Nicole Gerhardt
Chief Human Resources Officer & Member of the Board of Directors, Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG
15.09.2020 | 12:30 - 13:15 | Keynote Stage

Nicole Gerhardt has been Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG since August 2017. In this position she is responsible for Human Resources within the company. Prior to this, Nicole Gerhardt was Executive Vice President Human Resources at ProSieben.Sat1 Media SE.

Nicole Gerhardt is already well acquainted with the company. From 2013 to 2015, the fully qualified lawyer worked first as Head of HR at the E-Plus Group and then, following the merger of Telefónica Deutschland and E-Plus, as Director Business Partnering, Talent, Leadership & Capability Development. Nicole Gerhardt started her career as Legal Counsel at Versatel Deutschland GmbH, before leading the company’s HR department. Several leading positions followed in the HR departments of Vodafone in Germany as well as abroad.

Nicole Gerhardt studied law at Ruhr University Bochum. She was born in 1970 und she is married.

Sabine Müller
CEO, DHL Consulting
16.09.2020 | 15:00 - 15:45 | Keynote Stage

I am Sabine Mueller, the CEO of DHL Consulting. DHL Consulting is the independent strategic supply chain and management consultancy of Deutsche Post DHL Group, employing 100 consultants globally. I have been dedicated to the logistics sector for more than two decades.

The logistics industry is highly complex, dynamic and innovative. Over the years, I held various positions in strategy, corporate organization and consulting. Together with my team, I guide global logistics leaders and their customers to effectively tackle and overcome supply chain and logistics challenges. As leaders, we cannot ignore the severe transformational changes this field is going through, which require us to rethink the way we do business.

Beyond my logistics career, I consider the advancement of women in executive roles to be a fundamental requirement for business success. I believe encouraging diversity in perspectives and leadership styles at C-Level will undoubtedly result in better decisions. I am personally committed to help female leaders succeed and promote more diversity in management teams.

Prof. Dr. habil. Jana Koehler
17.09.2020 | 10:30 - 11:15 | Keynote Stage

• German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) Saarland University
• Chair of Artificial Intelligence

Keynote "Artificial Intelligence: Technology that will shape the future of work"

The talk introduces into the field of Artificial intelligence and explains its relevant terms and technologies. Case studies illustrate current developments and discuss the potential, chances and risks, and we discuss the impact of AI on society. Artificial intelligence proves to be a key innovation driver of digital transformation and is the key technology towards a flexible, sustainable and resilient economy to meet current and future challenges. Focusing on human needs and responsibility is key to succeed in international competition. Germany is well positioned in research and development, visible for example in the German Research Center for AI (DFKI) and German enterprises are at the forefront of AI applications in industry, medicine, or education.

Her career:

Jana Koehler is Scientific Director of the Algorithmic Business and Production Research Department at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and holds the chair of Artificial Intelligence at Saarland University. She was from the beginning of February to the end of October 2019 CEO of DFKI with currently 5 locations in Germany and more than 1000 employees.

Koehler studied Computer Science and Philosophy of Science at Humboldt University in Berlin and earned her doctorate at Saarland University. From 1990 to 1996, she worked at the DFKI and then as an assistant at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg until 1999, where she habilitated. Between 1999 and 2001 she worked for the elevator manufacturer Schindler AG and was a researcher and manager at IBM Research Zurich from 2001 until 2010. She completed research stays at the universities of Linköping, Maryland, and Berkeley. Prof. Koehler is a specialist for AI, cognitive robotics and industry 4.0, for software architecture as well as for optimization and digitization of business processes and is the coauthor of one of the most important standards in the area of Business Process Management (BPMN 2.0). From 2010 to early 2019, she was Professor of Computer Science at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

Prof. Koehler is member of the German Informatics Society (GI) and of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).