Speakers & Artists

”Pulp Fiction,” “Kill Bill,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Django Unchained”—Quentin Tarantino has made some of Hollywood’s most-prominent films. The two-time Oscar winner has an unmatched knack for storytelling on the silver screen. We can’t wait to hear his take on storytelling and the impact of the new streaming ecosystem.

When it comes to digital marketing, Scott Galloway has a knack for seeing what's next before the market does. Cases in point: He accurately nailed WeWork's unsuccessful IPO and Amazon's successful takeover of WholeFoods. In addition to being a digital marketing clairvoyant, Galloway is a professor of marketing at the NYU Stern School of Business, has founded and sold numerous success businesses, the most recent of which he sold to market researcher Gartner. On top of all of that, he co-hosts one of the most popular business podcasts on the planet in Pivot together with US tech journalist Kara Swisher.

As far back as 2003, Kara Swisher has been considered one of the savviest and influential tech journalists in the US of A. Starting out at the Wall Street Journal, Swisher met regularly with the biggest names in the industry and asked the critical, pressing questions of the day. Over the course of her impressive career, she has interviewed Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk and other such absolute a-listers. Currently, she has made a name for herself as the host of "Recode Decode" (she co-founded tech site Recode) and still manages to find the time to co-host the world’s leading business podcast Pivot alongside with Scott Galloway. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone more qualified than Swisher to break down tech anywhere.

Ashton Kutcher is an actor, investor, entrepreneur, producer and philanthropist. Kutcher has been named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World,” as well as being honored by Vanity Fair ‘s “New Establishment List,” which identifies the top 50 of an innovative new breed of buccaneering visionaries, engineering prodigies and entrepreneurs. Twice, Kutcher was named one of Forbes magazine’s “World’s Most Powerful Celebrities,” as well as one of Fast Company magazine’s “Most Creative People.” Kutcher has been investing in technology for over a decade, both as an angel investor and a founding partner of A-Grade Investments and Sound Ventures. His fund portfolio includes Airbnb, Uber, Flexport, Brex, Robinhood, GitLab, Airtable and Affirm among others.

As the term and concept of the metaverse have burst into public consciousness just in the last year, no voice has been more prominent, influential, and praised than Matthew Ball and his widely read Metaverse Primer. His publications on the topic have been read and recommended by Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Reed Hastings (Netflix), Tim Sweeney (Epic Games) and Brian Armstrong (Coinbase). Matthew Ball is the Managing Partner of EpyllionCo, which operates an early stage venture fund, as well as a corporate and venture advisory arm. In addition, Ball is a Venture Partner at the famed gaming investment fund Makers Fund, Industry Advisor to storied private equity giant KKR, and a co-founder of Ball Metaverse Research Partners, which creates and maintains the index behind the world’s first Metaverse ETF, the Roundhill Ball Metaverse ETF. From 2016–2018, Ball served as the global Head of Strategy for Amazon Studios, and prior to that was a Director at The Chernin Group’s Otter Media, a digital media investment company founded by long-time Newscorp COO and 20th Century Fox CEO Peter Chernin.

Since 2015, Oliver Blume has been Chairman of the Executive Board at Porsche and in 2018 was appointed to the Volkswagen Group Board of Management. Blume is a prime example of how automotive managers can succeed in adopting, implementing and embodying multimodal and sustainability mobility. Whenever he’s in a big city, he’s happy to take the bus, subway or scooter, as he recently said in an interview. And if he is behind the wheel, it’s rarely in a purely gas-powered automobile. His stated goal: to have more than 80% of all Porsches be completely electric by 2030.

Lea-Sophie Cramer is one of the absolute top digital entrepreneurs in Germany. After getting her start at BCG and Rocket Internet, she founded Amorelie in 2013 together Sebastian Pollok. Thanks to a clever public relations strategy, the duo were able to grow both revenue and profit to the eight-figure range. She left Amorelie in 2019 and has since been primarily active as an investor. Through her holding company, she has invested in Plus Dental, Lillydoo and Cleverly. Cramer is also member of the “Junge Digitale Wirtschaft" committee for the German government and is followed by nearly 160,000 people in LinkedIn. Together with Varena Pausder, she hosts the “Fast & Curious” podcast. Currently, she is prepping the launch of her next venture.

is a historian and author. He has published five books on history, philosophy, and economics. His books Humankind (2020) and Utopia for Realists (2017) were both New York Times Bestsellers and have been translated in more than 40 languages. Bregman has twice been nominated for the prestigious European Press Prize for his work at The Correspondent. He lives in Holland.

Anita Elberse is the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. An award-winning teacher and scholar, Professor Elberse develops and teaches an MBA course covering the ""Businesses of Entertainment, Media, and Sports,"" which ranks among the most sought-after courses in the School’s curriculum, and chairs a short executive education program, also named ""The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports."" She chairs a semester-long mentoring program, ""Crossover Into Business,"" that is specifically designed for professional athletes. In her research, Professor Elberse primarily aims to understand what drives the success of products in the entertainment, media, sports, and other creative industries, and how firms can effectively manage products and talent in such sectors. She is acclaimed for her work on digital-media strategies. Professor Elberse has conducted case studies on dozens of entertainment companies, personalities, and other entities. Several of these are described in her first book, Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment. Professor Elberse is one of the youngest female professors to have been promoted to full professor with tenure in Harvard Business School's history.

Carolina is the head of AR Product Strategy and Marketing at Snap, Inc. Her team leads the go to market launch of Snap’s augmented reality formats, AR software offerings, visual search features, and other immersive technologies. She was part of the early team that helped Snapchat scale its AR advertising products and is passionate about helping brands, developers, and creators find success with Snap’s industry leading technology. She was named among the Top 30 most influential people building the Metaverse.

