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 - Jean Gehring, Track Chair

    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.

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Sessions & Lectures

Specialist presentations that inspire!

Rapid technological change demands a new approach to talent development in Software Engineering. This presentation introduces a practical, integrated Strategic Skill Management (SSM) framework designed to build a future-ready workforce. We will outline its core components: a granular skill taxonomy, continuous data collection on customer needs and tech trends, and a leadership-driven process for defining strategic „Tech Profiles.“ Learn how we leverage GenAI tooling to enhance analysis and documentation, enabling seamless integration with existing development processes. This blueprint fosters clear skill alignment, guides targeted development, and shifts talent management from reactive to proactive. Discover actionable components for building an agile, resilient engineering workforce.

As Head Accounting Operations of TenneT Germany, I lead ~100 employees across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger and Levies. Together we ensure robust financial operations at TenneT, securing a stable electricity supply for 43 million people in Germany and the Netherlands.

My passion is to combine people and numbers to drive transformation and prepare organisations for the future.

With a Master’s in International Business and professional experience across Japan, France, Spain, Austria, Germany and the US, I bring a truly international perspective. I am fluent in German, English, French, and Spanish, with additional knowledge of Japanese and Italian.

As a spokesperson for MENSA and UnIQate, I connect highly intelligent individuals within the business world – building networks that inspire innovation and leadership.

Donata has supported companies across various industries, especially fast-growing organizations, in navigating complex change processes and turning them into sustainable success. With extensive experience in the consulting and FMCG industry, she is an expert in Strategy Consulting, Change Management and Coaching / Mentoring on an intercultural and intersectoral level — driven by a creative mindset and a strong people-centered approach.

I am a collaborative, big picture thinking leader, who stands for authenticity, inclusivity and team success and have a visionary and coaching leadership style with over 25 years experience working within project design, delivery and implementation.

Since 2018 I’ve been leading the Business Architecture team within our Architecture and Engineering department. The team direct the business architecture discipline across the group, managing the current state reference architecture, lead our community of practice and work closely with our business, strategy & transformation teams.

Prior to this I was the Senior Business Architect in the RBS Personal and Business Banking (Retail) Investment and Architecture team, managing a wide range of responsibilities including architecture governance, target operating model, assessing and assuring programme design and reviewing our investment portfolio against bank strategy.

Before moving to Retail banking I worked within HR application implementation in various roles from Business Analyst to Build Manager and PeopleSoft production support and latterly as the HR Solutions Architect supporting the global PeopleSoft and payroll instances.

I am passionate about the customer experience and delivering the right design for them, the business and the wider architectural estate. This includes ensuring there is clear return on investment and delivering business and customer outcomes and benefits.

My experience includes management of design assurance, architecture and design governance, architectural artefacts and user journeys to support the understanding of the current and target architecture, blueprinting high-level designs, along with KPIs and metrics to define and track the operating model changes and change portfolio delivery.

I have in-depth experience of the project and application development life cycles starting with the completion of business cases to the delivery of the solution. The roles I have held have provided me with experience working with colleagues across the globe, third party suppliers and implementation partners identifying diverse business requirements along with legislative, regulatory and mandatory impacts.

I take great satisfaction delivering the best solution for our customers and staff by working closely with colleagues and stakeholders.

Rapid technological change demands a new approach to talent development in Software Engineering. This presentation introduces a practical, integrated Strategic Skill Management (SSM) framework designed to build a future-ready workforce. We will outline its core components: a granular skill taxonomy, continuous data collection on customer needs and tech trends, and a leadership-driven process for defining strategic „Tech Profiles.“ Learn how we leverage GenAI tooling to enhance analysis and documentation, enabling seamless integration with existing development processes. This blueprint fosters clear skill alignment, guides targeted development, and shifts talent management from reactive to proactive. Discover actionable components for building an agile, resilient engineering workforce.

Oliver brings more than 20 years of experience in engineering and IT, working in international organizations with complex structures and demanding business environments. His strength lies in defining strategy and making it work — from the shop floor to the boardroom — across business, engineering, and IT.

Over the course of his career, he has led international teams, delivered large ERP and engineering system programs, and supported organizations through major transformations such as M&A integrations, global rollouts, and organizational change. He has been responsible for core enterprise platforms, significant IT budgets, and the coordination of internal teams and external partners.

