#MTHCON26 Speakers

Speakers 2026

Javier Arguedas

News Anchor and Correspondent at Deutsche Welle

Noosha Aubel, Lord Mayor of Potsdam

Mayor of the state capital Potsdam

Jörg Bachmeier

CEO Studio Babelsberg

Anke Braun

Senior AI Developer at Condat

Alexandra Borchardt

Senior Journalist & Media Advisor

Christina Caspers

General Manager at TRIXTER

Rebecca Ciesielski

Investigative TV and Radio Reporter at Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)

Laura Coover

Filmmaker & Director of Marketing at Orbital Studios 

Lilian Dammann

Founder & CEO at myne

Edward Dawson Taylor

Co-Founder of CGPRO

Helen Davies

Head of Innovation at Triongl

Tim Deussen

Creative Technologist and Founder at Studio Deussen

Kai Fischer

Head of Constantin Creators at Constantin Entertainment

Rolf Fricke

Head of Research & Development at Condat

Jürgen Geuter

Research Director of ART+COM

Dave Gouge

Principal at Squirrelball

Tim Greve

Founder & CEO at Seven200.AI Studios

Stefan Grill

Head of Innovation at 3pc GmbH Neue Kommunikation

Marcus Grühser

CEO at taktlos GmbH

Graham Haigh

Chief Operating Officer at ITV Studios

Volker Helzle

Director Carl Laemmle Institut at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Sebastian Herbst

Managing Partner & Producer at ARKANUM

Alex Henning

Co-Founder & President at Magnopus

Jonathan Ho

Creative Technologist & Founder of Wavery

Thomas Hoppe Foto © Marc Frommer / Fraunhofer FOKUS

Project Manager and Senior Researcher at Fraunhofer FOKUS

Adél Holdampf-Wendel

Head of Future of Work & Employment Law at Bitkom

Christian Kapteyn

Professor of Digital Business at SRH University of Applied Sciences

Linus Käpplinger

VP Operator at LEDcave

Antonia Kerle

Chief Technical Advisor at BBC

Markus Knall

Editor-in-Chief and Director Content at IPPEN.MEDIA

Jeannine Koch

CEO at medianet

Oliver Koch

Managing Director | Commercial + Founder at Qvest Engage

Martina Klement

Minister of Economic Affairs, Energy, Climate Action and European Affairs of the Federal State of Brandenburg

Sebastian Klöß

Head of Markets & Technologies at Bitkom

Sonja Köpke

Managing Director at Future Skills Alliance e.V.

Josephine Kittner

SVP Content Strategy, Discovery & Analytics at RTL+

Sarika Lakhani

Executive Producer at X Filme

Nhi Le

Journalist, Moderator, Author

Justin Lewis

Director of Media Cymru

Ridhima Lulla

Co-Founder & Co-President of Eros Innovation

Charlotte Windle Mikkelborg

Film and Immersive Director

Rainer Matsutani

Director at Red Sun Films

Paul Probst

AI Product Manager at PROMPTR

Marion Ranchet

Founder of Streaming Made Easy 

Meriem Rebai

Founder of reelistiq 

Gabby Redfern

Group Director Content Services at Sky

Ole Reißmann

Director AI at SPIEGEL 

Lars Stark

CCO & Creative Lead at Chapter41

Franziska Scholz

Director of Product Management at Gracenote

Alex Springer

Tech Lead of SPUR Coalition

Olivia Stracke

Innovation Manager at Deutsche Welle

Teddy Tewelde

Co-Founder of PxP Embassy

Monika Thiel

Research Consultant at Bitkom Research

Christian Tretbar

Editor-in-chief at Tagesspiegel

Mark Wachholz

Chief Creative Director & Co Founder at DREAMKITE Studios

David Wallace

Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Berlin

Ian Whittaker

Founder and Managing Director at Liberty Sky Advisors

Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann

CEO & Founder of DREAMKITE Studios

#MTHCON26 AI Garden Speakers

S26: AI-Garden Übersicht

Jacques Alomo

CEO at creamlabs AI 

Arturo Castro

Artist and Engineer at ART+COM

Alican Eren Kuzu

Candy Valley Network/Game/Animation Cinematic Director

Robert Förster

COO & Co-Owner at Radiozeit

Sylvia Nitzsche

Founder of syn-design

Jukka Karhula

Founder of Frame Rate Ltd.

Jeff Kofman

CEO and Founder at Trint

Dan Kovacs

Chief Experience Officer at Voia

Aenn-Sophie Siebert

Managing Director and Producer

Maarten Verwaest

Co-CEO & CRO at Limecraft

Maciej Żemojcin

AI Film Technology & Creative Advisor

#MTHCON26 Demo Day Speakers

S26: Demo Day Übersicht

Alexander Wolf

CEO and Co-Founder of SONALAB

Dominik Böhm

Co-Founder and Creative Technologist at Chapter41 

Jens Brorsen

Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Valid Technologies GmbH

Thomas Brömme

CEO & Founder of Graphrs

Kevin-Etienne Berdux

Co-Founder and CMO of Ontoworks

Mark Drau

CEO and Founder of DeepTranslate

Robert M. Stanley

Co-Founder and CPO of European Artist Bank

Josephin Peuten

Key Account Manager of BotTalk

Fabian Tausch

Founder & Host of Unicorn Bakery

#MTHCON26 Speakers macromedia Side Event

S26: macromedia Übersicht

Castulus Kolo

President of Macromedia University

Eli Noam

Director of Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia University

Jörg Bachmeier

CEO Studio Babelsberg

Tristan Filges

Executive Editor AI & Distribution, Axel Springer Premium Group

Leona Achtenhagen

President of European Media Management Association, Jönköping International Business School

Evelyn Kästner

Professor for Media Management at Macromedia University

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