Lean CIO & IT Leader Summit 2025
Digital Leaders | Enterprise Architecture | AI & Data
- July 2 & 3, 2025 | Munich, Germany
The Exchange & Networking Area for CIOs and thought leaders
Digital Leaders | Enterprise Architecture | AI & Data
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.
Workshops & Networking Dinner
July 2, 2025
4 pm – 10 pm CEST
Nemetschek-Haus
Konrad-Zuse-Platz 1
81829 Munich
Germany
Presentations & Inspiration
July 3, 2025
8 am – 5 pm CEST
Nemetschek-Haus
Konrad-Zuse-Platz 1
81829 Munich
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Presentations & Speakers
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Nora Legittimo


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Agenda
Unlocking the Power of Inspiration and know-how: specialist presentations that inspire!
Analytics for Steering Committees - Managing Digital Transformation beyond Powerpoint
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.
- Prof. Dr. Robert Winter
- Director, University of St.Gallen
- English
#architecturematters: Die Bedeutung einer konsistenten und ökosystemfähigen Unternehmensarchitektur
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.
Strategic IT Transformation: Practical Success Factors for Sustainable Business Growth
The takeover of IT as part of a restructuring mandate often presents a unique challenge.This lecture provides insights into how struggling IT landscapes can be transformed into a strategic enabler for sustainable business success.
Unforeseen external factors, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can shift priorities overnight, forcing companies to rethink their IT strategies with agility. Amid corporate divestitures and organizational changes, new ways of thinking constantly emerge, shaping a future-proof IT organization.
This session highlights key insights on managing uncertainty, aligning IT with business strategy, and embedding a new IT culture that fosters innovation and resilience.
AI in Software Development: Innovation vs. Resistance
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.
- Karoline Stich
- CIO, Syneco Trading
- English
The Power of Internal Digital Consulting: Driving Business Value from Within
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.
- Bea Schnarr
- Director Global Digitalization
- English
Digitale Transformation des Zolls durch KI und eZoll-App
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.
About the courage to become an “Open Champion” - and the efforts to leave the world of “Hidden Champions” behind
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.
Implementing AI in Organizations: Strategies for Success and Best Practices from the Council of Europe
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.
- John Hunter
- CIO, Council of Europe
- English
How to apply Enterprise Architecture for increased revenue and higher quality throughout the lifecycles
Agile Transformation from an Architecture Perspective
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
Enterprise Architecture: The People Have Spoken
Shared responsibility - how the energy transition will influence the way we build and run software
The energy transition is in full swing: from reliable, always-on and dirty fossil fuel to volatile but clean renewable energy. Requirements for when, where and how much energy to consume will change and also affect IT. At the same time, the pressure for data center providers to decarbonize keeps rising as IT emissions and energy consumption increase at an unprecedented rate.
This talk will explain why cloud providers alone won’t be able to meet their climate ambitions and what role software and its architecture plays in this. You’ll also learn how the future energy market will affect IT systems and what you can do today to make sure your products aren’t just ready for, but can even profit from this development.
- Anita Schüttler
- Head of Sustainability, neuland
- English
Without a consistent data model, you shouldn’t do dashboards but art
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.
- Torsten Kanngießer
- Head of Transparency and Performance, E.ON
- English
Create Psychological safety in the workplace
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!
Effect of simple language in digital communication
Customer perspective – employee perspective
An excursion into digitalization over the last 40 years and its effects on our communication foundations in the digital space. Our demographics are changing (today and in ten years), so the endpoints of communication are also changing, especially in the digital world.
Introduction to how do we explain products/services and how could this be presented in simple language. Why is less more for potential customers (employees).
Practical examples & Plenum discussion on the participants‘ own questions through the lecture
- Michael Düren
- Geschäftsfeldleiter professional IT-Services
- English
Costing, finally mastered – now, or truly never?
Everyone wants efficiency – but why do so many fail to really keep their costs under control?
Stakeholders are demanding transparency, regulation is growing, resilience is becoming a duty. But often the view of the big picture is missing: Total cost of ownership across the entire architecture. Enterprise architecture can make the difference here – if you let it.
Our speakers have mastered two economic crisis and recognize certain patterns within the fateful year of 2025 which invite organizations to resolve architectural debt – within three pillars at once. Find out what it takes for every EA to make a difference, what matters in detail and how your company can strive within times of uncertainty.
- Philipp Schneidenbach
- David Hohl
- Principal Enterprise Architect, MATERNA
- English
We make IT simple – Wer seine Daten nicht integriert, verliert
IT Leader stehen heute vor einer paradoxen Herausforderung: Die IT soll agiler, innovativer und effizienter werden – doch gleichzeitig wächst die Komplexität rasant. Unterschiedliche Systeme, Datensilos und steigende Integrationsanforderungen kosten Zeit, Geld und Innovationskraft.
Die Lösung? Smarte Integration. Wer seine IT-Landschaft effizient vernetzt, schafft nicht nur reibungslose Prozesse, sondern legt den Grundstein für Skalierbarkeit, Automatisierung und digitale Geschäftsmodelle.
Erfahren Sie von Peter Ertl, wie Sie mit einem modernen Ansatz für Daten- und Systemintegration Ihre IT-Architektur nachhaltig vereinfachen – und warum Komplexität keine Naturgewalt ist, sondern eine Entscheidung. We make IT simple – und Sie?
- Peter Ertl
- SVP Sales Central Europe, Magic Software
- German
Adopt an Exponential IT Mindset – How to thrive through the next paradigm shift
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.
- Karsten Voges
- Managing Director, Lean42 gmbH
- English
Dive into knowledge, inspiring discussions, and valuable connections – your agenda for insightful exchange and new opportunities!
Summit Overview
July 2, 2025 | Workshops & Networking-Dinner
- July 2, 2025
- 04.00 pm - 10.00 pm
- NEMETSCHEK-HAUS
- 06.00 pm - 10.00 pm
- Networking-Dinner



























