KI.Connect brings together business, academia, politics and emerging talent – for exchange, application, and future ideas around Artificial Intelligence in Göttingen. Under the theme "Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice", the event offers talks, discussions, workshops and a start-up area as a platform for everyone who wants to experience AI hands-on and develop it together. Organised by: Note: Name & address required for participation. 2026 KI.Connect
University of Göttingen, CIDAS, GWG Göttingen, RZGö/GWDG, KISSKI
Prof. Dr. Ramin Yahyapour (GWDG)
Jens Düwel (GWG Göttingen)
Jan-Torben Schwager & Tobias Vinhoven (Prof. Schumann GmbH)
Responsible Use of AI Between Regulation and Innovation
Moderated by: Andreas Redeker (GWG)
Panellists:
Confirmed exhibitors:
What is KI.Connect?
Programme
07:45
Check-in & Registration
Registration. Coffee bar open.
08:15
Welcome Address
Opening by the organisers.
08:30
Keynote
AI in Everyday Life: From Hype to Real Value
09:15
Talks – Block 1
3 talks, 20 min each.
Man's best friend? Risks and interpretability of language models
Jonas Mayer Martins (University of Göttingen)
From Research to Practice: How Hogrefe Translates AI into Applications
Bastian Funken, Head of Innovation Lab (Hogrefe)
Me, My Digital Twin and the Work of Tomorrow
Manuel Trenz (University of Göttingen)
10:30
Break
Coffee & networking.
11:00
Talks – Block 2
2 talks, 20 min each.
AI in Robotics
Florentin Wörgötter (University of Göttingen)
Digity: hand exoskeletons for industry – from injury prevention to data-driven innovation
Miguel Bravo (Digity)
12:00
Panel Discussion
Topic
TV
Tim Vogelsang
Arineo Group
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JS
Jan-Torben Schwager
Prof. Schumann GmbH
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LN
Lea Nickel
University Medical Center Göttingen
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KM
Dr. Kristin Masuch
University of Göttingen / Cysec
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13:00
Lunch Break
Soup, finger food & coffee.
13:00
Marketplace & Start-up Area
Networking, poster session for AI theses and presentation of regional start-ups and projects.
KISSKIkisski.gwdg.de ↗
Digitydigity.de ↗
Cyseccysec-institut.de ↗
decytedecyte.com ↗
Rescuemationrescuemation.com ↗
More exhibitors coming soon
14:00
Guided Tours of the RZGö
Go behind the scenes of the Göttingen data centre. Approx. 30 minutes, max. 12 persons per group. Sign up directly at the on-site registration desk.
14:00 – 14:30
Tour 1 – HPC & Data Storage
14:45 – 15:15
Tour 2 – Data Centre Operations, Cooling & Security
15:30 – 16:00
Tour 3 – Storage Solutions & Backup
13:30
Workshops
13:30 – 14:30
Trustworthy Generative AI – Secure Chatbots and Generation of Media Data
Seminar room MMR01 · max. 18 places
14:30 – 15:30
Agentic Coding – Introduction and How to
Seminar room MMR01 · max. 18 places
13:30 – 15:30
Fundamentals of AI – Open Discussion and Experience Sharing
Seminar room MMR02 · max. 12 places
16:30
End of Event
We look forward to a lively exchange – see you in November!
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