.
AI.SUMMIT 2021 at a Glance
Accelerating the Cognitive Economy — Hamburg’s first international AI.SUMMIT, pre-event of BLOCKCHANCE EUROPE 2021.
AI Champions
Thought leaders from institutions, politics, and the global economy — including Google, IBM, Microsoft, WEF, and DFKI.
On-site Guests
More than 300 attendees on site and about 1,000 virtual guests for a hybrid day of AI.
Key Topics
AI in Health, Logistics, Enterprises, and Sustainability & Climate.
Start-Up Award
6 local Northern German AI startups pitched on stage — with jury partners from the ecosystem.
23rd Floor
1 December 2021, Dammtorwall 15, Hamburg — breakfast, coffee breaks, and networking above the city.
Pre-event
Opening day ahead of BLOCKCHANCE EUROPE 2021 (2–4 December).
About the event
The AI.SUMMIT is the platform to explore the next frontier of this increasingly cognitive economy in Hamburg and the world. Champions of AI explored trends, presented use cases, and analysed challenges for applying and scaling artificial intelligence in healthcare, logistics, business, climate, and sustainability.
Come network and explore Hamburg’s AI ecosystem and international partnerships to accelerate the cognitive economy — moderated by Prof. Dr. Olaf Groth, and initiated by AI.HAMBURG founders Petra Vorsteher and Ragnar Kruse.
Why AI? Why Hamburg? Why the Summit?
Context for the first edition — from the cognitive economy to Hamburg’s emerging AI excellence hub.
Why AI?
Artificial intelligence and the autonomous systems that embed it have become the brains of the modern data economy — reshaping human values, trust, and power around the world.
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Whether in medicine, money, or love, technologies powered by forms of AI play an increasingly prominent role in our lives. They can drive cars, treat damaged brains, and nudge workers to be more productive — but they can also threaten, manipulate, and alienate.
We need to understand potentials as well as threats — and design AI systems and a digital economy that is truly human-centered.
Why Hamburg?
A nascent but vibrant AI ecosystem is emerging in Hamburg — hanseatic and oriented towards the global economy, with a strong logistics focus and growing transatlantic partnerships.
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Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein are increasingly becoming the bridgehead of transatlantic AI partnerships — a reason for hope and an impetus to further develop both the city’s and the country’s AI ecosystems.
Both sides of the Atlantic face critical post-pandemic uncertainties — and increasingly see AI as a policy priority to address them.
Our Mission
In line with AI.HAMBURG’s vision to promote knowledge and broad application of AI — particularly machine learning — for the benefit of the economy at large.
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Wake up the German economy to AI potential; accelerate Hamburg’s AI Excellence Hub; agitate for faster application experimentation and scale-out; advance the discourse on future AI trends; and stimulate networking between startups, corporates, academia, research, and policymakers.
Four key topic tracks structured the day: AI in Health, AI in Logistics, AI in Enterprises, and AI in Sustainability & Climate.
Our Mission
In line with the vision of AI.HAMBURG to promote the knowledge and broad application of artificial intelligence, particularly machine learning, in companies for the benefit of the economy at large, the AI.SUMMIT pursues the following objectives:
“Wake up” the German economy as well as businesses about the potential of AI and make it to a more cognitive future more tangible for German SMEs.
Accelerate Hamburg’s AI Excellence Hub by making better use of the existing AI ecosystem and Champion local AI talent and business use cases in selected industry verticals.
Agitate for much faster application experimentation and scale-out execution.
Advance the discourse on future AI trends and promote global perspectives and partnerships.
Stimulate networking between startups, established companies, academia, research & policy makers.
The AI.SUMMIT brings together large enterprises, SME companies, startups, researchers, students, policymakers, public servants, and international partners of AI.Hamburg.
Video Archive
Get access to AI.SUMMIT 2021 speeches and panel discussions — openings, keynotes, and the four industry panels.
Testimonials from past events
“AI is the most important technology of this decade and all our lives will be changed and improved because of its possibilities; especially in the areas of healthcare, prevention and longevity.”
“We are living in the most exciting times of mankind, as these technologies, large language models, and ChatGPT will actually change every industry.”
“We are delighted to have participated in the AI.SUMMIT, where we were able to highlight our expertise in the field of AI. The audience was very well aligned with our target demographic, resulting in a tremendously successful event for us.”
“AI is important. It's developing very rapidly. And so, it's great that this congress is taking place in Hamburg, the Centre of Digital Economy in the North.”
“Clearly, a global technology revolution is now underway. The world’s leading powers are racing to develop and deploy new technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing that could shape everything about our lives, that will shape everything about our lives.“
Sponsors & Media Partners
Thank you to the sponsors and media partners who supported the first AI.SUMMIT.
