Dr. Wolfgang Wahlster is a Professor of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a pioneer of AI and Industry 4.0 in Europe. As a founding director of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and in his role as its long-time CEO and scientific director, he has developed DFKI into one of the world’s largest innovators in AI with more than 100 successful spin-off companies. Wahlster is a member of the Nobel Prize Academy in Stockholm and is the winner of the German Future Prize.