Richard David Precht is a philosopher, publicist and author—and one of the foremost intellectuals in the German-speaking world. He has penned numerous international bestsellers and has been translated into over 40 different languages.

We’ve been passionate readers and subscribers to "The Hustle," a fantastic, to-the-point business newsletter that pops up daily in our inbox—and over 1.5 million others around the world. Sam Parr is the founder of the operation, which has built up a rapidly growing paid content business. In 2021, The Hustle was acquired by CRM giants Hubspot.

Sophia Thiel began her journey on social media in 2014, starting where so many do: on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram. She quickly grew her follower base and now has over 3.6 million subscribers. After releasing her first online fitness program in 2015, she released three cookbooks, a workout book and a fitness planner. In addition, Sophia has released two successful sports clothing collections in collaboration with Aldi. Her mission today is to take a holistic approach to fitness and mental health and to take that message to the mainstream.

Avery serves as the President of Vayner NFT. She leads the company’s mission to build long-term strategic NFT projects for the world’s leading intellectual property owners serving brands, celebrities, athletes and associations looking to incentivize and reward brand advocacy and customer loyalty. Avery previously led VaynerMedia’s expansion into APAC, growing a team from 0-150+, opening offices in Singapore, Bangkok, Tokyo, and Sydney, and was awarded SEA Independent Agency of the Year, within 2 years. Prior to joining Vayner, she spent six years working at Google, in both Silicon Valley and New York City. Avery will drive meaningful cultural relevance for others to unlock the potential of one of the biggest technology shifts of our time.

With 2 million followers on Twitch, Knossi is among the world’s most successful streamers and is the host of his own late-night show "Täglich frisch geröstet" (roasted fresh daily) on German TV. He has established himself as the king of the internet with a variety of entertainment formats on Twitch, which have become a popular meeting point for many creators, stars & co. As the co-founder of Digital Blast, he aims to continue shaping the entertainment industry by enabling viewers to interact and co-create show formats.

Evan Luthra ist erster Ambassador von Crover World. Mit zahlreichen Auftritten in TV-Shows und auf dutzenden Konferenzen (u.a. TEDx und Blockchains-Events) ist er nicht nur in dem Bereich extrem erfahren. Er gilt als absoluter NFT-Experte; sein Portfolio umfasst unter anderem sechs Bored Apes und sechs coneX.   Auf Instagram kommt er auf über 2,5 Millionen Follower.

Frank Thelen first made his name through “Die Höhle der Löwen,“ the German version of Shark Tank or Dragon’s Den, depending on which side of the Atlantic you’re from. Thelen is now the most-prominent tech investor in Germany. Thelen’s track record includes numerous notable exits, including 6Wunderkinder (sold to Microsoft), Mytaxi (sold to Daimler) and Kaufda (taken over by Axel Springer).

Mengting Gao is not only CEO and founder of Kitchen Stories, one of Germany's most successful cooking apps, but also an investor, mentor and passionate cook. In 2013, she combined her passions for good food, sophisticated design and innovative technology by co-founding Kitchen Stories, a digital cooking platform. Nine years later, the app alone has 22 million downloads in over 150 countries. In 2017, not only did Apple CEO Tim Cook visit the Kitchen Stories team in Berlin, but Bosch subsidiary BSH also acquired a majority stake in the company.

Xatar, born Giwar Hajabi, is an entrepreneur, rapper, gastronome and music producer. He is the founder of Alles oder Nix Records and entertainment company Goldmann Entertainment. He also operates the Haval Grill chain of restaurants, and is a successful author and film producer. The film “Rheingold” about his life story premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and was directed by star director Fatih Akin.

Thanks to videos featuring him criticizing the current state of politics, Rezo has become one of Germany’s most well-known creators. His story dates back to 2015, when already then he was generating views in the millions and is now on his third YouTube channel. Across all channels, he has a total of roughly 4 million subscribers and over 550 million views. But it’s not all politics that his flourishing community has come to expect—he’s also known for entertaining videos that are just for fun.

Alisa Jahnke always knew she wanted to be her own boss. During a semester abroad in Hawaii in 2013, she fell in love with Hawaiian culture and was determined to bring the aloha vibe to Germany. As she was a big fan of jewelry she founded jewelry and lifestyle brand PURELEI together with Frederik Jahnke and Etienne Espenner in 2016. Influencer and partner marketing are essential pillars to the brand, which has not only been a success at home, but throughout Europe as well. After becoming a mother for the first time in 2020, Alisa has made it a point to support expecting mothers and fathers in her company, as it is her firm belief that you should not have to choose between being a parent and having a career.

Kraftklub is the headliner of the OMR Festival 2022. After successful solo excursions of singer Felix Kummer, the band is taking off again with us. The Chemnitz-based (and now Berliner-by-choice) band has been extremely successful for years with songs like "Ich will nicht nach Berlin", "Songs für Liam" or "Dein Lied". All three albums of the rock band have reached number 1 in the German charts and since the last release "Keine Nacht für Niemand" in 2017 many are waiting for the next thing of the guys. At the OMR concert, however, you can look forward to Kraftklub's hits.

Zoe Wees is currently THE newcomer in Germany. After taking part in "The Voice Kids" in 2017, she took off on Instagram and TikTok with cover versions of well-known pop hits. In early 2020, she launches her first own single, "Control." The song sells extremely well internationally, winning one or more gold records in several countries. One of the highlights: She appears with the song on James Corden's U.S. program "Late Late Show." Six months later, she is a guest on Jimmy Fallon's even more famous "The Tonight Show" with her next single, "That's How It Goes." At the American Music Awards, she sings her third single, "Girls Like Us." By now she is internationally known and will show her incredible voice live on stage with us.

