Ingo Eichhorst is an AI Architect and Tech Trainer with 15+ years of experience in software development, architecture and engineering leadership. He trains engineers at IONOS, lectures on AI and Generative AI at Hochschule Nordhausen, and works with AI native startups.

Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel is a political economist and an influential voice for the sustainable transformation of society, working at the intersection of economy, politics, and society. The policy advisor, bestselling author, and sought-after speaker is a professor for sustainability transformation at Leuphana University Lüneburg and founder of “Mission Wertvoll“. She was Director of Research at The New Institute and Secretary-General of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). Before that, she headed the Berlin office of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy, after having helped set up the World Future Council for six years as Director Future Justice at the Brussels office and as Campaign Manager Climate Energy in Hamburg. Maja Göpel is a member of the Club of Rome, the World Future Council, the Balaton Group, and a co-initiator of the “Scientists for Future” network. She was a member of the Bioeconomy Council of the German Federal Government. Her work has been recognized with multiple awards in Germany, the most recent ones being the Honorary Award of the German Sustainability Award, the myself Award, and the Science Communication Medal.

Randy Shoup is a Silicon Valley veteran with over 30 years of experience building distributed systems and high-performing engineering organizations. Currently the SVP Engineering at Thrive Market, he focuses on scaling technology infrastructures and increasing engineering productivity through DevOps and evolutionary architecture.

Throughout his career, Randy has held executive roles at eBay, Google, and Stitch Fix. He is a frequent keynote speaker and advisor to CTOs, particularly interested in the intersection of people, culture, and technology. Randy is known for sharing practical insights on large-scale systems and the power of simplicity in architecture.