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Meet Your Speaker

Michael Ikemann

Head of Data & AI, Lechler GmbH

BIO

Michael Ikemann is Head of Data & AI at Lechler GmbH, where he integrates AI, agentic systems, and data engineering into a 145-year-old industrial company. With over 25 years of experience in software engineering, his expertise spans computer vision, deep learning, autonomous systems, and agentic AI architectures. Before joining Lechler, he spent five years as Lead Data Scientist at Zühlke Group. Michael is passionate about bringing agentic AI from research into production — building systems that don't just analyze data but autonomously reason, plan, and act in complex enterprise environments.

FORMATS

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

Peer-to-Peer Exchange

✓ 30-40-Minute Thematic Discussions

✓ 7–8 Handpicked Participants per Table

✓ Guided by a Facilitator or Industry Expert

✓ Actionable Takeaways & Shared Best Practices

✓ Chatham House Rule to Encourage Open Exchange

✓ No Recordings Allowed

SESSIONS

Wed, March 25

Roundtable

09:15 - 10:00

Controlled Autonomy: How AI Coding Assistants 10x Product Development Productivity

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