Discover, discuss and network: Your agenda for knowledge, exchange and new opportunities!
July 3, 2025 | Presentations & Inspiration
- July 3, 2025
- 08.00 am - 05.00 pm
- NEMETSCHEK-HAUS
- 08.00 - 08.30 am
- Check-in, welcome & networking with fresh coffee
- 08.30 - 09.00 am
- Welcome Keynote – Karsten Voges
- 09.00 - 10.00 am
- Lectures
- 10.00 - 10.30 am
- Networking with fresh coffee and snacks
- 10.30 - 12.00 pm
- Lectures
- 12.00 - 01.30 pm
- Networking over a delicious lunch buffet
- 01.30 - 03.00 pm
- Lectures
- 03.00 - 03.30 pm
- Networking with fresh coffee and cake
- 03.30 - 04.00 pm
- Lectures
- 04.00 - 04.30 pm
- Roundtable Talk: Discussion of the Key Insights
- 04.30 - 05.00 pm
- Conclusion & Outlook: Thank You and See You Again!

Whynde Kuehn
Business Architecture Guild Strategy to Reality Author, S2E and Biz Arch Mastery Founder, New York
This event is always excellent, filled with outstanding people, talks, networking opportunities, and food, in a fantastic venue. It just keeps growing and getting better! Thank you so much, Karsten Voges and the amazing team at Lean42 GmbH, including Nane Charrad, for creating such a valuable opportunity and space for exchange. I loved reacquainting with colleagues and meeting new ones!

Torsten Kanngießer
Head of Transparency and Performance, E.ON Digital Technology, Münster
It was more that well spent time! Some very interesting speakers, met some old colleagues, talked to interesting new people! Many thanks again to Karsten Voges, Nane Charrad, Alina Mehlhorn, Fabian Kainzinger und Marina Poppa for your great work! Really enjoyed the time and I am already looking forward to the next one in 2025!

Dr. Selmin Danış Öncül
Head of Enterprise Architecture Corporate, E.ON Digital Technology, Essen

Volker A. Pfirsching
Partner, Head of Innovation Management Central Europe, Arthur D. Little, Munich
Joining the Lean Leadership Summit of Lean42 GmbH today, thanks for the kind invitation Karsten Voges! Already gathered some very inspiring impulses from Melanie Fichtner and Whynde Kuehn and could not agree more on the need for a people focus and collaboration in transformation leadership. Looking forward to the upcoming sessions…

Nina Pak
Global Digital Services, Product Manager "Consumer AI & Data Science Services", BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich
It was definitely a successful conference! I found that the mixture of appealing presentations, chilled "you" atmosphere and delicious food led to many interesting conversations, and not only inspired and channeled me to a certain extent 🙂

Dr. Claudia Heß
Beraterin, Coach & Professorin für Digitale Transformation, IU International University of Applied Sciences, Munich

Tanja Konrad
Data&AI Lead Germany, Microsoft, Munich
It was also great to see so many female speakers on stage and at the conference especially in this technical environment. [..] All the speakers collectively addressed a wide range of crucial and fascinating topics that are important for achieving success in transforming their company’s business. Thank you Karsten Voges and Nane Charrad for inviting us to this great event.

