Achim is Co-Founder and CTO of the Stuttgart-based Startup Vialytics. The company helps 250 cities across Europe to better maintain their roads with the help of Artificial Intelligence. Before founding Vialytics, he was working as a Solopreneur, launching several Chart-Leading Apps in the iOS App Store. He is an Electronic Media Master Alumni of HDM in Stuttgart.

Benjamin worked in IT consulting for 16 years before joining Zoi, most recently as Managing Director. He started working with AWS in 2012 and developed one of the first AWS partners in Germany. He accompanied numerous large customers from the manufacturing industry on their way to the cloud. In 2017, Zoi was founded and Benjamin Hermann is jointly responsible for its management.

Christian leads the AWS Digital Builders Showroom, an immersive space to make key technologies and the power of the Cloud more tangible. He is a Senior Marketing Leader with 10+ years of experience in shaping digital and innovative businesses. Christian holds an MBA from London Business School.

Daisy is a Program Manager at AWS, based out of the UK. She works with The Digital Innovation Leads to support on projects and challenges within the Cloud Innovation Centres across Europe. Daisy has a Process Engineering background, working in Logistics for the past 3 years, prior to that she was a secondary school science teacher.

Elmar develops AWS partnerships and digital skills programs with AWS Training Partners, non-profits, universities, vocational training centers, IT bootcamps and other educational providers. He also builds AWS collaborations in DACH & Nordics with government stakeholders on digital skills strategy, reskilling, upskilling and education modernization. Prior to his role at AWS, he worked for IBM Global Education, PWC Consulting, headed the European Learning Industry Group and as expert for the European Commission. Elmar studied engineering and innovation management in Aachen, Paris and Lausanne.

Jennifer Nicolay studied Spanish, philosophy and business informatics. She was a teacher in Spain, an online editor in Münster (Germany), and chair of the board of a Germany-wide student initiative for business ethics before joining the social organization JOBLINGE to help young people integrate into the job market. Today, she is the founder of her own social organization, the Azubi Digital Akademie. She is committed to giving disadvantaged young people the best possible chance to gain a foothold in the IT industry and successfully complete an apprenticeship.

Lars is Digital Innovation Lead at AWS. Being based out of Munich, he leads the Cloud Innovation program in DACH and heads strategic initiatives to drive public sector innovation. Lars is a Senior IT Professional with 20+ years of experience with the development of digital products and innovative businesses. Before joining AWS 3 years ago, Lars headed the Esri startup program.

Niroshan is a lead Bioinformatician and Innovation manager at the Munich Leukemia Laboratory in Germany. He drives the introduction of advanced methods and technologies into routine diagnostics workflows, including Cloud computing and AI methods for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and phenotype analysis for cytomorphology and immunophenotyping.

Sr. Program Manager Education to Workforce (Central Europe), Amazon Web Services
Varun manages the Education to Workforce programs and relationships with education ministries across multiple countries in Europe. Based out of Luxembourg, he has over 7 years of experience at Amazon and AWS with sectors spanning supply chain, consumer electronics, and education. Varun holds an MBA from the University of Hong Kong and London Business School and has a total of 13 years experience spanning international business and marketing.