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Rock star without airs and graces, entrepreneur, sought-after speaker trainer and internationally successful keynote speaker. Her talent for inspiring people has seen her work with world stars such as Michael Jackson, Joe Cocker, Shaggy and Helene Fischer as well as a number of big names from politics and business. After over 3000 performances worldwide, several chart successes and TV appearances, she is passionate about sharing her secrets of success with others.
Auf Basis ihrer umfassenden Erfahrungen gibt Annabell Whitney exklusive Einblicke in das Rockstar- Leben und deren Erfolgsgeheimnisse. Sie zieht überraschende Parallelen zwischen beiden Welten und inspiriert die Teilnehmer so mitreißend wie auch musikalisch, die eigene Rockstar-DNA zu entflammen. Diese Keynote setzt ungeahnte Energien frei, um Motivation und Begeisterung zu entfachen – für den persönlichen Erfolg.
Andreas Wiener is a collector of Pokémon cards and Jordan IV Retro sneakers, as well as a social media influencer. He lives in Hamburg by the Alster with his wife and daughter, enjoys watching basketball, and passionately listens to Whitney Houston. Additionally, he is a keynote speaker, author, and CEO of BI or DIE. Andreas specializes in the topics of self-service, dashboarding, and modern employee training.
In the Provocative Debate Forum, we invite our audience to put forward bold and possibly provocative theses for discussion in order to challenge our speakers on stage. The speakers are given 100 seconds to respond to each thesis. This promises to be an exciting and intensive discussion of important topics and will certainly lead to interesting insights. Participants: Andreas Wiener, Managing Director of BI or Die Simon Nehls, Director Data Intelligence at Zeitverlag
After studying mathematics, Christian Jung joined the database marketing department of a mail order company. He subsequently worked for various retailers and management consultancies in the fields of direct and database marketing, project management and process optimization. For the past 10 years, he has also been actively involved in these tasks at Baur Versand as Head of Customer Analysis and Project Manager.
The constantly growing number of multichannel marketing campaigns increases the complexity of cross-departmental collaboration for planning and implementing measures. In the past, Excel-based, decentralized planning led to a great deal of manual effort and inconsistencies. The introduction of a cloud-based marketing resource management (MRM) solution creates a single point of truth. Thanks to the integrated workflows, the parties involved can work together much more efficiently.
Manuel is a recognized technology strategist with over 15 years of experience in developing customer-centric delivery models in various industries, including serving as program director for several major CX software implementations. With his pragmatic approach and entrepreneurial spirit, he has extensive international experience in the USA, UK, EU, and APAC. Manuel holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics (Eisenstadt, Austria) and is a certified IT specialist in Switzerland. At Bloomreach, Manuel is responsible for strategically advising clients on their digital and commerce experience transformation.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently a central topic and is revolutionizing industries with a dynamic reminiscent of the rapid rise of the internet. Algorithms such as regressions, collaborative filtering, or factorization have been used for years to generate recommendations. But what possibilities do the latest generative technologies open up, and how can we further harness their potentials? In this presentation, you will be introduced to effective use cases showcasing the innovative capabilities of Bloomreach AI "Loomi" and gain insight into how these new technologies are transforming into inspiring opportunities.
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Martin Kraus heads the "CDO Office" at Commerzbank, where he supports the Group Chief Data Officer in expanding data governance and data quality management for the bank. Prior to this, he was responsible for the Risk, Finance and Compliance application landscape as well as overarching data architecture issues in the bank's architecture function. After studying physics and completing his doctorate, he began his career in IT at Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank in various project and management positions in the areas of investment banking, risk and finance.
Murat Yurt is Head of Business Intelligence & Digital Analytics at DFL Digital Sports, where he is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies in the area of business intelligence and digital analytics. His tasks include analyzing data from digital platforms and channels, identifying trends and supporting decision-making based on data. He began his career in strategy consulting at Kearney, where he gained valuable experience in the field of corporate strategy. He then moved to IT consulting, where he worked as Lead Consultant for Advanced Analytics. MuratYurt holds a Master's degree in Information Science & Language Technology from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
Dr. Sönke Iwersen has been responsible for data & analytics organizations in various industries (including Telefónica, Handelsblatt, XING, Fitness First and HRS) for more than 15 years. His emphasis is on development of digitization and data strategies, as well as their operationalization with cloud-based analytical platforms and ML/AI solutions. He regularly presents his innovative results at national and international conferences.
