Hendrik Wuest, State Premier of the western federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, attends the Lamarr Conference at the World Conference Centre in Bonn, western Germany, on July 7, 2026. The Lamarr Conference is an international conference on artificial intelligence running from July 7-8 and bringing together "those shaping scientific foundations and those translating AI advances into tangible impact". In recognition of his achievements in AI research, development and knowledge transfer, the 2026 Lamarr Award will be presented to Jaroslaw Kutylowski, CEO and founder of German AI research company DeepL known for its language AI platform including DeepL Translator and for DeepL Agent. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP via Getty Images)