IBM x KI Park: The Intelligent Enterprise Stack
AI. Automation. Resilience.
May 28th I 15:00 – 19:30 I Im Marienpark 22, Berlin
Join IBM and ⭕️ KI Park for an afternoon exploring how AI-driven automation is enabling scalable, resilient enterprise operations across the technology stack.
The event brings together technology leaders, platform owners, and engineering decision-makers to exchange insights on how organisations move from early AI adoption toward autonomous workflows and intelligent automation at scale.
Through real-world use cases and peer discussions, participants will explore how automation is reshaping enterprise operations, security, and collaboration across complex technology ecosystems.
Alongside practical perspectives from organisations already implementing automation strategies, the event offers space to connect with practitioners, compare approaches, and discuss common challenges in building AI-enabled operational models.
Why Join
Participants will gain practical insights into how organisations are implementing automation in real environments.
- Why enterprise AI fails without orchestration across cloud, infrastructure, APIs, and operations
- Autonomous AI networks: from hype to enterprise value
- Why AI agents need organizational context, not just access to data via MCP, building a “Corporate Brain” to enable smarter enterprise AI systems
- How small engineering teams can run and scale enterprise SaaS platforms using AI and automation
- Lessons on resilience, scalability, governance, and hidden AI risks from real production environments
Who Should Attend
This event is designed for professionals responsible for technology strategy, infrastructure, and platform operations.
Technology decision-makers across the enterprise stack
Platform leaders
Product leaders
Engineering leaders
Curated Audience
To ensure meaningful discussions and exchange, participation is limited.
Curated audience. Limited seats available.
Language
English
Agenda
14:00 – 15:00
Registration & Coffee
15:00 – 15:45
Opening Keynotes
Dr. Florian Schutz, Managing Director, KI Park
The Enterprise Complexity Ceiling: Why the Tech Stack Isn’t Getting Smaller, A discussion of AI-infused Automation to the architecture of organizations by Sebastian Grodzietzki, Principal DACH Automation Developer Ecosystems Leader & DACH Quantum Ambassador Leader, IBM
15:45 – 17:30
Case Perspectives & Peer Insights
„Building Autonomous Networks: From AI Potential to Value“ by Karim Kotobi, Vodafone, Global Digital Product and Transformation Leader
“Why MCP is Only the Plumbing: Building the Contextual Foundation for AI Agents“ by Bastian Maiworm, Amber, Co-founder
“Rethinking SaaS Engineering: How Small Teams Run and Evolve Enterprise-scale Systems in the AI era“ Matthias Heicke, CTO / Co-Founder, Sweap.io
17:30 – 18:10
Fishbowl Discussion
Interactive discussion with audience participation
18:10 – 19:30
Networking & Drinks
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Detailed overview of content:
„The Enterprise Complexity Ceiling: Why the Tech Stack Isn’t Getting Smaller, A discussion of AI-infused Automation to the architecture of organizations“ by IBM – Modern enterprise tech stacks are messy – by design: Multi-cloud, uncountable APIs, legacy + new. Now add AI across everything. It doesn’t reduce complexity; it magnifies it. We’ve hit the ceiling. This keynote discusses the risks, the failures, the ways out and tech stacks that prevent service disruption, protect reputation and think ahead.
“Building Autonomous Networks: From AI Potential to Value“ by Vodafone – This talk presents a pragmatic approach to Autonomous Networks, focusing on value‑driven autonomy rather than technology alone. It explores how data, AI, and product thinking are combined to scale from isolated use cases to end‑to‑end autonomous outcomes, delivering measurable performance, cost efficiency, and/or operational simplification.
„Why MCP is Only the Plumbing: Building the Contextual Foundation for AI Agents“ by Amber – Enterprise AI can now access organizational data through standards like MCP — but access alone doesn’t create understanding. This session explores why autonomous AI agents need deeper contextual foundations, what a practical “Corporate Brain” looks like, where current approaches fail, and how enterprise AI architectures will evolve over the next 2–3 years.
„Rethinking SaaS Engineering: How Small Teams Run and Evolve Enterprise-scale Systems in the AI era„, by Sweap.io – Software engineering is shifting from building systems to continuously operating and evolving them. This session explores how a small team at Sweap runs a large-scale event platform using automation, serverless, and AI, and what this means for architecture, team structure, and maintaining reliable systems under constant growth and change.
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Who should attend
Tech decision-makers across the enterprise stack
Platform, product and engineering leaders
Curated audience. Limited seats.