Anna Christmann

Dr. Anna Christmann is an innovation policy expert and entrepreneur advising start-ups and organizations at the intersection of technology, policy, and public funding. She is the founder of SAI Europe and brings extensive experience in shaping innovation ecosystems and government support frameworks. She previously served as the German Federal Government’s Coordinator for Aerospace and as Commissioner for Start-ups and the Digital Economy at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, where she helped design and implement major innovation initiatives and participated in European regulation debates on technology such as the AI Act. From 2017 to 2025, she was a Member of the German Bundestag with a focus on innovation and technology policy, including work on artificial intelligence in a special committee of the German Bundestag and an UN High Level Advisory Body on AI. She is a member of both the Max-Planck-Senate and the Leibniz-Society-Senate. She holds a PhD in political science and has an interdisciplinary background in politics, economics, and mathematics.