17:00 – 17:30
Registration & Arrival
17:30 – 17:40
Welcome & IntroductionStefan Weingärtner | Managing Director, AltaSigma
17:40 – 17:50
EU AI Act & Digital Omnibus – What Applies, and What’s Changing?Stefan Weingärtner | Managing Director, AltaSigmaWhat does the EU AI Act mean for businesses in practice, and what changes does the Digital Omnibus bring? This short briefing provides an overview of key regulatory requirements, recent developments, and relevant deadlines, with a focus on what businesses need to consider when deploying AI today.
17:50 – 18:35
Intelligent Document Management at LBBW – AI in a Regulated Enterprise EnvironmentMichael Hettich | LBBWHow can AI help businesses process documents more efficiently, understand their content, and put that information to work? LBBW shares insights into real-world applications, demonstrating how powerful AI solutions can meet stringent requirements for data protection, data sovereignty, and governance. The session explores practical lessons learned, alongside the technological and organisational foundations needed to deploy AI in a regulated enterprise environment.
18:35 – 18:50
Break & Networking
18:50 – 19:30
Conversational AI in 2026 – The State of the Art and Real-World ApplicationsSimon Steinacher | Managing Director, AltaSigmaConversational AI is evolving rapidly: traditional chatbots are becoming intelligent assistants and increasingly autonomous AI agents. But what does the state of the art actually look like in 2026? We’ll explore the latest developments in LLMs, agentic AI, semantic AI, and their integration into business processes. Through practical use cases, we’ll show how modern AI systems can unlock organisational knowledge, interact with existing applications, and handle complex tasks.
19:30 – 20:15
The Answer Is Already in Your Organisation. Can AI Find It?Dr. Kai Czupalla | Associate Partner – Digital Tax Transformation, RÖDLThe knowledge is already there—scattered across documents, systems, and employees’ minds. But how can it be made readily accessible and useful in day-to-day work? Drawing on real-world examples from tax practice, this session shows how AI can uncover and structure information, turning it into actionable outputs—from intelligent knowledge search and well-informed decision briefs to automated proposal generation. The central question is how to scale these solutions beyond individual use cases and make them work across business functions, while accounting for data quality, access permissions, and governance.
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Snacks, Drinks & Networking
