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MunichTech EXPO Autumn Edition 2026
From AI Proof of Concept to Production
This edition has ended. This page is the permanent record of its programme, venues and results. The next edition is Main Summit 2027 · 22–24 March 2027, Alte Kongresshalle München →
Permanent archive: https://munichtechexpo.com/archive/autumn-2026
Key figures
Counts taken from the ticketing, RSVP, programme, hackathon and certificate records.
145
Registered ticket holders
Completed ticket registrations for the Autumn Edition.
59
Confirmed attendees
Attendance confirmed by the ticket holder (RSVP). No badge check-in scans were recorded, so on-site headcount is not claimed.
500 online
Online participants – hackathon & online programme
Hackers and attendees who took part online (organiser figure). Counted separately from the in-person and RSVP figures.
36
Speakers
Distinct speakers on the published programme, excluding the organiser.
57
Programme slots
Published programme items across the three days, including breaks and networking.
165
Devpost hackathon registrants
Participants registered on munichtech-expo.devpost.com.
16
Hackathon projects
Projects submitted to the Devpost gallery.
33
Hackathon judges
Judges who scored hackathon submissions.
7 + 5
Track winners + special awards
7 portal track winners plus 5 Devpost Grand Challenge awards.
7
Volunteers
Volunteers issued a participation certificate.
Dates & venues
20–22 September 2026 · München
Day 3 daytime programme (22 Sep)
Online stage
Livestream / Google Meet
Day 3 evening side event with GDG Cloud Munich (22 Sep, from 18:00)
Google München
Erika-Mann-Straße 33, 80636 München
Programme
The published programme as it ran: 57 programme slots across three days. Times are local Munich time (CEST).
Day 1 · Sunday 20 September 2026
codecentric AG · August-Everding-Straße 20, 81671 MünchenLaunch day — Main Stage keynotes, workshops and Hackathon Arena kick-off
09:30–09:40
Opening & Welcome
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ebada · MunichTech EXPO
About this session
Welcome to MunichTech EXPO Autumn Edition 2026 — opening remarks from the Founder and Conference Chair.
09:40–10:00
AI Sovereignty: Building Strategic Capability Across the Stack
Harald Klinke · ZITiS
About this session
Reserved 30-minute speaking slot for a confirmed MunichTech EXPO speaker.
10:00–11:00
Hackathon Check-In, Team Formation & Registration
10:00–11:00
Kaizen Institute Workshop - Nuno Beleza & João Esteves
Carmen Beernaert · Kaizen Institute
About this session
Interactive 60-minute workshop with Kaizen Institute, facilitated by Nuno Beleza (AI). Separate from Carmen Beernaert’s Monday Main Stage speaking slot — workshop title TBD by Kaizen if they wish to rename.
11:00–11:30
AI in IT Operation
Narendra Sharma · IBM
About this session
Open 30-minute keynote speaking slot — Autumn Edition Day 3 side event at Google Munich (Erika-Mann-Straße 33, 80636 München), Tuesday 22 September 2026 until 22:00. First come, first served.
11:30–12:00
Agentic AI in IT Operations: Autonomous Access Management for a Zero Trust World.
Sandeep Sinha · Allianz Technology SE
About this session
Sunday Main Stage keynote — Agentic AI in IT Operations: Autonomous Access Management for a Zero Trust World (SANDEEP SINHA).
12:00–13:00
Lunch & Networking
13:00–13:20
dev.opps, Skilled Workforce, recruiting, AI, onboarding, nearshoring, eunearshorng
13:00–13:30
10 Real-World Problems Solved with Artificial Intelligence Tools
Pau Martí Felip
About this session
Online keynote — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 1 (Sunday 20 September), 13:00–13:30 CEST. Pau Martí Felip: 10 Real-World Problems Solved with Artificial Intelligence Tools. Language: English. Remote / Online participation.
13:30–14:30
How to Hire Well Before You Have a People Team. Evidence-Based Hiring for Startups.
Dominika Wojtanek · placementist
About this session
Workshop / side talk with Dominika Wojtanek (Founder & Technical Recruiter, placementist, Zürich): evidence-based hiring methodology for 2026 — structured interview templates, scorecards, and evaluation frameworks participants can apply immediately.
14:30–15:00
What candies are Agentic AI frameworks stealing from developers?
