10 June 2026 · Netlight, Munich
ACC 2026
Beyond Hype. Into Business.
One day at Netlight
Keynotes, discussions, industry briefings and hands-on workshops brought consulting and AI practice together. Conversations continued between sessions at Netlight in Munich.
- 150+
- Participants
- 24
- Speakers
- 16
- Organisations
Recap film
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The ACC 2026 recap film
Gallery · ACC 2026
The day in pictures.
ACC 2026
Selected speakers from ACC 2026
Florian Bauer
McKinsey & Company
Senior Partner, Technology & AI Leader DACH
Marcus Hartmann
Roland Berger
Senior Partner
Andrea Martin
IBM
CTO DACH
Dr. Andreas Liebl
appliedAI Initiative
CEO
Andreas Kaempf
Accenture
Managing Director, AI/ML & Agentic AI DACH
Anja Huber
McKinsey & Company
Partner
Erik Lenhard
BCG
Partner and Director, Enterprise Agility
Susanne Schmutzler
PwC
Head of Workforce Transformation & Partner
Daniel Steiner
PwC Germany
Partner, Performance & Restructuring, Automotive & Industrials
Dr. Florian Forst
Capgemini Invent
Vice President
Alexander Hofmann
MaibornWolff
CTO
Dr. Stefan Schuppert
Hogan Lovells
Partner, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity AI
Programme 2026
Keynotes, panels and parallel sessions throughout the day.
Doors, coffee and first conversations.
Opening, followed by a welcome from Moritz Tränkner-Tuborgh (Partner, Netlight).
How leading consultancies use AI agents in client projects and internal processes – from strategy to operational delivery.
- Florian Bauer · Senior Partner, Technology & AI Leader DACH, McKinsey & Company
Where does AI create real value in consulting? Perspectives on business models, client interaction and the changing role of the consultant.
- Andreas Kaempf · Managing Director, AI/ML & Agentic AI, Accenture
Strategy consulting, tech consulting, internal AI teams or specialist providers – who wins budget authority, and which capabilities will consulting need?
- Erik Lenhard · Partner & Director, Enterprise Agility, BCG
- Marcus Hartmann · Senior Partner, Roland Berger
- Alexander Hofmann · CTO, MaibornWolff
- Moritz Tränkner-Tuborgh · Partner, Netlight
Moderation: Wolfgang Kerler · Co-Founder & Chefredakteur, 1E9
How Netlight and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG built an AI-powered marketing assistant and integrated it into the company-wide AI platform. 1st place at the Marketing Tech Award 2025.
- Albrecht Wigand · Netlight
- Festina Ismali · Netlight
Catering and conversations with participants, speakers and partner companies, plus recruiting booths from Accenture, Oliver Wyman and Netlight.
Four short sector briefings on the main stage, alongside two limited hands-on workshops of around 20 participants each.
Main Stage: Industry Briefings
Four talks of about 20 minutes on how AI is changing key sectors.
- Daniel Steiner · Automotive · Partner, Head of Performance & Restructuring, PwC Germany
- Julian Assmann · Health · Senior Project Manager, RB Digital, Roland Berger
- Dr. Florian Forst · Financial Services · Vice President, Capgemini Invent
- Anja Huber · Future Mobility · Partner, McKinsey & Company
Accenture: AI in Action – Von den Basics bis zum eigenen AI-Workflow
Hands-on GenAI and agentic AI: fundamentals, real use cases, then building your own tools, mini-agents and workflows. Held in German.
- Alexander Roth · Accenture
- Simon Bavendiek · Accenture
Netlight: Beat the Benchmark – An AI Eval Challenge
Small teams build AI evals that measure where an agent works and where it fails, then compete on a live leaderboard for the best quality per euro. Held in English.
- Tim Fischer · Netlight
- Jingwen Yang · Netlight
When an AI system makes a wrong decision, who is liable? Three perspectives from technology, law and insurance.
- Andrea Martin · CTO Ecosystem & Associations DACH, IBM Distinguished Engineer
- Dr. Peter Bärnreuther · Senior Underwriter AI Risks, Munich Re
- Dr. Stefan Schuppert · Partner, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity AI, Hogan Lovells
Moderation: Till Sander · Social AI Club
As AI accelerates research, analysis, coding and slides, the value of young talent shifts. Which skills should you build today to stay relevant tomorrow?
- Susanne Schmutzler · Head of Workforce Transformation & Partner, PwC
- Daniel Schober · Partner & Growth Catalyst, Netlight
- Prof. Dr. Anne-Sophie Mayer · Professorin für Digitale Arbeit, LMU
Moderation: Leander Wolff · Academy Consult
What remains of the classic consulting model, what disappears, and where does the next growth phase begin?
- Dr. Andreas Liebl · CEO, appliedAI Initiative
Closing words, then open networking from 17:15.
Partners of the 2026 edition
Presenting Partner · 2026
Exclusive Partner · 2026
Location Partner · 2026
Organisations represented at ACC 2026
Speaker organisations in 2026
Moderation contributions in 2026
Academy Consult
1E9
TUM Social AI Club