Rise of AI 2025

Rise of AI 2025
When: 14-15 May 2025 Where: Berlin, Germany Cost: €499-€600 43 Speakers Where to register: riseof.ai

The Heart of the AI Ecosystem in Germany: 14th May 2025
Since 2014, the Rise of AI Conference has brought together AI pioneers, decision-makers, and thought leaders to shape the future of AI in society, politics, and the economy.

Hosted personally by Veronika & Fabian Westerheide, this event is the cornerstone of the German AI ecosystem.

Join us at the Rise of AI Conference to connect with our exclusive network of top-tier AI influencers and innovators.

Rise of AI started with 10 people discussing the Singularity in 2014. Today Rise of AI is Europe’s most influential platform for the growing Artificial Intelligence industry.

Our mission is to build a thriving European ecosystem. We aim for AIs, which serve us and all human benefit with a longer and happier life.

Therefore we organize the yearly Rise of AI Conference. Furthermore, we educate, create awareness, advise and invest within the young but growing AI industry.

Our CEO, Fabian Westerheide, is an international expert on Artificial Intelligence strategy, entrepreneur and venture capitalist. An avid sci-fi lover from childhood, Fabian has turned his lifelong passion for technology and human progress into his mission.

As CEO of Pandora Events Berlin and Co-Founder and COO of Rise of AI Conference, Veronika Westerheide has many years of experience in organizing high-quality, exciting tech and AI events. She is well-connected with leading AI companies, associations and other stakeholders.

Speakers

Prof. Dr. Katja Nettesheim
CEO, Founder at Culcha and KI-K Initiative | Chief Transformation Officer at Klett Online
Nikolaus Roettger
Founder | FutureStory
Bea Longworth
Director of Government Affairs | EMEA NVIDIA
Alexander Braun
Entrepreneur, Advisor, Author | Zurück zur Zukunft Podcast
Agnieszka Walorska
Founder & CEO | mika Franka Emika
Eileen Neumann
Data Science Architect | SVA Kasvalgyt
PROF. DR. PETER SARLIN
Co-founder & CEO at AMD Silo AI | Professor at Aalto University
CHRISTIAN WINTERFELDT
Senior Director Data Center Sales Germany | Dell Technologies Dell Technologies
THOMAS SCHMIDT
CSO & Co-Founder | AMBER AI & Data Science Solutions GmbH
Jürgen Brinkmann
Lead AI Center of Excellence | Windmöller & Hölscher SE & Co. KG
Dr. Philip Hutchinson
Senior AI Strategist | appliedAI Institute for Europe
Marcus Busch
Managing Director | Leaseweb Deutschland GmbH
Fabian Westerheide
CEO Rise of AI | Founding Partner Asgard Capital
Rafael Laguna de la Vera
Director | SPRIND - Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Larissa Holzki
AI Team Leader & Senior Reporter | Handelsblatt
DR. FEIYU XU
CEO | Amber Iris AI Consulting Vitru AI Consulting
Dr. Tina Klüwer
Department Head AI at German Federal Ministry (BMBF) | Artificial Intelligence Founder | Board Member
Daniel Abbou
Managing Director | KI Bundesverband KI Bundesverband
Kenza Ait Si Abbou
CTO & Board Member | FIEGE Logistik Stiftung & Co. KG FIEGE
Adrian Locher
General Partner & Founder Merantix Capital
Jonas Andrulis
CEO & Founder | Aleph Alpha Aleph Alpha
Dr. Annika von Mutius
Co-Founder & Co-CEO | Empion Empion
Thomas Jarzombek
Member of Parliament | Deutscher Bundestag
Elisabeth L'Orange
Partner AI & Data | Deloitte Deloitte
Axel Voss
coordinator/spokesperson for the EPP Group in the Committee on Legal Affairs | European Parliament Foreign Affairs
Prof. Dr. Christian Guttmann
Executive Director | Nordic AI Artificial Intelligence Institute
Franziska Weindauer
CEO | TÜV AI.Lab
Carsten Kraus
Founder & CEO | Casablanca.AI & CK Holding
Eva Gengler
Co-Founder, Doctorate researcher & feminist AI expert | enableYou, feminist AI, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Mario Brandenburg, Parl. State Secretary
Parl. State Secretary (ret)
Kathleen Schroeter
CEO | ootiboo GmbH Kineo GmbH
Gilles Backhus
Founder | VP of AI & Product Recogni Facex Face Recognition API
Dr. Ursula Feindor-Schmidt
Senior Partner | LAUSEN Clausen Business Intelligence
Tim Cortinovis
International Keynote Speaker
Katharina Meran
VP & General Manager | Aurora Solar Glint Solar
Elias Kouloures
Chief AI Officer | Creative Director & Data Scientist EliasKouloures.com
Stefanie Krüll
Freelance AI consultant | Stefanie Krüll Communication + Design
Dr. Ramin Assadollahi
Chairman of the Board & Founder | ExB Group
Claudia Pohlink
Director Data & AI (Chief Data Officer) | FIEGE Logistik Stiftung & Co. KG FIEGE
DR. YORCK HESSELBARTH
AI Lead | Deep Tech Innovation Sree Sai Aerotech Innovation
Stefanie Söhnchen
Vice President Digital and Member of Management Team | PIABO Communications PIABO
PROF. DR. HANS USZKOREIT
Scientific Director | DFKI PSPDFKit
Tamara Tomasevic
Head of Program Development | CIONET Germany

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