Speaker & Moderator 2026
Dr. Benedikt Epe Quarch
- Organisation
- German Legal Tech Hub GmbH
- Edition
- German Legal Tech Summit 2026
- Date
- Venue
- HCC – Hannover Congress Centrum, Eilenriedehalle

Appearance
At the Summit 2026
Sessions
- Official opening of the German Legal Tech SummitMain Stage
- Official welcome from the Advisory Board of the German Legal Tech Summit 2026Main Stage
- Society in the Age of AIMain Stage · Host
- CEO 500 Short Edition – Live on StageMain Stage
- What is already possible in-house, where could the journey be heading, and what does this mean for law firms?Main Stage · Host
- Pitch Trophy Award CeremonyMain Stage
- Law Firm Trophy Award CeremonyMain Stage
- Conclusion of GLTS 2026Main Stage
Profile
About the speaker
Dr. Benedikt Epe Quarch is an entrepreneur, lawyer and one of the defining figures of the German Legal Tech market. In 2016, he co-founded RightNow, one of the pioneering companies for the digital enforcement of consumer rights. As Co-Director of the German Legal Tech Hub, he is now responsible for the German Legal Tech Summit. At the same time, he is building an AI-native law firm and an AI platform for the legal market. As a keynote speaker and adviser, he prepares law firms and legal departments for the AI age. He is founding editor of the journal LegalTech (Nomos), author of several specialist books and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Werte-Stiftung. He teaches at the universities of Cologne, Düsseldorf and Hamburg as well as at the St. Gallen Executive School. His accolades include being named “Forbes 30 under 30” and “JUVE 40 unter 40”.
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Carmen WolfRechtswirt / Law Firm Manager, FROMM law firm
Olaf LiesMinister-President of Lower Saxony
Dr. Melanie Epe QuarchCompliance Counsel for Sanctions & Export Control and AI at RWE AG and Chairwoman of the Women in AI Network
Prof. Christian SolmeckeLawyer for Media Law and IT Law as well as Partner at the law firm WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE
Rafael PaplockiBundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt
Dr. Kerstin BäckerLausen Rechtsanwälte
Claudia JandekGÖRG (Kanzlei)
Domenic TrögerLIT LEGAL
Deniz TucBosch
Anke PörksenNiedersächsisches Ministerium für Inneres und Sport
Henning SchröderLawyer, President of the Niedersächsischer Anwalt- und Notarverband e. V.
Christoph BielakWirth Schmies und Partner mbB
Prof. Dr. Johanna WenckebachIG Metall
Sven GöthCEO
Roger CericiusGerman Legal Tech Hub GmbH, innotonic GmbH
Prof. Dr. Florian OffergeltManaging Partner
Paul PermantierLexGraph
Anisja PorschkeAI Legal Club
Kim KleinertLUTZ ABEL Rechtsanwälte
Prof. Dr. Volker RömermannRömermann Rechtsanwälte AG
Zacharie LaikFounder
Caleb MigosiAkerion EU
Maximilian Blockmaxblock.vc
Paula BröckerJustiz Niedersachsen
Stefanie OtteOberlandesgericht Celle
Dr. Jacob WendeRegpit GmbH
Dr. Julius RemmersTaylor Wessing
Deniz CalhanSimmons & Simmons
Sebastian WülbeckDentons Europe (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG
Prof. Niko HärtingHÄRTING Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB
Jörg OffenhausenGerman Legal Tech Hub GmbH
Alicia UrbanOviva / Legal Tech Lab Cologne
Sarah Leischel1736x
Prof. Dr. Nora NahrProfessor of Legal Informatics, University of Passau
Joana NeyXella International GmbH
Ingo BorgdorfRWE
Verena ReichensteinDentons Europe (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG
Tobias Henze
Lara FriederichsFreshfields
Prof. Dr. Markus AbrahamLeuphana Universität
Katja OsenbergKfW
Tom BeckerVP DACH
Jakob EfeCapgemini
Tom GördesBlaum Dettmers Rabstein Rechtsanwaltspartnerschaft mbB
Victoria Rosendahl, LL.M. (McGill)Noerr
Michael GruppBEAMON AI
Lukas PagelONYST UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Su ReiterReiter Media
Pia BolligDIRO AG
Eva Pottkämper, LL.M., LL.M.BEAMON AI
Alexander GrögerJoin GmbH
Thorsten RamusGerman Legal Tech Hub GmbH
Dragos CostinAmazon Web Services (aws)
Arkadiusz RzepkaGÖRG (Kanzlei)
Dr. Andrea MiskolcziManaging Director
Nora DiekmannHellmann Worldwide Logistics Germany GmbH & Co. KG
Michael Friedmannanwalt.de services AG
Helena HauserJUVE Verlag für juristische Information GmbH
Dietmar NeidigGerman Legal Tech Hub GmbH
Jana Sáez GarcíaLegal Ease
Beatrix RuettenRuetten - KI für Juristen
Anna BalmesWolters Kluwer
Dr. Natascha ZiemekKaden und Ziemek, Rechtsanwälte und Notare
Hannah-Silvia HeiseChristmann & Heise Rechtsanwältinnen in Partnerschaft
Ramiza SchöneNotartec
Dr. Alexander GeorgiadisNiedersächsisches Ministerium für Inneres und Sport
Lena Mailin HaffnerNorton Rose Fulbright
Pierre-Paul LemyreLexum (Canada)
Madeline WenzelCapgemini Invent
Pia HorenderHead of Business Development & Sales, German Legal Tech Hub
Tim-Julien RichterDeloitte Legal
Nicolas FalkeCapgemini Invent
Christian GerickeVice President of the German Association for Small and Medium-sized IT Businesses (BITMi)
Lars Mollnenna.ai GmbH
Dr. Jan-Eike AndresenAndresen Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Demir KanurićMAINLY Rechtsanwalts-GmbH
Nathalia SchomerusRSM App4Matter
Dr. Arnt Glienke, LL.M., CCPClarius.Legal Rechtsanwaltsaktiengesellschaft
Henrik VolkmannLibra Technology GmbH
Christiane KlimaschkaWolters Kluwer
Ismail Ascinu:legal
Benedikt LangeCompanyCheck UG
Leo SchuhmannComplydo
Miriam KümmelBlue Guardrails GmbH
Natasha de kokersnowLEX Oy
Mathis LuckaBlue Guardrails GmbH
Dennis BöckerDennis Böcker Innovationsmanagementberatung
Prof. Dr. Cordula Meckenstocklawpilots GmbH
Martin BrüningBrüning Kommunikation (Martin Brüning)
Silke LeinweberSilke Leinweber
Tobias WielkiVertec GmbH