Speakers
Alexander Erdl
ne04j
Alexander Sascha Mai
Condor
Alexander Weltzsch
Co-Founder & CEO of Dealcode GmbH
Dealcode
Andreas von Bechtolsheim
Founder and Chief Architect
Arista Networks
Anna Lechner
VITAS
Annika Grosse
Executive, Center for AI Lead Europe and Middle East
Avanade Deutschland GmbH
Bastian Maiworm
amber Tech
Carsten Kraus
CK Holding
Christian Guttmann
Nordic Artificial Intelligence Institute
Christopher Obereder
Fund Manager
Claire Nouet
Co-Founder and COO
Pathway
Colin Bien
Co-Founder & CEO
WeShyft
Cyrus Hodes
Co-Founder of AIGC Chain
Daniel Luecht
Founder & CEO at NASH Renewables GmbH
Daniel Szabo
CEO at Körber Digital GmbH
Darion Akins
Opening Speech
U.S. Consul General in Hamburg (2021)
David Patrician
Moderator/Journalist
Dirk Ploss
Senior Early Innovation Manager
Beiersdorf AG
Dirk Schrödter
Minister & Chief of the State Chancellery of Schleswig-Holstein
State of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Dominik Lambersy
TextCortex
Dorothea Ringe
Impossible Founders
Dr. Ana Moya
Dozent / (angehend hon. Prof) in BI & Data Science
International School of Management
Dr. Andreas Liebl
Managing Director
appliedAI Initiative
Dr. Arik Willner
CTO
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Dr. David Pervan
Co-Founder & VP at Yoko Village
Dr. Diana Knodel
CEO
fobizz
Dr. Jana Jentzsch
Rechtsanwältin
MARAIT
Dr. Jonathan Mall
CIO & Co-Founder
neuroflash
Dr. Julia Imlauer
Roboticist | ML Expert | AI Enthusiast
Dr. Matthias Mörch
Senior Manager | Data Driven Organizations | Deloitte Risk Advisory
Dr. Michael Mederer
CEO
m2hycon
Dr. Olaf Maecker
Chief Data Officer
Dish Digital Solution GmbH
Dr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra
Head of Data Science & AI
Dish Digital Solution GmbH
Dr. Paul Elvers
Lableiter / Head of AI
BVDW / Funke Medien
Dr. Peter Tschentscher
President of the Bundesrat and First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Dr. Ralph Grothman
Principal Key Expert Consultant at Siemens Data Lab Deutschland
Dr. Rutger Boels
Managing Director
AI.IMPACT GmbH
Dr. Thomas Sattelberger
Speaker
Edda Becker
Venture Clienting
Fielmann Group AG
Ejona Preci
Group CISO
Lindal Group
Emanuele Giarlini
MOIA
Fabian Westerheide
AI.FUND & Rise of AI
Felix Broßmann
Director Intelligent Automation at SKAD GmbH
SKAD AG
Florian Dietrichkeit
They Consulting
Florian Heinemann
Senior Director Data Insights & AI
Hapag-Lloyd
Frank Hennigfeld
Wempe
Gunnar Brune
Tricolore Strategy / Narrative Impact
Hamidreza Hosseini
ECODYNAMICS
Hanna Behnke
Team Lead AI Solution Delivery
Merantix Momentum
Hans Kleemann
Research Group Leader at Institute for Applied Physics
TU Dresden
Harald Kratel
AI.GROUP
Hauke Hansen
Founding Partner
AI.FUND
Hendrik A. Reese
Partner at PwC
Henrik Büning
Co-CEO
neuroflash GmbH
Henry Brose
neuland.ai
Hoa Le van Lessen
Lead Customer Experience & Strategy
BIG PICTURE GmbH, Sponsor
Holger Lörz
Founder
Allex Projects GmbH
Immo Ait Stapelfeld
913.ai
Ines Woermann
Managing Director
diind Deutsches Innovationsinstitut
Ingo Hoffmann
AI.FUND
Jan Marquardt
Zive
Jason Chue
U.S. Consul General to Northern Germany
United States Consulate General in Hamburg
Jasvin Bhasin
Founder & CEO at bridge.the.NEXT()
Jens Helmerich
TAGUERI
Joerg Rheinboldt
General Partner
HEARTFELT_
John Lange
Founding Partner
AI.FUND
Judith Peterka
Digital and AI Policy Advisor
Federal Chancellery
Julia Reinhardt
Senior Fellow Stiftung Mercator at AI Campus Berlin
Karl-Heinz Land
neuland.ai
Karsten Ramm
