Speakers 2026
The speakers at the Summit 2026
Voices from law firms, companies and politics, each assigned to one of the programme’s topic areas. More speakers will be announced on an ongoing basis.

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Who is speaking at the Summit
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101 of 101 speakers

Elisabeth L'Orange
AI: The Inflection PointKeynote Speech
Carmen Wolf
Rechtswirt / Law Firm Manager, FROMM law firm
Olaf Lies
Minister-President of Lower Saxony
Dr. Melanie Epe Quarch
Compliance Counsel for Sanctions & Export Control and AI at RWE AG and Chairwoman of the Women in AI Network
Prof. Christian Solmecke
Lawyer for Media Law and IT Law as well as Partner at the law firm WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE
Rafael Paplocki
Head of Division, Digital AdministrationBundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt
Dr. Kerstin Bäcker
PartnerLausen Rechtsanwälte
Domenic Tröger
LawyerLIT LEGAL
Prof. Michal Jackowsky
Professor of Law | Co-Founder & CEO, AnyLawyer | Partner, DSK Kancelaria | AI Governance ExpertPanel on the report covering the whole of Europe
Prof. Dr. Michael Beurskens
Chair of Private Law, in particular Commercial Law and Digitalisation (University of Passau)Kanzlei Müller-IboldPresentation
Deniz Tuc
IT Specialist Legal TechBosch
Anke Pörksen
State Secretary for Digitalisation of the State of Lower SaxonyNiedersächsisches Ministerium für Inneres und Sport
Henning Schröder
Lawyer, President of the Niedersächsischer Anwalt- und Notarverband e. V.
Christoph Bielak
LawyerWirth Schmies und Partner mbB
Prof. Dr. Johanna Wenckebach
Chief Legal CounselIG Metall
Lina Keßler
Founder | Legal DesignerLegal Design VenturesWorkshop tbd
Sven Göth
CEO
Roger Cericius
Co-Founderinnotonic GmbH
Prof. Dr. Florian Offergelt
Managing Partner
Paula Bröcker
Presidential Affairs Officer at the Celle Higher Regional CourtJustiz Niedersachsen
Anisja Porschke
CPO, Co-FounderAI Legal Club
Kim Kleinert
LawyerLUTZ ABEL Rechtsanwälte
Prof. Dr. Volker Römermann
Lawyer | Management BoardRömermann Rechtsanwälte AG
Zacharie Laik
Founder
Caleb Migosi
Senior Software EngineerAkerion EU
Maximilian Block
Start-up Investor and Legal Tech Pioneermaxblock.vc
Stefanie Otte
President of the Higher Regional Court of CelleOberlandesgericht CellePanel
Paul Permantier
CEOLexGraph
Dr. Jacob Wende
CEORegpit GmbH
Dr. Julius Remmers
Senior AssociateTaylor Wessing
Deniz Calhan
Transformation ManagerSimmons & Simmons
Sebastian Wülbeck
Partner – Energy & TechnologyDentons Europe (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG
Georg Eisenreich, Staatsminister a.D., MdL
Bavarian State Minister of Justice (ret.)Freistaat Bayern
Prof. Niko Härting
Prof. Niko Härting, LawyerHÄRTING Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB
Dr. Benedikt Epe Quarch
Co-Managing DirectorGerman Legal Tech Hub GmbH
Jörg Offenhausen
Managing DirectorGerman Legal Tech Hub GmbH
Alicia Urban
Legal Counsel OperationsOviva / Legal Tech Lab Cologne
Sarah Leischel
Venture Lead1736x
Prof. Dr. Nora Nahr
Professor of Legal Informatics, University of Passau
Joana Ney
Head of Group LegalXella International GmbH
Ingo Borgdorf
Lawyer (in-house counsel admitted to the bar)RWE
Verena Reichenstein
Lawyer, Senior AssociateDentons Europe (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG
Tobias Henze

