Lean Leader Summit

Lean CIO & IT Leader Summit 2026

Digital Transformation | Enterprise Architecture | Business Architecture | AI & Data | Lean & Agile

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The Exchange & Networking Area for CIOs and IT Leaders

Digital Transformation | Enterprise Architecture | Business Architecture | AI & Data | Lean & Agile

Networking & exchange ideas with CIOs, Digital Leaders, Business & Enterprise & Solution Architects, Data & AI Experts and Lean managers. Get inspired by the experts’ experience on new trends (digitalization, AI/ML, business transformation, CIO trends, agile execution, culture & motivation …) and set tomorrow’s IT, Business and EAM standards with us.
Now over 2 days of content and networking in four tracks.

Presentations, Workshops & Networking Dinner

June 10, 2026

3 pm – 10 pm CEST

Nemetschek-Haus
Konrad-Zuse-Platz 1
81829 Munich
Germany

Presentations, Inspiration & Networking

June 11, 2026

8 am – 5 pm CEST

Nemetschek-Haus
Konrad-Zuse-Platz 1
81829 Munich
Germany

  • Digital Transformation - Karsten Voges, Conference Chair

    Grow as a digital leader - transform yourself, transform your organisation and bring insights to action based on our inspirational and motivational sessions.

  • Business Architecture - Whynde Kuehn, Track Chair

    This track will feature a diverse set of business architecture leader and practitioner voices, with a focus on leveraging business architecture for value and decision making in a strategy and transformational context and building a strategic business architecture practice.

  • Enterprise Architecture

    Enterprise architecture is at the heart of all digital endeavours - come and learn best-practices and practitioner insights and network with your architecture peers.

  • AI & Data - Track

    AI and Data is a key driver for change and transformations. Learn cutting edge insights and avoid common pitfalls from speakers in this track.

  • Lean & Agile

    Adaptability is key - so stay lean and agile and learn from agile coaches, scrum masters and other practitioners what to do for successful agile organizations.

In 2025 we were completely sold out! Secure your ticket for 2026 now!

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Lean Leader Summit 2025

Presentations
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Registrations
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Presentations & Speakers

Get inspired by the power of experts’ experience on new trends!

Whynde Kuehn

Whynde Kuehn

Founder and Managing Director
S2E Transformation Inc.
Dr. Oliver Kallenborn

Dr. Oliver Kallenborn

Senior Manager
Robert Bosch GmbH
Dr. Claudia Gsottberger

Dr. Claudia Gsottberger

Senior Enterprise Architect
Munich Re
Miriam Suchet

Miriam Suchet

Gründerin und CEO
Suchet Consulting
Jean Gehring

Jean Gehring

Founder & Principal Consultant
jeangehring.com

Expire the experts' experience of the last summits

Karoline Stich

Karoline Stich

CIO
Melanie Fichtner

Melanie Fichtner

Geschäftsleiterin IT & Digital
Dr.-Ing. Jörg Ochs

Dr.-Ing. Jörg Ochs

Direktionspräsident & CDCO
Jutta Rößner

Jutta Rößner

Head of Ecosystem & EAM
Annahita Esmailzadeh

Annahita Esmailzadeh

Head of Customer Success Account Management - Chemicals & Energy
Prof. Dr. Robert Winter

Prof. Dr. Robert Winter

Director
Dr. Katharina Egert

Dr. Katharina Egert

Supply Chain Data Science Project Manager
Dr. Markus Kress

Dr. Markus Kress

Head of Enterprise Architecture Management
Bea Schnarr

Bea Schnarr

Director Global Digitalization
John Hunter

John Hunter

CIO
Dr. Thomas Meintrup

Dr. Thomas Meintrup

Chief Enterprise Architect Engineering IT
Nora Legittimo

Nora Legittimo

Management Board | Corporate Transformation & Digitalization
Torsten Kanngießer

Torsten Kanngießer

Head of Transparency and Performance
Rasmus Witt Jensen

Rasmus Witt Jensen

Enterprise Architect

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Sessions & Lectures

Specialist presentations that inspire!