Director Digital Products & Innovation at Hapag-Lloyd AG
Hapag-Lloyd AG
Kate Hach
Head of Program at Intel Ignite
Katharina Lix
Head of AI Products & Strategy
QuantCo
Kirsten Rulf
Partner & Associate Director; Tech Policy Fellow at UC Berkeley Tech
Kirstin Koubé
Founder
People Partner
Kristiina Coenen
TheGarage | Innovation
Transformation & Tax Tech Specialist
Lenz Belzner
MaibornWolff
Luca Knobloch
Product Owner AI
novomind
Ludovic Bodin
Author, Investor, and Entrepreneur
Atomic Scaling
Madiha Khalid
Datavent.io
Manuela Schmauder
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW)
Marc Theermann
Chief Strategy Officer
Boston Dynamics
Mareike Tatic
Head of Sales
VITAS GmbH
Marie-Luise Menzel
Lufthansa Industry Solutions
Mark Anderson
Founder & CEO at Pattern Computer; CEO at Strategic News Service
Pattern Computer
Markus Durstewitz
Airbus
Marlitt Jönsson
Beiersdorf
Martin Mahn
TUTECH INNOVATION
Mathias Jäger
Hamburg Startups
Matthias Reichle
Data & AI Lead (DACH)
Avanade
Maurice Schweitzer
Co-Founder
Bliro
Maxim Letski
Lawyer & Partner
LR29
Maximilian Hahnenkamp
Scavenger AI
Maximilian Kiener
Head of Institute - TUHH
Maximilian Vogel
Co-Founder
BIG PICTURE GmbH
May-Lena Bork
Speaker
Michael Schauerte
SVT
Mikkel Krenchel
Partner
ReD Associates
Morten Höher
Enterprise Account Executive
Sinpex GmbH
Nico Lumma
NMA
Olga Heuser
Co-Founder & CEO at DialogShift
Oliver Schramm
Diplomat in Residence and Fellow
GIGA
Olly Salzmann
Partner at Deloitte Consulting and Chief Strategy & Growth Officer KI Park eV
Omar Hairani
Tchibo
Oscar Morillo Victoria
CTO
m2hycon GmbH
Pablo Heimplatz
They Consulting
Pauline Lux
Product Group Architect at Basler AG
Petra Vorsteher
Founder · Opening
AI.GROUP/AI.FUND
Philipp Hartmann
appliedAI Initiative
Prof. Dr. Andreas Timm-Giel
President
Technical University of Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Christoph Bauer
CEO and Founder
ePrivacy Gmbh
Prof. Dr. Olaf Groth
Moderator · CEO Cambrian Futures
Hult International Business School · UC Berkeley Haas
Prof. Dr. Ralf Möller
Speaker
Prof. Georg Ringe
Professor of Law & Finance at University Hamburg
Ragnar Kruse
Founder & CEO AI.FUND
AI.GROUP/AI.FUND
Renat Zubayrov
RevOS
Roxane Stelzel
Senior Consultant Data Science & AI at Deloitte GmbH
Saskia Dupré
Program Manager GenAI
OTTO GmbH & Co KG
Sebastian Bodza
Qnovi
Sebastian Fischbeck
Chief Digital Officer
Falkemedia GmbH & Co KG
Sofia Gertzen
FlowShare
Stefan Stengel
Speaker
Stefanie Bauer
Deputy Head of Data Protection
ePrivacy Gmbh
Steffen Maas
Gründer
AI.IMPACT
Tanju Bulut
Industry Architect at Google Cloud
Google Cloud
Thomas Heinrich
Director Data Driven Organizations | Generative AI Lead | Deloitte Risk Advisory
Thomas Müller
COO
CLOUDSUPPLIES Intellimation GmbH
Thomas Neubert
Speaker
AI.SUMMIT 2021
Thomas Rüdel
Kauz.ai
Thore Dücker
Beyond The Loop
Tobias Meyn
Head of Innovation & Digitalisation
novomind
Tobias Straube
Partner & VP Analysis at Cambrian
Board Member at Digital Waves
Uta Ernst-Diarra
Trustpilot
Uwe Jens Neumann
Speaker
Wiebke Apitzsch
Chief Transformation Officer
AI.IMPACT GmbH
Wolfgang Hildesheim
IBM
Alexander Erdl
ne04j
Alexander Sascha Mai
Condor
Alexander Weltzsch
Co-Founder & CEO of Dealcode GmbH
Dealcode
Andreas von Bechtolsheim
Founder and Chief Architect
Arista Networks
Anna Lechner
VITAS
Annika Grosse
Executive, Center for AI Lead Europe and Middle East
Avanade Deutschland GmbH
Bastian Maiworm
amber Tech
Carsten Kraus
CK Holding
Christian Guttmann
Nordic Artificial Intelligence Institute
