These were our Speaker at the CX 2025

Featured Speaker

Kai Althoff

CEO | 4flow

Chairman | BVL

Major General Jochen Deuer

Commander of the Bundeswehr Logistics Command | Bundeswehr

Ilse Henne

Deputy Chairwoman of the Management Board | BVL

Member of the Board | Thyssenkrupp

Jens H. Lund

Group CEO | DSV

Petra Scharner-Wolff

Chairwoman of the Executive Board | Otto Group

Sven Smit

Senior Partner and chairman of the McKinsey Global Institute | McKinsey & Company

Dr.-Ing. Christian Vollmer

Board Member of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand responsible for Production and Logistics & member of the Extended Executive Committee | Volkswagen

All Speaker

Nasimi Aghayev

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Federal Republic of Germany

Emre Akbağ

CEO | Siemens Digital Logistics

Dilshod Akhatov

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Federal Republic of Germany

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Knut Alicke

Senior Advisor | McKinsey

Matthias Almer

Head of Technology | Jerich International

Leonie Althaus

Co-Founder & CEO | traide AI GmbH

Kai Althoff

CEO | 4flow

Chairman | BVL

Patrick Anders

Head of Segment New Digital Products & Solutions | Jungheinrich AG

Laura Andersch

Head of SCM Reverse Logistics | Tchibo

Nico Anderten

Head of Environmental Consulting & Approvals

Grahita Anggana

VP Solution Design | thyssenkrupp Supply Chain Solutions

Verena Arnhold

CEO | Die systemiker

Dr. Matthias Ballweg

Co-Founder | CIRCULAR REPUBLIC by UnternehmerTUM

Markus Bangen

CEO | duisport

Marc Bauer

Stellvertretender Leiter Bereich International | IHK Region Stuttgart

Amelie Bauer

Redakteurin | DVZ

Florian Beck

CEO | LGI

J. Felix Becker

Vice President Global Supply Chain | Voith Turbo

Tim Beckhoff

Director Industry Solutions SRM | o9 Solutions

Hendrik Bender

Chief Commercial Officer | Sovereign

Dr.-Ing. Rawina Benoit

Advisor and Consultant | Rawina Benoit

Johannes Berg

Director Corporate Affairs | HHLA AG

Uwe Berndt

Co-initiator „Die Wirtschaftsmacher“, Founder & CEO | Mainblick

Ashwin Bhat

CEO | Lufthansa Cargo

Peter Bimmermann

Managing Director Germany | AutoStore

BVL Chapter Chairperson

Dr. Alexander Blass

Vice President of Strategy | Neura Robotics

Tilo Bobel

Global Head of Lean Operations Programs, APMT B/V | A.P. Moeller Maersk

Jana Borchard

Transport Manager national Transportation and Distribution Supply Chain | Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

Mathias Bosse

Founding Partner | Prequel Ventures

Dr.-Ing. Carolin Brenner

Margarete von Wrangell Postdoctoral Researcher | Institute for Material Handling and Logistics (IFL)

Jan-Hinrich Brumloop

Head of Technology | BLG LOGISTICS

Philipp Brunotte

Founder | LiBCycle GmbH

Klaus Dieter Bugiel

CEO / Managing Director | fox-COURIER GmbH

Adrian Bühring

Managing Partner | KOMPASS360°

Holger Bürskens

Attorney at Law and Specialist Lawyer for Transport and Forwarding law | ARNECKE SIBETH DABELSTEIN

Andreas Canel

Founder & CEO | Northbound

Diogo Cardia

Manager - Supply Chain Solution Architecture | Elisa Industriq Germany

Ni Chen

Manager | 4flow

Vitaly Chukanov

Co-Founder & CEO | ANT Maschinen

Bart Coppelmans

Senior Director of Product Management | HERE Technologies

Enterprise Business Unit Head

Sebastian Dahlen

Business Development Manager | Nautiluslog

Nadine Despineux

Chief Sales Offices | Jungheinrich AG

Major General Jochen Deuer

Commander of the Bundeswehr Logistics Command | Bundeswehr

Alexander Doll

Chairman, Investor and Ex-CFO Deutsche Bahn

Nina Dönhoff

Project Manager BPM | Seifert Logistics Group

Dr. Michael Drodofsky

Founder & Geschäftsführer | NEOintralogistics GmbH

Andreas Eder

Eishockey Profi | Eisbären Berlin

Timothy Edwards

Senior Sales Development | Paretos

Dr.-Ing. Arne Engelbrecht

Managing Director | SALT AND PEPPER Consulting

Raul Engelke

Founder & CEO | e-Mission

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dianjun Fang

Professor and Chair of Smart Engineering | Tongji

BVL Chapter Chairperson

Birgit Faßbender

Deputy Head of Division Freight Transport and Logistics | Bundesministerium für Verkehr

