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5 stages and over 50 speeches by top speakers from the tech world. This is the ITCS, cutting-edge tech topics, interactive and authentic! There's something for everyone here.
Everyone needs a break sometimes. With a game of table football, table tennis or a hot match in the gaming area. There are even rumours of an after-party in the chill-out areas.
From start-ups to global corporations. At the trade fair stand, you can get to know the techies from the companies directly, gain exclusive insights into their IT projects and find your new dream job.
Students & Professionals
Friday, 04.07.2025
10:00 - 16:00
Admission 09:30 - 15:45
Hamburg Fair
Exhibition Hall B4, East Entrance
St.Petersburger Str. 30
20355 Hamburg
You can find all the information about the exhibitors, the programme and our specials below.
The ITCS after-party starts at 4pm with a DJ, drinks and snacks.
In keeping with the motto "come as you are", you won't be finding many in a suit and tie at the ITCS!
As cyberattacks increasingly dominate headlines and mirror the tensions of the geopolitical landscape, cybersecurity today demands more than technical expertise - it requires a strategic understanding of the broader geopolitical landscape.
What will the working world of tomorrow look like - and what role will quantum technologies, neuroscience and other deep tech innovations play in it? In this presentation, Dr Barbara Wellmann from Deloitte will provide insights into how they work at the interface of technology, science and business and the exciting career paths that arise from this.
Find out how you can use your expertise to help shape the future in an interdisciplinary environment - whether as a tech talent, strategist or creative lateral thinker. Be inspired by real projects and find out how you can become part of this development.
From studying computer science to working in IT consulting to leading a team in a major international corporation - Anke Wiechmann's path into the tech world was anything but straightforward, but full of valuable experiences. In her talk, she shares with you her top 3 learnings from over ten years in tech:
🔹 How she learnt to find her own path - even if it doesn't correspond to the classic career plan.
🔹 Why technical expertise is important, but soft skills are the key to leadership.
🔹 How to become visible, effective and successful as a woman in the tech world - despite hurdles.
Anke would like to encourage you to discover the tech world for yourself - whether as a career changer, graduate or experienced professional. The opportunities are diverse, exciting and forward-looking.
💡 Tech is not a man thing - tech is your thing.
Come along, be inspired, ask questions - and show us what you're made of!
Visibility is not an end in itself - it determines who is heard, who helps shape things and whose perspectives count. In the tech industry - one of the most forward-looking and at the same time most homogeneous fields - this visibility is often unevenly distributed. Women, queer people and marginalised groups achieve outstanding things on a daily basis, but are still too rarely considered in decision-making rooms, on panels or in product development.
This presentation looks at how networks can be used as a strategic tool to break down structural barriers, enable participation and make new role models visible. It is about the role of allies (allyship), the power of targeted communication and the development of sustainable structures in which diversity is not the exception but a prerequisite for innovation. An impulse for all those who not only want to belong, but also want to actively shape the rules of the game.
Imagine being in your early 20s and suddenly writing your first computer science book. For Lisa, this is not a vision of the future - it's reality. Today, not even 30 and four books later, she is not only on the biggest tech stages in Germany, but also on the "Forbes Under 30" list. Oh yes, and she works at Google on the side. Sounds like she's found the cheat code for life? In her talk, Lisa shows how she found her own way in IT from a working-class child. From her first encounters with programming, through challenges during her studies and her first successes at hackathons, to jobs in large tech companies and her commitment to more diversity in the tech world.
Software testing is much more than just finding bugs. It is a varied, analytical and often creative job that plays a key role in software development. In this talk, Susanna Stengl gives an insight into the multifaceted world of software testing: What different roles are there? Which skills are really crucial (spoiler: it's not just the technical ones!)? And why is this field well suited for career changers? Whether you're a talented communicator, problem solver or quality fanatic... find out if software testing is the right path for you!
