Hannah Richta is Head of Algorithms for Operations at DB InfraGO. She is an economist and gained a broad knowledge in AI and Data in several roles at DB Cargo and DB InfraGO. She started her career in railroading in 2012 at DB Cargo. Her previous roles included lean and IT management as well as building DB Cargo’s first dedicated data science team and leading a project to predict estimated times of arrival for freight trains by machine learning. She publishes in trade magazines on a regular basis and speaks occasionally at trade events.

Olga serves as a Product Manager for NIO's in-vehicle AI system - the voice assistant NOMI. Relying upon her background in research, product localization, as well as speech dialog development, she enjoys creating advanced voice user experiences. For her, crafting a good technology is about understanding people who use it, and building blocks of a voice assistant (automatic speech recognition, natural language understanding, speech dialog development, text generation, speech synthesis and much more) are bricks needed to create a truly safe, meaningful and joyful car environment. Collaborating with UX researchers, UXUI designers, development teams and other stakeholders, she helps NIO find out which features are needed and how to best deliver them, leveraging different interfaces (VUI, GUI, emotional interface).

Max Erick Busse-Grawitz leads technology transfer at maxon group. His main areas of focus are collaborations with startups and academic institutions, technology assessment, and the implementation of concrete innovation projects.

Suresh Daniel is an innovative IT and Data strategist, currently serving as the Group Data and Architecture Integration Director at Coats. With a wealth of international experience across multiple business functions, Suresh has a proven track record in transforming IT landscapes, delivering complex data programs, and driving the digitalization of business processes. His strategic leadership in data and architecture integration has been instrumental in advancing organizational efficiency and achieving business objectives on a global scale.

Emanuele Rossini is a data scientist specializing in machine learning strategies for image recognition and natural language processing. Since 2022, he has been the Team Lead for Computer Vision at Würth Group, where he drives innovation in AI and computer vision technologies.

DB Cargo - Deutsche Bahn's rail freight operator with around 29,000 employees and activities in 17 European countries and as far as China is one of the leading providers of rail freight transport in Europe. DB Cargo is the only company to offer business customers from all industries Europe-wide rail transportation from a single source, giving them access to one of the largest rail networks in the world. More than half of DB Cargo's transports cross at least one national border. With 92,000 freight wagons and around 2,700 locomotives across Europe, the company has the largest fleet on the continent.

NIO is a pioneer and a leading company in the premium smart electric vehicle market. Founded in November 2014, NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle. NIO aims to build a community starting with smart electric vehicles to share joy and grow together with users. NIO designs, develops, jointly manufactures and sells premium smart electric vehicles, driving innovations in next-generation technologies in autonomous driving, digital technologies, electric powertrains and batteries. NIO differentiates itself through its continuous technological breakthroughs and innovations, such as its industry-leading battery swapping technologies, Battery as a Service, or BaaS, as well as its proprietary autonomous driving technologies and Autonomous Driving as a Service, or ADaaS. NIO’s product portfolio consists of the ES8, a six-seater smart electric flagship SUV, the ES7 (or the EL7), a mid-large five-seater smart electric SUV, the ES6, a five-seater all-round smart electric SUV, the EC7, a five-seater smart electric flagship coupe SUV, the EC6, a five-seater smart electric coupe SUV, the ET7, a smart electric flagship sedan, and the ET5, a mid-size smart electric sedan.

At maxon, we develop and build high precision electric drive systems that are among the best in the world. We combine brushed and brushless DC motors, gearheads, sensors, and controllers into complete mechatronic drive systems. Since 1961, businesses from a wide range of industries including medical technology, industrial automation, mobility solutions, and aerospace place their trust in reliable drive systems by maxon. Our drives are perfectly suited for wherever extreme precision and the highest quality standards are necessary and where compromises cannot be tolerated – on Earth, and on Mars. maxon's engineers are real partners when it comes to finding specific solutions. Prototypes, custom systems, or large series: whatever the requirement, we are happy to be of assistance with our global sales network, nine production sites, and more than 3000 employees

Coats is a world leader in thread manufacturing and structural components for apparel and footwear, as well as an innovative pioneer in performance materials. These critical solutions are used to create a wide range of products, including ones that provide safety and protection for people, data, and the environment. Headquartered in the UK, Coats is a FTSE250 company and a FTSE4Good Index constituent. Revenues in 2022 were $1.6bn.

The Würth Group is the global market leader in the development, production and sale of fastening and assembly materials. The Würth Group is operating worldwide and currently consists of more than 400 companies with more than 2,700 pick-up shops in over 80 countries. In its core business, the manufacturing of assembly and fastening materials, the Würth Group is a firmly established market player. Offering a range of more than 125,000 products, Würth is a reliable partner for more than four million customers from the trades and industry. Other trading and production companies, known as the Allied Companies, operate in related business areas, ranging from the electrical wholesale and electronics to financial services. The performance of the Würth Group is distinguished by customer proximity, services and excellent quality.