The lineup
Who spoke at DLD 2025?
The full announced lineup for DLD 2025. Names without a full profile are open to claim.
- ARAbu Rashid
- AWAlbert Wenger
- AFAldo Faisal
- AGAlexander Glätzle Co-founder, planqc
Amiram Appelbaum 
Andrew McAfee Co-Director of MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy | Author of The Second Machine Age
Anil Seth Neuroscientist | Exploring the Brain Basis of Consciousness, University of Sussex
Astro Teller Director, X – The Moonshot Company (Alphabet).png%3Fwidth%3D800&w=3840&q=75)
Azeem Azhar Author and Technology Expert, Exponential View- BGBastian Gierull
Bill Gross Idealab Founder | Incubating New Inventions & Businesses, Idealab
Carl Benedikt Frey Oxford University- CIChallenge Impossible
- CAChris Anderson TED's curator and author | Revealing the art of world-class speaking, TED
- CPCooperative Perception
Cyriac Roeding Earli
Daniel Kraft Physician-scientist transforming healthcare | Pioneer in exponential medical technologies, NextMed Health
David Davis Former UK Brexit Secretary | Political Veteran & Negotiator
Diane Brady Executive Editorial Director, Fortune, Fortune- EKErling Kagge
- FHFlorian Haller Serviceplan Group
- FBFrancesca Bria Professor of Innovation | Mercator Foundation, Mercator Foundation
- FLFriedrich Liechtenstein Musician, Actor, Performer
- FFFusion Future
- GKGitta Kutyniok
- HOHans Ulrich Obrist Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries
- HYHarry Yeff
Herman Narula CEO & Founder | Pioneering the Future of Virtual Worlds, Improbable- JLJames Landay Co-Founder and Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) | Stanford University, Stanford University
- JBJaya Baloo Cybersecurity Leader
- JSJennifer Schenker Journalist, The Innovator
Joanna Shields Tech Pioneer & House of Lords Peer | Former Facebook VP & UK Minister for Internet Safety, BenevolentAI- JWJohn Werner MIT Connection Science
- JSJulian Stodd
- KHKlaus Hommels Lakestar
- LTLeading Transformation
- LNLuisa Neubauer Youth Climate Activist | 'Fridays for Future' Movement Leader
Maja Göpel Transformation Scholar- MSMarkus Söder
Martin Puchner Harvard University- MRMaterials Reimagined
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Meredith Whittaker President, Signal Foundation
Moran Cerf Neuroscientist decoding human decision-making and brain function mysteries, Columbia University- NRNile Rodgers Producer, Songwriter, Musician, We Are Family Foundation
- PCParallel Cycles
Pattie Maes MIT Professor of Media Arts and Sciences | Pioneer in human-AI interaction, MIT Media Lab- QMQuantum Marketing
Raja Rajamannar Chief Marketing Officer at Mastercard | Global Brand Innovation Leader, Mastercard
- RIRedefining Intelligence
Richard Socher Co-founder & CEO | You.com / AIX Ventures, You.com- RHRobert Habeck Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Federal Government of Germany
- SDSandrine Dixson-Declève Co-President, Club of Rome | Sustainable Transformation Advocate, Club of Rome
- SNShravan Nageswaran Atman Labs
- SLSmart Light
Stefan Vilsmeier Technology Entrepreneur Transforming Medical Imaging and Educational Systems, Brainlab
Steffi Czerny DLD Founder, DLD- TSTerry Szuplat
Tim Brown NFL Hall of Fame Wide Receiver | Heisman Trophy Winner, IDEO
Tristan Harris Co-Founder, Center for Humane Technology
Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi UBS Chief Investment Office
From the stage
Sessions worth replaying
The sessions from this edition we found on video.
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AI and the Future of Work (Amiram Appelbaum)
Amiram Appelbaum
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AI for Progress (Carl Benedikt Frey)
Carl Benedikt Frey
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AI: Common Misperceptions and Uncommon Perceptions (Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi)
Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi
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Agentic Healthcare (Aldo Faisal)
Aldo Faisal
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An Ocean Away, A World Apart: Tech Ecosystems in the US and EU
Andrew McAfee
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Artificially Intelligent (Martin Puchner)
Martin Puchner
Frequently asked
- Who spoke at DLD 2025?
- 149 speakers, including Abu Rashid, Albert Wenger, Aldo Faisal, Alexander Glätzle, and Amiram Appelbaum.
- What did DLD 2025 cover?
- Topics include Digital Transformation, Emerging Tech, Sustainability & Climate, AI Ethics & Governance, Startup Founder Journey, and AI in the Enterprise.
- When and where was DLD 2025?
- Jan 18-20, 2025 in Munich, Germany.
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