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November 20, 2025

Bitkom AI Infrastructure Day

Powering the Future: Building Europe's AI Infrastructure

As artificial intelligence reshapes economies, industries, and public life, the infrastructure behind it becomes a decisive factor for Europe’s competitiveness and digital sovereignty. The Bitkom AI Infrastructure Day brings together leaders from politics, industry, and technology to define what is needed to build and scale robust, high-performance, and secure AI infrastructure in Europe.

Hosted in Munich, this one-day event offers strategic impulses, cross-sector dialogue, and high-level networking focused on key challenges and opportunities in the AI infrastructure landscape; from high-performance computing (HPC) and data center policy to chip innovation and cross-border collaboration.

When and where?

November 20, 2025
09:30 - 17:10
Tucherpark, Munich, Germany

Join us to shape the future of AI infrastructure in Europe.

Why attend

Gain insights

from senior representatives of the European Commission, the German government, and key national stakeholders on current and upcoming AI, cloud, and infrastructure policies.

Engage with industry leaders

including CIOs, CTOs, and Chief AI Officers to discuss practical needs, investment barriers, and business cases for AI infrastructure.

Explore international perspectives

on best practices, innovation models, and public-private cooperation for AI readiness.

Contribute to strategic discussions

on digital sovereignty, geopolitical resilience, and Europe’s place in the global AI race.

Program

Das Programm wird fortlaufend aktualisiert.

09:30	Anmeldung & Registrierung / Registration
10:00 - 10:15	Begrüßung [German] Niklas Veltkamp, Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung, Bitkom e.V. Christian Meister, Senior Managing Director, Hines / Tucherpark
10:15 - 10:30	Eröffnungskeynote [German] Markus Blume, Staatsminister, Bayerisches Staatsministerium Wissenschaft und Kunst
10:30 - 11:25	Panel: Digitale Souveränität im KI-Zeitalter – Infrastruktur als strategischer Standortfaktor [German] Joachim Ebmeyer, Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages, CDU/CSU-Fraktion Robert Heinrich, Unterabteilungsleiter für Digitalwirtschaft, Künstliche Intelligenz und Daten, Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung Holger Schultheiß, Chief Product Owner, T-Systems Weitere Details folgen zeitnah
11:25 - 12:00	Keynote: European Strategies for AI Infrastructure [English] Weitere Details folgen zeitnah / More information will follow shortly Panel: Bundesländer und ihre Rolle im Ausbau der KI-Infrastruktur [German] Weitere Details folgen zeitnah
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch & Networking
13:00 - 13:45	Keynote: KI-Infrastruktur Wie Deutschland im globalen KI-Rennen aufholen kann [German] Dr. Johannes Brauer, Manager, Deloitte Panel: Business Case oder Bottleneck? Perspektiven zum KI-Infrastrukturmarkt [German] Boris Hecker, Managing Director Atos/Eviden Germany + Head of Growth Germany, Austria & Eastern Europe, Bitkom Landessprecher Bayern Dr. Michael P. Unger, Lead Sovereign AI Initiatives & Lead Financial Services Clients, CE, NVIDIA Dr. Susanne Beckers, AI Strategy Director, SAP Dr. Andreas Wierse, Geschäftsführer, SICOS BW GmbH Dr. Johannes Brauer, Manager, Deloitte
13:45 - 14:35	Keynote: Von der Theorie zu Praxis: Wie Infrastruktur den Weg zu produktiver KI in Agenten ebnet [German] Dr. Wolfgang Lippert, Senior Director, Industry Lead Chemicals & Energy, Microsoft Weitere Details folgen zeitnah
14:35 - 14:50	Coffee & Networking
14:50 - 15:40	Keynote: UK Best Practices [English] Dr. Mark Dittmer-Odell, HM Consul-General Munich, Director of Future Mobility and Tech Germany Panel: Global Insights for Future AI Infrastructure [English] Dr Mark Dittmer-Odell, HM Consul-General Munich, Director of Future Mobility and Tech Germany Axelle Cheney-Grünberger, Senior International Expert for Technological Innovation at the French Embassy Wendy Chang, Analyst, Mercator Institute for China Studies Maximilian Negele, Lead European AI Policy Team, RAND Europe
15:40 - 16:30	Panel: Enabling Europe’s AI Infrastructure – From Compute to Connectivity [English] Nils Kleemann, CTO Central Europe, Nokia Christian Schulze, Head of AI Compute Center, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI) Weitere Details folgen zeitnah / More information will follow shortly
16:30 - 17:10	Keynote: Nachhaltigkeit von KI-Infrastruktur [German] Dr. Ralph Hintemann, Gesellschafter & Senior Researcher, Borderstep Institut Weitere Details folgen zeitnah
ab 17:10	Abschluss & Networking / End of conference & Networking