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Big Techday 26

Day of the event

May 22nd, 2026

Venue of the event

Speakers

Here, you can find the speakers at Big Techday 26, which will take place at Motorworld Munich on May 22nd, 2026.

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Dr. Sam Aaron

Biography to follow.

Prof. Dr. Yuki Asano

Fundamental AI (FunAI) Lab, Technische Universität Nürnberg, Professor

Prof. Dr. Yuki M. Asano leads the Fundamental AI (FunAI) Lab at the University of Technology Nuremberg as a Full Profess...

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Lucas Atkins

Arcee AI, CTO & Head of Research

Lucas Atkins serves as CTO and Head of Research at Arcee AI, where he spearheaded the proprietary training stack behind ...

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Dr. Adrian Braemer

TNG Technology Consulting, Software Consultant

Dr. Adrian Braemer constantly seeks hard and novel puzzles. This quest led him to a dissertation on disordered quantum s...

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Max Dietsch

TNG Technology Consulting, Software Consultant

Max Dietsch is a Software Consultant specialised in Artificial Intelligence. He studied Computer Science with a deep foc...

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Thomas Endres

TNG Technology Consulting, Managing Partner

Thomas Endres is a Managing Partner at TNG Technology Consulting in Munich. Besides his "normal" work for the ...

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Johannes Esslinger

TNG Technololgy Consulting, Software Consultant

Johannes Esslinger is a Software Consultant at TNG Technology Consulting with a master's degree in Computer Science....

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Prof. Dr. Patrick Glauner

Technische Hochschule Deggendorf, Full Professor of Artificial Intelligence

Prof. Dr. Patrick Glauner is a Professor of AI with over 15 years of experience across academia and industry. Formerly a...

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Prof. Dr. Daniel Grün

LMU Munich, Professor for Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Artificial Intelligence

Prof. Dr. Daniel Gruen is Professor of Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Artificial Intelligence at LMU Munich. Prior to this...

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Marcus Hennig

Dr. Marcus Hennig

planqc, Chief Business Officer

Dr. Marcus Hennig, Chief Business Officer at planqc, is responsible for the strategic development and implementation of ...

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Keith Hoodlet

1Password, Director of Security Research

Keith Hoodlet is an experienced leader and practitioner in the field of Offensive Security, holding both the Offensive S...

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Dr. Thomas Hugle

TNG Technology Consulting, Senior Consultant

Thomas Hugle is a Senior Consultant at TNG Technology Consulting, specializing in Agentic AI and frontend development. H...

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Stephan Ilaender

STACKIT, Field CTO

Stephan Ilaender has been Field CTO at Schwarz Digits Cloud GmbH & Co. KG, the cloud provider of Schwarz Group, sinc...

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Daniel Klingmann

TNG Technology Consulting, Senior Consultant

Daniel Klingmann studied Mathematics before joining TNG as a Consultant. In previous client projects, he built driver-as...

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Christopher Köhldorfer

Christopher Köhldorfer

Bank Frick, Head of Business Transformation

Biography to follow.

Levin Küng

Rennteam Uni Stuttgart e.V., Team & Technical Lead

Levin Küng is studying Aerospace Engineering at Master’s level at the University of Stuttgart. He previously completed a...

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Dr. Tetyana Kyrey

TNG Technology Consulting, Senior Consultant

With a scientific background in medical physics, Dr. Tetyana Kyrey began her career in data-driven analysis of complex s...

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Jonas Mayer

TNG Technology Consulting, Principal Consultant

Jonas Mayer works in TNG’s Innovation Hacking Team, where his main focus lies on creating innovative showcases and proto...

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Thorsten Nieser

OXG Glasfaser GmbH, Head of IT

Thorsten Nieser is Head of IT at OXG Glasfaser GmbH and drives digitalisation in the fibre optic sector. With over 10 ye...

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Steven Palma

Hugging Face, Open Source Robotics Engineer

Steven Palma is an established engineer with over six years of experience successfully delivering end-to-end robotics pr...

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Miriam Payne

Seas the Day, Ocean Rower

Miriam Payne is an astrophysics graduate with a love for adventure and a knack for pushing limits. In 2022, she rowed so...

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Prof. Dr. Steven Pinker

Harvard University, Professor of Psychology

Steven Pinker is an experimental psychologist who conducts research in visual cognition, psycholinguistics, and social r...

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Laurin Rendgen

Rennteam Uni Stuttgart e.V., Head of Autonomous Systems Team

Laurin Rendgen is currently pursuing his bachelor's degree in software engineering at the University of Stuttgart. A...

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Jessica Rowe

Seas the Day, Ocean Rower

Jess Rowe is an outdoor enthusiast, Atlantic Ocean rower and former yacht crew member with an insatiable appetite for ad...

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Gregor Schmalzried

Author & AI expert, e.g. "Der KI-Podcast" (ARD)

Gregor Schmalzried is a consultant and journalist with a focus on generative AI. He is host and team lead of „Der KI-Pod...

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Heinrich Schmidt

Heinrich Schmidt

ARRK, Senior Consultant Digitalization

Biography to follow.

Tim Schüle

Rennteam Uni Stuttgart e.V., Head of Marketing and Management

Tim Schüle is studying for a bachelor's degree Integrated Product Design at Stuttgart Media University. Prior to his...

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Dr. Dennis Schulz

TNG Technology Consulting, Senior Consultant

Dr. Dennis Schulz is a Senior Consultant at TNG Technology Consulting. He holds a PhD in low temperature physics from th...

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Dr. Sebastian Stamminger

TNG Technology Consulting, Principal Consultant

Dr. Sebastian Stamminger is a Principal Consultant at TNG Technology Consulting and has over 20 years of experience in a...

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Dr. Maxim Stykow

TNG Technology Consulting, Principal Consultant

Dr. Maxim Stykow is a Principal Consultant at TNG Technology Consulting, bringing deep expertise in Agentic AI, Cloud Se...

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Marc Eric Vogt

Dr. Marc Eric Vogt

BMW Group, Artificial Intelligence Engineer - Overall Vehicle

Biography to follow.

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Dr. Wolfgang Wein

ImFusion GmbH, CEO

Dr. Wolfgang Wein has worked in medical image computing research for over 20 years, conducting numerous projects from ea...

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Dr. Jannis Zeller

TNG Technology Consulting, Software Consultant

Dr. Jannis Zeller studied physics (B.Sc.) and subsequently mathematics, physics, and education sciences (M.Ed.) at RWTH ...

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Gregor Ziegltrum

TNG Technology Consulting, Senior Consultant

Gregor Ziegltrum is a Senior Consultant at TNG Technology Consulting, specializing in innovative AI solutions. His work ...

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