DLD Munich 2024

Dr. Anne-Marie Großmann is member of the board of Directors of GMH Group. The family business with its headquarters in Georgsmarienhütte near Osnabrück comprises companies across the entire steel value chain as well as in machinery and equipment engineering.

As Regional Director, West Africa, at Business Sweden, Anthonia Adenaya Huard promotes trade and investment between Africa and Europe. She is passionate about investments, win-win partnerships and sustainable development in Africa, especially women’s participation in these developments.

Antoine Leboyer is the Managing Director of the Munich Technical University Venture Lab for Software and Artificial Intelligence, which supports over a hundred university-led startups. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and is the producer of the TUM Venture Lab podcast Entrepreneurial Realities.

Dr. Antonella Mei-Pochtler is an Advisory Board Member at TUM Venture Labs. A long-time Partner at business consultancy BCG, she is also engaged in various pro bono activities and she serves on the Boards of Teach for All.

Dr. Antonia Schmalz is an innovation manager at Germany’s Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation (SPRIND). Her focus lies on physics-related projects, particularly fusion energy, as well as microelectronics. In addition, she heads the SPRIND subsidiary Pulsed Light Technologies.

Armin Steuernagel is a serial entrepreneur, Founder & Managing Partner of the Stiftung Verantwortungseigentum (Purpose Foundation), which is campaigning for a form of ownership that enables companies to operate independently and value-oriented over the long term. Steuernagel is also a co-founder of Purpose Green Capital.

Auguste von Bayern is a zoologist who seeks to understand how animals think. Her research interests comprise innovative and flexible reasoning skills and vocal learning abilities of parrots. Auguste graduated in Zoology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Azeem Azhar writes the popular Exponential View newsletter, which explains how society and the political economy are changing under the force of technology. He’s also the author of Exponential: How to Bridge the Gap Between Technology and Society and serves on the board of the Ada Lovelace Institute.