Christopher Obereder
Fund Manager
Claire Nouet
Co-Founder and COO
Pathway
Colin Bien
Co-Founder & CEO
WeShyft
Cyrus Hodes
Co-Founder of AIGC Chain
Daniel Luecht
Founder & CEO at NASH Renewables GmbH
Daniel Szabo
CEO at Körber Digital GmbH
Darion Akins
Opening Speech
U.S. Consul General in Hamburg (2021)
David Patrician
Moderator/Journalist
Dirk Ploss
Senior Early Innovation Manager
Beiersdorf AG
Dirk Schrödter
Minister & Chief of the State Chancellery of Schleswig-Holstein
State of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Dominik Lambersy
TextCortex
Dorothea Ringe
Impossible Founders
Dr. Ana Moya
Dozent / (angehend hon. Prof) in BI & Data Science
International School of Management
Dr. Andreas Liebl
Managing Director
appliedAI Initiative
Dr. Arik Willner
CTO
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Dr. David Pervan
Co-Founder & VP at Yoko Village
Dr. Diana Knodel
CEO
fobizz
Dr. Jana Jentzsch
Rechtsanwältin
MARAIT
Dr. Jonathan Mall
CIO & Co-Founder
neuroflash
Dr. Julia Imlauer
Roboticist | ML Expert | AI Enthusiast
Dr. Matthias Mörch
Senior Manager | Data Driven Organizations | Deloitte Risk Advisory
Dr. Michael Mederer
CEO
m2hycon
Dr. Olaf Maecker
Chief Data Officer
Dish Digital Solution GmbH
Dr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra
Head of Data Science & AI
Dish Digital Solution GmbH
Dr. Paul Elvers
Lableiter / Head of AI
BVDW / Funke Medien
Dr. Peter Tschentscher
President of the Bundesrat and First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Dr. Ralph Grothman
Principal Key Expert Consultant at Siemens Data Lab Deutschland
Dr. Rutger Boels
Managing Director
AI.IMPACT GmbH
Dr. Thomas Sattelberger
Speaker
Edda Becker
Venture Clienting
Fielmann Group AG
Ejona Preci
Group CISO
Lindal Group
Emanuele Giarlini
MOIA
Fabian Westerheide
AI.FUND & Rise of AI
Felix Broßmann
Director Intelligent Automation at SKAD GmbH
SKAD AG
Florian Dietrichkeit
They Consulting
Florian Heinemann
Senior Director Data Insights & AI
Hapag-Lloyd
Frank Hennigfeld
Wempe
Gunnar Brune
Tricolore Strategy / Narrative Impact
Hamidreza Hosseini
ECODYNAMICS
Hanna Behnke
Team Lead AI Solution Delivery
Merantix Momentum
Hans Kleemann
Research Group Leader at Institute for Applied Physics
TU Dresden
Harald Kratel
AI.GROUP
Hauke Hansen
Founding Partner
AI.FUND
Hendrik A. Reese
Partner at PwC
Henrik Büning
Co-CEO
neuroflash GmbH
Henry Brose
neuland.ai
Hoa Le van Lessen
Lead Customer Experience & Strategy
BIG PICTURE GmbH, Sponsor
Holger Lörz
Founder
Allex Projects GmbH
Immo Ait Stapelfeld
913.ai
Ines Woermann
Managing Director
diind Deutsches Innovationsinstitut
Ingo Hoffmann
AI.FUND
Jan Marquardt
Zive
Jason Chue
U.S. Consul General to Northern Germany
United States Consulate General in Hamburg
Jasvin Bhasin
Founder & CEO at bridge.the.NEXT()
Jens Helmerich
TAGUERI
Joerg Rheinboldt
General Partner
HEARTFELT_
John Lange
Founding Partner
AI.FUND
Judith Peterka
Digital and AI Policy Advisor
Federal Chancellery
Julia Reinhardt
Senior Fellow Stiftung Mercator at AI Campus Berlin
Karl-Heinz Land
neuland.ai
Karsten Ramm
Director Digital Products & Innovation at Hapag-Lloyd AG
Hapag-Lloyd AG
Kate Hach
Head of Program at Intel Ignite
Katharina Lix
Head of AI Products & Strategy
QuantCo
Kirsten Rulf
Partner & Associate Director; Tech Policy Fellow at UC Berkeley Tech
Kirstin Koubé
Founder
People Partner
Kristiina Coenen
TheGarage | Innovation
Transformation & Tax Tech Specialist
Lenz Belzner
MaibornWolff
Luca Knobloch
