Thomas Bischoff is an experienced professional with a focus on human-centric AI and digital innovation. Currently, Bischoff serves as the Corporate AI Manager at Phoenix Contact, responsible for global AI guidance and governance while promoting innovative and trustworthy AI solutions. Previous roles at Phoenix Contact include Innovation Manager for Digital Technologies and Service Owner for Electronic Data Interchange. Additionally, Bischoff is the Co-Chair of the working group "Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Automation" at AICommunityOWL and has a foundation in application development from FSB and data processing from Optibelt. Bischoff's educational background includes a degree as a Data Processing Specialist Trainee from b.i.b. eV Paderborn.
ZVEI e. V.
ZVEI e. V. is the Electro and Digital Industry Association and promotes the industry’s joint economic, technological and environmental policy interests on a national, European and global level. The industry has round about 890,000 employees in Germany plus 766,000 employees all over the world. In 2018 the turnover was Euro 193,5 billion.