Program

Software Architecture AI Day 2026

Program Overview

All times are in Berlin time zone (UTC/GMT +2). The entire program will be held in English!

09:00 - 9:15

Welcome & Introduction by Advisory Board & dpunkt.verlag

Mahbouba Gharbi

Founder & CEO of ITech Progress

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09:15 - 10:00

From Classic to Intelligent Systems – An Architectural Transformation

Dr. Sönke Magnussen

Managing Consultant, Project Manager & IT-Architect at WPS - Workplace Solutions

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10:15 - 11:00

Architectural Patterns for Building AI-Intensive Systems

Prof. Dr. Holger Klus

Professor of Software Development & Co-Founder of Fimeon

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11:30 - 12:15

Beyond MCP: Scaling AI Enablement for API Landscapes

Dr. Erik Wilde

Head of Enterprise Strategy at Jentic

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13:15 - 14:00

Agentic RAG: The Best of Two (AI) Worlds

Lars Röwekamp

CIO New Technologies at open knowledge

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14:15 - 15:00

Cost-Aware AI Architecture: Building Performant Systems Within Budget

Dimitri Blatner

Senior Software Architect and Trainer at ITech Progress

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15:30 - 16:15

Responsible AI Operationalization

Dr. Larysa Visengeriyeva

Co-Founder and CEO of "Women in Defense Tech", Independent Consultant & Author

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