ada Growth Day · Munich

The Deciding Human

From ambition to decisions

Date

November 25, 2026

Location

EY, Munich

Format

Full day, on site

In the room

80 to 100 people

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What this day is about

Ask who made the last big AI decision. You rarely get a name.

You get a process, a recommendation, and a signature at the end of it. The analysis arrives faster and looks more certain than it is, while the responsibility stays exactly where it always was.

Every organization we work with is somewhere in this right now. A system gets introduced, a governance framework gets written, a team gets told. Somewhere between those three things, ownership goes missing.

So this day doesn't ask whether you use AI. It asks who is actually in charge: in the boardroom, in the team, at your own desk. Even the people who aren't at the wheel shape how a decision turns out.

You leave with a clear picture of how other organizations decide these things, which is hard to read up on and easy to use the week after.

Who this day is for

This day is worth your time if you recognize yourself here.

Sharing responsibility for AI decisions

You have a say in where and how AI is used in your organization, and you want to see how others decide under uncertainty.

Implementing AI in your team

You're implementing AI in your team, or you need to raise concerns without stalling the process.

The human side

You care about what judgment and responsibility mean when the analysis already comes from the machine.

How the day works

You work with it before you leave the room.

Doors open at 8 AM, we start at 9 AM and finish at 5 PM (CET). What happens in between follows the same rule every time. The full agenda, with speakers and session titles, follows in the coming weeks.

Hands-on, not front-loaded

You start by doing something, not by being presented to. Every input in the day lands on an experience you already had that morning.

Small enough to speak

The afternoon runs in parallel working groups of 20 to 25. No audience seating, no back row, and you choose where you go.

Breaks that stay unprogrammed

Lunch and several breaks through the day, none of them scheduled. No table topics, no rotation. The best conversations at a Growth Day happen by accident, and these are the hours we stop planning so they can.

You take something home

New contacts from organizations working on the same questions, and ideas concrete enough to try in your own team the week after.

Arbeit in kleiner Gruppe bei einem ada Growth Day

Konzentriertes Arbeiten in einer Session

What you'll be working on

Who decides? Who implements? Who answers for it?

This isn't a day of listening. You work the questions in the room, with people who answer them in their own organizations every week. The hardest one is usually the third: when the model was confident and wrong, and nobody wrote down who signed off.

We build the day with EY, who work on exactly this with organizations across industries, and who bring data on how listed companies actually report on their AI use and their governance.

Who decides: on what evidence, under what time pressure, and with which risk actually on the table when the recommendation already looks certain.

Who implements, and how do you raise a concern without stalling the whole thing once the decision has been made somewhere above you.

The venue

EY Munich

We pick locations that are part of the story. In Munich we're guests at EY, where exactly these decisions get advised on every day, which makes it a fitting room to argue about them in. EY builds this day with us: they develop the simulation case and bring the data from real organizations. They're also an ada Fellowship partner with their own Fellows in the program, so parts of the community already know the people you'll meet there.

Who joins

Not a homogenous group. That is the point.

Active ada Fellows

Professionals in the ada Fellowship. Growth Days are the in-person moment where the program becomes tangible, and where peers from different cohorts and organizations meet for the first time.

Included in the active ada Fellowship.

Alumni and ada Shift

Former program participants who want to stay connected, and ada Shift participants whose program Growth Day was Düsseldorf. Alumni bring experience from their own ada journey and contribute to the quality of the room.

Discounted ticket for 150 € net.

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ada Flow Members & Open Community

Professionals who buy a ticket independently, not through a program, but because they want to be in the room. They come with the same motivation as everyone else: to exchange ideas with people from other organizations, to think through a topic together, and to leave with something concrete.

Available as individual tickets

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Common Questions

The real ones, answered directly.

Do I need to be part of an ada program to attend?

No. There are three ways in. Active Fellows join as part of their program. Alumni and ada Shift participants can buy a ticket for 150 € net. And if you want to come without a program or as an ada Flow member: Growth Passes are available as individual tickets. First come, first serve.

What is a co-created Growth Day?

A co-created Growth Day is built closely with a partner organization. Their real challenge is the starting point. ada builds the agenda around it and involves people from the partner as content contributors.

What is the difference between a Growth Day and a conference?

Eine Konferenz ist für ein passives Publikum gestaltet. Ein Growth Day ist für Menschen gestaltet, die mit etwas Konkretem gehen wollen. Jede Agenda hat Momente, in denen ihr etwas tut, nicht nur zuhört. Eine Frage ist immer dieselbe: Was nehmt ihr mit und probiert nächste Woche aus?

My organization is not yet an ada partner. Can we attend or co-create?

Ja. Ein Growth Day ist eine der direktesten Möglichkeiten, ada zu erleben. Wenn Co-Creation interessant ist, meldet euch. Wir sagen ehrlich, ob der Fit stimmt und wie das aussehen würde.

What level of AI knowledge do I need?

No specific level required. Growth Days bring together people at very different points in their AI journey: some are part of an AI excellence team, some build workflows every day, others are just starting to ask the right questions. The format is built around that mix. The most useful conversations tend to happen between people at different stages, not between those who already know the same things.

I'm an ada Flow subscriber. Is a Growth Day included?

Nicht automatisch. Flow gibt euch Zugang zu virtuellen Community-Events, Live-Workshops und Webinaren. Growth Days sind In-Person und brauchen ein eigenes Ticket. Eine Ausnahme: In jedem ada Shift Vertrag ist ein Growth Day Ticket enthalten. Als Flow-Abonnent:in könnt ihr einen Growth Pass kaufen, wenn Plätze verfügbar sind.

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Get your ticket now or talk to us about co-creating a Growth Day with your organization.

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