Paul Ripke is a fashion blogger, Youtuber and German Instagram stars. He got his start as photographer for German hip-hop artist Marteria and some members of the German national team. In 2014, he was on the pitch after the World Cup final in Rio and became a household name in Germany with his shots of the German victory. Today, he accompanies Lewis Hamilton during the Formula 1 season and co-hosts the popular German podcast Alle Wege führen nach Ruhm (AWFNR).

Ammar was born in Egypt and currently lives in Los Angeles. In a short few years he has amassed over 865 million Youtube views and become a role model for many young people around the world. He convinced Will Smith to do a bungee jump from a helicopter, on his 50th birthday and is currently producing his third documentary.

Max has an unquenching thirst to experience the world and leave a positive impact. He has traveled to over 110 countries, has led once in a lifetime adventures down the Amazon river and across the Himalayas. He has produced dozens of events for top international brands and entertainers, including Oprah Winfrey and Eminem. Most recently he executive produced a worldwide social media event for Global Citizen, raising $10.1 billion in aid for Ukraine.

Highsnobiety is a globally recognized style brand, a bible for hypebeasts and sneakerheads—and for young, solvent streetwear fans, aka fashion freaks. David Fischer founded the digital magazine 17 years ago. Today, Fischer and his team of 160 are tastemakers par excellence. With exclusive collections, Highsnobiety is getting in on the DTC game, reinventing fashion events and aiding companies from all manner of industries to truly reach their clients. There figures only to be a handful of individuals who know more than Fischer does about establishing and finetuning a lifestyle brand —and how to make it relevant in the eyes of a young target group.

Marteria ist einer der bekanntesten deutschen Rapper. Drei Jahre nach seinem letzten Album erschien gerade erst seine aktuelle Platte „5. Dimension“ mit der Single „Niemand bringt Marten um“. Schon 2018 zeigte Marteria wie er die OMR-Meute selbst in der Mittagspause begeistern kann. 2019 war die Hütte bei seinem gemeinsamen Auftritt mit Casper gerammelt voll. Das wird er 2022 also garantiert fortsetzen.

Anna Alex is co-founder of online shopping platform Outfittery, but today’s primarily known for her work with climate tech startup Planetly. She founded the startup in 2019, roughly 1 year after leaving the Outfittery board Outfittery. Her mission is to help other startups measure and reduce their own CO2 footprint.

There are not all that many journalists in Germany who end up being entrepreneurs. Gabor Steingart is one very successful exception. After his tenure as Editor-in-Chief at Handelsblatt, he founded Pioneer Publishing in 2019. Thanks to his atypical idea to launch an Editorial boat, he generated a massive amount of awareness and Axel Springer Verlag joined with a minority stake. Today, his newsletter “Morning Briefing” is read by more than 200,000 people every day and his podcast is streamed over 1 million times—making Steingart one of the most-influential voices in Berlin.

Andréa is Chief Marketing Officer at Pinterest where she oversees the global marketing, insights and creative teams responsible for telling the Pinterest story to Pinners, Creators and Businesses all over the world. As a published author and in-demand speaker around the globe, she speaks and writes enthusiastically about brand strategy, entrepreneurialism, product innovation and design thinking. Andréa has been named Ad Age’s 2021 Marketer of the Year, a 2021 Ad Age Leading Woman and a 2021 Brand Innovators Top 100 Women in Brand Marketing.

RIN (real name Renato Simunovic) stands for the new generation of German rap music. He draws attention to himself with his own sound. For a long time, RIN was considered a hip cloud rapper, but now music editors are overflowing with praise for his soulful rap sound. His latest album, 2021's "Kleinstadt," not only reached No. 1 on the hotly contested hip-hop charts. In the single "Meer," for example, RIN shows that he now also incorporates rock elements into his songs. Live, the guy is an experience anyway.

Sara is a successful entrepreneur, model and co-founder of social business brand nuruCoffee and of the non-profit association nuruWomen e.V. Sara knows how important it is to increase the visibility of women and help harness their standing as role models as an effort to empower others to go their own way. She is not only active in the public eye, but also leverages her company to fight for the rights of girls and women in her native Ethiopia

Lars Klingbeil is one of the two federal chairmen of the SPD and a member of the German Bundestag. He grew up in the small town of Munster in Lower Saxony and studied political science, sociology and history in Hanover. 2005 and since 2009 member of the German Bundestag. 2009 to 2017 spokesman on network policy for the SPD parliamentary group. 2017 to 2021 Secretary General of the SPD. Since December 2021, co-chairman of the SPD with Saskia Esken.

Lena Hackelöer is founder and CEO of Brite Payments, a Swedish FinTech providing instant bank payments and payouts across 21 markets in Europe. Brite leverages open banking technology to process payments realtime between consumers and online merchants. A dual citizen of Sweden and Germany, Lena has extensive experience in the European FinTech sector, with a focus on payments and consumer credit. She spent 7+ years in leading positions in Klarna Bank, where her roles included Director Global Business Marketing and Director Market Growth and Strategy. Prior to founding Brite, Lena served as CEO of Qliro Financial Services (STO:QLIRO), a FinTech offering payment solutions for e-commerce and consumer credit services.

