Session: Next Level AI and Robotics in Production Speaker: Dr. Michael Nikolaides, Senior Vice President of Production Network, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management, BMW Group Session Summary: This session details the BMW Group's transition toward digitalized manufacturing, emphasizing that establishing a clean, cloud-based data architecture is the fundamental prerequisite for successfully deploying completely autonomous "Physical AI". Dr. Nikolaides showcases four advance

Session: European Defence: Creating the Industrial Landscape We Need Speaker: Michael Schöllhorn (CEO of Airbus Defence and Space; President of the German Aerospace Industries Association / BDLI) Session Summary: Michael Schöllhorn emphasizes that Europe must urgently transition from a security consumer to a sovereign producer by accelerating defense manufacturing and prioritizing a "Made in Europe" strategy. To build this resilient industrial base, he argues that the defense

Session: Startup Tech Race: Founders Fight Host / Moderator Jan C. Küster: The host and moderator of the "Startup Tech Race", who guides the audience and participants throughout the event. Startup Founders (Competitors) Jeronimo von Ah: Head of Business Operations at BTRY, who pitches the world's thinnest solid-state battery in the red corner during the first round. Jan Wiese: CEO of production.AI GmbH, who pitches an industrial data and AI platform in the blue corner during