HTEC AI First Executive Series Dinner – Munich, March 2026
Location
The Rosewood Hotel
(Kardinal-Faulhaber-Straße 1
80333 München, Germany)
Date
25 March 2026
Time
17:00 – 22:00
An invitation-only event for senior executives engaged in their organization’s evolution to an AI-driven business.
Leading Beyond PoC – The Operational Model That Makes AI Work
AI is not a technological trend, it’s a necessary business transformation that changes how executives and boards make decisions, measure performance and define strategic risks.
In 2025, more than 245 executives participated across the UK, Germany, and thIn 2025, we held 7 events across Palo Alto, New Jersey, San Diego, Munich, and London, where 245 executives explored with us the real work of becoming an AI-first organization. Guest speakers included executives from Google, Microsoft, BCG X, Allianz, Snowflake, Philips, Verizon, McLaren Applied, Mayo Clinic, Fiyeld and more.
In March 2026, the series returns to Munich where we will take another step towards better operationalizing AI in your business:
We will explore how AI-First means reframing organizations around intelligence. Not just deploying AI models – but unlocking fundamentally new operating models that accelerate decisions, embed trust, and create measurable business value.
In practice, this means addressing questions such as:
- Moving from pilots to clear ownership and accountability once AI is live
- Shifting metrics from model accuracy to measurable business impact
- Redesigning governance for probabilistic, continuously evolving systems
- Embedding trust through reliability, transparency, and human oversight
- Treating AI as a core operating capability, not a side initiative
This is where ambition meets reality – and where leadership choices matter most.
Join us
Secure your invitation by completing the form — we look forward to your contribution to this strategic exchange
Timing
| 17:00-18:00 | | Welcome drinks & networking |
| 18:00-18:45 | | Expert panel discussion |
| 18:45-21:00 | | Private dinner & peer exchange |
Speakers and moderators
Moderator
Ronny Fehling
Chief AI Transformation Officer at HTEC
Speaker
Maria Angeles Marti Martinez
SVP Head Of Tanker, Transport and Mission Programs at Airbus
Speaker
Prof. Dr. Janina Beilner
Global Senior Executive
AI & Quantum in life science, med tech and Healthcare
Digital transformation expert
Speaker
Isabel Hartung
Non-executive board member & AI advisor.
Former CEO of Trumpf Industrial Laser and McKinsey leadership
Conversation themes
From accuracy to outcomes: How metrics must evolve to measure impact, not just performance.
Decision velocity & governance: How leaders accelerate decisions while keeping strategic risk in check.
AI-First operating models: New roles, fluid decision rights, and business-aligned investment mechanisms.
Real transformation patterns: What works, what stalls, and why – straight from executive experience.
What to expect
The HTEC AI-First Executives Dinners are an intimate invitation-only event that will reflect real world businesses challenges and experiences – no hype, no slides, just our speakers and audience shaping the conversation.
Welcome & networking – start with peer connection
Panel contribution & Peer-led discussion – Moderated by HTEC Chief AI Transformation Officer Ronny Fehling, who will ensure the audience drives the direction.
Candid discussion on the hardest parts of AI transformation – from governance and metrics to cross-organizational alignment and risk.
Dinner – continue the dialogue over dinner, engaging with like-minded people.
The emphasis is on peer exchange and networking.
Register your interest in attending if you relate to the following AI challenges
Moving from pilots to clear ownership and accountability in production
Shifting metrics from model performance to measurable business impact
Redesigning governnace for probabilistic, continuously evolving systems
Embedding trust through reliability, transparency, and human oversight
Treating AI as a core operating capability, not a side initiative
Who should attend
CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, CDOs
Heads of Engineering, Platforms, Digital or Data
Executives accountable for AI beyond pilots
Attendance is intentionally limited to preserve depth and trust.
Why HTEC Is Hosting
HTEC’s background is rooted in production-grade engineering, including long-standing work in complex, high-performance software and hardware embedded systems where reliability, scale, and failure modes matter.
That experience shapes how we approach AI today — not as isolated models, but as systems that must perform under real-world constraints: technical, organizational, and economic.
HTEC is hosting this dinner to create a forum that reflects the real world of AI transformation and enables an honest executive conversation on what it takes to make AI work beyond experimentation.
Moments from our Munich dinner in 2025
Join us
Secure your invitation by completing the form — we look forward to your contribution to this strategic exchange
Timing
| 17:00-18:00 | | Welcome drinks & networking |
| 18:00-18:45 | | Expert panel discussion |
| 18:45-21:00 | | Private dinner & peer exchange |
