Welcome to our Thought Leader Event Series: Netlight EDGExcellence 2025

WTFuture?! - Get Ready for Innovation and Modernisation

On June 5th you are getting ready for the future and Netlight Munich is your tour guide. EDGExcellence is Netlight’s evening dedicated to the people shaping tomorrow: product pioneers, tech strategists, design visionaries. For one night only, we're bringing together 200+ top decision-makers and experts across industries to explore one shared mission: navigating real transformation. How are you modernising your organisation, your architecture, you name it. We're tackling the most pressing questions of today and diving into the innovations of tomorrow.

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Agenda

5.30 pm - Welcome Apéro, Food and Connecting

6.00 pm - Introduction & Key Note by Osman Agirbas

6.45 pm - First Session: Sense

7.30 pm - Second Session: Digest

8.15 pm - Third Session: Respond

8.45 pm - Mingle & Experience

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What's about to happen?

  • A 🤯 keynote that will change how you think about Rebuilding Platforms by Osman Agirbas - Managing Director Digital Products & Technology at Interhyp Gruppe.
  • Pick your path with 5 tracks, each offering 3 sessions that flow from one to the next. WTOrg?! WTLegacy?! WTProduct?!  WTDeep?! or WTWonderland?!
    You can stick to one track for a focused journey or mix and match as you go - the choice is yours!
  • After these brain-teasing talks and inspiring discussions, be ready to mingle and to experience actual WTF moments and surprises, allowing you to regain energy today and prepare for a successful tomorrow.
06:00 PM

Introduction & Key Note

One Stage
Rebuilding a Major FinTech Platform for the Future: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Osman Agirbas (Managing Director Digital Products & Technology @ Interhyp)
06:45 PM

WTOrg ?!

Sense
18:45-19:15 | The Future is FLOW: How to assess your organisation to achieve productivity and outcomes
Ekaterina Sebina (Product Manager & Org Developer) & Johan Hosk (Product Manager & Org Developer)
19:30-20:00 | Turning Flow into Growth - Effective Change Management
Djavad Hedayati (Change Manager) & Kevin Husell (Org Developer)
20:15-20:45 | Maximize Impact, Minimize Costs - Aligning Product Strategy & Organizational Structures
Lisa Sandleben (OrgDev & Transformation Coach) & Jan Dominik Koch (Product Strategist & OrgDev Advisor)

WTLegacy ?!

Respond
18:45-19:15 | To Modernize or Not to Modernize: Thoughts on Tech Transformation after hundreds of Due Diligence projects
Christoph Gerdes & Benjamin Steer
19:30-20:00 | Modernisation Unlocked: When, Why, and How to Level Up Your Software
Julian Geistbeck (Enterprise Architect) & Christoph Eichelberger (Principle & Architect)
20:15-20:45 | Cobol Cleanup Crew: War stories from modernizing a 40+ year old core banking system
Udo Klimaschewski (Solution Architecture Manager @ Objectway) Charlotte Skilandat (Lead Software Engineer) & Florian Schmidt (Lead Software Engineer)

WTProduct ?!

Connection
18:45-19:15 | Turn AI Trends into Business Value: Learn how to demystify cutting-edge AI trends and connect them to your unique business model
Julia Deschner (Product & Strategy) & Melanie Fottner (Product & Digital Strategy) & Lea Schumann (AI Expert)
19:30-20:00 | From Oops to Ops: How operational excellence unlocks future-proof growth
Maria Litovskaya (Product Design Consultant) & Selina Irmen (Product Consultant)
20:15-20:45 | The Story of Killing the Printmachine: Modernizing Europewide Delivery through Product Leadership
Leon Jordans (Product Consultant) & Matthias Schneider (Solution Architect)

WTDeep ?!

Love
18:45-19:15 | Enhancing Content Creation with GenAI: A Dual Approach to Information and Instruction Management
Dr. Alexander Urich (Technical Product Owner AI Infrastructure @ ZEISS) & Festina Ismali (Data Engineering Expert)
19:30-20:00 | Establishing a FinOps Framework in a Challenging Environment
Ali Ugur Aker
20:15-20:45 | Hands-on: Multi-cloud Kubernetes w/ European vendors
Alina Ruf (Cloud Consultant) & Moritz Gnisia (Cloud Consultant)

WTWonderland ?! Lane 1

Storyteller
18:45-19:15 | European Cloud Alternatives: an overview and some opinions
Georg Kalus (Cloud Veteran) & Simon Klimaschka (Cloud Engineer) & Jakob Kempter (DevOps/Cloud Engineer)
19:30-20:00 | Navigating Uncertain Times: Resilience through the lense of Intercultural Competence
Gregor Stepponat - HR People Partner
20:15-20:45 | Is Generative AI the key to unlocking next-gen IT Development?
Florian J. Meier (PhD Researcher @ Friedrich-Alexander-University) & Florian Gatzlaff (GenAI Consultant)

WTWonderland ?! Lane 2

Journey
18:45-19:15 | Lessons learned moving between games and finance
Jesper Blomqvist (Game & UX Consultant) & Ivan Milles (Senior Game Engineering Consultant)
19:30-20:00 | Building Business Resilience through Twin Transformation
Vanesa Camila Nicora (ESG Requirement Engineer & Project Manager) & Valentin Aman (Co-Founder ESG-X & Sustainability Wizard)
20:15-20:45 | Leveraging EU Acts: From Compliance to a Competitive Edge
Zoriana Lesyk (Accessibility Expert) & Alexander Sworski (Security Expert) & Anna Polizzotto (Data Expert)
08:45 PM

Mingle & Experience

One Stage

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Netlight Consulting
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