Together with her co-founder Kristine, Kati founded ooia in 2018. The company has moved on from “only” selling period underwear; it now has over 150K regular customers and views itself as a female empowerment company, with a vibrant community that engages in open discussion on female-centric products and female founding. At ooia, Kati heads up marketing and finance and spent over a decade at McKinsey prior to founding ooia. For a couple of months every year, she travels around the world with her husband and three kids

Together with her co-founder Kati, Kristine founded ooia in 2018. The company has moved on from “only” selling period underwear; it now has over 150K regular customers and views itself as a female empowerment company, with a vibrant community that engages in open discussion on female-centric products and female founding. At ooia, Kristine is responsible for products and operations, and ran several purchasing divisions at Zalando prior to founding. The dedicated feminist lives in Berlin with her husband and two kids.

Axel Hefer is chairman of the board at Trivago, the Düsseldorf-based hotel search engine. Heifer was appointed to the role in 2020, taking over for founder Rolf Schrömgens. Trivago has been listed on the NASDAQ since 2016. In 2021, Hefer took on another role in addition to board chairman at Trivago: chairman of the board at German football club FC Schalke 04.

Maya Leinenbach is Germany’s most-popular vegan blogger. With over 1.1 million subscribers on Instagram, a far cry from the 70k she had this time last year. How? Her success can be primarily traced back to Instagram Reels and to recipes, appearing daily in brief, snackable clips. The top-performing videos of hers are wont to crack the million-views mark in no time at all. Thanks to her massive reach, Maya has fulfilled one of her lifelong dreams: writing her own cookbooks with her mom.

There’s no way they really work… right? Aroma pads that transform the taste of your regular bottled water into peach, coffee, kola and the like? Munich-based startup Air Up is proof that, yes indeed they work. In 2016, product designer Lena Jüngst drafted the concept for the air-up bottle and the aroma pods for a uni project. Together with co-founder Tim Jäger, she turned the concept into a company that’s been on the receiving end of nearly USD 70m in investor capital. One of the Air-Up’s most prominent investors? Pepsi.

The 24-year-old from Frankfurt, Germany is one of the most influential TikTok creators in Germany. With his first video in the summer of 2019, Younes had a string of hits which has continued to this day. In less than two years after launching, his #YZfamily has amassed more than 50 million followers and helped usher in a new era of social media in the country.

Sebastian Klauke has been a member of the executive board at the Otto Group since May 2019, where he heads up the eCommerce, technology, business intelligence and corporate ventures sectors. Previously, he was the Group’s Chief Digital Officer beginning in July 2017. Before joining Otto, Klauke was a member of the Boston Consulting Group, co-founded Autoda.de in 2010, the first online shop in Germany for used cars, which was sold to MeinAuto in 2013 and acted as partner and managing director at BCG Digital Ventures GmbH beginning in mid-2014, a subsidiary of the Boston Consulting Group. (Photo: Charlotte Schreiber)

Saintlinh is a German content creator of Vietnamese descent. She previously jumpstarted her career as a music artist in South East Asia before returning to her home in Germany after the start of the pandemic in March 2020. She found a new outlet through TikTok and soon was loved by the community with her fun loving attitude and sharing music, fashion, meme and comedy content. As one of the most successful Asian faces in the German creator community she is a trailblazer for representation and a role model for her community.

After his tenure at Coca-Cola as Marketing Director, Gregor joined Vodafone in 2008. Here he has been instrumental in transforming Vodafone into Germany’s most-popular and most well known telecommunications brand. Gregor is a thought-leading in the German marketing community and a proponent of customer-oriented, digital marketing approaches that go far beyond effective ad placements.

Kevin Indig is the SEO Director @ Shopify, creator of the Growth Memo newsletter and host of the Tech Bound podcast. Before Shopify, he ran SEO & Content as VP @ G2 and Head of SEO @ Atlassian.

Dr. Roland Folz is Chief Executive Officer of Solarisbank AG (since February 2017). Roland has over 25 years of experience in the banking and financial services sector, with additional senior management expertise in the mobility and telecoms industries. He joined Solarisbank from Deutsche Bank, where he spent almost eight years in various regional and global CFO responsibilities. Prior to Deutsche Bank he held executive roles within the T-Com/T-Home division for Deutsche Telekom AG and was CEO of DaimlerChrysler Bank AG. As Co-CEO of Direkt Anlage Bank AG, Roland expanded Germanys first discount broker into 6 European countries, eventually taking the company public in 1999.

With Berlin Brands Group (Chal-Tec until 2019) direct-to-consumer pioneer Peter Chaljawski has built up an internationally successful e-commerce company that is now one of the most valuable German start-ups

Franziska is the founder of the jewelry label The Siss Bliss and the associated recycling company Bliss Bang Capital. Her mission: to turn old gold into new, precious jewelry. As a founder, Franzi already has experience: in 2012 she founded Bloomy Days, the first ever cut flower subscription startup. When she's not posting on Instagram, Franzi is active in numerous honorary offices, including the Young Digital Economy Association and Edition F's Female Future Force.

Robert Dahl is in charge of the family-run business "Karls Erdbeer-Hof" (Karl’s strawberry farm), now in its 3rd generation. He turned a couple of strawberry fields into a business, which makings several million dollars in revenue from tourism and retail.

Piran Asci, born in 1993 in Berlin, is an entrepreneur, mathematician and process enthusiast. He studied mathematics and business administration at Freie Universität Berlin. His enthusiasm for entrepreneurship came about when he won the Funpreneur Competition at Freie Universität Berlin in 2014. He financed his studies and later his start at KoRo by buying and selling Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon cards. The following year he joined KoRo as a working student and in 2016 acquired the company shares of the then founder Roberts.Piran Asci is now responsible for marketing, sourcing and IT.