Luiz Carneiro, PhD · smapiot GmbH and GDG Cloud Munich
About this session
Open 30-minute speaking slot — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 1 (20 September). First come, first served.
15:00–15:30
Tokenization, Web3 & Real-World Assets (RWA)
Damu Winston · Go Fund It Now
About this session
Presence keynote — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 1 (Sunday 20 September), 15:00–15:30 Main Stage. Damu Winston: Tokenization, Web3 & Real-World Assets (RWA).
15:30–16:00
Low Power & Secure Computing — State of Silicon Startups
Navneeta Deo · DeepTech Strategy
About this session
Presence keynote — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 1 (Sunday 20 September), 15:30–16:00 Main Stage. Navneeta Deo (DeepTech Strategy): low power and secure computing, plus the state of silicon startups — drawing on 12 years in the semiconductor industry.
16:00–16:30
Technical Coaching is the missing link in engineering performance
Saeedeh Soleimani · Freelance
About this session
Presence keynote — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 2 (Monday 20 September), 16:00–16:30 Main Stage. Saeedeh Soleimani.
16:30–17:00
Building production-ready AI systems
Eshaan Jain · Independent
About this session
Online keynote — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 1 (Sunday 20 September), 16:30–17:00. Eshaan Jain: Building production-ready AI systems.
17:00–18:00
Curated 1:1 Matchmaking & Sunday Close · Optional Oktoberfest
Day 2 · Monday 21 September 2026
codecentric AG · August-Everding-Straße 20, 81671 MünchenSpeakers programme — Main Stage talks, panels and the Best Startup in Europe competition
08:30–09:00
Registration & Check-In
09:00–10:00
Day 2 Morning Coffee & Networking Break
09:00–09:30
Solve Europe Live
09:30–10:00
PRESS Framework: Making AI working for People
Asmaa Ibrahim · WilderaLabs
About this session
Reserved 30-minute speaking slot for a confirmed MunichTech EXPO speaker.
10:00–10:30
Why AI-Driven Transformations Fail Without Operational Excellence
Carmen Beernaert · Kaizen Institute
About this session
Presence keynote — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 2 (Monday 21 September), 10:00–10:30 Main Stage. Carmen Beernaert.
10:30–11:00
Legal perspective on AI in marketing
Verena Hofmann · Hofmann Consulting GmbH and FOM University of Applied Sciences; Diane Frank Baeza · Schmid Frank Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB
About this session
Panel discussion on the legal perspective on AI in marketing. Moderator: Diane Frank Baeza (Attorney / Tech Law, Schmid Frank). Panelist: Prof. Verena Hofmann (FOM University / Hofmann Consulting).
11:00–11:30
Digital University for a Digital World
Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel · German University of Digital Science
About this session
Online keynote — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 2 (Monday 21 September), 11:00–11:30. Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel: Digital University for a Digital World.
11:30–12:00
What corporate environments inadvertently teach you about what not to do when building your own company
Giuseppe Franco · HGB Solutions OY
About this session
What corporate environments inadvertently teach you about what not to do when building your own company — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 2 (21 September), 11:30–12:00 Main Stage.
12:00–13:00
Lunch & Networking
12:00–13:00
Startup competition for best startup in Europe
13:00–13:30
From fragmented tools to usable organisational knowledge
Theresa de Zoete · Precognita
About this session
Reserved 30-minute speaking slot for a confirmed MunichTech EXPO speaker.
13:30–14:00
The Intelligence Layer for Industrial Machines and Production Systems
Stephan Hotz · Marentis GmbH
About this session
Open 30-minute speaking slot — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 1 (20 September). First come, first served.
14:00–14:30
The CEO’s Guide to Surviving the Next Industrial Disruption. Antifragility, turning a crisis into your strongest competitive advantage.
Miguel Muñoz de Morales · Orange Business
About this session
Keynote with Miguel Muñoz de Morales (Head of Smart Industry Consulting – Europe, Orange Business): antifragility and turning industrial disruption into competitive advantage.
14:30–15:00
Building Europe's AI Factory: Industrial-Strength AI for Sovereign Innovation
Lilia Grasso · Proximus ADA
About this session
Open 30-minute speaking slot — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 2 (21 September). First come, first served.
