Conferences / CDAO (Chief Data & Analytics Officer) Summits
CDAO Germany 2026
Apr 28–29, 2026 · Holiday Inn Munich City Centre, Munich, Germany
- Conference
- CDAO (Chief Data & Analytics Officer) Summits Vendor & industry
- Dates
- Apr 28, 2026 – Apr 29, 2026
- Venue
- Holiday Inn Munich City Centre
- Place
- Munich, Germany
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- —
- Recorded
- 16 sponsors · 40 speaker appearances
- Notes
- Two-day event. Venue is the hotel named on the venue page (Holiday Inn Munich City Centre). Speakers from the "2026 Speakers" page still live after the event (2026-11-09), plus any only on the 14 April 2026 snapshot; talk titles from the schedule two weeks before the event. Sponsors from the post-event home page (May 2026), plus industry and media partners. Home page claimed 30+ speakers and 100+ attendees.
Ticket prices
| Ticket | Price | Valid until | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIP pass (end-user practitioners) | €0 | — | Free VIP pass for data & analytics practitioners from end-user companies, subject to approval | web.archive.org |
| Delegate (end-user) main conference pass | €499 | — | web.archive.org | |
| Vendor main conference pass | €1,999 | — | Solution providers and consultancies | web.archive.org |
Sponsors 16
Platinum 5
Gold 2
- Salesforce · Gold Sponsor
- Tricentis · Gold Sponsor
Media 3
- Financial Services Review · 2026 Industry & Media Partners
- GermanTechJobs · 2026 Industry & Media Partners
- Startup Insider · 2026 Industry & Media Partners
Other 4
- dataciders · Exhibitors
- Ellie.ai · Networking Sponsor
- LexisNexis · Exhibitors
- Starburst · Exhibitors
Speakers and talks 40
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Woellwarth-Lauterburg | InnoButler | Keynote | Opening Keynote Presentation: Europe’s AI Moment: From Models to Data-Ready, Governed AI Systems | — |
| Charaf El Hami | Amundi Investment Institute | Keynote | Opening Keynote: From data to strategic asset: turning data into a durable source of competitive advantage | — |
| Dietmar Bohmer | TYME | Keynote | Keynote Presentation: AI, GenAI & Agentic AI: From Innovation Hype to Enterprise Reality | — |
| Nadiem von Heydebrand | Mindfuel | Keynote | Keynote Presentation: Stop Managing AI Projects. Start Managing AI Impact. | — |
| Ole Olesen-Bagneux | Actian | Keynote | Keynote Presentation: Organizing and Searching Data – With AI, for AI | — |
| Richard Brouwer | Fivetran | Keynote | Keynote Presentation: Open Data Infrastructure: Breaking Vendor Lock-In in the Age of AI | — |
| Abdul Maten Khan | DISH DIGITAL SOLUTIONS (METRO AG) | Panelist | Panel Discussion: Turning Insights into Impact — Making Data Actionable | — |
| Agathe Chomel de Jarnieu | AUTO1 GROUP | Panelist | Panel Discussion: Turning Insights into Impact — Making Data Actionable | — |
| Alexandra Rahe | Lufthansa Group Business Services | Panelist | Discussion Group: From Data to Revenue: Making Customer Data Commercially Actionable | — |
| Charlotte Evans | Coursera | Speaker | The Real Challenge in Analytics: Why Technology Isn’t the Problem | — |
| Christian Scheidel | SAP | Speaker | From Disconnected Data to Scalable AI: The Road to the Data-Driven Enterprise with SAP | — |
| Dmytro Pavlichenko | AUTODOC | Panelist | Panel Discussion: Turning Insights into Impact — Making Data Actionable | — |
| Dr. Ahmed Ebada | BMW | Speaker | — | — |
| Dr. Florian Hottner | Penguin Random House UK | Speaker | — | — |