Laura Kampf is a maker! Not ringing any bells? She creates crazy things in her workshop and uploads videos of the creation process to her YouTube channel–and her 300,000 followers. Whether it’s a beer bike, a children’s bicycle carousel, a tiny house and a drill-propelled raft, every new workshop and project sharpens and expands Kampf’s skillset and motivate the world to engaging in DIY activities. Furthermore, she appears in seminal German kids show "Sendung mit der Maus" and has built a bottle opener with Mythbusters legend Adam Savage.

Talisa Tossell began her full-time career in social media in 2016, making a slime account to post all the videos she found herself liking from different corners of the world. After gaining more and more subscribers, Talisa made her first slime tutorial and received millions of views overnight. Since then, her audience has grown to over 2 Million subscribers on YouTube and over 900k on Instagram. Talisa also expanded to posting on TikTok and Snapchat, cultivating a strong and engaging community across all platforms.

He is simply one of our go-to acts, appearing regularly at our events. And if we’re being completing honest, we just can’t get enough. It’s probably because his playlists are simply epic (hello kids of the 90s!) His act is sure to get your booty shaking.

Karl Kani is a legendary fashion designer based in California, United States, who took the world by storm in 1989 when he launched his self-titled urban wear clothing line which remains a household favorite for over 30 years. Karl credits his success to his ingenious way of thinking and his innovative marketing strategies. The Karl Kani brand catapulted even further with endorsements from the iconic Tupac, B.I.G, and Aaliyah among others; showing the world how stylish, relevant, and important to the Hip Hop Community and streetwear globally. Karl Kani is truly the originator of streetwear style, paving the way through his incentive designs that appealed to the ordinary guy and the A-List celebrity.

Älice will be taking the OMR stage with her own beats. Many of you may know her from her band Chefboss,which has rocked the stage at many an OMR Aftershow party. This time around she’s rolling solo and bringing a more chill vibe.

Nils is Managing Director of Amazon Ads Germany and has been a leading executive at Amazon for over 10 years.

Shari Who? sorgt mit entspannten Beats dafür, dass Ihr so richtig in Abendstimmung kommt. Die Hamburgerin solltet Ihr auf der OMR-Bühne also nicht verpassen – gern mit dem ersten Bier, Wein, Gin Tonic in der Hand.

Kommen wir zur Mitsing-Fraktion der Konzerte: Und die startet mit Roy Bianco & die Abbrunzati Boys. Die Italo-Pop-Band aus Bayern ist schon seit 2016 am Start, erst 2020 erschien das gefeierte Debütalbum „Greatest Hits“. Die Jungs entführen Euch mit ihrem Auftritt eine Runde nach Italien (in den 80ern) und wir machen auf der Fläche Platz für ein paar Paartanz-Einlagen. Holt Euch vor dem Auftritt also einen guten Wein von der Bar und habt einfach Spaß.

Niko has been active as a hip-hop journalist for over two decades and in 2009 he took over BACKSPIN, the longest-running currently active hip-hop magazine in the Fatherland, reshaping it into a multidigital company. Recently, he’s not only been conducting exclusive interviews with the biggest names on the German hip-hop scene, but also worked closely with brands who are otherwise newbies to hiphop culture. From productions with Strg_F, Arte Tracks and DAZN to his work as a consultant, Niko is a gatekeeper when it comes to combining hip-hop and urban culture with authentic marketing.

The German is the founder of the Paris-based DTC furniture brand NV Gallery. The company launched in 2017 as a bootstrapped startup, was profitable right from the start and today generates double-digit millions in sales.

When a few years back, Johannes Kliesch was unable to find any decent socks for his sneakers, the proverbial light bulb went off. Together with his cousin Felix Bauer, he founded Snocks in October 2016. Initially the startup focused on lower cut socks for his sport shoes, selling them primarily on Amazon. Today, his product offering has grown to include underwear, undershirts and hoodies—and Snocks has established itself as a brand. In 2019, Amazon Deutschland crowned it as merchant of the year.

Céline Flores-Willers is one of the most-successful business influencers on Linkedin. She has built up a community of over 100k followers thanks to her innovation and business-related content. With her company "The People Branding Company," she provides consulting services to other entrepreneurs and businesses on personal branding and corporate influencing matters.

Adrian joined Visa in 2012 as SVP Marketing – Latin America & Caribbean, leading all marketing efforts in the region including the activation of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the 2016 Rio Olympics. In early 2017 he moved to London, where as CMO Europe he leads a team of 100+ marketers across the region. Adrian championed the development of purpose-driven marketing in Europe, which resulted in campaigns like “Where You Shop Matters” in support of small merchants, and the groundbreaking sponsorship of UEFA Women’s Football, which won multiple awards in the market.

Anja Steinkönig is a senior leader and currently working as a VP Acquisition & Retention Marketing at FREE NOW. In her role she is globally in charge for all Acquisition and Lifecycle activities through Digital Media, CRM, Partnerships, ASO/SEO and Product Marketing. Before Anja joined FREE NOW she was active in the ticketing industry working long years for a market leader in Germany and led the Digital Marketing & E-Commerce department. She lives in Hamburg with her husband and her 2 years old child.

Myles Kleeger is the President and Chief Customer Officer of Braze, a customer engagement platform that delivers messaging experiences across push, email, apps, and more. Myles brings 20+ years of experience in the marketing services and marketing technology industries. He focuses on developing and executing the company’s go-to-market strategy as well as managing and scaling a number of departments including Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Technical Support, Professional Services, and Strategic Partnerships.