15:30–16:00
From Simulation to Physical AI – Connecting Siemens Process Simulate, NVIDIA Omniverse and Real Robots
Benjamin Voelzke · HS Development & Services GmbH
About this session
Workshop — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 2 (21 September), 15:30–16:00 Main Stage. Benjamin Völzke: Siemens Process Simulate, NVIDIA Omniverse and real robots.
16:00–16:10
Afternoon Networking Break
16:10–16:40
Traceproof: From Observability to Evidence: Auditing Agentic AI in Regulated Industries
Aziz Ketata · x1F Management & Technology Services GmbH
About this session
Presence keynote — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 2 (Monday 21 September), 16:10–16:40 Main Stage. Aziz Ketata (Traceproof).
16:40–17:10
From AI Pilots to Production: What It Really Takes to Build Enterprise AI
Mike Korba · Positive User
About this session
From AI pilots to production-ready enterprise AI — data readiness, governance, and measurable business impact.
17:30–18:00
AI Compliance and 1-Stop-Shop: Data Privacy, Information Security and AI
Dr. Alexander Michael Deicke · K11 Consulting GmbH
About this session
Presence keynote — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 2 (Monday 21 September), 17:30–18:00 Main Stage. Alexander Deicke: AI Compliance and 1-Stop-Shop: Data Privacy, Information Security and AI.
18:00–18:30
Reimagining traditional hotel and flight search in a more personalized agentic-driven way
Kirill Lukesch · Zenvoya.ai
About this session
Workshop — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 2 (21 September), 17:30–18:30 Main Stage. Kirill Lukesch (Zenvoya.ai): reimagining hotel and flight search with agentic AI.
18:30–19:10
Startup Competition: Best Startup in Europe
Day 3 · Tuesday 22 September 2026
Online (daytime) · Google München (evening, with GDG Cloud Munich) · Erika-Mann-Straße 33, 80636 MünchenOnline sessions during the day · evening side event at Google München with GDG Cloud Munich
12:30–13:00
How the Brain Responds to AI: Neuroergonomic Insights for Designing Better Digital Platforms
Munavvarkhon Mukhitdinova · Tashkent State University of Economics
About this session
Open 30-minute speaking slot — Autumn Edition 2026. First come, first served.
13:00–13:30
Zero-Hop Experimentation: Evaluating Variants In-Memory Under Extreme Traffic Spikes
Aliaksandr Dainiak · ToYou
About this session
Online keynote — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 3 (22 September), 13:00–13:30. Parallel with Google / Main Stage is OK.
13:30–14:00
From Innovation to Adoption: Closing the Gap Between Technology and Business Impact
Christina Tölkes
About this session
Online workshop — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 3 (22 September). Parallel with Google Munich venue is OK.
14:00–15:00
Autonomous Quality Gates: Architecting Self-Healing AI Frameworks for Scalable Enterprise CI/CD
Prathusha Prakash · TikTok
About this session
Online workshop — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 3 (22 September), 14:00–15:00. Prathusha Prakash (TikTok): Autonomous Quality Gates — Architecting Self-Healing AI Frameworks for Scalable Enterprise CI/CD. Parallel with Google Munich venue is OK.
15:00–15:30
Digital Education That Works - for Everyone
Manuela Verduci · Kiron Digital Learning Solutions
About this session
Online talk — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 3 (22 September), 15:00–15:30. Manuela Verduci: Ed-tech, inclusivity, social business. Parallel with Google Munich venue is OK.
15:30–16:00
How AI-Powered Health Data Transformed My Life and Supported My Reversal Of Type 2 Diabetes
Paraag Amin · A Life That Fits
About this session
Online talk — Autumn Edition Day 3 (22 September), 15:30–16:00. Moved off Sunday Main Stage clash with Luiz #54.
16:00–16:30
Automating Governance: Building Resilient Risk & Compliance Architecture for AI Systems
Allan Dabre · PwC
About this session
Online workshop — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 3 (22 September), 16:00–16:30. Allan Dabre (PwC): Automating Governance — Building Resilient Risk & Compliance Architecture for AI Systems. Remote delivery (speaker based in New York); Munich local time (CEST).
16:30–17:00
How AI Is Changing AI
Youssef El-Shihy · iFLYTEK
About this session
Online keynote — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 3 (22 September), 16:30–17:00. Youssef El-Shihy (iFLYTEK): How AI Is Changing AI. Parallel with Google Munich venue is OK.
