DSC DACH 25 SPEAKERS



Brinnae Bent
Hacking the Blackbox

Brinnae Bent

Executive in Residence | Founder & CEO @Duke University | Tensor & Trust
United States
Joe Reis
How to make investments in Data & AI pay off?

Joe Reis

Instructor @DeepLearning.AI
USA
Zrinka Puljiz
Importance of data in the time of LLMs

Zrinka Puljiz

Tech Lead Manager @Youtube
Switzerland
Martin Flechl
From Tools to Partners: The Rise of Agentic AI

Martin Flechl

Head of Generative Artificial Intelligence @Dynatrace
Austria
Tarry Singh
Engineering the AI Factory - Enabling Scalable Innovation and Intelligent Systems

Tarry Singh

CEO @Deepkapha
Netherlands
Emmanuel R. Goffi
Moving from Compliance to Post-Compliance Ethics: A Key Change for Companies

Emmanuel R. Goffi

Professor of ethics @Isep - Paris Institute of Digital Technology
France
Thomas Kitzler
Engineering the AI Factory - Enabling Scalable Innovation and Intelligent Systems

Thomas Kitzler

Sales Director EMEA @AMBER AI & Data Science Solutions GmbH
Germany
Stefan Heil
Building a resilient multi vendor data platform

Stefan Heil

Manager Engineering Centre of Excellence @REWE International
Austria
Michael Gorkow
Snowflake Agents: A Practical Guide from Raw Data to Intelligent Agents

Michael Gorkow

Principal Architect AI/ML, Field CTO Office EMEA @Snowflake
Germany
Kasia Sadowska
Build your MVP (Minimal Viable Product/Prototype) in 90 minutes.

Kasia Sadowska

Founder and Chief AI Engineer @ Kimolian.ai, Founder Institute Austria
Austria
Karl Ivo Sokolov
How to make investments in Data & AI pay off?

Karl Ivo Sokolov

Managing Partner | Data @ Specific-Group Austria
Austria
Karl Kugler
Scaling AI: Turning Pilots into Production

Karl Kugler

Head of AI Factory Austria @Accenture DACH
Austria
Josema Cavanillas
AI that is gold does not glitter - using intelligence in Modern Infra

Josema Cavanillas

Global Head of Cloud & Modern Infra Tech Consulting @Atos
Spain
Yudan Lin
The Human - AI Paradox and Effective Fix

Yudan Lin

CEO | Host @Gini-X | Unexpected Data Podcast
Austria
Davor Gasparac
We fu**ed Agile. Now what?

Davor Gasparac

Senior Program Manager @Erste Digital GmbH
Austria
Mario Meir-Huber
Demystifying Data Products: From Buzzword to Practical Implementation

Mario Meir-Huber

Speaker | Author | Lecturer
Austria
Alexander Genser
Democratizing Data + AI: The Databricks Data Intelligence Platform

Alexander Genser

Senior Solutions Engineer @Databricks
Switzerland
Ivan Vukasinovic
25 Million Dollars Business Optimized Data Pipeline Built by AI in 48 hours

Ivan Vukasinovic

CTO @MILLIONS.co
Canada
Emil Klapija
Oracle Data Platform: A complete suite of services

Emil Klapija

Principal Account Cloud Engineer @Oracle
Austria
Jochen Kokemueller
From Employee to Agent Maestro: How AI is Redefining the Way We Lead Ourselves, Our Teams, and Our Businesses

Dr. Jochen Kokemueller

Head of generative AI in Tool Development @Bosch
Germany
Markus Warg
Demystifying AI Hardware: From NVIDIA's Evolution to Real-World Costs and Capabilities

Markus Warg

Sales Manager @Sales Manager AMBER AI & Data Science Solutions GmbH GermanyAMBER AI & Data Science Solutions GmbH Germany
Germany
Simone Scholz
Thinking in AI: How to harness the mindset of innovation

Simone Scholz

Trainer for AI & Design Thinking @A1 Telekom Austria AG
Austria
Miljenko Vukovic
Next Gen ETL Generators

Miljenko Vukovic

Data Engineer, Founder @VIS
Croatia
Ruben Hetfleisch
Where GenAI projects fail - and how can leaders prevent it

Ruben Hetfleisch

Member of the Board | Founder & CEO @AI Austria | Klartext AI
Austria
Nescho Topalov
Governance of agentic AI

Nescho Topalov

Co-Founder & Managing Director @Top Ideas Digital
Austria
Jelena Pekez
From MVP to Public Launch: Scaling a GenAI Solutions Under Scope and Budget Constraints

Jelena Pekez

Advanced Analytics Lead @Comtrade
Serbia
J.K. Kashe
Speak to your Data… And your Data Will Speak to you!

