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Skadi Berger is the managing director of Wiewald GmbH

Skadi Baker

Wiewald GmbH

Managing Director

„AI without a green field: how to hack 125 years of legacy structures with AI“

Skadi Berger is an entrepreneur, managing director, and transformation designer in the SME sector.

Als fünfte Generation führt sie die Tradition fort. Wiewald GmbH – a Leipzig family business with 125 years of history.

While many talk about AI in ideal scenarios, it is working on integrating AI into real business structures:
in service processes, knowledge management and operational procedures.

Your view on technology is pragmatic: AI will only become relevant when it works in businesses' day-to-day operations.

This is exactly what she talks about on stages and in her network – digitalisation in crafts, AI in established organisations, and how innovation can succeed even without a „greenfield“ approach.

Speaker 2026

Anastasia Kārkliņa Gabriel

Cultural Intelligence Advisor & Author
ex-Reddit

Sebastian Klein

Serial Entrepreneur
New Narratives | Karma Capital | Blinkist

Antje von Dewitz

CEO 
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Udbhav Tiwari

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Daniel Bock

CTO & Co-Founder
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Stina Ehrensvärd

Founder & Chair
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Marcel Claus-Ahrens

n8n Ambassador
aicellence

Erika Wykes-Sneyd

CMO & Board Member

Maike Riedel

AI Coach

Luca Piwodda

Mayor
Gartz (Oder)

Janine Liu

Marketing Lead DACH
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Jakob Springfeld

Activist & Author
Student

Justus Geilhufe

Pastor
Freiberg parish

Dr Marie Luise Schreiter

Neuroscientist
MPI for Biological Cybernetics

Robert Kuhne

Founder & CEO
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Skadi Berger

Managing Director
Wiewald GmbH

Anna Förster is a project manager at SPRIND, driving innovation in the public sector.

Anna Förster

Project manager
SPRIN-D

Arne Petersen is a designer and entrepreneur dedicated to freedom, openness and change. As Head of Design at SPRIND, he leads design for the EUDI Wallet project.

Arne Petersen

Head of Design
SPRIN-D

Dr Nathalie Jean-Baptiste

Urbanist & Social Entrepreneur
Independent

Marco Krebs is Growth Manager at Ignite Next, a European deep tech accelerator helping startups scale from Seed to Series A and beyond.

Marco Krebs

Growth Manager
Ignite Next

Marko Uhlig

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Zinnwald Lithium

Eva Luft

Project Manager
Infineon

Jörg G. Fieback

CEO & Co-Founder
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I'm Maren, a Key Account Manager at pme Familienservice – and at the same time, a passionate advocate for mental and physical balance.

Maren Janofske

Key Account Manager
pme Family Service

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