Dr.-Ing. Sascha Feldhorst

CEO & Co-Founder | MotionMiners

Boris Felgendreher

Host BVL Podcast | +umami

Oliver Fendler

Co-Founder & CEO | LCX NEXUS GmbH

Miguel Murio Fernandez

Principal | I Squared Capital

Prof. Dr. Nils Finger

Professor of Supply Chain Management | CBS International Business School

BVL Chapter Chairperson

Matthias Fischer

COO / Member of the board | Strauss

Dr. Arne Flemming

Senior Vice President Corporate Supply Chain and Global Logistics Services | Robert Bosch GmbH

Dr. Jörn Fontius

CEO | BEUMER

Vorstand | BVL

Alex Forrest Whiting

Moderator | Alex Forrest Whiting

Axel Frey

CEO | Seifert Logistics Group

Michelle Manon Friedrich

Community Manager | Digital Hub Logistics & Commerce

Dr.-Ing. Oliver Frille

Associate Partner | ODGERS

Kai Furmans

Nicolas Gallenkamp

Chairman of the Board | Blut transportiert e. V.

Gunnar Gburek

Company Spokesman | TIMOCOM

Dr. Peter Gebhard

Head of Global Logistics | HiPP Gruppe

Jascha Geldmacher

Founder & CEO | KEP Wirtschaftsdienst

Sükran Gencay

Global Head of Sustainability | Social & Governance | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics

Mario Glöckner

Director Terminal Capture | CargoBeamer

Peter Glück

Director | BAAINBw

Antonius Gress

CEO | Blockbrain

Theresa Gröninger

Head of Business Development & Marketing | Cellumation GmbH

Wendelin Gross

Head of Research | 4flow

Henrike Haase

Team member zufall.lab | ZUFALL

Dr.-Ing. Felix Hackbarth

CEO | TruckTower

Christina Hammes

Managing Director | Uplift Ventures

Paul Hannappel

Head of Automotive & Logistics | Bitkom e.V.

Matthias Haubenreißer

Senior Manager Competence Center Supply Chain Management; Senior Manager Competence Center Mehrweg Transportverpackungen | GS1 Germany

Nils Haupt

Senior Director Corporate Communications | Hapag-Lloyd

Dr. Bernd Heinrichs

Senior Vice President Inventory & Supply Chain | INFORM GmbH

Dr. Harald Hempel

Chief Compliance and Research Officer | DAKO

Ilse Henne

Deputy Chairwoman of the Management Board | BVL

Member of the Board | Thyssenkrupp

Ulrike Herrmann

Economic Editor | taz - die tageszeitung

Jürgen Hindler

SCM Strategy Director | Oracle

Jeanette Hoffmann

Senior Managerin Benchmarking | BAUAKADEMIE

Dr. Kerstin Höfle

VP R&D and Product Management | Körber Supply Chain

Executive board

Pia Hofmann

Big Data Specialist Logistics | Daimler Truck

Leah Holding

COO | Ocado Intelligent Automation

Benjamin Hölzle

Director | TMG Consultants

Faheem Hoosen

VP Supply Chain Solutions EMEA & APAC | Wallenius Wilhelmsen

Oliver Hrnecek

Team Leader Partnership | Special Olympics Deutschland

Melanie Isenmann

Project Sales Lead | Flexis

Florian Jasarevic

Head of Department Global Transport Solutions | Lidl

Tobias Jerschke

CEO | Kühne+Nagel (AG & Co.) KG, Bremen

Dr. Matthias Joest

Committee Chair | omlox

CEO | Flowcate

Brigadegeneral Matthias Jozwiak

DCOS Support | OpFueKdoBw

Ulrike Just

Executive Vice President Sales & Service Linde MH EMEA, Managing Director Linde Material Handling GmbH | Linde Material Handling

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Domenik Kaever

University Professor & Head of Institute (Institute of Logistics Engineering) | Technische Universität Graz

Dr. Nari Kahle

General Manager | heyconnect (FIEGE Group)

Joscha Kahnt

Managing Director | GXO

Julian Kakarott

CEO | Digital Hub Logistics & Commerce

Prof. Dr. Andreas Kaplan

President | KLU

Vincent Kästle

CEO | EatFresh GmbH

Christoph Kattner

Head of Inbound Consolidation Center Project | Daimler Truck

Victor Kaupe

Head of Transport Management & Logistics EMEA | BASF Coatings GmbH

Hendrik Kempfert

Managing Partner | Bonisoft

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Kersten

Institute Director | Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Logistics and General Management

