CIOmove@OTTO on September 16, 2026

Save the Date: CIOmove@OTTO

CIOmove is coming to OTTO. CIO Michael Müller-Wünsch invites the CIO community to continue the discussion on IT and politics that he initiated at the Hamburg IT Strategy Days.

Under the headline “Reboot Germany. Now.”, he challenged CIOs to help Germany move from consuming and operating technology back to building, innovating and creating value. At CIOmove@OTTO, we will take this conversation forward and focus on one of the key questions for CIOs today: How can companies become more resilient and digitally sovereign – not just in principle, but in practice?

Digital sovereignty is no longer only a compliance issue. It is an architectural decision. The deep dive will focus on the exchange between CIOs who are already exploring or building more sovereign solutions:

  • What role can CIOs play in strengthening Germany’s digital future?
  • Can European providers deliver comparable services, workloads and functionality?
  • What project experience already exists?
  • How are CIOs adapting their project and budget planning?
  • And which arguments have proven effective when making the case for investment at board level?

In his opening impulse, Dr. Michael Müller-Wünsch will share first project experiences with European hyperscalers and sovereign infrastructure approaches. Together with the CIOmove community, he will discuss new architecture models, practical lessons learned and the decisions CIOs need to make now.

Registration
Please register by sending an email to our guest manager Claudia Michel.

Location (Maps)

OTTO GmbH & Co KG
Werner-Otto-Straße 1–7
22179 Hamburg

The meeting will take place in Panta Rhei, located on the 8th floor. Since the route to the room is not entirely straightforward, we kindly ask all guests to wait in the reception area. From there, we will guide participants upstairs in groups.

Public transport

Bus stops at OTTO:
Line 8: Werner-Otto-Straße (Mitte)
Direction: Wandsbek Markt, Poppenbüttel

Line 18: Werner-Otto-Straße
Direction: Hauptbahnhof/ZOB, Am Stühm Süd

Underground:
U1/U3: Wandsbek-Gartenstadt, approx. 15-minute walk