Jason Modemann is the founder and managing director of Mawave Marketing GmbH, the leading social media performance agency in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Here he is responsible for both strategic direction and business development and is an expert in social media advertising, performance marketing and platform innovations. Clients such as About You, Hello Fresh and Snocks rely on his expertise and professional competence. With his 50-person team, he manages an advertising budget of over 10 million euros per month. Mawave specializes in the conception and optimized playout of holistic social media campaigns on all relevant social platforms and works closely with Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and TikTok.

Alexander Graf is one of the top e-commerce minds in Germany. On his blog "Kassenzone" he analyzes the market and explains the development of new online business models. He also founded consulting agency eTribes as well as Spryker Systems, a joint venture with Project A Ventures. Furthermore, Alex is an active shareholder in various digital companies.

Felix Ohswald is co-founder and CEO of Vienna-based digital learning platform GoStudent, which provides individual, digital tutoring sessions for all grades and subjects. In November 2020, Felix was listed in Forbes’ “30 under 30” ranking and was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year in October 2021. Since the most recent round of funding in June 2021, GoStudent has been valued at EUR 1.3 billion and is thus the most valuable startup in Austria.

Michel Abdollahi is an all-rounder: a charming host and emcee of a variety of TV shows and podcasts, investigative journalist, influential author and critical artists.

Piegsa started with his own Shopify shop and unexpectedly slide into the agency business. Today, he is one of the founders of tante-e and one of Germany’s top Shopify experts. He works closely with major brands such as Krombacher, Kapten & Son and Tokio Hotel, as well as smaller-scale DTC startups.

Katjana Gerz is a German-America and known in Germany for her work on the funk comedy program “Gute Arbeit Orignials.” The trained actor regularly appears in German-American productions and is currently active on a variety of TV and ad formats, a regular guest on Rocket Beans TV, Luksan Wunder and interviews a variety of people for the OMR podcast production “Nie Gehört.”

After working as an adviser for some of Germany’s most well-known rappers, including Kool Savas, Eko Fresh and Azad, Philipp Böndel began expanding the digital department at the Dusseldorf-based creative agency Butter in 2014 and was appointed to the executive board in late 2017. Since 2020, he has been involved in the “LRNINGS” podcast along with Tobias Kargoll, produced by the Handelsblatt Media Group. In 2021, the duo founded Germany’s first consulting agency for hiphop culture in The Ambition.

Das BO is a german musician

DJ Plazebo is a german DJ.

Tobias Kargoll is one of Germany’s leading experts for hip-hop culture. Since 2012, he has been active as a publisher of Hiphop.de. Through his company ManeraMedia, he carries out campaigns for well-known brands in the areas of corporate publishing, content and influencer marketing. Since 2020, he has hosted the podcast “LRNINGS” together with Phillip Böndel, which is published by the Handelsblatt Media Group. In 2021, the duo founded Germany’s first consulting agency for hiphop culture in The Ambition.

Lynne leads the Microsoft Adverting Global Advertising Business Team. A 15-year Microsoft veteran, she has built her career as a sales leader in the U.S., Europe, and APAC. Prior joining Microsoft, she led corporate communications at AT&T and customer experience and communications at Expedia. Lynne is a lifelong learner who earned her MA and PhD in Philosophy at the New School for Social Research and BA in Sociology at Kenyon College. Across all of her experiences building and evolving teams, she is intentional about putting people and culture first. Lynne also serves as Microsoft Advertising's D&I Executive Sponsor, helping to drive advocacy for diversity and inclusion across the team.

Straight outta Kempten into the big wide world!“ DJ and producer duo Drunken Masters appear at the biggest festivals all around Europe and release sick remixes for a slew of artists in Germany.

Juliane Leicht has been working for the online shop SportSpar since May 2018. The 30-year-old is in charge of the marketing department for the off-price ecommerce company. She manages the brands creative hub in Leipzig with 3 different departments. In addition to creating, planning and implementing all marketing measures, She is also specialized in CRM and the optimization of the user experience. She precisely keeps an eye on the needs of the dynamic companys‘ target groups. Her internationally oriented Bachelor and Master degrees in Düsseldorf and Berlin promoted intercultural competence, which benefits SportSpar‘s 6 international sub-shops. Additionally to her hard skills the power woman can be characterized by enthusiasm and expertise.

Todd is Co-Founder and Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, of impact.com. He has been instrumental in forging and managing relationships with many of the company’s flagship advertisers, agencies, and media partners. Todd evangelizes a multichannel approach to the performance model, and is a frequent speaker at industry events, incl. Affiliate Summit and Performance Marketing Insights. Todd previously was VP, Business Development, at Digital River’s affiliate network, OneNetworkDirect, where he guided strategic initiatives and industry relations. In the late ’90s, he helped birth the modern affiliate marketing industry as Co-Founder and VP, Business Development, of Commission Junction. Todd won the 2007 Affiliate Marketing Legend Award.

Henrik Lauritzen is CEO and Co-founder of AudienceProject, a technology-based market research company founded in Denmark and operational worldwide.In 2010, Henrik co-founded AudienceProject with the purpose of improving market research in the digital age by combining traditional market research with technology, big data and machine learning.Since the foundation of the AudienceProject, Henrik has managed to grow the company from a small start-up to a medium-sized scale-up with more than 50 employees in four different countries across Europe.Henrik is a true pioneer, constantly driving the company in inventing, engineering and delivering new tools, enabling businesses to get the most value from their advertising spend or inventory.