He has a strong background in understanding complex systems and organizations, which shapes how he approaches transformation, decision-making, and change in large IT and engineering environments. His leadership style is pragmatic and hands-on, with a focus on clarity, reliability, and solutions that work in everyday operations.

Enterprise Architecture Transformative Mindset illustrated through case studies and real-life examples:

  • Successful enterprise architecture and digital transformation require balancing processes, Organization, Data, and Technology.
  • Strategic insights arise by valuing and challenging diverse perspectives.
  • Efficient change is enabled through close exchange and collaboration between business and IT.
  • An Enterprise Architecture transformative mindset accelerates an efficient change execution by Implementing changes to portfolios, repositories, and processes consistently and in alignement across all relevant business and IT stakeholders.

… connecting the dots …
business focused enterprise architect combining E- and X-shaped skill sets

Over the last few years in different roles focused on bridging between business and IT in order to shape high performing diverse teams and in order to build stable, reliable, cost-efficient, global IT solutions.

Specialties:

  • enterprise architecture
  • digital transformation, core transformation, new business models
  • IT strategy, IT transformation, business development
    data analytics, AI, AI governance
  • various methodical approaches
  • excellent personal skills
    e2e business process transformation
  • distributed agile, DevOps, cloud projects
  • business process automation
  • e2e software development life-cycle
  • solid software engineering experience
  • attitude to challenge requirements and present them from a different perspective to provide optimal solutions and avoid potential traps
  • in depth (re-)insurance knowledge, focus on non-life underwriting & claims, client management, data analytics

Contrary to where it’s often positioned, Architecture is not a senior technical role. Rather, it is a business leadership discipline that uses technology as one of its enabling tools.
When architects forget this, they become less relevant to the business.

When Architects, most specifically Business Architects, demonstrate focus on the best interests of the business, they become strategic advisors. And that difference determines whether Architecture creates value — or just complexity.

This interactive session will ask and answer the economics question “How do we drive an organization’s demand for the architectural value we want to supply?” It involves positioning, behavior, influence, expectation management, and above all growing interest, awareness, and the desire to engage with the value we can provide.
We often hear Architects, particularly Business Architects and Enterprise Architects, lament that they can’t get an invitation to the leadership table early enough in the strategic process, or in some cases we never make it to the executive table at all. We will openly share the reasons why this may be the case, where missteps and mistakes may have been made in the past, and reconcile how we must be positioned and change in the future. We will provide a variety of insights and practical tactics that will give you a clear path to the coveted role of Trusted Advisor in your organization, pinpointing the inflection point in your skill development that will make you a next-level Architect for your organization.

Linda brings her experience as a leader, architect, advisor, community-builder, consultant, practitioner, speaker and coach for the benefit of your organization. Having recently completed her 5 year tenure as Chief Architect for Cargill and continuing since 2010 to lead the TCBAF Business Architecture Community, Linda’s commitment to equipping organizations and individuals for success persists. Her sincere and straight-forward style ensures her effectiveness as a trusted adviser who has enabled improvement, facilitated formation of vision and strategy, and guided desired transformation across a diverse set of organizations. Linda focuses on clarifying individual and organizational purpose as a critical starting point in maximizing the skills and talents individuals bring to organizations, and designing business capabilities for extraordinary results; she is an enthusiastic proponent of the practice and performance of enterprise and business architecture to drive strategy, transformation, and growth.

AI at TR has been traditionally focused on product innovation and delivering cutting-edge tools to customers. As demand grew to transform internal business functions using AI, TR pursued a combined top-down and bottom-up approach, including enterprise enablement and upskilling, access to fit-for-purpose AI tools, and the establishment of an AI Centre of Excellence. These efforts unlocked meaningful productivity gains at the individual and team level, but true reimagination of end-to-end workflows remained more difficult. To address this, TR leveraged business architecture thinking to accelerate and improve internal AI-transformation outcomes. This session will delve into TR’s approach for identifying and prioritizing most impactful opportunities for AI-first transformation and setting up squads of „Forward Engineers“ to partner with domain leaders and rapidly deploy production-grade AI solutions that go beyond automation and drive true reimagination of end-to-end workflows.

I’m a strategy and operations professional with 10+ years of experience in driving cross-functional business design alignment and managing enterprise-wide business transformation and value creation initiatives within blue-chip companies. I have a proven track-record of collaborating effectively with executive-level stakeholders and managing lean, goal-oriented teams.

