Archive

The Innovation Day has been held annually at the House of Communication in Munich since 2005.

Here you can find an overview of our speakers since 2016.

Innovation Day 2016

Martin Lindstrom

Brand futurist

Bianca "Bibi" Heinicke

YouTube star

Elyas M’Barek

Actor

Christian Lindner

Chairman of the FDP

Daniel Domscheit-Berg

Former spokesman for Wikileaks

Mathias Müller von Blumencron

Chief Editor Digital Media for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)

John Travis

VP Marketing EMEA Adobe

Frank Schätzing

Bestselling author

Innovation Day 2017

Alexander Bard

Cyberphilosopher and author

Prof. Julian Nida-Rümelin

Philosopher and former State Minister

Martina Koederitz

Chairwoman of the Management Board IBM Germany

Jürgen Kaube

Editor Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Dr. Christoph Kucklick

Chief Editor GEO

Sebastian Matthes

Chief Editor of Huffington Post Germany

Dirk Ahlborn

CEO Hyperloop Transportation Technologies

Alexander Nix

CEO Cambridge Analytica

Marianne Bullwinkel

Country Manager DACH Snap

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg

Former Minister of Defense

Innovation Day 2018

Sigmar Gabriel

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs

 

 

Prof. Jürgen Schmidhuber

Co-Founder, NNAISENSE; Swiss AI Lab, IDSIA, USI & SUPSI, Switzerland 

Carsten Knop

Chief Editor Digital Products Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Julia Jäkel

Chief Executive Officer Gruner + Jahr

Oliviero Toscani

Photographer and creative director at Benetton

Alexander Schill

Chief Creative Officer Serviceplan Gruppe

Tyler Brûlé

Entrepreneur, Chairman & Chief Editor Monocle

Terry von Bibra

General Manager Europe Alibaba Group

Joko Winterscheidt

Moderator, entrepreneur and “editor-at-large” JWD

Innovation Day 2019

Dr. Viviane Reding

Former Vice-President of the European Commission and former Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship

 

Anna-Beeke Gretemeier

Chief Editor of stern

Friedrich Merz

Vice President of the Economic Council of the CDU and former Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke

Carsten Knop

Chief Editor Digital Products Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt

Google's Chief Innovation Evangelist and Adjunct Professor, Stanford University

Ralf Reichert

Founder and Co-CEO of ESL

Susan Schramm

Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer McDonald‘s

Robin Ruschke

Senior Vice President Global Brand & Communications SIXT

Jeff Lunsford

CEO Tealium

Thorsten Scheib

Managing Director Marketing Philip Morris GmbH

Innovation Day 2020

Matthias Horx

Future researcher

Prof. Lars Feld

Chairman of Wirtschafts-weisen

Gerald Braunberger

Editor of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Eileen Burbidge

Partner of Wagniskapital-gesellschaft Passion Capital

Johannes Diebig

Area Vice President Marketing Cloud, Salesforce

Christoph Keese

CEO hy – the Axel Springer Consulting Group

Tanit Koch

Managing Director of ntv and Chief Editor of RTL central editorial office

Carsten Knop

Editor of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Former Danish Prime Minister and Co-Chair of Facebook's Oversight Board

Dr. Christian Deuringer

Head of Global Brand Communication Allianz SE

Insa Klasing

CEO TheNextWe and former Managing Director Kentucky Fried Chicken Germany

Prof. Gerald Hüther

Scientist and bestselling author

Innovation Day 2021

Tim Leberecht

Consultant and author

 

 

 

Judith Wittwer

Chief Editor Süddeutsche Zeitung

Carsten Knop

Editor of Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung

Tijen Onaran

Entrepreneur and author

Ana-Christina Grohnert

Chairwoman of the Board of “Charta der Vielfalt” employers' initiative

Emilia Roig

Founder and Director of the Center for Intersectional Justice & Author

Thomas Schulz

SPIEGEL correspondent and Silicon Valley expert

Michael Bohn

Head of Marketing Central Europe, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH

Cate Trotter

Founder and Head of Trends at the future agency Insider Trends

Raphael Gielgen

Trendscout Future of Work Life & Learn at Vitra

Markus Lüpertz

Painter, graphic artist and sculptor

Innovation Day 2022

Stephan Balkenhol

Artist

Prof. Dr.

Dr. h. c. Clemens Fuest

Professor of Economics and Director of the ifo Institute

Angelika Gifford

Vice-President EMEA at Meta

Christine Henkelmann

Head of Analytics & Content Research at RTL Data

Philipp Justus

Managing Director Google Germany and Vice President Central Europe

Sascha Lobo

Blogger and internet mastermind

Charlotte Maihoff

„RTL Aktuell“-Moderator

Nicole Nitschke

CEO DACH at Douglas

Alex Timlin

Head of Solution GTM at SAP Customer Experience

Innovation Day 2023

Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel

Expert for sustainability policy & transformation research and Co-founder of Scientists4Future

Richard Socher

AI expert and founder of you.com

Dr. Andreas Liebl

Managing Director appliedAI

Carsten Knop

Editor of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Oliver Burkeman

Award-winning feature writer & New York Times bestselling author

Laura-Marie Geissler

Professional racing driver

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