Peter Hartmann is Global Digital Marketing Manager at Henkel, a multi-national chemical and consumer goods company. In his time at Henkel, he has helped craft the global digital strategy and spearheaded the digital transformation to a data-driven marketing organization. Together with his team, he has relaunched over 100 websites, increased traffic by 400 percent and has been nominated for two Global Search Awards.

Reinhard Blech co-founded e-learning platform Studyflix, which is currently revolutionizing digital education for Generation Z in the DACH region. Within just three years, Studyflix has acquired in excess of four million active users per month through successful SEO. In 2021, Sistrix named it among its biggest winners of 2021. Now, more than 500 companies use Studyflix for targeted employer branding and recruiting among Generation Z and for internal employee training.

Andrea Wasmuth studied business management. For the past two decades plus, she has been active at Milchstrasse publishing house, Burda and the Handelsblatt Media Group in a variety of roles and areas of focus, including finance, corporate communications, business development and strategy. In August 2020, she was appointed CEO of Handelsblatt Media Group.

Tobias Seikel is a senior investment professional with extensive experience in Venture Capital and building startups in the DACH region. He is Co-founder and General Partner at Planet A, believing that it is indispensable to address climate change as well as other pressing environmental issues of our time. Apart from his Planet A-related activities, Tobias is a regular mentor and supports several corporations with their advanced training programs or portfolio patronage respectively, such as Google (juror), HMS Hamburg Media School (lecturer) and Next Media Accelerator (mentor). Furthermore, he acts as a business angel in several startups and as a regular speaker at industry events.

Sebastian E. Merget is a multi-award-winning copywriter and presenter who knows what he's talking about: He's a host, author, podcaster and social media entertainer. Together with celebrity chef Tim Mälzer, he is also the voice, face and host of the podcast "Fiete Gastro - Der auch kulinarische Podcast" and presents his own talk format "#hausjetztraus" on Youtube, in which he regularly interviews exciting personalities. At the OMR Festival 2022, Sebastian E. Merget will host the Food Stage.

Nina Pütz is the CEO of Ratepay, where she steers company strategy. With over 17 years of experience in eCommerce, she was most recently active as the managing director of online shopping club brand brands4friends. Furthermore, she was active in a variety of managerial roles at eBay for over 15 years

Suvish heads Zoho’s marketing initiatives in Europe and has been associated with the company and its products for many years. Prior to joining Zoho, he headed the marketing organisation for ADP’s India and ASEAN region.

Christina Schehl is Vice President and Head of frog Germany. frog, as the leading global creative consultancy and part of Capgemini Invent, partners with passionate leaders and visionary entrepreneurs to re-invent businesses, drive growth, and orchestrate customer-centric transformation. With more than 275 strategists, creatives, data scientists and tech experts, Christina and her team build the strategy and innovation unit of Capgemini Invent in Germany. For almost 15 years, Christina has been advising clients across various industries in customer experience from strategy to sustainable transformation.

Michael Krause took over the position as General Manager Europe at Spotify at the beginning of March 2021. In addition to his role as General Manager for the DACH region, Krause is responsible for Spotify's businesses in the Nordics, UK and Ireland, France and Benelux, Southern and Eastern Europe as well as Russia, CIS and CIS countries.

​​Kristina Lunz is co-founder and co-CEO at the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP). Between January 2019 and January 2020, Kristina was active as an advisor at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, where she helped establish the feminist network Unidas German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Previously, she was the Gender and Coordination Officer at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Yangon, Myanmar, and also active at Sisma Mujer, an NGO in Bogotá, Colombia. She studied at the University College London and University of Oxford. IN February 2022, she published her first book “Die Zukunft der Aussenpolitik ist feministisch.”

In 2017, the world's best-looking male choir made their premiere at OMR. Now the 70 guys in the Hamburger Goldkehlchen, who are united by the fact that none of them can sing, have had a year since last year's Festival to add to their repertoire.

In just a few months, Miri went from employee at famed Hamburg hip-hop club Kleiner Donner to hip new DJ newcomer Miami Lenz. Her mix tapes on Soundcloud have made waves and helped her make a name for herself throughout Europe.

Stéphane is an AdTech veteran with over 20 years in online technologies and over 15 years of experience in the industry with a specialism in Retail Media. Stéphane has previously be Managing Director at 24/7 Media Inc, SVP Platform Monetization at Xaxis and CTO at STORETAIL before joining Criteo as SVP, Product Retail Media.

After positions as Client Lead at Grey, BBDO, DDB, Saatchi & Saatchi and as Marketing Consultant for Digitas & Publicis Media, Dirk Otto has been responsible for the national & international marketing of Eurowings, the leading European value carrier of the Lufthansa Group, since 2018. There, he is agnostically responsible for all matters of brand, marketing strategy and activation driving the digital transformation of marketing and the repositioning of the brand in times of great crisis and change. He is a forward-thinking believer in a customer-focused & data-based marketing approach, that is not reduced to optimizing ad placements but always keeps people and insights in focus, with the goal of "creating value starting from the consumer."

Targeting without cookies? Christoph von Reibnitz has been with Vibrant Media, the pioneer and global leader in contextual advertising, for over 11 years. More than four years as managing director (D-A-CH Markets). At the latest, with Google's announcement that it will no longer support third-party cookies, the market is looking for new solutions. With Quintesse, a new SaaS solution, advertisers and agencies can now leverage Vibrant Media's 20+ years of contextual targeting know-how to deliver campaigns that are relevant, brand-safe, cookie-free and 100% GDPR compliant using DSPs via curated marketplaces or the integration of contextual segments programmatically in real-time.

Expert in privacy-friendly analytics solutions for business. With over seven years of experience in sales and business development, Magdalena is firmly leading Piwik PRO’s sales teams in key EU markets.