While many organizations focus on securing their own systems, a growing number of breaches originate far beyond their direct control — within their software and supplier ecosystems.

In the Darknet, the consequences are already visible: access to corporate networks, sensitive data, and internal systems are actively traded — often without the affected companies even being aware until it is too late.

This talk connects two worlds that are rarely considered together: the hidden dynamics of modern supply chains and the very real marketplace of compromised data. Using real examples from security incidents and Darknet forums, it illustrates how seemingly minor vulnerabilities in dependencies or open-source components can evolve into serious business risks.

Rather than focusing on technical details, this session provides a strategic perspective on how these risks emerge and why traditional security approaches often fall short. Attendees will be challenged to rethink how they approach supply chain security — not as an abstract technical challenge, but as a critical factor for organizational resilience in an increasingly interconnected world.

Physicists are better at understanding people

„Contrary to the archetypal image of physicists with corduroy trousers and knitted sweaters, I love working with people. Physics has taught me to think in systems and people always form complex systems.“

Markus is an Agile-Lean-catalyst who understands how to combine adaptive leadership, systemic self-reflection and valuecreation for exceptional results. He is fascinated by the interaction between people and the systems around them – across the boundaries of methodologies and frameworks. Over the past 15 years, he has worked in various leadership positions and organizational formats along the value chain. Markus introduced Agile ways of working into teams, led a global Lean & Leadership transformation of 30 production sites, trained +200 leaders and managers, was the driving force behind a group-wide culture initiative and coached C-level on strategy and execution.

Now he works in the sweet spot between Agile, Lean and Leadership. There he combines the best of all three worlds to help companies be effective and efficient at the same time.

In his spare time, Markus enjoys spending time with his lively family and is chairman of a tennis club. He enjoys cooking, listening to heavy metal music and reading epic fantasy novels.

Markus is the host of the “Strategiewerkstatt” podcast, where he asks the question: “How do we move from colorful slides to sustainable implementation of our strategy?”.

Business architecture artifacts (such as, e.g., a capability map) have gained traction in various scenarios across strategy execution, transformation, and change in recent years. Using those artifacts, organizations typically seek to gain big picture insights, e.g., for better strategic and organizational alignment. At the same time, practitioners often want those artifacts to be readily understood and used by a wide range of stakeholders in the organization, letting them “see themselves within the maps.” All too often, this results in certain tradeoffs that need to be made. This session deals with the tradeoffs between insight and usability of business architecture artifacts (using the capability map as an example), and is designed to spark exchange around approaches of how to effectively handle such tradeoffs.

Physicists are better at understanding people

„Contrary to the archetypal image of physicists with corduroy trousers and knitted sweaters, I love working with people. Physics has taught me to think in systems and people always form complex systems.“

Markus is an Agile-Lean-catalyst who understands how to combine adaptive leadership, systemic self-reflection and valuecreation for exceptional results. He is fascinated by the interaction between people and the systems around them – across the boundaries of methodologies and frameworks. Over the past 15 years, he has worked in various leadership positions and organizational formats along the value chain. Markus introduced Agile ways of working into teams, led a global Lean & Leadership transformation of 30 production sites, trained +200 leaders and managers, was the driving force behind a group-wide culture initiative and coached C-level on strategy and execution.

Now he works in the sweet spot between Agile, Lean and Leadership. There he combines the best of all three worlds to help companies be effective and efficient at the same time.

In his spare time, Markus enjoys spending time with his lively family and is chairman of a tennis club. He enjoys cooking, listening to heavy metal music and reading epic fantasy novels.

Markus is the host of the “Strategiewerkstatt” podcast, where he asks the question: “How do we move from colorful slides to sustainable implementation of our strategy?”.

With AI reshaping how organizations operate and accelerating the pace of change, Enterprise Architecture (EA) is at an inflection point. This talk explores a dual transformation, where EA enables AI-driven change across the enterprise while evolving its own practice through the impact of AI. We’ll examine how EA provides the context, alignment, and governance needed to scale AI responsibly, and how to balance speed with control so guardrails are embedded into agentic systems without becoming the “No police.” In parallel, AI is transforming EA itself, reducing repetitive work, enabling teams to focus on higher-value insight and orchestration, and making enterprise knowledge more accessible beyond specialist roles. Together, these shifts are moving organizations toward more connected, insight-driven ways of working, strengthening alignment, breaking down silos, and accelerating transformation across the enterprise.

