Biography
Christian Rebernik is the CEO, Founder, and Chancellor of Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences, where he is rethinking higher education around technology, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and purpose-driven learning. He brings more than 20 years of experience in technology leadership and entrepreneurship, with previous roles including CTO and Managing Director at N26, CTO at Parship, and founder of the digital health platform Vivy.
He has also helped build digital products such as ShareTheMeal for the United Nations World Food Programme and has supported startups as a mentor, advisor, and angel investor. At Tomorrow University, he focuses on integrating AI into education while developing the critical thinking, adaptability, leadership, and practical problem-solving skills that become increasingly important in an AI-driven world.
His perspective is especially relevant for audiences interested in the future of education, AI-powered learning, technology leadership, and the skills needed to create meaningful impact in a rapidly changing world.
Session
- AI For TomorrowSpeaker
Keynote 16 - Learning Is the New Infrastructure. Most Companies Haven't Built It Yet.
Tuesday 22 September, 13:00 – 13:20Main StageMost AI workforce transformations fail not because of the technology, but because organisations don't know how to learn at speed. Prof. Dr. Thomas Funke draws on 20 years of research and practice, from WU Vienna to building TechQuartier in Frankfurt to co-founding Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences, to argue that learning is the defining infrastructure challenge of the AI era. This session gives CHROs, L&D leaders, and CEOs a concrete framework: what a learning organisation actually looks like, why traditional training approaches are structurally broken, and what it takes to build the organisational capability to absorb AI-driven change continuously. Using Tomorrow University as a live case study, Thomas shows what AI-native learning infrastructure looks like in practice and what leaders can do immediately to start building it.