Speaker line-up
Meet the visionaries who will be shaping the conversation at Kiss the Future AI Summit 2025. Stay tuned as we regularly update this list of esteemed speakers, showcasing their groundbreaking contributions to the field of artificial intelligence. Don't miss the chance to hear from the leaders shaping the future of AI!
Dr. Valeria Sadovykh
Data and AI Senior Specialist, Microsoft
Eve Psalti
Senior Director, Microsoft’s AI Engineering Organization
Sean Gourley
Founder of Primer.ai
Andreas Horn
Head of AIOps, IBM
Eldar Kurtić
Principal Research Scientist, Red Hat
Mike Feerick
CEO & Founder of Alison
Sahar Tahvili
Head of Verification & Validation at Einride
Manuela Kasper - Claridge
Editor-in-Chief, Deutsche Welle
Mirza Beširović
AI Product Leader, Zendesk
Peter Fossick
Service Design Lead, Cognizant
Martin Mayr
Director of Systemhaus Ulm GmbH
Ive Botunac
Acting President, CroAI
Nina Dremelj
Managing Partner, Vesna deeptech Venture Fund
Fabrizio Maniglio
Industry and Business Development Director at Honeywell
Zenina Dedić
Product Lead GenAI, SPAR ICS
Sheryl Wang
AI Specialist Solution Architect, Red Hat
Marjana Prifti Skënduli
Expert at the Council of Europe
Nermin Hadžić
Co-Founder & CEO of Bloomteq
Yusra Ibrahim
Senior Research Engineer at Google DeepMind
Mirheta Omerović S.
Technology Consultant at Mercedes-Benz Consulting GmbH
Sheril Nagoor
Principal Solutions Architect, Cloudflare
Andreas Bergqvist
EMEA AI Specialist at Red Hat
Tim Cook
Founder of AIConfident
Nedim Muhamedagić
Chief of Solution Architecture at Bloomteq
Adriano Vlad-Starrabba
Co-Founder & CEO of Prometheux
Edin Mehić
Chief Strategy Officer at Bloomteq
Renaud Meyer
UNDP Resident Representative in Bosnia Herzegovina
Davor Aničić
CEO and Co-founder of Velebit.AI
Florian Hoenicke
AI Principal Engineer, Jina AI
Ezzeddine Jradi
Chief Transformation and Business Excellence Officer at Emicool
Hani Zahirović
CTO at Bloomteq
Matic Užmah
Founding Member and Executive Lead of SLO AI
Julie De Barbeyrac
Innovation Manager, UNICEF Global Learning Innovation Hub, Helsinki
Denis Parganlija
Main Data Scientist and AI Developer at Verbund AG
Dr. Tarik Hubana
Chief Operating Officer at ARTI Analytics
Ante Magzan
Founder & Creative Director of Afekt
Simone Larsson
Head of Enterprise AI for EMEA, Lenovo
Jaan Hein
Ret. Ambassador, VP of Government Programs, DefSecIntel Solutions
Daniel Romano
Deployed Software Engineer at Prometheux
Darko Kantoci
President and CEO of KanDar Enterprises
Sabina Softić
Managing Partner Deloitte Bosnia and Herzegovina at Deloitte Central Europe
Florin Catalin Chici
Head of Startup Acceleration, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI
Leo Kärkkäinen
Professor of Embedded AI Systems in University of Eastern Finland
Jeannine Koch
CEO & Chairwoman of the Board at medianet berlinbrandenburg
Laura Toodu
Head of Defence Research Programs, DefSecIntel Solutions
Maša Čampara
Founder and CEO at eMedia Patch & Casa Di Campara Advisor
Muris Sladić
Czech Technical University in Prague
Behudin Tutundžić
CTO & Co-founder at DeeOps
Mirko Tomášek
AI Engineer at Czech Post
Fatima Skaka - Čekić
Business Intelligence Analyst, BH Telecom
Hardy Schloer
Managing Director of Alpha Centauri Group
Gabriel Senftle
Founder & CEO of Studicon
Belma Alispahić
Chief Scientific Officer, AnalysisMode
Alex Ulbricht
Evangelist and Strategic Lead, Fsas Technologies, Fujitsu
Dr. Valeria Sadovykh
Data and AI Senior Specialist, Microsoft
About speaker ⎯ Dr. Valeria Sadovykh is a distinguished AI strategist, academic, and international speaker, currently serving as a Data and AI Senior Specialist at Microsoft Germany. With over 15 years of global experience spanning consulting, academia, and the technology sector, she specializes in agentic AI, generative AI, intelligent automation, and the societal impact of emerging technologies. Dr. Sadovykh began her career at PwC, where she held key roles across New Zealand, Singapore, and the United States. There, she applied academic methodologies to solve complex business challenges and drive digital transformation at scale. At Microsoft, she leads enterprise AI engagements, helping organizations translate strategic ideas into scalable, impactful solutions. In parallel with her industry work, she is a lecturer at CBS International Business School in Cologne, Germany, actively contributing to global conversations on ethical AI, governance, and innovation. Dr. Sadovykh holds a PhD in Information Systems from the University of Auckland. Her doctoral research explored decision-making behavior in online social networks, particularly within health and finance domains. This work laid the foundation for her ongoing focus on responsible AI, with a strong emphasis on fairness, transparency, and accountability. Her contributions have earned her notable recognition, including the EB1A award for individuals with extraordinary ability from the U.S. Government and inclusion in the University of Auckland’s prestigious 40 Under 40 list in the Disruptors and Innovators category.
Panel topic ⎯ AI Agents - Should Your Next Employee Be an AI Agent?
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