Horváth AI & Data Convention
In cooperation with SAP

April 3, 2025
Ready to unlock the next level of business management?

The Horváth AI & Data Convention brings together business leaders, technology experts, and decision-makers to explore how AI and data are reshaping the way companies operate and compete. Through inspiring keynotes, hands-on use cases and focused breakout sessions, participants gain valuable insights into AI-driven strategies across Finance, Operations, and Commercials.

The event offers a unique platform for knowledge exchange, innovation impulses and high-level networking.

Head of Convention

Dr. Matthias Emler

Partner, Head of AI, BI & Data
Horváth

Dr. Matthias Emler is Partner at Horváth and Head of AI, BI & Data. His consulting focus is on data- and AI-driven performance management and digital transformation in performance optimization. Cross-functional strategies and governance concepts for the data- and AI-driven company are also a focus of his consulting activities. Dr. Emler has many years of international program management experience with large corporations and global medium-sized companies. Since 2019, he has been chairing the Horváth AI & Data Convention (formerly "Forum digitale Unternehmenssteuerung").

Markus Kirchmann

Partner
Horváth

Markus Kirchmann is a partner and responsible for the Competence Center CFO Strategy & Performance Management. Within this Competence Center, consulting activities around AI, BI and data are bundled across all functions of a company. He has more than 20 years of consulting experience in the fields of performance management and performance optimization and advises national and international corporations on the (digital) transformation. In addition to his project activities, Markus Kirchmann is a speaker at national and international conferences and has written numerous publications, e.g. B. the book "Group Reporting and Consolidation" published by Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag. 

Recap

Under the motto "GenAI-Driven Transformation – Unlocking Potential Sustainably" the Horváth AI & Data Convention took place on April 03, 2025, in Düsseldorf.

Among other topics, the following key areas were covered:

  • Successfully becoming an AI and data-driven company
  • Use of AI and advanced analytics in different functional areas
  • Innovative approaches, methods and technologies in decision support for managers