Speakers
Top experts and thought leaders who are set to deliver invaluable insights and cutting-edge knowledge
Meet our executive speakers of last year's edition
As part of the FutureTech Summit, each speaker brings a wealth of experience, innovative ideas, and unique perspectives that will be instrumental in shaping the future of our industry. Click on a speaker to view their full bio.
Anja Lange
Moderator
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Anja Lange
Carla Arend
Associate Vice President, Research, Cloud in Europe
IDC
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Carla Arend
Carla Arend is a senior program director with the European software and infrastructure research team, and heads up IDC’s European cloud research. Arend provides industry clients with key insight into market dynamics, vendor activities, and end-user adoption trends in the European cloud market. As part of her research, she covers topics such as how European organizations are adopting cloud, how cloud drivers and inhibitors are evolving, cloud management, cloud security, data management in the cloud, IoT and cloud, AI and cloud, Devops and cloud, as well as GDPR impact on cloud and cloud code of conduct.
In addition to syndicated research, Arend has worked on many custom consulting projects identifying opportunities in the European cloud market and has authored white papers on subjects such as cloud management, cloud security, data management in the cloud.
Arend is regularly asked to speak at industry events, strategy workshops, sales kick-offs and training, partner events, and end-user events.
Arend holds a BA in business administration from University of Mannheim and an MSc in business administration and management of technology from Copenhagen Business School, in addition to course work at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok.
Ferdinand Speidel
Enterprise Account Executive
DeepL
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Ferdinand Speidel
Uwe Pferr
Sr. Solutions Architect
Digital Realty
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Uwe Pferr
Frank Heinzinger
Account Director
Digital Realty
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Frank Heinzinger
Robin Mager
Leiter Digital Transformation Office
Siemens Energy
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Robin Mager
Marc Stanke
Enterprise Architect & Data Officer
DB Systel
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Marc Stanke
Dr. Daniela Simone Kappler
AI Officer
DB Systel
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Dr. Daniela Simone Kappler
Martin Flechl
GenAI Lead & TechEvangelist
Dynatrace
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Martin Flechl
Daniel Kleine-Albers
Head of Digital Financial & Central Solutions
KGAL GmbH & Co. KG
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Daniel Kleine-Albers
Andreas Messing
Head of BMC Infrastructure, Data & AI
Materna Information & Communications SE
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Andreas Messing
Armin Hoffmann
Enterprise Architect
Siemens Healthineers AG
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Armin Hoffmann
Kai Eisele
IT Strategy Manager
Siemens Healthineers AG
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Kai Eisele
Matthias Vetter
Senior IB Strategy & Controlling Manager
KGAL GmbH & Co. KG
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Matthias Vetter
Thomas Mannmeusel
CIO
Webasto
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Thomas Mannmeusel
Pia Fischbach
Chief Transformation Officer
OTTO
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Pia Fischbach
Meike Escherich
Associate Research Director, European Future of Work
IDC
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Meike Escherich
Meike Escherich is an associate research director with IDC’s European Future of Work research service, based in the UK. In this role, she provides coverage of key technology trends across the Future of Work, specializing in how to drive and monitor productivity in a flexible work environment. This includes research into workforce management, agile performance measures, employee engagement/innovation programs and AI driven wellness solutions.
Prior to joining IDC, Meike was a Principal Analyst at Gartner (20 years) – covering Personal Computing, IT Services and Consumer Technologies – and a freelance consultant working with several UK analyst firms and international technology providers (3 years). An expert at identifying and solving strategic pain points Meike has worked with C-level executives across a multitude of industries such as IT, Education, Government, Health, Media, and Finance.
Having studied in Germany (University of Konstanz), Switzerland (University of Geneva, ERASMUS) and the UK (University of Exeter, ERASMUS) Meike holds a bachelor’s degree in Law as well as a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology.
Axel Simon
Field CTO
HPE Deutschland
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Axel Simon
Matthias von Alten
Managing Partner and Consulting Leader for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Wipro
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Matthias von Alten
Matthias von Alten is Managing Partner and Consulting Leader for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at Wipro. His focus is on strengthening client relationships and accelerating growth across the DACH region, leveraging a unique blend of strategy, transformation and industry expertise to deliver measurable results.
Matthias has over 30 years of experience across consulting and industry roles. His distinguished career spans many industries like e.g. manufacturing, consumer product, financial services, and pharma companies, where he led value creation and efficiency programs for global organizations. He is well known for blending strategic vision with technology and operational excellence.
Matthias holds a degree in industrial engineering and business administration and is a published thought leader in the industry.