Speakers and Panelists

Amandine le Pape (Keynote)

 Amandine Le Pape is Head of Section – Business & Impact at the  Open Source Academy, as well as COO and co-founder of  Element.

See  Amandine Le Pape.

Adrienne Fichter

 Adrienne Fichter is a Political Scientist and Tech Journalist.

Christoph Schnidrig

 Christoph Schnidrig is CTO of  AWS Switzerland.

Daniel Caduff

 Daniel Caduff is Security Assurance Principal at  AWS Switzerland.

Frank Karlitschek

 Frank Karlitschek is CEO of  Nextcloud.

Alexander Hofmann

 Alexander Hofmann is CTO of  MaibornWolff.

As CTO,  Alex Hofmann is responsible for the technological future and innovation leadership of  MaibornWolff GmbH – a leading IT service provider that has been designing, developing and operating software for customers such as BMW, Mercedes, Deutsche Bahn, Miele, STIHL, Dräger and others for more than 35 years with over 900 experts.

As a computer scientist and passionate software architect, he works closely with customers and technology partners, drives innovation and creates the technological foundation for new business models. His mission is to inspire  MaibornWolff’s customers with innovative, excellent software solutions and to use technology in a way that benefits them.

 Alex Hofmann’s areas of expertise include the development of complex software systems, software architecture, generative AI, agentic software engineering, cloud-native software, software modernisation and software audits.

Carla Bünger

 Carla Bünger is Vice President of the Board and Founder of  Phoenix Technologies.

 Carla Bünger is an influential figure in the digital landscape as co-founder and board member of the  Phoenix Technologies Group. This tech cluster specializes in providing a hyper-secure Swiss sovereign cloud as well as Software-as-a-Service solutions in the areas of frontier technologies such as generative AI, blockchain and quantum computing. Phoenix Technologies operates ISO-certified solutions at scale for large corporates.

 Carla Bünger was recognized as one of the 100 most influential “digital shapers” for 3 years in a row by Bilanz, driving digitization in Switzerland.

N.N. (HugginFace)

See  HuggingFace.

Dr. Axel Koldewey

Dr. Axel Koldewey is CIO of  adesso SE.

Dr. Axel Koldewey is Chief Innovation Officer of  adesso SE. He studied philosophy, medicine (neurology), and neuroinformatics and earned doctorates in all three disciplines: “On the Logic of Research” (Dr. phil.), “The Influence of Prenatal Factors on Brain Development” (Dr. med.), and “Singularity in Artificial Intelligence” (Dr. rer. nat.).

His professional career includes positions at banks (Chase Manhattan, Bank of America, VP Bank Liechtenstein), automotive manufacturers (Tesla, VW, Daimler), as well as Google, SpaceX, Neuralink, Pfizer, Obamacare, and Infineon.

Dr. Elmar Jürgens

 Dr. Elmar Jürgens is Founder of  CQSE.

 Dr. Elmar Jürgens received the Ernst Denert Foundation’s Software Engineering Award for his doctoral thesis on quality analysis. He is a co-founder of  CQSE GmbH, regularly speaks at international conferences, and was appointed a Junior Fellow of the German Informatics Society (Gesellschaft für Informatik) in 2015.

In 2024,  Elmar Jürgens received the German Software Quality Award, which is conferred by ASQF, ISTQB, and GI-TAV.

Till Gartner

 Till Gartner is Executive Board member of  mgm technology partners.

Dr. Vitor Bernardo

 Dr. Vitor Bernardo is Head of Architecture, Market Unit Public Sector at  adnovum.