While advanced analytics are increasingly used in many fields of management to support not only tactical, but also strategic decision making, steering committee work in transformation programmes is still mainly informed by classical reporting. The absence of transformation analytics is even more surprising as large amounts of quality data are avalable in project management tools – a kind of „digital twin“ of the transformation. We present findings from analyzing problematic transformation programmes, insights how transformation steering analytics are used by pionieering companies, a typology of use cases we derived from those early cases, and discuss promising avenues to improve steering digital transformation.

Eine konsistente und ökosystemfähige Unternehmensarchitektur (UA) bildet das Rückgrat des Portfolios.

Das zentrale Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) sorgt dafür, dass die Puzzle-Teile der einzelnen Workstreams zu einem großen Ganzen zusammenpassen.

Große Vorhaben werden gemeinsam mit relevanten Stakeholdern eingeordnet und potenzielle Auswirkungen und Risiken transparent gemacht.

Der Vortrag beleuchtet Zielkonflikte, die aus der Notwendigkeit entstehen, dass Workstreams schnell und unabhängig agieren müssen (lokale Optima), während gleichzeitig ein konsistentes Gesamtportfolio entstehen soll (globales Optimum). Es wird gezeigt, wie das EAM diese Herausforderungen meistert und eine gemeinsam getragene Soll-Unternehmensarchitektur erarbeitet.

Der Vortrag richtet sich an alle, die Fragen zur Ziel-Unternehmensarchitektur haben und erklärt, wie das EAM methodisch die Unternehmensprozesse unterstützt, Gesamtzusammenhänge erarbeitet und die Auswirkungen von Vorhaben aufzeigt. Es wird erläutert, wie durch den Genossenschaftsgedanken das Portfolio entwickelt wird, um die Geschäftsprozesse effizient, automatisiert und digital zu gestalten.

It takes a village to succeed with transformation. Transformation is a collective effort requiring diverse perspectives and collaboration across functions and disciplines. Often though, we approach this monumental endeavor through the narrow scope of our individual roles or perspectives, inadvertently overlooking the holistic view essential for success.

Successful transformation demands that everyone has a unified understanding of where the organization is today, where it is going in the future, and how it will get there – and how their role uniquely contributes to the outcomes. Successful digital transformation requires interdisciplinary collaboration, which leads to insights and outcomes that are greater than the sum of the parts.

In this session, we will explore the value of a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to transformation, what it looks like, and how business architecture serves as a critical enabler. Finally, we will discuss practical steps that can be taken to move these insights into action.

The integration of AI into software development promises increased efficiency, greater automation, and ongoing innovation. This transformative technology has the potential to fundamentally revolutionize the way we approach coding, software creation, and maintenance. But how do development teams respond to this change in practice? In this session, we share insights from our recent pilot, exploring its impact on coding, collaboration, and productivity. But technical results are only half the story — I also address a key challenge: overcoming skepticism and resistance among developers.

What does IT strategy mean, how can IT best position itself, and what does this have to do with leadership? What does leadership mean in today’s hybrid working models and large projects, especially in relation to strategy and how it contributes to strategy?

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, business units need targeted support in finding the best digital solutions while focusing on their core strengths. This presentation delves into the journey of building an exemplary internal digital consulting team supporting the business units in finding the right digital solutions to grow business success. We will explore the strategic steps taken to establish a team that consults the business at every stage of digital project development, from business challenge to successful Go Live. Join us to listen to the progression from a handful of implementation consultants to over 45 experts specializing in enterprise architecture, process transformation, solution design and implementation and data and integration solutions.

Mit dem Wandel von Kultur und Prozessen gepaart mit Innovation und Technologie beschreitet der Zoll den Weg der digitalen Transformation. Die Digitalisierung von Prozessen erfolgt nach Prozessmining und Prozessoptimierung. Somit wird der Weg von Formularen, hin zu Online-Services und weg von Vor-Ort-Terminen, hin zur eZoll-App bereitet. Der Einsatz von KI optimiert die Prozesse der Verwaltung und trägt zusammen mit UI/ UX maßgeblich zur Bürgerfreundlichkeit bei.