The erratic runs into error while wandering into wandering
Just stop walking on obsolete traces, finding yourself caught in traps of inherited error
Let me show you how to embrace the Post-Purpose Era
Let's celebrate the Female Wisdom of Rooting for the Essence of Life
Woohoo, it's gonna be winkingly bewildering, transient and po-faced wild
Traditional gender relations continue to have a significant influence on young people's decisions in favour of a particular apprenticeship or course of study. The lecture will explain the reasons for stereotypical career choices and highlight their influence on those affected and on society. It will also explain how programmes such as Girls' Day - Girls' Future Day - can influence the choice.
In this session you will get a quick guide to take agency in your career, which will cover essential topics to help you become the driver of your professional journey.
Each of the key topics will include a practical exercise or call-to-actionso you'll leave the session with many tangible steps to implement.
Artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science that has been the subject of much public hype for many years. On the one hand, it is regarded as a key technology for future value creation, and an incredible amount of money is being invested in its development, while on the other hand, risks and dangers are attributed to it, including the destruction of humanity. In this presentation, I will try to realistically assess both the expectations and the fears.
How do you bring artificial intelligence into an organisation in a meaningful way? The HPA relies on collaboration instead of individual initiatives - with a cross-divisional AI community that promotes innovation, shares knowledge and identifies use cases.
One example: IT service management at HPA-IT. They show what impact Generative and Agentic AI can already have on process automation and service quality today.
What was presented as a "vision of the future" a year ago is now reality: AI agents can be used to automate not just individual tasks, but processes. What previously took time and nerves can now be done at the touch of a button - and suddenly space is freed up for what really matters.
But it's not quite that simple. If you want to use AI in practice, you have to consider more than just the technology - ethics, process optimisation, data protection and the legal situation also play a key role.
Wiebke Apitzsch uses concrete practical examples and memorable stories to show how the use of AI agents can be successful - and where the real levers for impact lie.
Exciting times: AI will change every industry during this decade.
We live in the most exciting time in mankind!
Ragnar Kruse will show you what is possible today, already.
The impact on our industry could be huge! 10+% on our GDP is possible.
How complicated can it be to show a single measured value on a display? This presentation provides an insight into the challenges of supposedly simple digital measuring devices. Using the example of a Dräger alcohol meter, we show why large development teams and hundreds of thousands of lines of code are needed to realise seemingly simple functions. A journey into the world of embedded systems, where technological precision and software architecture come together to deliver reliable results.
In a world where artificial intelligence can falsify identities, we need AI to protect us. The presentation "How to help AI fight AI (Identity) fraud" shows how WebID uses modern technologies to expose digital deception. With real use cases, smart strategies and a look behind the scenes of deepfake defence. If you want to put a stop to fraudsters, you first have to understand them - and that's what this is all about.
Marie-Christine takes you on a journey towards the cloud in large corporations. She openly shares her experiences at Tchibo, from her team and herself: how do you support a mindset change on the way from cloud hosting to cloud-native? And what are the new skills that are relevant for cloud engineering or cloud operations and for a successful cloud platform team? You don't have to be a techie to join Marie-Christine on this journey.
Find out how we successfully implement modern IT solutions with a focus on integration, cloud and artificial intelligence. With platforms such as IBM App Connect and SAP Cloud Integration, we connect systems efficiently and securely. Our interdisciplinary teams work across technologies and provide holistic advice on digital process optimisation.
A strong data strategy takes centre stage - together with our customers, we define KPIs, create scalable data lakes and integrate AI services for data-driven decisions and automation.
Look forward to exciting insights into our technical integration practice!
How often have we broken new ground - sometimes in the wrong direction, often with valuable insights?
What began as purely internal training has evolved: Today, we organise genuine specialist training courses, especially in onboarding. In this way, we not only provide an efficient introduction for new colleagues, but also an inspiring one.
This helps us to bring knowledge to life - and that inspires. New employees immediately realise that this is about more than just processes. It's about understanding, about quality, about passing on knowledge.
And that is precisely what drives us:
Sharing knowledge, ensuring quality, arousing interest - together with you.
Cats are cute, make you content and happy. So it's not surprising that 15% of global internet traffic is cat memes, cat pictures and cat videos. But how does "cat content" reach consumers?
What is IP? Why do you need an IP address? What is DNS? What does the engine room of the global Internet look like?
Based on simple principles and mechanisms, the lecture shows what is needed to provide a global network for billions of people and keep it running.