Scientific advisory board | BVL

Andreas Kick

COO | 4flow

Matthias Kieß

Managing Director | AEB

Lisa Kießner

Teamlead Recruiting & Personnel Development | Geis Gruppe

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alice Kirchheim

Managing Director | Fraunhofer IML

Thomas Kistner

Managing Director | BRICKLOG

Volker Klassen

Managing Director | Hafen Trier

BVL Chapter Chairperson

Mariusz Kleefeld

CEO & Founding Partner | GRAHAM SCALES

Max Klostermann

Venture CEO | LEAFR

Carsten Klude

Chief Economist and Head of Private Asset Management | M.M.Warburg & CO

Prof. Dr. Matthias Klumpp

Professor | University of Bremen

Scientific advisory board | BVL

Marie Kober

Co-Founder & CEO | Senvo

Christian Krebs

Head of Logistics Germany | Unilever

Robin Kronshagen

Account Executive | paretos GmbH

Andreas Kunkat

Head of Germany | Flexis

Prof. Dr. Anne Lange

Professor | Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

Scientific advisory board | BVL

Erik Lassen

Chairman Managing Director Contract Logistics Geis Group | Geis Industrie-Service GmbH

Michael Leopold

Commentator & Moderator sky sport | Michael Leopold

Dr. Christian Lieberoth-Leden

Principal | 4flow

Niklas Liehn

Head of internal Supply Chain | Jokey Group

Dr. Catherine Lorenz

Research Fellow | Laboratoire Energie & Mobilité (eMOB Lab), Université Gustave Eiffel

Klaus Lübbers

Member of the Management Board & Head of Defence Solutions | DIRKS

Jens H. Lund

Group CEO | DSV

Christian Lüpges

Senior Consultant | AlbrechtConsult

Matthias Magnor

CEO | BLG

Christian Marnetté

Managing Director | Marnetté Accentuated Consulting

Patrick Marous

Member of the Executive Leadership Team of thyssenkrupp Materials Services & Global CEO Business Unit Solutions | thyssenkrupp Supply Chain Solutions

Bastian Maus

Head of department | MediaMarktSaturn Beschaffung und Logistik GmbH

Markus Mehrtens

Head of Logistics Sourcing & Partners | MediaMarktSaturn

Max Meister

CEO | Ludwig Meister

Dennis Mellentin

Vice President Athlete Representative and National Athlete Representative | Special Olympics Deutschland

Markus Menne

Vice President Logistic | AGRVAVIS Raiffeisen AG

Matthias Metzger

Director Supply Chain Management | Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien GmbH

Sven Meyer

Regional Sales Manager DACH Alpega | Alpega

Christine Mezger-Behan

Senior Vice President Supply Chain Operations KION ITS EMEA | KION Group

Christian Mohr

Managing Director, CCO | UnternehmerTUM

Chairman of the Jury for the German Logistics Award

Philip Mordecai

Founder & CEO | Orbit

Heiko Müller

Head of Logistics Solution | HEC

Ingo Müller

Department Head Prototyping & Testing Corporate Research & Development | DACHSER

Fabian Müller

Expert Supply Chain Management Applications Oracle | Oracle Deutschland

Peter Müller-Kronberg

CEO | ZUFALL logistics group

Anike Murrenhoff

Research Associate Intralogistics and Artificial Intelligence | Fraunhofer IML

Dr. James Naylor

Communications Expert | Independent

Andreas Nettsträter

CEO | Open Logistics Foundation

Kuno Neumeier

CEO | Logivest Gruppe

Spokesperson of BVL Topic Group Logistics Real Estate | Bundesvereinigung Logistik e. V.

Karin Neumeier

Board of directors | Nicolaidis Young Wings Stiftung

Daniel Nill

Junior Professor | Hochschule Heilbronn

Mirco Nowak

CEO | LUNO-Group

BVL Chapter Chairperson

Kacper Nowicki

co-founder & CEO | Nomagic

Nico Nuerbchen

Executive VP Global Supply Chain | Olympus

Kai Olschner

DP World

Nurlan Onzhanov

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Federal Republic of Germany

Lennart Paul

Founder & CEO | bex technologies

Dr. Oliver Peltzer

Partner | Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein

Sebastian Peters

Head of A320 Family Value Stream Mgmt & Final Assembly Lines | AIRBUS

Philipp Pfister

Sector Vice President Transporeon | Transporeon

Sebastian Pieper

Director | Strategy&

Adam Pietzka

Specialist Talent and Organizational Development Occupational Health Management Germany | Hellmann Worldwide Logistics

