Innovation exchange, networking & new impulses

How much trust can we place in data, artificial intelligence, and digital systems, and how can companies protect this trust from cyberattacks at the same time?

Data and artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly important for companies. They support decision-making, automate processes, and open up new business models. At the same time, the demands for security, transparency, and reliability are growing. With the increasing digitalization, so is the dependence on data, IT systems, and digital infrastructures.

At the 115. 3rd Wednesday Therefore, we would like to bring together two pages that are directly connected to each other: Trustworthy Data Science and Cybersecurity. Insights from science and business practice show what digital trust means from different perspectives. Von trustworthy data and AI, from the strategic anchoring of cybersecurity to the concrete detection of cyberattacks

📍 TechnologieZentrumDortmund, innoclub
📅 Wednesday, 18 November 2026
🕕 Admission from 17:30 hrs | start of event: 18:00 hrs
📌 Address: Emil-Figge-Straße-80, 44227 Dortmund

What can you expect?

Look forward to an inspiring evening with the latest impulses from business, science and innovation. Whether digitalisation, future technologies or new paths for sustainable entrepreneurship - at the 3rd Wednesday, founders, companies, start-ups, investors and network partners meet for an interdisciplinary exchange in an open atmosphere.

Trustworthy Data Science – When can we really trust data and AI?

Daniel Neider | RC Trust / TU Dortmund / Lamarr Institute

When is an AI system truly trustworthy? Daniel Neider provides insights into the work of the RC Trust and of Lamarr Institute and shows the role that transparency, accountability, reliability, and the handling of uncertainties play for trustworthy data science and AI. Using concrete research and application examples, the Impulse bridges the gap between the scientific perspective and the practical use of AI in companies.

Digital trust in practice – How companies can sustainably embed cybersecurity

Philipp Goerdt | concentrade

Philipp Goerdt presents concentrade and its work in the field of cybersecurity, demonstrating how companies can practically build and protect digital trust. The focus is on typical security risks, the interplay between technology, processes, employees, and digital identities, and the question of how cybersecurity can be permanently embedded in corporate structures.

Detecting attacks before damage occurs – Cybersecurity between prevention and reality

Ralf Sturhan | Cybersense

Ralf Sturhan provides insights into the work of Cybersense And it shows why the early detection of cyberattacks is becoming increasingly important for companies. Using concrete practical examples, it discusses how modern attacks unfold, which warning signals are often overlooked, and the role that artificial intelligence can play in the future, both on the part of attackers and in defense.

Founder pitch

The professional impulses are complemented by a Founder from the Dortmund start-up centre. She provides insights into her founding and, from an entrepreneurial perspective, shows how an idea can be transformed into an innovative business model.

Networking & exchange

Following the presentations, the evening continues with an open networking session. Food and drinks It is an opportunity to deepen the topics of the evening, to engage with the speakers and to build new contacts between companies, start-ups, academia and network partners.

Participation is free of charge.

Organisational matters

The event will be accompanied by photography. By registering, participants declare their consent for photos and/or film recordings to be made of them, which the TechnologieZentrumDortmund may publish before, during and after the event for the purposes of reporting in the press and in the media and online channels used by the TechnologieZentrumDortmund.

Thanks to our sponsors

A big thank you to Dortmund Savings Bank, Start-up centre of the Dortmund Economic Development Agency, DOKOM21, the TC and Marx & Marx for supporting this event.

 

 

 

Please register by 11 November 2026 online to.