J.K. Kashe

Specialist Cloud Engineer, Databases ⚭ GenAI Google
Austria
Alin Kalam
Where GenAI projects fail - and how can leaders prevent it

Alin Kalam

Head of AI Coordination & Market Intelligence @UNIQA Insurance Group
Austria
Ali Mokh
Symbolic Reasoning in telecom oriented LLMs

Ali Mokh

Researcher Concept AI @Ericsson
France
Ved Prakash
Talk to Your Data: Implementing Natural Language Analytics with Snowflake Cortex

Ved Prakash

Staff Data Engineer @Gitlab
Netherland
Annalisa Cadonna
Where GenAI projects fail - and how can leaders prevent it

Annalisa Cadonna

Advisory AI Engineer @IBM
Austria
Assem Hussein
Turning Insight into Action with Advanced Data Analytics

Assem Hussein

Founder @Valyr
Germany
David Richert
Flowing High-Speed Transactional Data to Make it Trusted AI Knowledge

David Richert

Principal Data Platform Architect, SAP, Data Engineering @Snowflake
Switzerland
Jacqueline Berger
Beyond the Hype: The Real Story of Building AI That Works in Cybersecurity

Jacqueline Berger

Data Scientist @Raiffeisenbank International
Austria
Radovan Bacovic
AI-driven DataOps: Building data products with a taste of the future

Radovan Bacovic

Staff Data Engineer @GitLab
Serbia
Stefan Stricker
Agentic BI: How Great Data Products Power AI Agents

Stefan Stricker

Head of Artificial Intelligence @TGW Logistics
Austria
Marija Vlajkovic
How AI is transforming legal services

Marija Vlajkovic

Partner in Data Protection & Privacy, AI and labour law @Moravčević, Vojnović and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr
Serbia
Christian Mata
Why Visual Data Analysis with Tableau Matters More Than Ever in the AI Era

Christian Mata

Analytics Consultant @Metadata e.U.
Austria
Diogo Ribeiro Braga
Where GenAI projects fail - and how can leaders prevent it

Diogo Ribeiro Braga

Lead Data Scientist | Risk AI Lab @Erste Group
Austria
Sepideh Hatamikia
From Data to Decisions: Building Responsible AI for the Future of Medical Imaging

Sepideh Hatamikia

Head of AI and Image Processing at Danube Private University, and a senior researcher and project manager at the Austrian Center for Medical Innovation and Technology
Austria
Ranjan Melanta
Building a Semantic AI Layer in Snowflake: From Trusted Metrics to AI-Powered Insights

Ranjan Melanta

Senior Solution Engineer @Snowflake
USA
Gerhard Brueckl
Deep-Dive into Delta Lake

Gerhard Brueckl

Data Architect @ paiqo
Austria
Ziga Kljun
How to make investments in Data & AI pay off?

Ziga Kljun

Sr. Lead of Data & AI, Strategic Markets @ Kyndryl
Slovenia
Hikmet Beyoglu
Embedding and Token-Level Optimization for Industrial-Scale LLM Solutions

Hikmet Beyoglu

Engineering Manager - Machine Learning @PwC
Austria
Nescho Topalov
Governance of agentic AI

Nescho Topalov

Co-Founder & Managing Director @Top Ideas Digital
Austria
Jelena Pekez
From MVP to Public Launch: Scaling a GenAI Solutions Under Scope and Budget Constraints

Jelena Pekez

Advanced Analytics Lead @Comtrade
Serbia
J.K. Kashe
Speak to your Data… And your Data Will Speak to you!