Leslie Robinet is a transformation leader driven by purpose and committed to meaningful, lasting impact through a growth mindset. At Bizzdesign, she leads global enablement across people, processes, and technology, helping harmonize capabilities and strengthen the bridge from strategy to execution. Leslie brings a rich background in Enterprise Architecture, service excellence, and knowledge management. Before this, she’s held several leadership roles at Mega International, including Corporate Services Director and Services Director for multiple regions, where she enhanced service delivery, built methods and offers, and developed high‑performing, multicultural teams. Her early grounding in Industrial Systems Engineering and Lean Management in the U.S. established the systems‑thinking approach that continues to shape her work.
Leslie is deeply engaged in sustainability, for her company and for her community, co‑founder of a cooperative grocery promoting solidarity and ecology.

AI removed the natural governor that used to protect us—typing speed, research time, the friction of creation. Now the only limit is cognitive endurance. And most of us don’t know our limits until we’ve blown past them. This keynote explores why „more productive“ often means „more drained,“ why so many of us feel like distracted babysitters instead of makers, and what the research says actually works. From the biological ceiling on deep work to the Jevons Paradox of attention, you’ll understand why AI Brain Fry is an organizational risk and how to design work that protects human judgment while still capturing AI’s value.

For over 20 years, I’ve guided teams through technological change, combining my background in USteffi Kieffer has guided teams through complex transformation for over 20 years. With roots in UX design and Design Thinking, she brings methodological rigor to understanding how people actually work with AI—not just what the technology can do. She co-founded an AI startup in healthcare before ChatGPT existed, learning early what happens when humans work alongside AI under high-stakes conditions. Today, she specializes in the cognitive challenges of AI transformation: helping organizations scale AI capabilities without overwhelming their teams with prompt fatigue, agentic orchestration overload, and decision paralysis. Steffi is founder of The AI & Future Skills Retreat, guest lecturer for AI & Innovation at Hochschule der Bayerischen Wirtschaft (HDBW), host of the Insanely Human Podcast, co-host of Claude Code Meetup Munich, and co-author of the whitepaper „Teaming with AI.“ As a daily ice swimmer for over 850 days, she practices what she preaches about building resilience in turbulent times. X design and innovation to help organizations integrate AI in ways that work for humans, not against them.

My workshops draw from a decade of leading design thinking and innovation across industries, plus several years at the forefront of AI adoption. Long before generative AI became mainstream, I was developing conversational AI solutions for healthcare—giving me firsthand insight into both the technology’s potential and its human implications.

What makes my approach different? I practice what I teach. I’ve committed to 500 days of ice swimming, not because I love hypothermia, but because thriving with AI and diving into freezing water require the same skills: staying clear-headed under pressure and finding balance at the edge of your capabilities.

No buzzwords, no hype—just practical strategies for teams who want to make AI an asset, not a distraction.

Diskutieren wir eigentlich noch über das Ziel oder nur noch über den Weg? In vielen Unternehmen nimmt die Debatte über das Wie (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) mittlerweile mehr Raum ein als das Was. Für CIOs und Enterprise Architects wird diese „Methodenschlacht“ zum Ballast: Sie bindet Ressourcen und schafft zusätzliche Komplexität, statt sie zu reduzieren.

Dieser Vortrag ist kein Abgesang auf Agilität. Aber er fordert den nächsten Reifegrad: Schluss mit Agile als Selbstzweck. Wir müssen aufhören, Frameworks dogmatisch auszurollen, und anfangen, eine Architektur zu bauen, die Probleme tatsächlich löst.

Anhand von konkreten Fällen aus Pharma, MedTech und Transport zeige ich, was passiert, wenn man die Schablonen weglässt:

1. Architecture over Rituals: Warum eine saubere Enterprise Architecture und klares Schnittstellen-Design mehr Geschwindigkeit bringen als das perfekt moderierte Daily.

2. Flow over Frameworks: Wie wir echte Engpässe im Value Stream finden und beseitigen, statt pauschal Methoden über Teams zu stülpen.