Michael Quaden

Program Director Defense Solutions | FIEGE

Dr. Martin Rabe

SVP HR | BA Körber Technologies

Marco Rebohm

Managing Director Supply Chain & Logistics | Thalia

Robert Recknagel

Head of Operations | Blue Yonder

Sebastian Reimann

Editor-in-Chief | DVV Media Group

Dr. Felix Reinshagen

CEO & Co-Founder | NavVis GmbH

Dr. Johannes Rentschler

Research Associate | Technische Universität Darmstadt

Thomas Roithmeier

Vice President Digital Products | Deufol

Chouaib Rokbi

Executive Vice-President DTIT and Global Procurement Organization | STMicroelectronics International NV

Lenn Rosenauer

Team member zufall.lab | ZUFALL logistics group

Dr. Elisa Roth

CEO & Co-founder | Augmented Industries

Volker Rügheimer

Head of Logistics Division | Volkswagen OTLG

BVL Chapter Chairperson

Dr. Imomudin Sattorow

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Embassy of the Republic of Tajiskistan in the Federal Republic of Germany

Thilo Schäfer

Director Cargo | Condor Cargo

Petra Scharner-Wolff

Chairwoman of the Executive Board | Otto Group

Peter Scheid

Director | BAIUDBw

Felix Schempp

Hardware Development Lead | CaFe Labs

Stefanie Schmid-Knappe

Managing Director | MediaMarktSaturn Beschaffung und Logistik GmbH

Michael Schmidt

Logistic Manager Europe | Yogi Tea Gmbh

Dr.-Ing. Rolf Schmidt

Managing Director | Logicon Consulting

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Schmidt

Institute Head | TU Dresden

Chairman Scientific Advisory Board | BVL

Camila Schmidt

Software Development Lead | CaFe Labs

Alexander Schneider

Head of HR Europe | DHL

Boris Scholz

Managing Director | Fiege

Andreas Schumann

Chairman | BdKEP

Dr. Karsten Schwarz

Chief Executive Officer | DPD

Prof. Dr. Martin Schwemmer

Professor of International Transport Economics and Logistics | Hochschule Heilbronn

Wolfram Senger-Weiss

Chief Executive Officer | Gebrüder Weiss GmbH

Sven Smit

Senior Partner and chairman of the McKinsey Global Institute | McKinsey & Company

Burkhard D. Sommer

Partner, Leiter Maritimes Kompetenzzentrum | PwC

Virginia Sondergeld

Economist | Indeed

Niklas Stanislawski

Project Lead Retail Logistics | EHI Retail Institute

Isabelle Staub

Strategy Manager | Accenture

Benjamin Stauch

Head of operational order management | MC-Bauchemie

Dr. Franz Steinberger

Principal Consultant | Lead Strategy | Ray Sono AG

Dr. Konrad Steiner

Managing Director | OPTANO GmbH

Christoph Steinke

CEO & Gründer | CS Consulting Services

Ronja Stoffregen

Director Corporate Venturing | REHAU New Ventures

Karl Christoph Strack

Sales & Projectmanagement | GBK Trusted Partner

Volker Strasser

Industry Advisor | Microsoft

Alexander Streif

VP Supply Chain Management | Northvolt

Prof. Dr. Tony Sun

Chairman | ALSCO

Kaan Tan

Global Director of Engineering | HelloFresh

Thomas Tappertzhofen

Head of International Operational Functions | PreZero

Murray Thom

VP of Quantum Technology Evangelism | D-Wave Quantum Inc.

Philipp Thomas

Head of E-Commerce Operation | Fielmann

Christina Thurner

Advisory board member | LOXXESS

Member of the board | BVL

Marina Tiepermann

Vice President International Key Account Management | STILL

Anna Topüth

Leadership & AI Transformation Coach | die systemiker

Prof. Dr. Sandra Transchel

Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management | Kühne Logistics University

Prof. Dr. Christoph Tripp

Professor in Distribution and Retail Logistics | TH Nürnberg

Holger Trittenbach

Head of Product & Machine Learning | ExB

Head of Defence Programmes Germany - JDG Thomas Tschirner

ArianeGroup GmbH

Dr.-Ing. Uwe Jens Unger

Head of Spare Parts Management | MAN Truck & Bus SE

Niklas Unger

Board Member | Blut transportiert e. V.

Arthur Valdez

Global Operations Leader | Starbucks

Raimond van Kampen

Associate Director Accenture – Supply chain management & Logistics | Accenture

Dr.-Ing. Christian Vollmer

Board Member of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand responsible for Production and Logistics & member of the Extended Executive Committee | Volkswagen