The exponential growth of AI workloads is making energy efficiency a decisive challenge for the future of data centers and edge applications. Saxony, a federal state in Germany and home to Europe’s largest semiconductor cluster, brings together advanced manufacturing, world-class research, and a dynamic start-up ecosystem to pioneer energy-efficient AI solutions. Join this breakfast session to discover leading projects and companies, and see how Saxony’s unique ecosystem is driving innovation through collaboration.
Pascal Misoph
Pascal Misoph is Project Manager for Semiconductor & Microelectronics at Saxony Trade & Invest, the economic development agency of the Free State of Saxony. He specializes in promoting international partnerships in advanced microelectronics, semiconductor design, and AI hardware. Based in Dresden, Europe’s largest semiconductor cluster, Pascal works closely with industry and research institutions to foster investment, innovation, and collaboration. His focus includes energy-efficient AI solutions and fostering transatlantic partnerships. Pascal holds a Master’s degree in International Business Law and is responsible for strategic investor outreach in North America and Northeast Asia.
Rahul Kumar
Rahul is a product leader with over 15 years of experience in AI, cloud infrastructure, and quantum computing. As Director of Product at SpiNNcloud, he leads the development of brain-inspired AI accelerators and inference systems, built to break through the energy bottleneck of AI . His work tackles a critical challenge in AI today: bridging the gap between growing model complexity and the energy and architectural constraints of conventional compute. Previously, Rahul held product leadership roles at Microsoft and advised startups on computing infrastructure across cloud, edge, and on-prem environments.