3. Maturity over Compliance: Wie Teams selbst in sicherheitskritischen Bereichen lernen, Verantwortung für das Ergebnis zu übernehmen, statt sich hinter Prozess-Vorgaben zu verstecken.

Für wen ist das? Dieser Vortrag richtet sich an CIOs und Architekten, die bereit sind, die „Stützräder“ der Standard-Frameworks abzulegen. Ich zeige, wie man in hochregulierten Umfeldern agil und compliant sein kann, ohne zum Sklaven einer Methodik zu werden.

Physicists are better at understanding people

„Contrary to the archetypal image of physicists with corduroy trousers and knitted sweaters, I love working with people. Physics has taught me to think in systems and people always form complex systems.“

Markus is an Agile-Lean-catalyst who understands how to combine adaptive leadership, systemic self-reflection and valuecreation for exceptional results. He is fascinated by the interaction between people and the systems around them – across the boundaries of methodologies and frameworks. Over the past 15 years, he has worked in various leadership positions and organizational formats along the value chain. Markus introduced Agile ways of working into teams, led a global Lean & Leadership transformation of 30 production sites, trained +200 leaders and managers, was the driving force behind a group-wide culture initiative and coached C-level on strategy and execution.

Now he works in the sweet spot between Agile, Lean and Leadership. There he combines the best of all three worlds to help companies be effective and efficient at the same time.

In his spare time, Markus enjoys spending time with his lively family and is chairman of a tennis club. He enjoys cooking, listening to heavy metal music and reading epic fantasy novels.

Markus is the host of the “Strategiewerkstatt” podcast, where he asks the question: “How do we move from colorful slides to sustainable implementation of our strategy?”.

A people-oriented manager that likes to develop business with customers and team. Solid experience in strategy management, business development, sales and delivery.

Strong background in large cap segment across UK and the Nordics. With a background from consulting, delivery and sales helping customers to succeed with decision support of digital transformation and strategy execution.

As a team and company, we work with partners and consultants that form our ability to deliver rapid results. We provide the insights to enable change with strong solutions of planning and strategy execution.

With deep insight to governance, information management, statistics, dynamic models, AI, business blueprints, we help to make change and to provide data-driven governance faster and with sustainable business outcomes.

Let’s dispense with the polite fiction. Across the AI market, we are enthusiastically building Ferraris on dirt roads and then acting surprised when the suspension snaps. Most organizations rush straight into models and proofs of concept without doing the unglamorous, essential work of data readiness—no assessment, no cleanup, no governance. Just optimism, deadlines, and a vendor deck that promises everything will be fine.

I bridge the gap between business and IT to lead enterprise-wide transformation, modernization, and value creation. Partnering closely with C-level executives and architecture teams, I design agile, scalable operating models and architectures that drive growth, enable data-driven decision-making, and deliver measurable business outcomes.

With proven success across Fortune 500 and global organizations, I’ve led transformational programs that modernize legacy environments, elevate governance, and align technology with strategic priorities—especially in highly regulated industries. My deep boardroom experience spans public, private, and nonprofit sectors, where I advise on corporate governance, fiduciary oversight, CEO succession, and how to navigate disruption.

Passionate about making EA a true business enabler, I work with organizations reset operating models, optimize engagement strategies, and establish pragmatic, agile governance. I’m known for cultivating accountable, high-performing teams and creating architecture functions that are practical, impactful, and future-ready.

I’m fortunate to be recognized as a thought leader, author, researcher, and keynote speaker and deeply involved in advancing the EA profession. Past President of the Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations (FEAPO) I also served on Penn State’s Center for Enterprise Architecture Board and am actively engage with the Chief Architect Network (CAN) and Women in Architecture (WIA).

Respected for integrity, clarity, and influence, I bring a collaborative and independent voice to the executive table—helping organizations lead with confidence and achieve sustainable success in dynamic markets.

How ready is your data for real-world AI? This interactive session combines a concise keynote with a hands-on roundtable to explore what AI Data Readiness truly requires—beyond hype and tooling.

Drawing on a widely discussed LinkedIn article and practical insights from developing and piloting an AI Data Readiness Assessment with Tonic 3, we will discuss:

  • What typically breaks when AI initiatives scale
  • Which governance foundations are essential
  • How to stage readiness without burning budgets

The goal: participants leave with a practical, usable assessment approach to accelerate AI adoption with confidence.

