The AI Media Leaders Conference - organized with brand eins - is the forum for strategic exchange on artificial intelligence in the media and digital industry. Leading minds meet here to establish new collaborations, provide impetus and shape the future together.
When?
27.11.2025
Where?
Mojo Club | Reeperbahn 1
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Register nowThe program is designed to be practical and cross-industry - with keynotes, panels, best-practice examples and deep-dive tracks on film and publishing. The program is complemented by a curated range of different formats and targeted networking opportunities.
AIM Leaders is more than just a conference. It is the start of a new network of decision-makers and AI managers from the press, advertising, broadcasting, film, books, music, software, games, social media and e-commerce sectors.
Creative Director AI Media, Storybook Studios
CEO, Artificial Intelligence Center Hamburg (ARIC) e.V.
Head of picture editing, DIE ZEIT
General Manager Operations, Believe Digital
Co-CEO, TLGG Consulting
Product Leadership Consultant, Product at Heart
Executive Creative, 27km
Deputy Editor-in-Chief & Head of Strategy, dpa deutsche Presse-Agentur
Actor, producer, screenwriter and director, founder and managing director of Kleine Brüder GmbH
CEO & Founder, Ecosia
CPO & Head of Product and Sales, Der Spiegel
Partner & Program Manager, nextMedia.Hamburg
Film producer, Storybook Studios
Senator, Ministry of Culture and Media of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Vice President Technology & Bertelsmann AI Hub Lead, Bertelsmann
President & CEO, Hamburg Media School
Media & Data Science Lead, Fraunhofer FOKUS
Chairman & CEO, German Music Industry Association (BVMI)
Editor-in-Chief t-online & Managing Director Ströer News Publishing GmbH
Chief Tech Transformation Officer, Otto Group
Director Cloud & AI, Deloitte
Director, nextMedia.Hamburg
CEO, ZEIT Publishing Group & Managing Director, DvH Medien GmbH
Co-CEO, OS Data Solutions GmbH
Head of Business Unit "AI4Media", Fraunhofer IAIS, involved in openGPT-X
CEO, Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft
Head of Digital Marketing, Constantin Film
Entrepreneur, Film Producer & Strategic Advisor, Filmfest Hamburg Industry Days
Neurologist and author
CEO, brand eins
CTO/Technical Director, ARTE
Engineer, AI consultant & bestselling author
Managing Director, pilot Agency Group
Advisor, Human Native AI & Freelance Media Consultant
Managing Director, fischerAppelt relations
Global Chief Product Officer, Bauer Media Group
Head of Department for Digital Policy and Economy, Federal Ministry for Digital and State Modernization
Executive Creative Director, Territory
Head of Growth & Partnerships, OS Data Solutions GmbH
Producer, screenwriter and actor, founder and managing director of Kleine Brüder GmbH
Head of EU Publishing, AviaGames
Management ndF:Hamburg, Neue deutsche Filmgesellschaft
Film producer, Constantin Film
Founder and Managing Director, OMR
Managing Director, ARTANA & specialist lawyer for copyright and media law, IT law
Chief Data Officer, Bertelsmann
Publishing management, Carlsen Verlag
GenAI Program Lead, Otto Group
Generative AI Initiative Lead INMA & Executive Consultant
Personnel Development Officer with AI, ZDF
Founder & Managing Director, Neon Gold Innovations
Head of Content Innovation & AI Products, RTL NEWS
Ph.D. Machine Learning, Freelance AI & ML Product Manager
Co-Founder & General Manager, Plan.Net.Studios
The AIM Leaders Conference is developed in cooperation with partners from the media and digital industry in order to make the content practical and needs-oriented.
Network with leading minds from these companies, among others, at the AIM Leaders Conference 2025.
"Artificial intelligence is changing how we work and how we do journalism. We want to play an active role in shaping this development - responsibly, transparently and in dialog with other media companies. AIM Leaders offers a relevant platform for this."
"Artificial intelligence is a revolution. And, like the internet, it will not change the core task of journalism. With the AIM Leaders Conference, we want to address the use cases between the extreme statements and explore the question of what will change for us media, democracy and politics."
"AI affects us as a digital music company in many ways: artistically, legally, but of course also in terms of our organization, processes and procedures. We are currently dealing with this intensively, so the conference comes at exactly the right time."
The ongoing development of AI opens up a wide range of opportunities for media companies, but also presents us with common challenges. AIM Leaders offers the ideal platform to discover synergies through open dialog and industry-wide exchange and to successfully shape the future of the media landscape together.
"AI Media Leaders provides a suitable framework for discussing the strategic and responsible use of AI in the media and digital industry. As BVDW, we are also committed to breaking down barriers and developing viable solutions together. AI Media Leaders makes a valuable contribution to this."
"It is extremely important for all media companies to be able to continuously adapt their business model to the highly disruptive topic of artificial intelligence. To do this, we need to exchange ideas with other media and technology companies. This is another reason why we are delighted to be helping to shape the launch of a cross-industry network with AIM Leaders."
With AIM Leaders, Hamburg offers a unique platform where thought leaders, decision-makers and innovators come together to discuss and shape one of the most important future trends in the media and digital industry on the topic of AI
"From innovation to the catalyst to new performance requirements - AI is putting many structures in agency-client relationships to the test. AIM Leaders offers us as an agency the opportunity to work with the industry to develop a consensus on how we can combine creation, innovation and client reality with responsible action."
"AI is fundamentally changing the film industry: it opens up creative scope and facilitates technical entry, but also brings with it numerous challenges in terms of copyright, quality and diversity. For film funding, this means initiating discourse, promoting innovative formats and shaping the future of storytelling together."
"We are committed to AIM because we recognize that AI and media have become inseparable, and the skills required in both fields are increasingly converging."
AIM Leaders is organized by nextMedia.Hamburg - an initiative of Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft - and the Ministry of Culture and Media and sets an example for the further development of the media and digital location.
With AIM Leaders, Hamburg is positioning itself as a central meeting place for artificial intelligence in the field of content and technology. Hardly any other city combines creativity, media diversity and technological expertise as closely as Hamburg. With leading publishing houses and agencies, strong digital companies, the ARIC Hamburg innovation center and a clear political commitment to transformation, the Hanseatic city is the ideal starting point for AIM Leaders.
The involvement of industry partners demonstrates a shared interest in tapping into the economic potential of AI and helping to shape the location in the long term.
