Connected 2022 - Germany | Total Telecom | 5 December 2022 | Rheingoldhalle Mainz, Rheinstraße 66, 55116 Mainz, Germany

Germany's connectivity landscape is transforming. The goal is ambitious: to roll out ubiquitous, converged gigabit-speed networks by the end of 2025. Now more than ever, it is imperative that everyone involved in building next-generation networks come together to advance Germany's broadband strategy .

With over 1,000 delegates and 100 speakers, Connected Germany will provide a forum where leading experts, decision makers, outfitters, investors, companies and others can exchange thoughts, discover perspectives and form partnerships.

At Connected Germany 2021 we will forge the connections to build a better connected Germany.

2022 Speakers

Malte Abel
Head of Regulatory Telecoms, Vodafone

Udo Abt
Consulting Engineer, Calix

Faisal Ahmed
Managing Partner, Axxeltrova

Aurélie Aïchour
International Development Manager , Strategic Committee of the "Digital Infrastructures" sector

Younes Allaki
Chief Technology Officer, 1NCE

Christina Arens
Head of Vodafone Institute, Vodafone Institute

Gerold Arheilger
CEO , Xantaro Group

Jan Backman
Country Manager, Germany, VX Fiber GmbH

Boris Boehme
Head of Division, Digital Policy, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Christian Böing
Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Networks Germany GmbH

Andre Borusiak
Head of Vodafone Global Enterprise Germany , Vodafone

Dirk Brameier
CTO , Deutsche GigaNetz GmbH

Tim Brauckmüller
Managing Director , atene KOM

Volker Buck
Managing Director , WEMACOM Broadband

Fabian Bühring
Head of Telecommunications , Stadtwerke Neumünster

Matthias Büning
Head of Regulation & Compliance, EWE TEL GmbH

Ulrich Burgbacher
COO, tapdo technologies

Sven Butler
Deputy Manager , Federal Gigabit Office

Mateusz Cieślak
FSM Consulting Director , Comarch

Valentina Daiber
Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer & Member of the Board, Telefonica

Stephan Drescher
Managing Director, envia TEL GmbH

Jörg Ebbighausen
Director Strategy & Performance Management, Tele Columbus AG

Wilhelm Eschweiler
Vice President , Federal Network Agency

Patrick Faraj
Global PLM Centralised Test Solutions, VIAVI Solutions

Pierre Filohn
Organisational Development Manager, BABLE Smart Cities

Meik Gawron
Advisor , Federal Network Agency

Dominic Glock
Speaker , Federation of German Industries (BDI)

Nicolas Goß
Head of Law & Regulation , BUGLAS eV

Markus Greif
Vice President Project Finance Infrastructure , Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen

Stefan Gruendel
Director, Business & Technology Solutions, Netcracker

Steffen Häberer
Lawyer, Specialist Lawyer for Public Procurement Law , Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Mbh

Wolfgang Heer
Chief Executive Officer , BUGLAS eV

Sascha Hellermann
Member of the Board, COCUS

Patrick Helmes
Chief Executive Officer, Glasfaser Ruhr

Ulrich Hoffmann
Chief Executive Officer, Plusnet GmbH

Thilo Höllen
Senior Vice President Broadband Cooperations , Telekom Deutschland GmbH

Christian Humpert
Chief Executive Officer, DB Broadband

Andreas Iselt
Director Solution Architects EMEA, Ciena

Neven Josipovic
Chief Innovation Officer , City of Braunschweig

Ralf Jung
Managing Director , WiTCOM GmbH

Anne Kahnt
Innovation Lead , IHK Berlin

Harry Kaib
Head of Field Marketing Germany, Nokia

Jan-Patrick Kalckhoff
Lead Industrial Digitalisation, Airbus

Benedikt Kind
Head of Regulatory Policy Issues, BREKO German Broadband Association

Steve Kingdom
CTO Fixed Networks, Xantaro Uk Limited

Nils Kleemann
CTO, Central Europe , Nokia

Daniel Kleinbauer
Chief Executive Officer , goetel GmbH

Inka Klinger
Global Head Of Infrastructure Project Finance, Hamburg Commercial Bank

Torben Klose
Head of Department - Mobile Communications Expansion, WLAN & Fundamental Questions of Network Policy, Hessian State Chancellery

Wolfgang Kopf
SVP Group Public & Regulatory Affairs, Deutsche Telekom AG

Jochen Krauss
Director Network Planning, htp GmbH

Torsten Kreitlow
Head of Legal, ATC - American Tower Germany

Christian Kröger
Technical Director, K-TEL Communications GmbH

Thomas Langer
Co-Founder & Managing Director , Kawikani

Kerstin Larsson-Knetsch
Director of Consulting & Customer Solutions, Vodafone Business