Mit dem Wandel von Kultur und Prozessen gepaart mit Innovation und Technologie beschreitet der Zoll den Weg der digitalen Transformation. Die Digitalisierung von Prozessen erfolgt nach Prozessmining und Prozessoptimierung. Somit wird der Weg von Formularen, hin zu Online-Services und weg von Vor-Ort-Terminen, hin zur eZoll-App bereitet. Der Einsatz von KI optimiert die Prozesse der Verwaltung und trägt zusammen mit UI/ UX maßgeblich zur Bürgerfreundlichkeit bei.

 

The German Mittelstand is famous for its engineering skills, inventiveness, and social responsibility.

Being called a “hidden champion” was a high honor – but is it one that will help us in a volatile economy, high cost and innovation pressure and lack of resources? At Marantec, we are certain: no! The future belongs to the “Open Champions”.

Those who focus on the needs of the customer. Who focus on co-creation. Who invest in the potential of their employees and realize, that change starts at the top. Who know that transformation is only effective, if the goal is described in concrete terms and implemented in a comprehensible and consistent manner.

This presentation will show that this is anything but easy and how to overcome the pitfalls.

In this presentation at the Lean Leader Summit, John Hunter will discuss how to successfully implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) in organizations. The focus will be on gaining business and user buy-in, alleviating fears, and emphasizing the importance of security governance and compliance. Drawing on the AI journey and lessons learned from the Council of Europe (CoE), Hunter will share practical strategies and best practices to pave the way for successful AI integration.

The German automotive industry and thus also Mercedes Benz are undergoing a comprehensive transformation: Our core product the vehicle is subject to a revolutionary change, new players, especially from the Asian region, are aggressively pushing onto the market, development cycles are significantly shorter and the global and local conditions are changing. The digitization of the vehicle, the integration of the car into digital ecosystems as well as the digitization and optimization of internal processes play a decisive role at Mercedes-Benz in responding to these changed market conditions. Business is IT and IT is business-a slogan that sums up the digital transformation at Mercedes very well. Enterprise architecture plays a central role in this transformation. Also the transformation of the organization into an agile, product-oriented organization based on SAFe. In my presentation, I address this agile transformation at Mercedes-Benz from the point of view of enterprise architecture. In particular, I address topics on how we can use architectural approaches to develop the right product or ART cut (keyword: Inverse Conway man oeuvres) and how we integrate a lightweight architecture governance approach into the lean portfolio processes of the SAFe framework. Two key aspects for making the right decisions in the context of this transformation and for implementing them correctly.

Key words:
• The challenges of the German automotive industry that do not stop at Mercedes.
• Digital transformation at Mercedes-Benz
• Product orientation and agile transformation based on SAFe at Mercedes-Benz
• Inverse Conway maneuvers-the key principle for setting up the right agile organization
• Integration of a lean architecture governance approach into the lean portfolio management process of SAFe

In an ever-changing world, where many companies have moved away from a project-driven organization, some are still trying to get there. Enterprise Architects can play a leading role in agile transformation and pinpoint where to start to get immediate value. With key insights into both the core business and the technological limitations and opportunities, Enterprise Architects have the knowledge to help the organization begin changes in the right place, solving short-term business pains while still building a solid foundation. Explore how this is being done in a Danish Telco and Energy business, what works and what doesn’t, and how an ever-changing environment forces changes to the approach.

The talk is about the usage of a company-wide, common data model, designed to ensure consistent and accurate reporting across all departments. It shows the standardization of how data is collected, stored, and analyzed, eliminating redundancies and discrepancies that have hindered the decision-making. By leveraging a unified structure, there is improvement in collaboration and enhancements in transparency. With the usage of a common data model, the talk shows how to unlock deeper insights to drive your business forward and it explores how such a framework empowers to make smarter, data-driven decisions and achieve greater organizational alignment.

Unlock the Power of impactful communication. Join us as we explore the transformative power of psychological safety in the workplace. Discover how fostering trust and openness can boost creativity, productivity, and team performance. Let’s create environments where everyone feels empowered to speak up and thrive!

