Andreas Klinger
Founder · PROTOTYPE
Jakobus Schuster
CEO · Notarity
Thomas Eriksson
CEO and Founder · SASHA
Katharina Schneeberg
Head of Innovation & Technology · Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft (BVDW) e. V.
Europe’s rules are often blamed for slowing its tech sector - but some argue they could become an edge. This panel takes the paradox head on, with founders who build under that regulation every day. An honest debate about whether the rules hold Europe back or push it toward something stronger.
World Congress 2026 Europe
Antonella Mei-Pochtler
Pochtler Industrieholding
CEO and Executive Chairwoman
Thomas Jarzombek
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation
Thomas Saueressig
SAP SE
CCO and Member of the Executive Board
Jasper Bennink
POLITICO
Tech Reporter
Deivids Vilkinsons
HASH
CEO
Guillaume Esnou
Invisible Technologies
Field CTO Europe
Laura Moritz
Globant
Manager, Data & AI
Mariam Hakobyan
Softr
CEO and Co-Founder
Helmut Schönenberger
UnternehmerTUM
CEO and Co-founder
Julian Teicke
The Delta
Co-founder and Executive Chairman
Mats Kuuskemaa
Government of Estonia
Country Director
Fanny Jimenez
PREMIUM-GRUPPE
VP Performance and Collaboration
Daniel Terzenbach
Federal Employment Agency
Member of the Executive Board
Johannes Kopf
Public Employment Service Austria (AMS)
CEO
Rudi Bauer
WeAreDevelopers
CCO