Volker Leyendecker
Regional Sales Director DACH , SES

Karin Loidl
Technology Advisor, Fraunhofer IIS

Andreas Mayer
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Glasfaser NordWest

Jubin Molai
Product Manager IoT, UPLINK Network GmbH

Jubin Molai
LoRaWAN Ambassador Germany, LoRa Alliance

Jens Mueller
Chief Financial Officer , German fiber optics

Martin Naber
Chief Commercial Officer, Leonet AG

Elizabeth Newman-Earl
Founder, e50k Consultancy

Michael Nitz
Sales Director Telecom DACH, AMADYS Germany GmbH

Anja Obermann
Managing Director , Rheinhessen Chamber of Crafts

Maximilian Oertle
Managing Director & Head of Center Technical Products and Solutions Telecommunications, EWE TEL GmbH

Gerd Ohl
Managing Director & Board Member Smart Electronic Factory, Limtronik GmbH

Bernhard Palm
Chief Executive Officer, NetCom BW

Clark Parsons
Managing Director, Internet Economy Foundation

Natascha Pavlovic-Höck
Principal Director - Head of Telecommunications, Horváth & Partners

Andreas Pfisterer
CEO , German Fiber Optic

Sören Pinnekamp
Telecommunications Advisor , Association of Municipal Enterprises - VKU

Alexander Rabe
Managing Director , eco - Association of the Internet Industry

Alfred Rauscher
CEO , R-KOM GmbH & Co. KG

Johanna Reinkemeier
Vice President Of Telecommunications, KfW IPEX-Bank

Jan Renz
Project Group Digital Educational Space , Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Beate Rickert
Managing Director, KPR Capital

Philipp Riederer
Chief Executive Officer, ATC - American Tower Germany

Wolfram Rinner
Managing Director , GasLine GmbH & Co.KG

Hermann Rodler
CTO , M-net Telecom

Sander Rotmensen
Director of Industrial Wireless Communication Products, Siemens AG

Maria Schlechter
Head of Strategy & Association Development, VATM

Alexander Schmidt
Chief Executive Officer/Founder, BABLE Smart Cities

Simon Schmidt
Director of Wholesale & Enterprise, Vattenfall Eurofiber

Stefan Schnitter
Managing Partner Cloud Transformation, Detecon International GmbH

Jörn Schoof
Chief Commercial Officer , Our Green Fiber Optic

Marc Schütze
Vice President Regulation , 1&1 AG

Cara Schwarz-Schilling
Managing Director , WIK Scientific Institute for Infrastructure and Communication Services

Alexander Schweitzer
Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Transformation and Digitization, Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Transformation & Digitalisation

Florian Schwendner
Smart Mobility Strategy Lead, Hyundai Motor Europe

Therese Seiringer
Head of Sustainability, Vodafone

Peter Siebert
Head of Smart Cities & Regions, DigitalAgentur Brandenburg GmbH

Christof Sommerberg
VP Public Affairs , German Fiber Optic

Daniel Stölzle
Innovation Manager Smart City , Mainzer Stadtwerke AG

Vipul Toprani
Team Lead - Smart Mobility Consulting, Deutsche Bahn

Rick Trojahn
Head of Innovation & Incubation Consulting, atene KOM

Frederic Ufer
Managing Director, VATM

Johannes Velling
Director General "Digitalization, Startups" , Ministry of Economics, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Thomas von der Grün
Head of Precise Localization and Analytics Department, Fraunhofer IIS

Julian Von Lucius
Associate Partner, Noerr

Oliver Weimann
Managing Director, Scale Now GmbH

Michael Weiss
Sector Head TMT , LBBW - Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

Soeren Wendler
CSO , Deutsche GigaNetz GmbH

Christian Wernick
Head of Department Company & Strategies, WIK Consult

Norbert Westfal
Chief Executive Officer & President, BREKO, EWE TEL GmbH

Utz Wilke
Managing Director, Filiago GmbH & Co KG

Klaus Winkler
Partner, Sumbiosis GmbH

Jonas Wöll
Policy Officer - European Network Policy , BREKO

David Zimme
Member of the Supervisory Board & President VATM , German fiber optics

2022 Speakers

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Adrian
• Xantaro

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Amadys
• Calix
• Ciena
• Comarch
• NetCracker
• Nokia
• Vliava
• VX Fiber

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Cocus
• Cyclomedia
• Enxoo
• GasLine
• Gigabitburo Des Bundes
• Inveniam
• S&T Iskratel
• Mainzer
• Nexans
• OFS