English 
German 
3 stages and over 30 presentations by top speakers from the tech world. This is the ITCS, cutting-edge tech topics, interactive and authentic! There's something for everyone here.
From start-ups to global corporations. At the stand, you could get to know the tekkies from the companies directly, gain exclusive insights into their IT projects and find your new dream job.
Jeder braucht mal eine Pause. Bei einer Runde Tischtennis oder einem heißen Match in der Gaming Area. Selbst Gerüchte über eine Afterparty machten in den Chillout Areas die Runde.
StandNo.:
M42
We are the 1. eSports Association Darmstadt, kurz EVD. Als Verein wollen wir den digitalen Sport regional fördern & Heimat f…
Employees: 5
StandNo.:
The M27
We offer a wide variety of job models and career paths. But a successful career always takes two. Shape your career with us.
Employees: 64,000
StandNo.:
M40
As an early-stage start-up, we are looking for companies that are willing to try out our tools and start a pilot project with us.
Employees: 2
StandNo.:
W2
The BPW Club Frankfurt is part of one of the largest international networks for professional women worldwide. Locally, nationally and internationally...
StandNo.:
M26
Capgemini is a global partner for AI-supported business and technology transformation. The company creates measurable added value for organisations...
Employees: 420,000
StandNo.:
R1
Success stories start here.
With its two business segments - Corporate Clients and Private and Small-Business Clients...
Employees: 40,000
StandNo.:
L1
At the interface between business and science, NGOs and start-ups, the CII develops new solutions for a secure digital future. Core g...
StandNo.:
M23
Even a central bank needs strong IT! We operate in a special environment consisting of business (cash and non-cash payments), politics (finance, banking and...
Employees: 10,000
StandNo.:
M10
Aviation enthusiasts (m/f/d) with a passion for technology and innovation as well as a degree or training in the aviation industry are...
Employees: 5,800
StandNo.:
L12
DICOS is an independent software and consulting company based in Darmstadt. For over 25 years, we have been ensuring that...
Employees: 70
StandNo.:
M13
Start your career at a bank where you can successfully shape your personal future and the future of the cooperative banks....
Employees: 5,700
We celebrate Women in Tech and want to improve the IT world together with our speakers!
Vielen Dank an unsere Sponsoren KFW BANKENGRUPPE & SCHWARZ DIGITS, and all co-operation partners and visitors. We were delighted to welcome >33% visitors to ITCS Darmstadt, which is well above the industry average!
In den ITCS Masterclasses geht es nicht ums Zuhören, sondern ums Mitdenken und Ausprobieren. Du arbeitest an konkreten Beispielen, stellst Fragen und bekommst Einblicke, die über das Offensichtliche hinausgehen – genau das, was für die eigene Weiterentwicklung wirklich zählt.
Gerade im direkten Austausch entstehen oft die spannendsten Momente: neue Perspektiven, ehrliche Einblicke in den Arbeitsalltag und Gespräche, die hängen bleiben. Für viele sind das auch die Situationen, in denen sich Interessen konkretisieren oder sich erste Türen in Richtung Job öffnen – ganz ohne klassischen Bewerbungsdruck.
So bleiben Masterclasses nicht nur inhaltlich im Kopf, sondern wirken oft noch lange nach.
Gamification hat längst den Sprung aus der reinen Gaming-Welt geschafft und ist heute fester Bestandteil moderner Tech-Lösungen. Ob in Apps, Lernplattformen oder komplexen IT-Systemen – spielerische Ansätze helfen dabei, Motivation zu steigern, Prozesse verständlicher zu machen und Nutzer:innen nachhaltig zu begeistern.
Was früher als „Spielerei“ belächelt wurde, ist heute ein ernstzunehmendes Werkzeug, um selbst trockene oder anspruchsvolle Themen zugänglich zu gestalten – und genau darin liegt das eigentliche Potenzial: Technologie nicht nur funktional, sondern auch erlebbar zu machen.
Unsuccessful software teams don't fail because of a lack of talent - they fail because of the way they work: Code is discussed instead of tested, formatting is debated instead of automated, egos are optimised instead of results, and whether it all works is never questioned.
In this talk, Patrick Koss uses his observations – supported by research from Google's Project Aristotle, the DORA metrics from Accelerate, and Team Topologies – to show 8 patterns that distinguish successful teams from failing ones. You'll leave with a practical interview checklist to discover if a team is truly worth joining.
It has never been so easy to generate new ideas with the help of AI. This talk shows how innovation management is currently undergoing fundamental change.
In the presentation, Dino Huber will discuss the app itself, its background, development process, as well as concrete applications and future releases with in-depth content and practical relevance – and what all of this has to do with good teamwork.
An exciting insight into the world of modern air traffic control and current challenges.