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With over 20 years of professional experience, 14 of them in consulting, Carsten has in-depth expertise in business intelligence and data warehousing. After studying business informatics at HP, he managed numerous projects as a requirements engineer, architect and developer. As a coach, he accompanied over 25 teams and managers into agility. In the Datavault Builder team, he now creates the synergy between DWH automation and agility.
Carsten Schweiger, DWH-Engineer und Agile Coach, zeigt, wie langwierige und aufgeblähte DWH-Projekte ein Relikt der Vergangenheit werden. Ein model-driven Data Vault-Ansatz und kurze Feedback-Zyklen bringen Business und IT zusammen. Automatisierung und Standardisierung im Entwicklungsprozess senken Kosten und Aufwände drastisch. Willkommen in einer Welt, in der Time-to-Market kein Hindernis mehr darstellt, sondern einen Wettbewerbsvorteil bietet.
Jan Ulrich Maue is Senior Sales Engineer at Denodo Technologies. He is responsible for pre-sales activities, conducting proof of concepts and advising customers on Data Management and Data Integration architectures in the Central and Eastern Europe region. Jan brings a wide range of industry knowledge including Business Intelligence, Data Security and Storage, and more than two decades of pre-sales and consulting.
In the realm of AI Assurance and ensuring trust through agile data management, the emergence of RAG (Retrieval augmented generation) represents a pivotal advancement. RAG's integration of retrieval and generation techniques fosters richer and more contextually relevant responses, enhancing transparency and accountability in AI systems. By leveraging pre-existing knowledge alongside generative capabilities, RAG promotes robust data governance and bias mitigation, crucial components in fostering trustworthiness. In this session you will learn about the crucial role that effective Data Management plays in conjunction with Gen AI and how the Denodo Platform can enhance Gen AI by providing greater context.
Simon Nehls is Director Data Intelligence at ZEIT Verlag. After studying economics, he worked as a data scientist and project manager in various consulting firms in recent years. His focus is on the implementation of analytical data products and solutions, the setup of data teams and the implementation of data strategies.
In the Provocative Debate Forum, we invite our audience to put forward bold and possibly provocative theses for discussion in order to challenge our speakers on stage. The speakers are given 100 seconds to respond to each thesis. This promises to be an exciting and intensive discussion of important topics and will certainly lead to interesting insights. Participants: Andreas Wiener, Managing Director of BI or Die Simon Nehls, Director Data Intelligence at Zeitverlag
Stefan Mennerich has held various positions at FC Bayern Munich since 1997 and is currently Director of Media & Communications and authorized signatory. He has developed all of FC Bayern's media offerings, from the website and all social media platforms to the OTT platform and all club TV offerings, which are broadcast worldwide online, mobile and on TV. Mennerich is also responsible for communications at the record-breaking champions. The business graduate is also a member of the Club Media Commission of the German Football League (DFL) and is active in the Club Rights and Commercial & Innovation working groups of the European Club Association (ECA). Stefan Mennerich is also Chairman of the Management Board of FC Bayern Digital & Media Lab GmbH and an "Observer of the Advisory Board" at OneFootball.
Experienced leader with comprehensive expertise in global digital transformation, particularly in the areas of digital strategy, data, cloud, and IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things). Successfully led teams with global responsibility to develop and implement innovative solutions. Demonstrated ability to tackle complex challenges and achieve sustainable results. Skilled in collaborating with diverse stakeholders and fostering a dynamic corporate culture.
Remco Broekmans is the vice president of international programs for Genesee Academy. He works in Business Intelligence and Enterprise Data Warehousing as a trainer, advisor, facilitator and speaker with a focus on modeling and architecture including Ensemble and Data Vault modeling. He works internationally, and is based in the Netherlands. The last 15+ years, Remco has taught different classes on data modeling, business intelligence and data warehousing, and is acting as a coach for several teams to improve their skills in data modeling. Specialties: Information Management and Modeling, Ensemble Modeling, Data Vault Modeling, Agile Data Warehousing, Education and Business Development.
Join us to explore the World of Data Vault Modeling and discover the keys to successful agile EDW deployments. We will answer the questions: What is Data Vault Modeling? How is it different from other techniques? Why do we use it? And, how can we apply DV successfully? This is a dynamic and interactive session where we will pursue ideas, discuss patterns and take the first steps into modeling a Data Vault. And as a bonus you will meet other data modelers and learn something new.
Dr. Clemens Schäffner has been working as Global Director Data Science Center at Gerresheimer AG, based in Düsseldorf, since the beginning of 2023. He has more than 25 years of specialist and management experience in the fields of business intelligence, data science, data management, artificial intelligence and machine learning at companies such as Siemens, Telefonica O2, Bertelsmann, MediaSaturn and Metro.