17:00–17:30
SRE for Mega-Scale AI: Architecting Infrastructure for 1 Billion+ Active Users
Naga Deepak Pothuraju · TikTok
About this session
Online keynote — Autumn Edition 2026 Day 3 (22 September), 16:45–17:15. Parallel with Google / Main Stage is OK.
18:00–18:30
Open Doors and Registration
18:15–18:30
Welcome Drinks
18:30–18:40
Luiz Carneiro — GDG Cloud Munich Intro
Luiz Carneiro, PhD · smapiot GmbH and GDG Cloud Munich
About this session
GDG Cloud Munich opening intro — Autumn Edition Day 3 (Tuesday 22 September), 18:30–18:40 at Google Munich. Not a keynote talk; Luiz’s candies talk remains Sunday Main Stage #54.
18:40–19:15
Shashank Pandey — Hexagonal Architecture
Shashank Pandey
About this session
Hexagonal Architecture — keeping core business logic separate from infrastructure as systems scale from POC to production Speaker: Shashank Pandey (Solutions Architect, BMW Group). Source: GDG Cloud Munich programme.
19:15–19:50
Alexander Amin — From Cloud to Local: Legal Research Agent on Gemma 4
Alexander Amin · ML6
About this session
From Google Cloud Summit 2026 (Frankfurt): walk through an agentic RAG legal-research pilot originally powered by Gemini and Claude, ported to run locally on Gemma 4 — with real benchmarks, prompt formatting, and token-budget lessons. Speaker: Alexander Amin (Principal AI Engineer | Google Developer Expert, ML6). Source: GDG Cloud Munich programme.
19:50–20:00
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ebada — MunichTech EXPO Initiative & Hackathon Winners
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ebada · MunichTech EXPO
About this session
MunichTech EXPO initiative and hackathon winners announcement. The EXPO aims to establish a Silicon-Valley–style ecosystem in Europe for companies, startups, researchers, and governments. Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ebada (Founder & Director, MunichTech EXPO). Source: GDG Cloud Munich programme.
20:00–20:05
Closing Remarks — Group Photo
20:15–21:45
Networking & Drinks
21:45–22:00
Closing Session — Remarks & What's Next
Speakers
36 speakers on the Autumn Edition 2026 programme, with their organisations at the time of the event.
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ebada
Host · MunichTech EXPO
Opening & Welcome
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ebada — MunichTech EXPO Initiative & Hackathon Winners
Alexander Amin
ML6
Principle AI Engineer | Google Developer Expert
Alexander Amin — From Cloud to Local: Legal Research Agent on Gemma 4
Aliaksandr Dainiak
ToYou
Technical Lead
Zero-Hop Experimentation: Evaluating Variants In-Memory Under Extreme Traffic Spikes
Allan Dabre
PwC
Senior Manager, Technology Compliance & AI Risk
Automating Governance: Building Resilient Risk & Compliance Architecture for AI Systems
Asmaa Ibrahim
WilderaLabs
AI Strategist, and Co-founder
PRESS Framework: Making AI working for People
Aziz Ketata
x1F Management & Technology Services GmbH
Solution Architect
Traceproof: From Observability to Evidence: Auditing Agentic AI in Regulated Industries
Benjamin Voelzke
HS Development & Services GmbH
Senior Expert Industrial Digital Twins, Robotics & Physical AI
From Simulation to Physical AI – Connecting Siemens Process Simulate, NVIDIA Omniverse and Real Robots
Carmen Beernaert
Kaizen Institute
Partner
Kaizen Institute Workshop - Nuno Beleza & João Esteves
Why AI-Driven Transformations Fail Without Operational Excellence
Christina Tölkes
Business Researcher & Corporate Strategist
From Innovation to Adoption: Closing the Gap Between Technology and Business Impact
Diane Frank Baeza
Schmid Frank Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB
Attorney / Tech Law
Legal perspective on AI in marketing
Dominika Wojtanek
placementist
Founder & Technical Recruiter
How to Hire Well Before You Have a People Team. Evidence-Based Hiring for Startups.