Learn about fibre optics, switches, routers, firewalls, protocols and network admins and what holds it all together. Because only a happy admin is a good admin, and that requires coffee and cat pictures!
Legacy systems and old structures from a junior's perspective.
What do modern software development and Formula 1 have in common? Speed is crucial. In this talk, I will show you how we started to build a platform that accelerates our internal software development and optimises processes. Step by step, we are creating an infrastructure that does not slow down innovation - but accelerates it.
Experience current industry topics in a practical way and learn from leading experts - this is exactly what the masterclasses offer. The format goes beyond a conventional presentation. In practice-orientated sessions, you can discover innovative solutions, make valuable contacts and gain directly applicable insights.
The IT world is vast: from software development and UX design to data science, IT security and tech content. But how do you find out which area suits you best? And how do you actually get started?
In this panel, Lisa, Julia, Lena and Fatma from the tech community share their very personal paths into IT in an honest and motivating way. They talk about their first steps, career detours, helpful tools, formative experiences and what they would do differently today.
Whether you are studying, attending a boot camp, training or making a career change, you will receive practical tips for your own path, learn how to recognise your strengths, build a strong network and deal with uncertainty.
An inspiring deep dive for all those who want to start in IT or are looking for orientation, exchange and empowerment.
Programme the energy transition yourself: Regulate producers, supply consumers, solve bottlenecks and control the German energy grid with your code.
Materials required: Laptop
In this interactive masterclass, PCS Beratungscontor AG will demonstrate live how Generative AI can be used in Databricks for qualitative data analysis - with real data, spontaneous prompting and honest evaluation of the results. Together you will test how close AI comes to real consulting today.
Materials required: - Laptop - Standard software for data analysis (Excel, PowerBI, Tableau, Python, R...)
Artificial intelligence is far more than just a trend - it is fundamentally changing our working world and opening up completely new perspectives.
In this inspiring masterclass, the future shapers of the Microsoft SkillHer initiative provide exciting insights into how you can use AI specifically for your career - in a practical, understandable and directly applicable way.
Look forward to valuable tips and concrete application examples with Microsoft Copilot, which you can try out directly on site. The session is designed to be interactive - so don't forget your mobile device!
Afterwards, they cordially invite you to an open exchange in the Women in Tech Area.
Materials required: Mobile device for interactive part
In the Project Partners masterclass, which is moderated by the management and experienced IT consultants, you will find out what IT consulting is. Project Partners will give you an insight into specific customer projects, their difficulties and how they solved them. You will then work in groups in a break-out session. Together with your team, you will examine and analyse specific tasks from the SAP S/4HANA world and recommend a solution. A short presentation of the results followed by a discussion rounds off the masterclass.
Star Finanz develops a live agent system and shows you how AI even supports them in the development process.
Everyone is welcome to join in, anyone can code live and get an AI agent up and running at the end. If you just want to watch, you can do that too.
Materials required: Your own computer Cursor IDE installed, ideally with trial subscription. Python environment set up (ideally with UV Package Manager).
Would you like to get in touch with the exhibitors before the trade fair and arrange a date at the ITCS in Hamburg?
CTO
Head of Digital Transformation
Head of Cloud Platforms
Senior Director Cyber Defence
Founding Partner AI.FUND
Strategic Account Technology Strategist
Managing Director
AI expert & Coach for Women in Tech
Director | Lead Quantum.Link
Network Consultant | Team Lead Network & Security
Customer Success Account Manager
Senior Consultant
Prof. Dr.
Senior Threat Intelligence Researcher
IT architect
Tech Author & Technical Account Manager @ Google
Founder | Web Developer
Embedded Software Developer
Trainee SAP Data & Analytics
Head of Advanced Analytics Platform
Founder #Frauenmacht & Inclusion & Diversity Lead
IT consultant
Team Lead QA @LichtBlick SE and member/mentor @Women in Tech e.V.
Research assistant
the Creative Act of Abundance | La Chef du Bonheur philanthropique
Managing Director
Content Creator & Founder
Manager, AI initiative
Scientific consultant
Cloud Solution Architect
Philosophically Inspired Speaker
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