The approach of a central Data Warehouse for everything can be seen as a failure – too expensive, too slow, too cumbersome. Nonetheless, how can a holistic data-based view of the business be achieved? How to deal with data silos und various business processes after acquisitions? How to balance data platform building versus providing specific answers to business questions? Dr. Clemens Schäffner will discuss these questions and show how Gerresheimer developed a suitable data strategy, what specific implementation steps were taken and how the long-term vision is approached step by step.
Data analytics solutions have been one of Christine Schulze's favorite projects in several companies for over 20 years. After an excursion as a guest lecturer at the Rosenheim University of Information Systems, she is now supporting customers on their way to becoming a “data-driven company” in the Google Cloud team for over 4 years. Her passion lies in the topics of data governance, building data platforms and data & AI.
Make Data and AI a team sport! Bring AI to all your data (structured and unstructured) with a simple approach. Understand how to activate GenAI powered data insights. Learn what features on Google’s Data Cloud help you to set up a mature Data and AI ecosystem.
Wolfgang Jarnach brings over 10 years of experience in the fashion industry and expertise in data analytics. Formerly in consulting, he now serves as Director of Data Intelligence at Home Shopping Europe, leading the centralized data department and supervising digital product analytics, data platform management, business intelligence, and data science.
Kai has been working as a data engineer and architect since completing his doctorate in mathematics at the Technical University of Munich. His expertise lies particularly in the area of Microsoft Azure. After working at b.telligent and Cancom, he is now Senior Data Platform Architect at LAYA Solutions. There he designs the architecture of the analytical platform for smart marketing solutions in the retail sector.
At LAYA, we have opted for an unconventional approach: push instead of pull! In this talk, we'll tell you why and how we did it. With our Azure Data Factory, Snowflake and dbt-based architecture, we'll show you how we overcame the challenges and what we learned from them.
Sébastien holds a degree in computer science from LMU Munich. He has been working as a software developer at MARTIN GmbH for environmental and energy technology since 2022. His expertise covers the areas of computer vision, data pipelines and machine learning. In addition, he is successfully responsible for the management of cloud resources and thus bears comprehensive responsibility for the efficient provision and management of our cloud-based services.
Max completed his degree in environmental engineering at the OTH Amberg-Weiden. He has been working at MARTIN GmbH for environmental and energy technology since 2013 and has held various positions, including development engineer and product management. He has held the position of Head of Research and Development since 2020. In addition to his technical expertise in combustion technology, Max has discovered and developed a particular passion for designing digital products.
Florian Nielsen is Director of AI & Data in the Smart Home/Electronics division at Miele & Cie. KG, the premium home appliance manufacturer. The main challenge is to help leading a manufacturing company through digital transformation by building AI & Data capabilities to infuse decision making with data and maneuver the company towards a mastery of data-driven product development.
After her international management studies, Dinie worked for several years as a business analyst at Beiersdorf in the field of data analytics. Since 2022, she has been working at OTTO IT in the marketplace environment to make processes more efficient through AI and thus support the scaling of the OTTO marketplace.
OTTO is transforming itself into a platform and is no longer just a retailer, but also a marketplace provider. The number of marketplace partners is growing continuously. This offers many opportunities - but also some challenges. In the presentation, you will learn how we want to make the support of our partners more efficient in the future with the help of a GenAI-based chatbot and why this has given us a whole zoo of colourful little animals for AI optimization.
After studying business informatics, Mareike gained many years of experience in product management, business analysis and project management at OTTO IT. Since 2018, she has worked as a product owner in various software development teams to help build the OTTO marketplace. Building on this, she has now been pursuing the goal of making the marketplace processes more efficient through AI-based services with the BI team hydra since the beginning of 2022 and thus advancing the scaling of the OTTO marketplace.
OTTO is transforming itself into a platform and is no longer just a retailer, but also a marketplace provider. The number of marketplace partners is growing continuously. This offers many opportunities - but also some challenges. In the presentation, you will learn how we want to make the support of our partners more efficient in the future with the help of a GenAI-based chatbot and why this has given us a whole zoo of colourful little animals for AI optimization.
Samet has been working as a Business Intelligence Engineer at ProSiebenSat.1 since 2022. Prior to this role, he gained experience as a Software Developer and Data Analyst in various industries. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science with a specialization in Business Informatics. Samet is particularly passionate about cloud-based data solutions.