Dr. Alexander Michael Deicke
K11 Consulting GmbH
AI Compliance Lawyer
AI Compliance and 1-Stop-Shop: Data Privacy, Information Security and AI
Giuseppe Franco
HGB Solutions OY
CEO
What corporate environments inadvertently teach you about what not to do when building your own company
Harald Klinke
ZITiS
Head of the “Big Data Analysis” Business Unit
AI Sovereignty: Building Strategic Capability Across the Stack
Kirill Lukesch
Zenvoya.ai
Head of Data & Co-Head of Product
Reimagining traditional hotel and flight search in a more personalized agentic-driven way
Lilia Grasso
Proximus ADA
Lead AI Engineer
Building Europe's AI Factory: Industrial-Strength AI for Sovereign Innovation
Luiz Carneiro, PhD
smapiot GmbH and GDG Cloud Munich
Cloud Engineer
What candies are Agentic AI frameworks stealing from developers?
Luiz Carneiro — GDG Cloud Munich Intro
Miguel Muñoz de Morales
Orange Business
Head of Smart Industry Consulting - Europe
The CEO’s Guide to Surviving the Next Industrial Disruption. Antifragility, turning a crisis into your stronge...
Mike Korba
Positive User
Co-Founder, CMO Field Marketing Poland and CEE
From AI Pilots to Production: What It Really Takes to Build Enterprise AI
Munavvarkhon Mukhitdinova
Tashkent State University of Economics
Doctor of Science, Associate Professor
How the Brain Responds to AI: Neuroergonomic Insights for Designing Better Digital Platforms
Naga Deepak Pothuraju
TikTok
Senior Engineering Manager, Infrastructure
SRE for Mega-Scale AI: Architecting Infrastructure for 1 Billion+ Active Users
Navneeta Deo
DeepTech Strategy
DeepTech / Semicon Advisor
Low Power & Secure Computing — State of Silicon Startups
Paraag Amin
A Life That Fits
Founder
How AI-Powered Health Data Transformed My Life and Supported My Reversal Of Type 2 Diabetes
Pau Martí Felip
10 Real-World Problems Solved with Artificial Intelligence Tools
Prathusha Prakash
TikTok
Engineering Manager
Autonomous Quality Gates: Architecting Self-Healing AI Frameworks for Scalable Enterprise CI/CD
Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel
German University of Digital Science
President & CEO
Digital University for a Digital World
Saeedeh Soleimani
Freelance
Senior Semiconductor Engineer/ Professional Certified Coach
Technical Coaching is the missing link in engineering performance
Sandeep Sinha
Allianz Technology SE
IT Risk and Security Expert
Agentic AI in IT Operations: Autonomous Access Management for a Zero Trust World.
Stephan Hotz
Marentis GmbH
Co-Founder & CEO
The Intelligence Layer for Industrial Machines and Production Systems
Theresa de Zoete
Precognita
Co-Founder
From fragmented tools to usable organisational knowledge
Verena Hofmann
Hofmann Consulting GmbH and FOM University of Applied Sciences
Professor and CEO
Legal perspective on AI in marketing
Hackathon results
The Autumn 2026 hackathon ran on the portal and on Devpost (submissions closed 21 September; results published 26 September 2026).
Track winners (7)
- FlexGrid — EV charging as dispatchable grid flexibility
- Reqfold
- AGRINEXO AGA Agroecology Geospatial Agent
- SignalFlow
- AI-Powered Clinical Triage Assistant
- FlowSense - Adaptive Traffic Signal Control
- ResearchBridge
Devpost Grand Challenge awards (5)
- MunichTech EXPO Grand Challenge Award
- Best Applied AI Solution
- Best Industry & Enterprise Use Case
- Best Sustainability & Societal Impact Solution
- Best Student / Early Talent Project
Photos & resources
Everything that remains available from the Autumn Edition 2026.
Programme (PDF)
Printable programme with venues and the full schedule
Photos & albums
Event photo albums from all three days
Hackathon results
Track winners and final leaderboard
Devpost Grand Challenge awards
Five named special awards
Devpost project gallery
All submitted hackathon projects
Certificates
Attendees, speakers, judges and volunteers can download certificates
Speaker presentations
Uploaded decks in programme order
Interactive agenda (Autumn 2026)
The original session schedule view
Other editions: All editions · Main Summit 2027 · Data: JSON
MunichTech EXPO · organised by HOPN UG · contact@munichtechexpo.com · Photos, hackathon results and certificates: https://munichtechexpo.com/archive/autumn-2026