J.K. Kashe

Specialist Cloud Engineer, Databases ⚭ GenAI Google
Austria
Alin Kalam
Where GenAI projects fail - and how can leaders prevent it

Alin Kalam

Head of AI Coordination & Market Intelligence @UNIQA Insurance Group
Austria
Nuno Antonio
Big Data-Driven Strategies: Improving Hotel Profitability Through Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics

Nuno Antonio

Assistant Professor | CTO @NOVA IMS | ITBASE
Portugal
Polina Samoilenko
Embedding and Token-Level Optimization for Industrial-Scale LLM Solutions

Polina Samoilenko

AI Engineer: Innovation & AI at Digital Factory @PwC
Austria
Ivan Culjak
Move beyond the farmers market

Ivan Culjak

Cloud Whisperer @Celeste Maze
Croatia
Aleksandar Milicevic
Introduction to using and scaling dagster

Aleksandar Milicevic

Data Engineer @Magenta
Austria
Christian Casari
Augmented Intelligence — The Future of GenAI?

Christian Casari

Head of Sales: Artifical Intelligence @ONTEC AG
Austria
Igor Kaludjer
Why data teams fail?

Igor Kaludjer

Data Engineer @ScaleTech
Croatia
Javier Poveda-Panter
State of the Art AI Agent Systems

Javier Poveda-Panter

Resident Solutions Architect - Machine Learning & Data Engineering @Databricks
Germany
Marco Guerriero
Data Strategy for Generative AI

Marco Guerriero

Head of Data and GenAI in France and Europe South @AWS
Italy
Marcin Szymaniuk
LLMs and LangChain: A Practical Starter's Guide to building LLM based projects

Marcin Szymaniuk

CEO @TantusData
Poland
Andre Melancia
Azure AI Foundry Survival Guide

Andre Melancia

Human Being 🌈
Portugal
Dimitar Chukovski
How AI is transforming legal services

Dimitar Chukovski

CEO & Full-Stack Developer @Factum
North Macedonia
Krishnendu Dasgupta
Building Responsible AI Agents in Decentralised Environments using open source

Krishnendu Dasgupta

Founder @AXONVERTEX AI
India
Nina Mrzelj
How to Choose the Right AI Use Cases and Survive the Wrong Ones

Nina Mrzelj

Data Science Lead @Sclable Business Solutions GmbH
Austria
Catalin Gheorghiu
Get the vibe?

Catalin Gheorghiu

Solution Architect @EPAM
Romania
Shalvi Mahajan
Building Autonomous AI Agents: The Role of Reinforcement Learning in Decision-Making

Shalvi Mahajan

Senior data scientist @SAP SE
Germany
Georg Heiler
Introduction to using and scaling dagster

Georg Heiler

Senior Data Expert @Magenta
Austria
Markus Spanring
From Data to Precision: Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Proprietary Query Languages

Markus Spanring

Senior Researcher @Dynatrace
Austria
Uros Miletic
Common pitfalls in AI adoption

Uros Miletic

CTO @IPS
Czechia
Fatemeh-Shirin Asgari
From Model to Meaning: Turning AI Solutions into Real-World-Impact

Fatemeh-Shirin Asgari

Strategic Procurement - IT & Services @ÖBB
Austria
Paula García Esteban
Unlocking Data Insights: A Deep Dive into User-Centered Power BI Report Design

Paula García Esteban

Data visualization and AI Specialist @StrataDom
Spain
Ashraf Abushady
AI in Action: From Industrial Data to Sustainable Impact

Ashraf Abushady

Senior geographical Information Officer @OSCE
Austria
Ioan Toma
Intent-Driven Automation for Machine Data: From Natural Language to Edge Deployment

Ioan Toma

Chief AI Officer @Onlim GmbH
Austria
Nina Hechenberger
From Model to Meaning: Turning AI Solutions into Real-World-Impact

Nina Hechenberger

Founder @fair-digital.at
Austria
Elaheh Momeni
Thinking in Graphs: The Cognitive Foundations of Agentic AI.

Elaheh Momeni

CTO and Partner @eMentalist.ai
Austria
Mohamed Mansour
Beyond the Hype: Merging Data Fabric and Data Mesh for Real Impact

Mohamed Mansour

Senior Data Engineer @Walter Group
Austria
Verena Pietsch
Intent-Driven Automation for Machine Data: From Natural Language to Edge Deployment

Verena Pietsch

Data Scientist @Fill GmbH
Austria
Sümeyye Suri
How to Choose the Right AI Use Cases and Survive the Wrong Ones

Sümeyye Suri

Data Analyst @Sclable
Austria
Dejan Djekic
Importance of Data Maturity before embracing AI

Dejan Djekic

CEO @Functor
Serbia