Four decades of information technology (IT) saw a transformative journey, revolutionizing businesses across various sectors. From the automation of operations to the digital transformation of business models, IT has played a pivotal role in driving innovation and enhancing efficiency. As technological advancements continue to accelerate, the potential for exponential business opportunities remains boundless.

Learn how emerging technologies (gen AI, quantum computing, robotics, …) are empowering businesses to achieve autonomous capabilities.

Learn how the role of IT has changed and will change enabling businesses to transform and adapt to changing market dynamics. Our era of autonomous business, IT will need to evolve once again to meet the evolving needs of organizations.

You as a digital leader will have to embrace exponential IT with a new mindset. Your IT practices must progress to the highest maturity level, aligning with business outcomes and enabling organizations to achieve their full potential. Come join this journey on autonomization and exponential IT and get ready for the future.

Dive into knowledge, inspiring discussions, and valuable connections

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Summit Overview

June 10, 2026 | Presentations, Workshops
& Networking-Dinner

Discover, discuss and network: Your agenda for knowledge, exchange and new opportunities!

June 11, 2026 | Presentations, Inspiration & Networking

Leverage Our Decade of Conference Excellence: Join Countless Attendees and Learn from Top-Tier Speakers from Leading Companies and Diverse Industries!

CONNECT & EXCHANGE

Personal and direct networking and exchange of ideas with CIOs and thought leaders to be inspired by new trends - the evening before at the networking dinner or on the day of the conference during the generous breaks.

EXPERT INSIGHTS & DIVERSE SPEAKER PERSEPKTIVES

Benefit from a wide range of speakers from leading industries who will present various insights and experiences live. Afterwards, they will be available to participants for a short Q&A session.

ACCESS TO A GREAT EXHIBITION

Access to thought leaders, networking and a great exhibition. Meet leading vendors in person on site​ and get advice from experts. Be inspired by the wide range of opportunities and conversations in the showroom.

FREE CATERING

Enjoy complimentary food and drinks at the networking dinner and conference day.

DEEPEN & REPEAT

With access to the conference slides and videos on our LeanACADEMY afterwards, you can deepen valuable content, repeat it at any time and expand our knowledge in the long term.
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Meet leading vendors in person on site

Meet your tool suppliers on site and get advice from experts. Network with IT leaders and be inspired by the wide range of opportunities and conversations in the showroom. The multifunctional showroom is the central point of the conference for interaction, recreation and accessibility.

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    Join us for a relaxed networking dinner in a cozy setting, featuring delicious food and engaging conversations. It’s the perfect way to kick off the conference, offering a chance to get to know each other in a laid-back atmosphere and build new connections.

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    Directions & Parking

    By public transport

    From Airport "Franz Joseph Strauß":

    Take S8/S1 from the airport to the Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) stop, change to U2 in the direction of Messestadt Ost and get off at Messestadt West.

    From Munich:

    Take the subway line U2 to the direction „Messestadt Ost“. Leave the subway at the station „Messestadt West“.

    By car

    From Outside:

    Highway A 94 from Passau to Munich, exit on the depart 5 „München-Riem“. At the next traffic light turn left into the „An-der-Point-Straße“. At the next possibility turn right into „Am Hüllgraben“. After approx. 100 m turn left again into „Hanns-Schwindt-Straße“. After approx. 150 m you will see the Nemetschek building on the left-hand side.

    From Munich:

    Follow on the federal road R2 „Mittleren Ring“ to direction „ICM“ into the highway A 94 direction Passau. After about 5 km exit on the depart 5 „München-Riem“. At the next traffic light turn right into the „An-der-Point-Straße“. At the next possibility turn right into „Am Hüllgraben“. Turn left after about 100 m into „Hanns-Schwindt Straße“. After approx. 150 m you will see the Nemetschek building on the left-hand side.

    Parking

    Riem Arcaden

    Willy-Brandt-Platz 5
    81829 Munich

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    Konrad-Zuse-Platz 14
    81829 Munich

    Access via „Graf-zu-Castell-Str. 30“

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