Leadership
Horizon
Program 2026
Check-in
Grab a Coffee
And start the first real conversations of the day.
Mainstage Opening
Sabine Satzinger — Change & Behavioral Design Architect guides you through the day.
Opening Insights
Gunther Fürstberger
Leading AI Augmented Humans
Keynote
Matteo Cassese
From Mal-AI-se to Ren-AI-ssance:
AI Is Coming for Your Job. It May Be The Best Thing That Ever Happened To You
Keynote
Malcolm Werchota
Stop Managing Tools. Start Leading Digital Employees
10:40 - 11:00
Break & Networking
11:00 AM - CHOOSE YOUR DEEP DIVE:
Patrick Ratheiser
Daniel Wielander
Workshop
AI Use Case Ideation & Validation:
From Idea to Real Business Impact
Johanna Glechner
Rafael Ungvari
AI Lab for Leadership Development
Iris Burner
Sophie Dutzler
VR Skill Lab: Complexity
12:00 AM
Return to Mainstage
Keynote
Dr. Heiko Müller
Leadership in the AI Era – Logic Shifts, Competence Follows
Keynote
Magdalena May
The Psychology of AI at Work: Implications for Leadership
01:00 - 02:00 PM
Lunch Break
Mainstage Activation
Reconvene on the Mainstage for an activating impulse before diving into the afternoon sessions.
Business Case
Claude Macdonald
When AI Amplifies Human Judgment:
Lessons from the Field
Mainstage Panel
When AI Shapes Work
Leadership & Learning Decisions with Susanne Zach, Heiko Müller & Nahed Hatahet.
03:10 - 03:30 pm
Break & Networking
03:30 PM - TAKE A WALK WITH US
Connect with fellow participants through guided networking questions in the beautiful Green Prater (weather permitting).
04:30 PM
Return to Mainstage
Business Case
Dr. Balázs Lóránd
Scaling AI Beyond Pilot Projects — What Leaders Must Rethink.
Closing Spark
Joel Eggimann
Why Your Bucket List Shapes the Way You Lead
Afterglow & Networking
Let the conversations continue beyond the stage.
Enjoy our Afterglow with Pinsa, Fingerfood & Aperol Spritz.