Almato + DATAGROUP

AI Day Hamburg 2026

Explainable AI starts here.
→ 08 October 2026

AI Days 2026

AI is not for You. Unless it is explainable.

Enterprise AI does not fail because of missing models. It fails when AI lacks the context to understand relationships, justify decisions and operate within clear boundaries.

At the AI Days 2026, Almato and DATAGROUP bring together business and technology leaders to explore how organizations make the leap to scalable enterprise AI: sovereign, accountable and ready for production? And since productive AI is only ever secure AI, cyber security is part of that same conversation — from AI-driven defence to the very attacks in which hackers are already putting AI to work.

Three cities. Three executive formats. One shared mission.

Hamburg and Ingelheim: Executive Sessions followed by a Private Dinner
Berlin: Executive Business Breakfast

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What Enterprise AI needs

Understand context. Explain decisions. Scale impact.

Enterprise AI needs more than powerful models. It needs a foundation that makes business context available, keeps decisions explainable and enables AI to create value across processes, systems and the entire organization.

Understand context: Connect data, knowledge and relationships into a shared business context.

Explain decisions: Create transparency with explainable and verifiable decision paths

Scale impact: Build the foundation for Enterprise AI that can be deployed securely and sustainably across the organization.

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Explainable

Make AI-supported results understandable, traceable and auditable.

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Sovereign

Retain control over data, infrastructure, knowledge and decision logic.

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Operational

Build the foundation for AI that works reliably across systems, teams and processes.

Why you should attent

AI Days provide an executive perspective on the challenges and prerequisites for putting Enterprise AI into production.

Exchange ideas with business and technology leaders, gain new perspectives and discover how organizations are scaling AI responsibly while maintaining control, and how they stay ahead of AI-driven cyber threats.

Who should attend

Built for leaders shaping Enterprise AI

Financial Services · Public Sector · Utilities · Defence · Critical Infrastructure

AI Days are designed for business and technology leaders responsible for AI strategy, architecture, data, governance and enterprise AI -wide adoption.

The format is especially relevant for organizations operating in complex, regulated and mission-critical environments where explainability, sovereignty and control are essential.

Agenda AI Day Hamburg

14:00 → 14:40

Get-together + Fingerfood
14:40 → 14:50

Opening

Lars Menßen

Senior Manager, Almato
14:50 → 15:00

Welcome Address

Sebastian Hein

Managing Director, DATAGROUP Hamburg
15:00 → 15:30

Voice and Mail Agents in Practice: Use Cases, Opportunities and Challenges

Michael Mende

CTO, Aristech
15:45 → 16:15

Prompt. Hack. Attack.
Live: AI on the attack. Are you prepared? Deepfakes, new attack scenarios, real risks — and how AI helps you stay ahead of the threat.

Anett Gilles

Head of Sales + Business Development, DATAGROUP Cyber Security
16:15 → 16:45

Break
16:45 → 17:15

Title to be announced soon

Stefan Dreher

COO, Almato
17:30 → 21:00

Apéro & Network

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Michael Mende

CTO, Aristech

About As CTO and Head of Development at Aristech, Michael Mende leads the company's software architecture and development teams, integrating AI across the full speech technology stack — from text-to-speech to voice, mail, and chat agents.

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Anett Gilles

Head of Sales + Business Development, DATAGROUP Cyber Security

About

Stefan Dreher Almato DevCon 2026 Speaker

Stefan Dreher

COO, Almato

About Stefan is a qualified industrial engineer with over 25 years of experience in the software industry. He has shaped Almato into a leading provider of sovereign AI and data solutions, focusing on the semantic data platform, trustworthy AI applications, and the digital sovereignty of enterprises.