Niklas Hellemann is CEO of the cyber security startup SoSafe. The Cologne-based company specializes in awareness training that sensitizes company employees to the dangers of cyber attacks. Hellemann co-founded the startup in 2018 with Lukas Schaefer and Felix Schürholz and most recently received $73 million in capital in January.

Emma Lythell is the VP of Sales at Bambuser with over 10 years of experience in B2B sales and ecomm within retail and fashion. Before Bambuser she was the CEO and founder of the performance marketing agency Dot Sure, Chief Commercial Officer at the Scandinavian footwear brand Flattered (both of which she remains a member of the board of directors), and Head of International Sales at PJ Salvage (a division of Delta Galil US). Emma currently heads up Bambuser’s new business department and is responsible for growing the client base and revenue. Emma is a passionate leader specializing in building high-performing sales teams by combining professionalism and fun in everyday teamwork.

Targeting without cookies? Anne has been with Vibrant Media, the pioneer and global leader in contextual advertising, for over 14 years. For more than six years as Head of AdOperations. In this position, she is responsible for, e.g., campaign innovations, programmatic integration, and semantic technology. At the latest, with Google's announcement that it will no longer support third-party cookies, the market is looking for new solutions. With Quintesse, a new SaaS solution, advertisers and agencies can now leverage Vibrant Media's 20+ years of contextual targeting expertise to deliver campaigns that are relevant, brand-safe, cookie-free and 100% GDPR compliant using DSPs programmatically in real-time.

With over 10 years of experience marketing for cutting edge SaaS technologies internationally, Dot has accumulated a wealth of experience in strategic lead generation, field marketing and partner marketing. She is currently the Senior Marketing Manager at Treasure Data for EMEA and India.

Ann Cathrin Riedel is not one to shy away from massive challenges—as 2021 showed. Last year, she ran for office in Berlin where her opponent was a four-term incumbent. She won. She is a champion of digital political topics and was named to the top 40 of Germany’s elite.

Daniel Kaczynski is a communications entrepreneur, consultant and multi-supervisory board member. With his companies Forward Advisors and Swisscontent, he works for numerous blue-chip companies in the DACH region. He is also a board member of the Content Marketing Forum, where he is committed to the creative combination of content, storytelling, channels and strategy.

Calli – a man of action and best buddy. He is a cheerful soul from the Rhineland and very loyal: Since 1976, Calli’s heart beats for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. First, he supported the club as a youth leader and stadium announcer, later Calli successfully managed the team. In his direct manner, the football manager puts into words what others think. His amusing comments get to the point. Calli is a welcome guest on German television – in game shows but also in cookery programmes. He is an expert when it comes to football, he loves to cook and to eat and he allowed his fans and followers to see him losing weight successfully. Everything is possible for Calli. He is always good for a surprise – at the OMR, too!

Jobst Schumacher is Head of Media & Brand Experience at Philip Morris GmbH. Within the Group, he has held numerous positions of responsibility, including Country Manager Austria, Senior Manager Corporate Affairs and Head of National Force Activation. Now he is part of the biggest transformation in the history of Philip Morris International: the company wants to be much more than a leading cigarette company and pursues the vision of a smoke-free future. Since June 2016, the tobacco company also wants to replace conventional cigarettes in Germany with risk-reduced products compared to cigarettes such as IQOS.

Asher Rapkin is Meta’s Director Global Business Marketing – Facebook app and Emerging Platforms. Asher and his team look after global business marketing for the Facebook app as well as Meta’s emerging platforms: SparkAR, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. Prior to taking on this role, Asher led Global Business Marketing for Messenger and WhatsApp and was the Product Marketing Communications Lead for Platforms and SMB on Meta’s Global Business Marketing team. Before coming to Meta, Asher was the Global Head of Channel Marketing for iAd, a division of Apple, where he oversaw the verbal and visual articulation of the brand and managed the platform's PR, events, and thought leadership work. Before shifting into tech, Asher spent eight years in television, working in Integrated Marketing for Current TV, NBCUniversal and MTV. Asher also owns and operates Collective Horology, a digital community for passionate watch collectors.

Peter Großkopf - Co-Founder & CTO

Britta Mikulcic has 20years + agency experience in media consulting and strategy. Now she is sales consultant for choice-driven advertising at Welect. She is a video advertising enthusiasts in terms of creating user-centered brand experience and highest advertising impact without using 3rd party cookies.

Since 2017 cookie- & identifier-less choice-driven advertising at Welect. Former CFO of MediaCom 2007 - 2017, until 2007 Manager Operations Grey Global Group Middle Europe.

Several years of digital media experience and since 2019 consulting media agencies and advertiser at Ad-Tech company Welect. Welect invented Choice-Driven-Advertising, which allows advertisers to reach interested people without the use of cookies and identifiers, due to self-determined users choice.

Jan Mechtel is Co-Founder By Acquisition and Managing Director Germany at the next gen document generation platform Templafy. After his Master's degree in Finance from ESCP Business School Berlin and successful stints at Ableton and McKinsey, Jan founded the Berlin-based software startup Veodin (HTGF funded) in 2010. As Managing Director, Jan led the fortunes of the powerpoint expert for 8 years before managing the successful exit to Templafy. With the acquisition, the entire Veodin team including Jan moved to Templafy in 2018, where he has since played an integral role in Templafy’s product development while also driving strategy for the DACH region.

Michael Müller is VP Strategy & Innovation at Frontify. He has been working at Frontify since 2017 and has shaped topics around product management, growth, and marketing. He now drives strategic initiatives, M&A, and innovation projects.