Dr Stefan Wess, a computer scientist, is Co-CEO and Managing Partner of Empolis Information Management GmbH. He is an author, keynote speaker and publisher of books as well as numerous professional articles on the topic of "Artificial Intelligence" and holds a doctorate in this subject. Dr Wess is a member of the supervisory board of the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence and a board member of the Science and Innovation Alliance Kaiserslautern.