Michael Drobnik
Lead Design Technologies, Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, Schwitzerland

Cristina Popa
Founder & CEO of controlSHIFT || Strategic Advisor of contractuo, controlSHIFT || contractuo

Dr. Marcel Morisse
Enterprise Architect, Hermes Germany GmbH, Hamburg
I am attending Lean Konferenz in Munich today. I have just learned, that 50% of the speakers will be female. Mentioning it, means that we have still a long road for more diversity ahead, but for now: Good job, Lean42 GmbH It was a pleasure to share some insights at this great conference. Thanks for allowing me to be a part of it.

Romina Pyplacz geb. Medici
Global Head Of Data Architecture and Governance, E.ON Digital Technology, Essen
Beyond being able to share our learnings and vision I was really impressed by the insights and quality of the additional speakers that I could attend. Karsten Voges, Michael Drobnik, Juliane Berger, Dr. Thomas Meintrup, Tamara McMillen, Sylvia Scherer thank you all for the inspiring insights and perspectives! I could take away something from each and every of your presentation. I am sure we will also have some conversation in the future.
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Lean Leader Summit 2024

Svetoslav Stamenov
Founder & Manager, ITR Management Consult OOD, Varna, Bulgaria
Attending the Lean42 conference on 'Technology & Innovation – supercharge business outcomes' in 2023 turned to be a fantastic experience, where I was able to explore new ideas, interesting topics, and gaining valuable insights. The event facilitated peer-to-peer exchange, reconnecting with old friends and forging new relationships, enriching our network. Thus, this is a must-attend event for professionals seeking impactful and fresh ideas.

Peter Brünenberg
VP & Managing Director DACH, MEGA International, Berlin
Ich kann bestätigen die beste Lean42 Konferenz ever! Super vorbereitet und durchgeführt, allgemeine Offenheit für Gespräche und Vernetzung, ein angenehmer Rahmen und inspirierende Vorträge auch etwas abseits der üblichen EA-Kernthemen. Und natürliches gutes Wetter 😀 Danke Nane Charrad und Karsten Voges

Bee360 a Clausmark Company
IT und Services, Bee360, Düsseldorf
We at Bee360 are delighted with our participation in the Lean Leader Summit in July! The exchange we had with the participants was exceptional, providing us with a wealth of new ideas and insights. We were particularly pleased to have our customer, Witt-Group, present on stage, delivering a presentation that addressed the needs of integrated EAM. The positive feedback from the keynote was incredibly rewarding, reflecting the value and impact of our contributions. A big thank you to the organizers and all participants for this inspiring event!

Leslie Robinet
Services Director et CSR Ambassador, MEGA International, Paris
With the rich speaker line-up, we saw strategy, governance, transformation, business and IT alignment, AI, and data-centric organizations; As a transverse domain, there is so much to discuss with Enterprise Architecture! I’m delighted to now be a part of this welcoming EA community that Lean42 has been growing, that I hope to continue to flourish. I’m looking forward to our upcoming opportunities to collaborate.

Sunil Kumar
Founder & Director, TwoDots Software Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, India
I had the privilege of attending the LeanLeaderSummit 2024 in Munich, Germany, a fantastic platform for networking and exchanging ideas with CIOs, digital leaders and AI & data experts. The summit’s focus on digitalization, AI/ML and business transformation was truly inspiring and will shape our strategies at TwoDots Software Services.

Leslie Robinet
Services Director et CSR Ambassador, MEGA International, Paris
👏 Bravo for a successful event, and thank you for all the energy you put into it, Lean42 GmbH! ⚡ My main takeaway is a boost in my motivation on interdepartmental collaboration for enterprise transformation, 🤜🤛 and on diversity (in all senses of the word) as an amplifier 📣 for qualitative programs success.

Katharina Bach
Strategic Alliances & Partner Management, MBA, SAP LeanIX, Hamburg

Finn Kopp
Head of Sales, SAP LeanIX, Bonn
It was a pleasure to attend the Lean42 EAM conference. It was a fantastic event. Gagan Pathinti V, David Wiske, Alexandra Korte, and I had many great conversations with LeanIX customers like Adel Fouani, Dr. Marcel Morisse, Eric Ammann, Krishnan Venkatasubramanian, Cornelius Stiefenhofer and many more.
Networking Dinner: Come together in a relaxed atmosphere!
10 Years of Lean Conferences – 13 Events Since 2015
In 2025, we celebrate 10 years of Lean Conferences, hosting 13 events since 2015 – Decade of Innovation, Collaboration, and Growth
We warmly invite you to celebrate with us the evening before the conference! 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.
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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