Lara Friederichs
LawyerFreshfields
Prof. Dr. Markus Abraham
Junior ProfessorLeuphana Universität
Katja Osenberg
Head of Legal OperationsKfW
Tom Becker
VP DACH
Jakob Efe
Senior Manager Legal EngineeringCapgemini
Tom Gördes
LawyerBlaum Dettmers Rabstein Rechtsanwaltspartnerschaft mbB
Victoria Rosendahl, LL.M. (McGill)
LawyerNoerr
Michael Grupp
Managing Director and CEOBEAMON AI
Lukas Pagel
FounderONYST UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Su Reiter
Digital Entrepreneur and FounderReiter Media
Pia Bollig
Member of the Executive BoardDIRO AG
Eva Pottkämper, LL.M., LL.M.
Growth & Community ManagerBEAMON AI
Alexander Gröger
Legal Tech Product ManagerJoin GmbH
Thorsten Ramus
Co-FounderGerman Legal Tech Hub GmbH
Dragos Costin
Account ManagerAmazon Web Services (aws)
Arkadiusz Rzepka
Head of Digital Transformation & Legal TechGÖRG (Kanzlei)
Dr. Andrea Miskolczi
Managing Director
Nora Diekmann
Legal Counsel IT & Digital, Head of Legal TransformationHellmann Worldwide Logistics Germany GmbH & Co. KG
Michael Friedmann
Board member, Chief Legal Innovation Officer (CLIO)anwalt.de services AG
Helena Hauser
Departmental responsibility for Legal Tech and Legal OperationsJUVE Verlag für juristische Information GmbH
Dietmar Neidig
Co-Managing DirectorGerman Legal Tech Hub GmbH
Jana Sáez García
Head of Operations & Customer RelationsLegal Ease
Beatrix Ruetten
Lawyer and FounderRuetten - KI für Juristen
Anna Balmes
Senior Digital Content ManagerWolters Kluwer
Dr. Natascha Ziemek
Lawyer and Notary, PartnerKaden und Ziemek, Rechtsanwälte und Notare
Hannah-Silvia Heise
Lawyer and notary, mediatorChristmann & Heise Rechtsanwältinnen in Partnerschaft
Ramiza Schöne
FounderNotartec
Dr. Alexander Georgiadis
Head of Department for Digitalisation, Overall IT Management, Security and InfrastructureNiedersächsisches Ministerium für Inneres und Sport
Lena Mailin Haffner
Head of Client Engagement – Digital Strategy and AINorton Rose Fulbright
Pierre-Paul Lemyre
Business DevelopmentLexum (Canada)
Madeline Wenzel
Senior ConsultantCapgemini Invent
Pia Horender
Head of Business Development & Sales, German Legal Tech Hub
Tim-Julien Richter
Senior ConsultantDeloitte Legal
Nicolas Falke
Capgemini Invent
Christian Gericke
Vice President of the German Association for Small and Medium-sized IT Businesses (BITMi)
Lars Moll
CEO & Co-Foundernenna.ai GmbH
Dr. Jan-Eike Andresen
PartnerAndresen Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Demir Kanurić
Lawyer and Managing DirectorMAINLY Rechtsanwalts-GmbH
Nathalia Schomerus
Head of Data and Digital ServicesRSM Ebner Stolz
Dr. Arnt Glienke, LL.M., CCP
Chief Legal & Compliance Officer / Chief Governance OfficerClarius.Legal Rechtsanwaltsaktiengesellschaft
Henrik Volkmann
Director Revenue DACHLibra Technology GmbH
Christiane Klimaschka
Legal EngineerWolters Kluwer
Ismail Asci
Co-Founder & CTOnu:legal
Bork Morfaw
CEO & Foundernu:legal
Ivan Mokanov
Lexum (Canada)
Gina Koopman
Start up Pitch Trophy
Benedikt Lange
CEOCompanyCheck UGStart up Pitch Trophy
Nikolai Raitschew
Founderanymize GmbHStart up Pitch Trophy
Leo Schuhmann
More Comply, Less DoComplydoStart up Pitch Trophy
Ole Leisner
FounderDigitaler Mieterverein (DMV)Start up Pitch Trophy
Miriam Kümmel
CEOBlue Guardrails GmbHStart up Pitch Trophy
Natasha de koker
Co-Founder & CEOsnowLEX OyStart up Pitch Trophy
Mathis Lucka
CTOBlue Guardrails GmbH
Dennis Böcker
Innovation consultant and expert in innovation managementDennis Böcker Innovationsmanagementberatung
Prof. Dr. Cordula Meckenstock
CEOlawpilots GmbH
Aswin Parkunantharan
Business Unit LeadSepteo Legal Solutions Deutschland GmbH
Tobias Wielki
Managing Director GermanyVertec GmbH
Dr. Ann-Cathrin Brock
Director Customer Success ManagementBeck-Noxtua
Moderation
Who hosts the programme
The Summit’s moderators.
9 of 9 speakers

Claudia Jandek
Legal AI Specialist and Fully Qualified LawyerGÖRG (Kanzlei)
Dr. Benedikt Epe Quarch
Co-Managing DirectorGerman Legal Tech Hub GmbH
Su Reiter
Digital Entrepreneur and FounderReiter Media
Eva Pottkämper, LL.M., LL.M.
Growth & Community ManagerBEAMON AI
Thorsten Ramus
Co-FounderGerman Legal Tech Hub GmbH
Ramiza Schöne
FounderNotartec
Pia Horender
Head of Business Development & Sales, German Legal Tech Hub
Martin Brüning
Brüning Kommunikation (Martin Brüning)
Silke Leinweber
Host - Clear questions. Good conversations. Complex topics made understandable and to the point.Silke Leinweber
4Announcements
More speakers are being announced continuously
The programme is being published step by step and continuously extended. New speakers appear here as soon as they have been released.