AI leaders bring perspectives from strategy, architecture, consulting, and real-world implementation to discuss what it actually takes for technology leaders to move AI adoption from experimentation to enterprise impact.

I bridge the gap between business and IT to lead enterprise-wide transformation, modernization, and value creation. Partnering closely with C-level executives and architecture teams, I design agile, scalable operating models and architectures that drive growth, enable data-driven decision-making, and deliver measurable business outcomes.

With proven success across Fortune 500 and global organizations, I’ve led transformational programs that modernize legacy environments, elevate governance, and align technology with strategic priorities—especially in highly regulated industries. My deep boardroom experience spans public, private, and nonprofit sectors, where I advise on corporate governance, fiduciary oversight, CEO succession, and how to navigate disruption.

Passionate about making EA a true business enabler, I work with organizations reset operating models, optimize engagement strategies, and establish pragmatic, agile governance. I’m known for cultivating accountable, high-performing teams and creating architecture functions that are practical, impactful, and future-ready.

I’m fortunate to be recognized as a thought leader, author, researcher, and keynote speaker and deeply involved in advancing the EA profession. Past President of the Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations (FEAPO) I also served on Penn State’s Center for Enterprise Architecture Board and am actively engage with the Chief Architect Network (CAN) and Women in Architecture (WIA).

Respected for integrity, clarity, and influence, I bring a collaborative and independent voice to the executive table—helping organizations lead with confidence and achieve sustainable success in dynamic markets.

Dive into knowledge, inspiring discussions, and valuable connections

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Presentations & Speakers

Get Inspired by The Power of Experts’ Experience on New Trends!

Melanie Fichtner

Melanie Fichtner

Geschäftsleiterin IT & Digital
TSG Hoffenheim Fußball-Spielbetriebs GmbH
Dr. Oliver Kallenborn

Dr. Oliver Kallenborn

Senior Manager
Robert Bosch GmbH
Dr. Claudia Gsottberger

Dr. Claudia Gsottberger

Senior Enterprise Architect
Munich Re
Martin Wilde

Martin Wilde

CIO
PFISTERER
Whynde Kuehn

Whynde Kuehn

Founder and Managing Director
S2E Transformation Inc.
Krishnan Venkatasubramanian

Krishnan Venkatasubramanian

Global Head of Enterprise Architecture
MediaMarktSaturn
Kirsty McGregor

Kirsty McGregor

Business Architect
NatWest Group
Tabea Gutermann

Tabea Gutermann

Head Accounting Operations
TenneT TSO
Donata von Schindau

Donata von Schindau

Senior Consultant
Die Umsetzer
Michelle van Wijk

Michelle van Wijk

Senior Executive Counselor
Info-Tech Research Group
Alex Kouptsov

Alex Kouptsov

Transformation Lead
Thomson Reuters
Linda Finley

Linda Finley

Community Founder, President and Board Chair
TCBAF
Dr. Thomas Meintrup

Dr. Thomas Meintrup

Chief Enterprise Architect at Mercedes-Benz AG
Mercedes-Benz AG
Maureen Erven

Maureen Erven

IT-Security Professional
team neusta Unternehmensgruppe
Anita Schüttler

Anita Schüttler

Head of IT Sustainability
neuland - Büro für Informatik
Steffi Kieffer

Steffi Kieffer

Human-AI Collaboration
Michael Geers

Michael Geers

Frontend Architekt
neuland - Büro für Informatik
Daniel Simon

Daniel Simon

Managing Director
Across & Ahead
Leslie Robinet

Leslie Robinet

Director of Global Services Office and Sustainability Director
Bizzdesign
Dr. Markus Schmotz

Dr. Markus Schmotz

Executive Partner
Wertwandler GmbH
Miriam Suchet

Miriam Suchet

CEO, AI Strategy & Culture Advisor
Suchet Consulting
Anton Brass

Anton Brass

People Development Manager
iteratec
Morten Stender

Morten Stender

Managing Partner
Staun&Stender | next-insight
Jean Gehring

Jean Gehring

Founder & Principal Consultant
Jean Gehring Advisory
Karsten Voges

Karsten Voges

CEO | CIO | Conference Chair
Lean42 | LeanLeaderSummit

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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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    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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    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.

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    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

    H-Hotels

    Konrad-Zuse-Platz 14
    81829 Munich

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

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