The IT systems of German Air Traffic Control are undergoing a transformation: from currently largely closed monolithic systems towards a service-oriented and cloud-based architecture. This presentation will illustrate this transformation using the example of software development for pilot systems at our tower locations.
Using new technologies and architectures, DFS aims to maintain safety in the skies, increase capacity, and bring innovations to air traffic controllers more quickly!
The world of work is facing its most profound transformation since industrialisation. AI agents are no longer just taking on routine tasks – they are planning, deciding, and acting autonomously. But who remains in control? And who actually owns the data, the processes, the decisions?
This talk demonstrates how companies and employees can actively shape digital sovereignty – rather than lose it. It makes tangible how AI agents like EMMA are not replacing the workplace of the future, but redefining it: as a place where humans and technology collaborate as equals.
Faster, smarter, more digital – AI agents promise a new dimension in the financial world. However, not every number tells the whole story, and not every document can be easily deciphered. It is crucial that diverse perspectives within the development team raise better questions, thereby contributing to the creation of AI solutions that are technically adept, practical, and innovative.
Software rules the world, but its source code has a critical bug: the lack of female perspectives. This talk shows why diversity isn't a "nice-to-have," but the necessary system update for true innovation. It's time for a reboot – so that the tech world can finally compile its full potential.
From philosopher to IT manager: In this lecture, Lore Lodig tells you about her unusual career path and shows how analytical thinking, curiosity and the courage to change perspective can build bridges between the humanities and technology. She provides honest insights into the challenges faced by (young) women in an industry that is still dominated by men. She talks openly about learning curves, leadership responsibility and the importance of attitude in complex companies and projects.
Like magic – but do you know the downsides? From prompt manipulation and hallucinations to AI agents making deceptively real scam calls. Beyond the Hype reveals what's behind the fairy dust – and why you should never blindly trust AI.
Designing and communicating AI products responsibly, bridging technology and human reality. This is precisely why diverse perspectives are needed in the roles that set priorities.
Isabell Forster combines technical thinking with neurobiology and shows why emotional instability paralyses projects more often today than technical errors.
With clarity and a twinkle in her eye, she explains how to recognise your own "system errors" before they crash meetings or lead to permanent exhaustion.
An impulse that makes visible why your nervous system is the most important performance tool - and how you can debug it.
When we open computer science books or follow tech conferences, we mostly encounter men. Men who invented things, explain technology, or act as the experts. At the same time, a problem has been known for a long time: there are too few women in the tech sector.
Initiatives aimed at getting girls excited about technology, mentoring programmes, and many dedicated stakeholders are working to close this gap. But can this even work if girls and women lack something much more fundamental, namely role models?
In her talk, Lea Schönberger shows why the way we talk about tech and the history of technology is problematic. She tells stories of women who have made important contributions but remain unknown, and explains how her podcast "Computer Science for the Modern Housewife" aims to create space for the stories of female computer scientists from the past and present.
Salesforce is much more than just a CRM - and working with it even more so. In this presentation, you will take a look behind the scenes of their Salesforce Practice together with NTT Data: a globally networked community in which you work together with colleagues worldwide and accompany customers on real transformation projects. Whether sales, marketing or customer service - their projects are diverse, cross-industry and close to the specialist departments. With topics such as Agentic AI, they are actively shaping the future of their customers. A talk for everyone who wants to combine tech, business and impact.
Discover how LowCode and GenAI are working together at DZ BANK to revolutionise the world of work. We have connected our LowCode platform with our internal GenAI platform to develop intelligent assistants that use business knowledge to analyse content and recognise correlations. Find out how these smart helpers take over routine tasks and save valuable time to focus on more complex tasks - always with humans in charge.
AI brings many opportunities for innovation to many industries, but banks in particular. However, it also comes with new risks which need to be tackled. Hence building models is crucial, but also a well-functioning model validation is key to long-term success and trustworthy AI implementation. Meet #WomeninTech to hear more about how Commerzbank takes up the challenge in #teamyellow.
This talk will give you a practical insight into the work of a 2nd Level Analyst in the KfW's Security Operations Centre (SOC). It will explain how cyber-attacks are detected, analysed and effectively defended against. You will also learn which tools and methods are used to protect KfW's IT infrastructure and what challenges the daily work in the SOC presents. The talk is aimed at anyone interested in exciting topics in IT security and cyber defence.
In an increasingly complex threat landscape, companies are faced with the challenge of effectively protecting their IT systems. This presentation will highlight how automation and artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly reduce response times to cyber security incidents. Learn how the strategic use of these technologies enables you to proactively detect cyber threats, effectively defend against them and respond quickly to security incidents to sustainably strengthen your security strategy and increase operational efficiencies.
