An informative day that provides food for thought, shares experiences, and invites participants to actively shape the digital future.
Artificial intelligence, Web3, new digital infrastructures, and cybersecurity are the focus of our full-day event, which appeals to both beginners and experienced professionals. In a varied program, we provide compact insights into current technologies, highlight practical implementation examples, and provide inspiration for specific use cases in everyday professional life.
What are the topics
At the beginning, you will be given an overview of the potential of modern AI solutions – clear, understandable, and application-oriented. This will be followed by exciting ideas for accelerating innovation processes, in particular through the targeted use of data-driven methods. In addition, we will show how technological advances in generative AI and Web3 can be successfully introduced in companies in a user-centered way.
Another focus is on the security of digital systems.
What measures protect sensitive data and how can vulnerabilities be minimized? In addition to technical solutions, people are also a key focus—as the most important element in the security chain.
We are also looking ahead: the focus is on new Web3-based concepts for the internet, transparent AI models, and the transition from fiction to reality. The program is rounded off with an authentic look behind the scenes of specific digitization projects in small and medium-sized enterprises.
Further information can be found on the sites of the organizers: the Frauhofer FITthe Kompetenzzentrums WIRKsam, the Digitalen Woche Rhein-Erft and the Blockchain Reallabors.
When: Dienstag 10.09.2025; 12:30 – 18:00 Uhr
Where: Blockchain Reallabor, an der Hasenkeule 10, Studio 6, 50354 Hürth
Agenda so far:
- 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – Arrival and Registration
- 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. – Introduction and Welcome (Wolfgang Prinz)
- 1:45 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. – I-Power – Clear, compact, practical (Andreas Bell)
- 2:05 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. – Faster customer-centric innovation with AI (Nils Jeners)
- 14:25 – 14:40 – Break
- 2:40 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. – Workshop: The Company of the Future (Berkan Güner) – FIR
- 2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Local AI solutions – secure, affordable, and effective for your SME (Alexander Schneider)
- 3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. – AI: Artificial intelligence does not have to be science fiction (Stefan Houweling)
- 3:20 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. – Protecting my data from unauthorized access and cyber attacks (Rolf Ramacher)
- 3:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. – Break
- 15:55 – 16:55 – Workshop: Deep Learning & erklärbare KI (Jiyoung Moon) – MTI
- 3:55 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. – Web3 – Rethinking the Internet (Lisa Klug)
- 4:15 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. – Designing human-centered AI introductions – Lessons learned from practice (Eva Hanau)
- 4:35 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. – Call for proposals: OpenTech Information (Wolfgang Prinz)
- 4:55 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. – Break
- 5:10 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – The most dangerous security vulnerability is human (Annette Dernick)
- 5:30 p.m. – 5:50 p.m. – A look behind the scenes of AI projects in small and medium-sized businesses and skilled trades (Christoph Krause)
