Top-class speakers

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Below you will find an excerpt of our top-class speakers, the complete overview as well as the detailed presentation with times and slots can be found in the program search.

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Erin Beilharz, Principal Consultant at Lufthansa Systems, is a key influencer of innovation, technology, and sustainability in aviation. She spends her days identifying, sourcing, implementing, and scaling technologies to transform Lufthansa Group to future-proof its business.   Erin focuses on scaling and commercializing homegrown tech from within the group companies and establishing partnerships with startups and corporates in the areas of biometrics, AI, advanced materials, SAF and E-fuels, Direct Air Capture, circular economy, and future hardware like powertrains, hydrogen, electric, hybrid, etc. Erin has a background in logistics, aviation, IT, and is passionate about ideas.

Dr. Janina Beilner is a medical doctor (MD, PhD) with two decades of experience in the healthcare space. She received her training from prestigious institutions including the Medical University Hospital Hannover, Havard affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Boston, Stanford Clinics, and the National University Hospital (NUH) Singapore.

Janina is owning her own consultancy with focus on learning&education in the field of digitalization and innovative technologies.

She worked in the pharmaceutical industry for Johnson & Johnson and joined Siemens Healthineers in 2008, where she held various positions including leading clinical research in North East Asia, Senior Vice President of Education and most recently Senior Vice President of Healthcare Vertical Market within Siemens. Her focus includes new digital businesses, utilizing AI-powered platforms and digital ecosystems to accelerate and scale business growth.

Additionally, Janina is an appointed lecturer at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), affiliated with the Technical University under the chair of Artificial Intelligence and Biomedical Engineering / Machine Learning and Data Analytics. She offers seminars on “Leading by Learning” and “AI and Digitalization in Healthcare,” and is intensively looking into quantum computing and its potential applications in healthcare.

In her personal time, Janina is a committed supporter of the D.R.O.P.S Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to health and health education in emerging countries.

Roland Bleinroth has been President of Messe Stuttgart since 2006, and CEO since February 2020. In this function he is responsible for the entire company, Corporate Communications, Corporate Services and the Trade Fairs & Events 2 exhibition area with a focus on technology & crafts, mechanical engineering & production and tourism & caravanning. With Messe Stuttgart International, he is also responsible for the foreign business of Messe Stuttgart.

Bleinroth was previously active as President of Messe Frankfurt, Inc. at the location of Atlanta/USA for ten years, responsible for building up the business of an internationally successful trade fair company in North America (USA, Canada, Mexico). At AEG Daimler-Benz Industrie, for seven years he held management positions for the strategic planning, foreign business and marketing of a successful industrial company.

Beside his full-time activity, Bleinroth is also involved in further voluntary activities, and is, among other things, the Chairman of the Tourism Committee of the Stuttgart Regional Chamber of Industry and Trade, a regular member of the Stuttgart Regional Chamber of Industry and Trade, and a Board Member of the Italian Chamber of Trade in Munich. Since spring 2022, Roland Bleinroth has also been Honorary Consul for Mongolia in Baden-Württemberg and since November 2022 President of the European Major Exhibition Centres Association (EMECA).

Dr Andreas Böhm is physicist with a degree in solid state physics. In 2003 he completed his Ph.D in molecular biophysics at the University of Frankfurt.
In industry he worked for several years at one of the world's largest automotive suppliers in the development of engine control units (ECU). In this he gained extensive experience in the management of complex projects at Robert Bosch GmbH.
 
2007 he changed to Bayern Innovativ GmbH as head of Cluster Automotive from 2012 to July 2020. His main focus was on coordinating the future topics of automotive wiring systems and autonomous driving.
 
Currently he heads the emerging tech quantum technology for Bayern Innovativ GmbH in order to force cooperation between research and industry in this future topic.

Alex is the CEO and co-founder of Resonance. Resonance is the leading provider of market intelligence across deep technology verticals such as quantum, space, immersive, climate and AI. The business serves hundreds of clients - ranging from startups to national governments - with its SaaS subscription intelligence, strategic advisory and marketing offerings. Alex was previously a Director in a UK based private equity fund, where he focused on data and tech investments.

Dr Michael Förtsch is the founder and CEO of Q.ANT. He studied mathematics and physics, and earned his doctorate at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Light in Erlangen. A research stay at the National Institute for Standards and Technology in Boulder was followed by positions as a strategy consultant and personal assistant to the CTO at TRUMPF Se + Co KG in Stuttgart. From this position, he founded the company Q.ANT in 2018.

https://qant.de/en/

Dr Katrin Kobe is the CEO of the internal start-up “Bosch Quantum Sensing” and holds a PhD in physics. She has nearly 30 years of experience with technology companies. Dr. Katrin Kobe worked as a top management consultant at McKinsey and more than 20 years in operational top management positions. She has international experience and was responsible for subsidiaries in Eastern Europe and China. Her industry experience includes plant and mechanical engineering, automotive, sensor technology, medical technology and energy. She is a specialist for product strategies, business model innovations and high-value technology products.

https://www.bosch-quantumsensing.com/

Dr. Frederik Schaal is CTO of Bosch’s Quantum Sensing start-up and holds a PhD in Engineering. He has nearly 20 years of experience in innovating new technologies - in the academic environment as well as in the start-up and also the corporate world. Dr. Frederik Schaal has built up his own companies as well as corporate start-ups. He has deep expertise in the field of sensors and optical systems as well as additive manufacturing. His experience ranges from research & development to business model and organization building. His engagement also extends to the education sector as an active jury member of "Jugend forscht“, an NGO run as public private partnership aiming to encourage and support young talented achievers in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.