In today's digital landscape, organizations are increasingly recognizing the benefits of migrating their data warehousing infrastructure to the cloud. This transition offers unparalleled scalability, flexibility, and enables businesses to unlock the true potential of their data assets. However, successful cloud migration requires careful planning, an agile mind set, and a brave mentality for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. This conference talk aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the P7S1 cloud migration in the context of data warehousing. We will delve into the key considerations, good practices, and pitfalls that organizations must navigate to ensure a seamless and successful migration.
After studying Business Administration specializing in Information Systems, Tim Schindler started his career as a ETL and DWH engineer. He subsequently worked for various companies in the areas of Cloud services, Dev/DataOps and system architecture. For the past 2 years, he is part of the ProSiebenSat.1 Data Products unit as a Data Engineer.
In today's digital landscape, organizations are increasingly recognizing the benefits of migrating their data warehousing infrastructure to the cloud. This transition offers unparalleled scalability, flexibility, and enables businesses to unlock the true potential of their data assets. However, successful cloud migration requires careful planning, an agile mind set, and a brave mentality for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. This conference talk aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the P7S1 cloud migration in the context of data warehousing. We will delve into the key considerations, good practices, and pitfalls that organizations must navigate to ensure a seamless and successful migration.
Rudolf Duttler is currently working as a data scientist within the condition monitoring team at RENK AG, focusing on marine and industry segments. After his education in economathematics and industrial engineering, he joined RENK as a software engineer, later transitioning to his current analytics role. At the moment he works on the continuation of the presented showcase project.
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In more than 25 years, Olaf Hein has gained experience in IT as an executive, project manager, architect, system integrator, developer, trainer and author. One focus has always been the storage and processing of large amounts of data. He has been a department head at SKP since 2021, where he is responsible for the bank's data infrastructure and data-driven development.
Agile Arbeitsweisen in einem einzelnen Team einzuführen, ist relativ einfach. Die Umsetzung für mehrere Teams einer Abteilung wie DHW, Reporting oder BI ist deutlich komplexer. Bei der S-Kreditpartner (SKP) haben wir Scaling-Scrum-Methoden für uns angepasst und eine agile Arbeitsweise nach Scrum und Kanban in der Abteilung Datenmanagement eingeführt. Mit Erfolg! Dieser Erfahrungsbericht beschreibt unsere Reise vom Start mit mehreren, unabhängig agierenden Entwicklungsteams bis hin zu einer skalierenden Organisationseinheit mit integrierten Teams. Anhand von Beispielen werden wir die Herausforderungen und Erfahrungen dieser Reise schildern und welche Lektionen wir dabei mitnehmen konnten.
Katharina Wirtz holds a doctorate in business informatics and has over 20 years of experience in software development, including more than 15 years in agile projects. Her focus was on the concepts of DWH/Big Data and artificial intelligence. She worked as a lecturer in business informatics for six years and has published numerous publications. Since 2016, she has been training large corporations (Ergo, Daimler, BMW, Allianz and others) with the "Scrumkitchen" workshop concept she developed. In 2019, she used it to train the entire management team at Porsche AG. She currently supports the data management department at SKP in agile transformation.
Agile Arbeitsweisen in einem einzelnen Team einzuführen, ist relativ einfach. Die Umsetzung für mehrere Teams einer Abteilung wie DHW, Reporting oder BI ist deutlich komplexer. Bei der S-Kreditpartner (SKP) haben wir Scaling-Scrum-Methoden für uns angepasst und eine agile Arbeitsweise nach Scrum und Kanban in der Abteilung Datenmanagement eingeführt. Mit Erfolg! Dieser Erfahrungsbericht beschreibt unsere Reise vom Start mit mehreren, unabhängig agierenden Entwicklungsteams bis hin zu einer skalierenden Organisationseinheit mit integrierten Teams. Anhand von Beispielen werden wir die Herausforderungen und Erfahrungen dieser Reise schildern und welche Lektionen wir dabei mitnehmen konnten.
Harald Erb has been working at Snowflake Computing since 2018 and, as Principal Solutions Engineer, supports leading companies in the modernization and further development of their data and AI platforms. Previously, in his 25-year IT career at Oracle, Pentaho/Hitachi Vantara, he worked as a solutions architect, project manager, consultant and sales engineer in the DACH and EMEA region in numerous customer projects (cross-industry, federal and state security authorities). He is also a regular speaker at conferences and Snowflake events and the author of various specialist and blog articles.
