World of Data (WoD)
At a glance
- Next event
- May 17, 2028Munich, Germany
- Call for papers
- No public call found
- Audience
- 650 attendees2026
- Tickets
- Not published
- Sponsorship
- Packages not published
- Sponsors
- 21 in 2026▲ +75% vs 2025 (12)
- Program freshness
- 98#14 of 143 · 3% reruns
- Similar conferences
- Data in Manufacturing & Smart Industry Summit DACH, Subsurface, data2day
- Organizer
- b.telligent (data & AI consultancy)
- Category
- Vendor & industry
- Website
- worldofdata.com
- Social
- —
- Typical place
- Munich, Germany
- Topics
- Generative AIBusiness & leadershipBI & analyticsData engineeringGovernance & qualityWarehouse & lakehouseMachine learning
One-day DACH data, analytics & AI conference with partner exhibition, hosted by consultancy b.telligent. Started in 2014 as the 'BI Congress'; renamed World of Data for 2022 (Munich, Paulaner am Nockherberg). Since 2023 it alternates between Munich (2022, 2024, 2026, next 17 May 2028) and Basel, Switzerland (2023, 2025; id_suffix 'basel'). No 2019-2021 editions found (the BI Congress ran in 2018; no event during the pandemic). Talks are mostly in German. No dedicated social accounts found (press page links b.telligent's LinkedIn).
Speakers it attracts
The 71 people who spoke at World of Data (WoD) in 2024–2026, by their record at the other conferences we track.
Most established speakers
- Alex Merced · DremioKeynoted 1 other conference, spoke at 14: DataEngBytes, SQLSaturday, Current (formerly Kafka Summit)…
- Kolja Manuel Rödel · RamederSpoke at 2 other conferences: CDAO (Chief Data & Analytics Officer) Summits, DACH AI, Data Analytics & Insights Summit
- Sönke Liebau · StackableSpoke at 2 other conferences: data2day, Trino Summit
- Thomas Kronawitter · grenke digital GmbHSpoke at 2 other conferences: dataMinds Connect, DataGrillen
Activity by year
Sponsor companies per year
Distinct companies sponsoring any event that year.
- Partial or unverified list
- No sponsor list
5 of 5 years have a partial, unverified or missing sponsor list, so their bars undercount.
Speakers per year
Distinct people on stage at any event that year; same year axis as sponsors.
Events
| Dates | Event | Place | Format / status | Attendance | Sponsors | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2028 | World of Data 2028 | Munich, Germany | Announced | — | — | — |
| Jun 11, 2026 | World of Data 2026 | Munich, Germany | 650 | 21 | 66 | |
| Sep 18, 2025 | World of Data Switzerland 2025 | Basel, Switzerland | 370 | 12 | 3 | |
| Jun 6, 2024 | World of Data 2024 | Munich, Germany | 800 | — | 2 | |
| Sep 19, 2023 | World of Data Switzerland 2023 | Basel, Switzerland | — | — | — | |
| Jul 7, 2022 | World of Data 2022 | Munich, Germany | 650 | — | — |
Attendance over time
Reported attendance for 4 of 6 events; figures are as published by the organizer.
Most frequent speaker companies
Speaker appearances across all events, by the speaker's company.
Similar conferences
Conferences with the most similar speaker mix: their speakers come from the same companies. Bars are cosine similarity on a 0–1 scale; between conferences even the closest pairs share only part of their crowd.
Sponsors over the years
Top 25 of 26 sponsoring companies, ranked by years sponsored. Each cell shows the highest tier that year; hover for the events.
- Other / unspecified