In this presentation, we will show how employees can create on-demand environments independently in order to carry out test migrations for critical updates or to safely test new functions as part of further training.
Through realistic test environments, we create a protected space for experimentation, validation and learning - without any risk to production systems. In this way, we make complex deployments plannable, provide security when dealing with changes and take away the fear of critical updates.
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, participants were able to discover innovative solutions, make valuable contacts and gain directly applicable insights.
Quantum computers are developing rapidly - and they will profoundly change our digital world. They offer the potential to solve complex challenges in seconds that currently take conventional systems hours, days or even years.
However, it is precisely this progress that presents us with new security issues.
A central topic: post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
While quantum computers will bring enormous benefits in the future, they could also make many of the encryption methods that protect our IT today vulnerable. Data that is currently stored securely could one day be decrypted - a risk that should be taken seriously.
In this masterclass you will learn:
You will get an understandable overview of the current developments in post-quantum cryptography - and how organisations can strategically prepare today to avoid being surprised tomorrow.
💡 This session is suitable for anyone who wants to understand technological trends before they become standard - and who is interested in actively shaping the IT security of the future.
👉 Sounds exciting? Then join us and discover how we are making our digital world fit for the quantum age.
Materials required: none
In this talk, you will explore the principles of design thinking and their application in rapid prototyping with AI (AWS PartyRock). Design thinking is a creative approach to problem solving that puts the user at the centre and develops innovative solutions through iterative processes. AWS PartyRock provides a powerful, AI-based platform to realise these prototypes quickly and efficiently. Participants will learn how to turn their ideas into tangible prototypes by combining these methods and tools. The talk will include practical examples and interactive exercises to provide participants with a deeper understanding and practical skills.
Materials required: Laptop, tablet or mobile phone with internet access and Google or Apple account.
The masterclass demonstrates with the help of an award-winning, state-funded open-source AI project based on a multi-agent system how AI can help drive the urgently needed digitalisation of the German administration. It provides practical insights into how consultancies and the public sector can successfully collaborate to implement innovative tech projects and make Germany fit for the future.
Your first job can make a difference of thousands of pounds – every year.
And most start below their actual market value.
If you don't want to belong, you shouldn't miss this seminar.
MLP shows you how to recognise your true market value, strategically increase it and negotiate smartly – specifically for the IT industry. You will learn what really matters, which mistakes are costing you money and how to position yourself in conversations so that you are taken seriously.
This doesn't just remain theoretical:
Ruven Bamberger and Katja Weßel recreate realistic negotiation scenarios, give you direct feedback on body language and rhetoric, and show you how staggered negotiation works. They also explain how negotiation results are properly documented in writing afterwards.
In short: Anyone not involved here is very likely leaving money on the table.
Required materials: Please bring something to take notes with – you’ll take away a lot for yourself.
Experience how high-speed innovation and strict banking regulations (BaFin, MaRisk) are successfully combined. Get to know the modern infrastructure of KfW Bankengruppe with Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift as the basis for container orchestration and discover why it relies on cloud-native technologies with microservices and API-first. Find out how Infrastructure as Code (IaC) enables automation with tools such as Terraform and Ansible and how agile working in Safe Scrum Mode characterises everyday working life. Benefit from a lively learning culture with error acceptance, tech talks and internal hackathons. Help shape the invisible and use your code to help finance tomorrow's SMEs today.
Today, AI coding tools make it possible to generate functioning code within a short space of time. However, without clear control and a structured approach, this quickly results in systems that are difficult to understand, difficult to maintain and risky in the long term.
This masterclass will show how AI-supported software development has evolved and what challenges remain. The focus is on Spec-Driven Development (SDD) as a counter-model to pure "vibe coding". It explains how requirements, architecture and tasks are specified and then implemented by AI agents such as GitHub Copilot.
This results in software that is reproducible, traceable and scalable and can be sustainably developed and maintained. The masterclass is aimed at anyone who not only wants to use AI experimentally, but also wants to integrate it into the software development process in a controlled and targeted manner.
More than 500 companies are waiting for innovative minds to join their teams. Find the job that perfectly matches your skills!
Every two weeks, we serve you a brand-new episode, available wherever you get your podcasts – completely free. So tune in, subscribe, and don’t miss a thing!
What actually happens behind the scenes at the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, especially in the digital space? In this special episode, we talk to an anonymous guest from the BfV's cyber defence. Under the fictitious name "Richard", he provides rare insights into a job that usually remains hidden and makes a key contribution to safeguarding the free democratic order.
Over 500 exhibitors are already successfully recruiting at ITCS events!
We unite Tech conference, job fair and Festival into a unique event format - lively, inspiring and full of possibilities. Our trade fairs create a relaxed and inviting atmosphere in which you as an exhibitor can network with Tekkies in an informal setting.
