Dr. Ferri Abolhassan

Vorstandsmitglied Deutsche Telekom AG und CEO T-Systems International GmbH | Deutsche Telekom AG und T-Systems International GmbH

Ferri Abolhassan holds a PhD in Computer Science and has more than 30 years of experience in various management positions in IT, sales, and services. He is a recognized AI thought leader and is driving digital sovereignty, cloud, and industrial AI, including Germany’s first secure and sovereign AI factory, the Industrial AI Cloud in Munich. He also contributes to the DFKI, acatech, and the Max Planck Society, and is the author of several specialist books.

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Industrielle KI – Motor für Europas Souveränität

13:15-13:40

Harbour Stage

German

The next AI revolution has begun, and Telekom has played a decisive role in shaping it. Dr. Ferri Abolhassan explains how sovereignty becomes a competitive advantage and how Telekom is already laying the groundwork for this today with the Industrial AI Cloud—the AI factory in Munich, T Cloud, and strong partners. Using concrete use cases, he makes it clear: Europe’s industrial AI future doesn’t start sometime in the future—it starts now!