Germany is spearheading a power-packed speaker delegation at GITEX AI EUROPE 2026, as government, big tech and scale-up leaders, quantum frontrunners and investors take centre-stage when Europe’s most global tech and start-up event opens next week in Berlin. German leaders comprise 60 percent of the event’s 150-plus expert speakers, drawn from a line-up spanning 33 countries across Europe, North America, Asia and Africa. That’s in addition to a powerhouse exhibition, featuring 950-plus enterprises and start-ups and 600-plus investors from more than 80 nations to accelerate investment across a European tech market forecast to surpass €1.5 trillion in 2026. GITEX AI EUROPE takes place from June 30 – July 1, 2026, with the conference programme running across three stages and five themes: DeepTech & Critical Supply Chains, Compute & AI Stack, Secure Infra & Cyber Power, Capital & Scale-Up Engine, and Policy to Production. Thirteen German speakers anchor the headline sessions, including Dr Karsten Wildberger, Federal Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation, who opens with a Main Stage fireside on the industrial capacity question, and Klaus Müller, President of the Bundesnetzagentur, who follows with a panel on the Policy to Production theme. Prof. Dr Robert Mayr, CEO and Chairman of the Board at DATEV eG, speaks on the Main Stage on 30 June, arguing AI