From Digital Transformation to Mastery
EY Germany Office · Berlin · March 5, 2026
Hasso-Plattner-Institut · EY · Seerene · German Deep Tech Group
At the EY Germany office in Berlin, senior software executives and academic researchers spent a day in open dialogue — examining what follows the first wave of digital transformation. The conversation moved from reactive adaptation to a harder question: what does deliberate mastery of software production look like, and who is building it now?
Masterclasses alternated with panel discussions, drawing participants from banking, insurance, manufacturing, retail, and public infrastructure. The setting was off the record. The conclusions were not.
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As AI and LLMs take over code generation, the developer's role shifts toward specification engineering — defining requirements precisely, validating outputs, and shaping architecture.
The next frontier is not process automation but fully autonomous AI agents operating on data and business logic — reshaping how knowledge work in finance, legal, and compliance gets done.
Engineering KPIs and data-driven transparency are not optional features — they are the foundation on which leadership can identify real inefficiencies and drive sustained improvement.
How Bosch Power Tools applies AI across customer experience, internal development, and sales — and what it takes to move from experimentation to operational scale.
Legacy mainframe migration, AI-assisted code modernization, and the organizational challenges of adoption — three leaders from financial services and academia on what transformation actually costs.
Organizations built on physical products face a different transformation challenge — leaders from retail and industrial manufacturing on building software capability without losing the core.
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