Product Owner AI
novomind
Ludovic Bodin
Author, Investor, and Entrepreneur
Atomic Scaling
Madiha Khalid
Datavent.io
Manuela Schmauder
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW)
Marc Theermann
Chief Strategy Officer
Boston Dynamics
Mareike Tatic
Head of Sales
VITAS GmbH
Marie-Luise Menzel
Lufthansa Industry Solutions
Mark Anderson
Founder & CEO at Pattern Computer; CEO at Strategic News Service
Pattern Computer
Markus Durstewitz
Airbus
Marlitt Jönsson
Beiersdorf
Martin Mahn
TUTECH INNOVATION
Mathias Jäger
Hamburg Startups
Matthias Reichle
Data & AI Lead (DACH)
Avanade
Maurice Schweitzer
Co-Founder
Bliro
Maxim Letski
Lawyer & Partner
LR29
Maximilian Hahnenkamp
Scavenger AI
Maximilian Kiener
Head of Institute - TUHH
Maximilian Vogel
Co-Founder
BIG PICTURE GmbH
May-Lena Bork
Speaker
Michael Schauerte
SVT
Mikkel Krenchel
Partner
ReD Associates
Morten Höher
Enterprise Account Executive
Sinpex GmbH
Nico Lumma
NMA
Olga Heuser
Co-Founder & CEO at DialogShift
Oliver Schramm
Diplomat in Residence and Fellow
GIGA
Olly Salzmann
Partner at Deloitte Consulting and Chief Strategy & Growth Officer KI Park eV
Omar Hairani
Tchibo
Oscar Morillo Victoria
CTO
m2hycon GmbH
Pablo Heimplatz
They Consulting
Pauline Lux
Product Group Architect at Basler AG
Petra Vorsteher
Founder · Opening
AI.GROUP/AI.FUND
Philipp Hartmann
appliedAI Initiative
Prof. Dr. Andreas Timm-Giel
President
Technical University of Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Christoph Bauer
CEO and Founder
ePrivacy Gmbh
Prof. Dr. Olaf Groth
Moderator · CEO Cambrian Futures
Hult International Business School · UC Berkeley Haas
Prof. Dr. Ralf Möller
Speaker
Prof. Georg Ringe
Professor of Law & Finance at University Hamburg
Ragnar Kruse
Founder & CEO AI.FUND
AI.GROUP/AI.FUND
Renat Zubayrov
RevOS
Roxane Stelzel
Senior Consultant Data Science & AI at Deloitte GmbH
Saskia Dupré
Program Manager GenAI
OTTO GmbH & Co KG
Sebastian Bodza
Qnovi
Sebastian Fischbeck
Chief Digital Officer
Falkemedia GmbH & Co KG
Sofia Gertzen
FlowShare
Stefan Stengel
Speaker
Stefanie Bauer
Deputy Head of Data Protection
ePrivacy Gmbh
Steffen Maas
Gründer
AI.IMPACT
Tanju Bulut
Industry Architect at Google Cloud
Google Cloud
Thomas Heinrich
Director Data Driven Organizations | Generative AI Lead | Deloitte Risk Advisory
Thomas Müller
COO
CLOUDSUPPLIES Intellimation GmbH
Thomas Neubert
Speaker
AI.SUMMIT 2021
Thomas Rüdel
Kauz.ai
Thore Dücker
Beyond The Loop
Tobias Meyn
Head of Innovation & Digitalisation
novomind
Tobias Straube
Partner & VP Analysis at Cambrian
Board Member at Digital Waves
Uta Ernst-Diarra
Trustpilot
Uwe Jens Neumann
Speaker
Wiebke Apitzsch
Chief Transformation Officer
AI.IMPACT GmbH
Wolfgang Hildesheim
IBM
Local AI Champions: The AI.SUMMIT wants YOU!
We would like to give a stage to AI startups based in Hamburg and surrounding areas (Northern Germany) and hold a Start-up pitch for this purpose, where local (Northern German) talent will have the opportunity to present themselves and their AI-based solutions. A great prize awaits the winner!
Thank you to our partners and jury members:
Startup Pitch Partners & Jury
Thank you to our partners and jury members for the Local AI Champions startup pitch.
Hosts & Partners
AI.HAMBURG initiated and hosted the summit with BLOCKCHANCE and Hamburg@work.
Photo gallery
Location
ADDRESS
Emporio, 23rd Floor, Dammtorwall 15, 20355 Hamburg
The AI.SUMMIT will be held as a 2G plan event. Learn more about Hygiene measurements during the AI.SUMMIT.