The users of a modern data & AI platform can be very different with their individual needs in terms of development productivity, performance, user-friendliness and, of course, the use of the latest ML & AI technologies. In this talk, we will take a closer look at three user types: DATA PRODUCT BUILDER - as a technologist, is interested in quickly converting technical requirements into intuitively usable data products. Access to all relevant data, high-performance pipelines, data quality and professional presentation/management of data products are important success factors here. CITIZEN DATA SCIENTIST - as a business user, prefers to analyze specific questions "at the speed of thought" and appreciates the ease of use of data products and ML/AI functions. ML AND APPLICATION ENGINEER - helps to put an AI experiment/MVP into production, e.g. in the form of an intelligent, scalable app. The focus here is on the ability to use suitable software/frameworks (on a container basis), apply MLOps practices and operate the entire solution securely. How well does the Snowflake perspective fit your company's data strategy? The Snowflake team on site is looking forward to numerous and lively discussions after this talk!
Marianne is People Lead in Data Analytics & AI at Swisscom and manages 80 internal and 20 external colleagues in Data Services. She has been working in the information and communication technology industry for around 15 years for companies such as SAP, Deutsche Telekom and Swisscom. She has already successfully implemented several transformations of organizations, technologies and products. She has many years of experience in managing people (up to 100 colleagues in a team) and over 60 million Euro profit and loss responsibility. She has lived in 7 countries and is half Chilean, half German.
Unsere Unit hat die Chance, mit ihren Plattformen und Daten in die AWS Cloud zu gehen. Das ist eine positive Perspektive und eine große Herausforderung zugleich. Parallel zur technischen Transformation, versuchen wir, allen Mitarbeitenden ein Re-Skilling zu ermöglichen und eine kulturelle Transformation durchzuführen. Die Hauptherausforderungen, denen wir dabei begegnen, sind: Umgang mit Ungewissheit Das Buy-In der Mitarbeitenden für den Move in die Cloud zu erhalten Das Re-Skilling durchzuführen Den Menschen das Gefühl von Zugehörigkeit und psychologischer Sicherheit zu geben in einem komplexen Umfeld Erfahre im Vortrag mehr dazu, wie wir mit diesen Herausforderungen umgehen (u.a. mit Nutzung von Erkenntnissen aus der Neuropsychologie und ohne besonderes Budget) und welche Maßnahmen am besten funktioniert haben! Wir freuen uns auf Euch!
Jan Wickerath is a Manager in the Global Transformation & AI department. He advises clients on the digitalization of processes, with a focus on taxes and transfer pricing. He also supports the use of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence. Previously, Jan worked as a research assistant at the Mercator School of Management and in transfer pricing consulting for a Big 4 company.
BARC organisiert den Erfahrungsaustausch von Data- & Analytics-Führungskräften im deutschsprachigen Raum im BARC Circle Data & Analytics. Der Vortrag stellt die heißesten Diskussionsthemen vor, welche die Teilnehmer:innen in den letzten Monaten umgetrieben haben, und ergänzt dies durch Ergebnisse des BARC Research. Die besprochenen Entwicklungen sollten im Blickfeld der Verantwortlichen sein, um beständig neue Möglichkeiten zur Erhöhung des Wertbeitrags von Data & Analytics zu finden und sich den schnell ändernden Umgebungsbedingungen anzupassen. Aktuelle Trends berühren dabei sehr häufig organisatorische und fachliche Fragestellungen, aber auch technologische Neuerungen, z. B.: Data Mesh – nur heiße Luft? Data Lakehouse – ein fauler Kompromiss? Operationalisierung von Analytics – ein frommer Wunsch? Es gibt viele Fragen, aber auch viele Antworten aus dem BARC Circle und der Analystensicht von BARC. Übrigens: Wer beim BARC Circle in den kommenden Monaten unverbindlich teilnehmen und reinschnuppern möchte, ist herzlich eingeladen – Mail/LinkedIn genügt.
Michael is a mathematician by training and a machine learning expert by experience and passion. As a consultant at b.telligent, he has been conducting machine learning projects for more than ten years in telecommuncations, digital commerce, utilities, and various other industries. Michael likes to drive the practical application of innovative methods for tabular data, and has a strong focus on the business benefits of machine learning.
Make Data and AI a team sport! Bring AI to all your data (structured and unstructured) with a simple approach. Understand how to activate GenAI powered data insights. Learn what features on Google’s Data Cloud help you to set up a mature Data and AI ecosystem.
Manuel Nitzsche is an Enterprise Sales Director at dbt Labs and helps large organisations in Central Europe to increase the efficiency of data transformation in the Cloud Data Warehouse.
Organisations try to federate the access to meaningful data and thereby generate value in a more efficient way. Usually technical roles are involved in the process of transforming raw data into consumable data products. By providing alternative entry points for less technical people to participate in the transformation process and starting to self-serve their needs for meaningful data products, quicker time-to-value can be achieved.