| Dr. Katharina Behme | LUXEXPERIENCE | Speaker | Discussion group: How Can Organizations Truly Win in a Data-Driven World? | — |
| Dr. Shivaji Dasgupta | State Street | Panelist | Panel Discussion: The Challenges and Pitfalls of Setting Up and Executing an AI Strategy | — |
| Elizabeth Press | Center for Hybrid Electric Systems Cottbus (chesco) at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg | Chair | Chair's Opening Remarks | — |
| Florian Leser | KKH | Panelist | Panel Discussion: The Challenges and Pitfalls of Setting Up and Executing an AI Strategy | — |
| Gareth Far | UniCredit | Speaker | — | — |
| Georg Weigbert | INTERHYP GRUPPE | Speaker | Beyond the Pilot: Lessons from Deploying an AI Sales Advisor in Mortgage Brokerage | — |
| Jochen Baumeister | Sandoz | Speaker | When AI Goes Live: Managing Failure, Drift, and Unexpected Outcomes | — |
| Kavitha Chetana Didugu | ZOOPLUS | Panelist | Panel Discussion: Turning Insights into Impact — Making Data Actionable | — |
| Kolja Manuel Rodel | Rameder | Moderator | Panel Discussion: Data as a Profit Driver | — |
| Lukas jan Stroemsdoerfer | DFL Digital Sports | Speaker | Democratizing Football Data with AI Agents: Bridging the Gap Between Domain Experts and Data Teams | — |
| Marcin Nizinski | Siemens | Speaker | How to Train a Dragon: Building High-Impact Data Teams Through Culture, Trust, and Internal Branding | — |
| Mariam Yakub | SWISSLOG | Panelist | Panel Discussion: Data as a Profit Driver | — |
| Marie Fenner | Piano | Moderator | Discussion Group: From Data to Revenue: Making Customer Data Commercially Actionable | — |
| Mark Zakhvatkin | IU GROUP | Speaker | — | — |
| Maximilian Ehrlich | TONIES | Moderator | Panel Discussion: The Challenges and Pitfalls of Setting Up and Executing an AI Strategy | — |
| Nadine Heine | LexisNexis | Speaker | — | — |
| Naveen Kanneganti | Eon | Speaker | Discussion Group: Fixing the Foundations — What Actually Enables Scalable AI and Analytics? | — |
| Pankaj Naryal | HUHTAMAKI | Panelist | Discussion Group: From Data to Revenue: Making Customer Data Commercially Actionable | — |
| Pier Martin | ZEAL Network SE | Speaker | Developing a Data Operating System | — |
| Rebeca Meyer | Knauf | Speaker | Discussion Group: Fixing the Foundations — What Actually Enables Scalable AI and Analytics? | — |
| Siddharth Rajagopal | Salesforce | Speaker | Why Your Data Strategy Isn't Ready for AI Agents (And How to Fix It) | — |
| Solaiyappan Shanmugam | CONRAD | Speaker | — | — |
| Timo Tautenhahn | Salesforce | Speaker | Why Your Data Strategy Isn't Ready for AI Agents (And How to Fix It) | — |
| Uwe Klemt | Tricentis | Speaker | High-Velocity AI & Analytics Delivery — Balancing Speed, Risk, and Confidence | — |
| Veera Babu Manyam | Eon | Panelist | Panel Discussion: When AI Gets It Wrong — Who Is Accountable, Who Decides, Who Pays? | — |
| Wayne Cavanough | JAJA Finance | Panelist | Panel Discussion: Turning Insights into Impact — Making Data Actionable | — |
Sources
- https://web.archive.org/web/20260514043604/https://cdao-germany.coriniumintelligence.com/
- https://cdao-germany.coriniumintelligence.com/speakers
- https://web.archive.org/web/20260414063216/https://cdao-germany.coriniumintelligence.com/speakers
- https://web.archive.org/web/20260414064400/https://cdao-germany.coriniumintelligence.com/schedule
- https://web.archive.org/web/20260414052901/https://cdao-germany.coriniumintelligence.com/venue
- https://web.archive.org/web/20260514035338/https://cdao-germany.coriniumintelligence.com/registration