Moderator: Larry Swanson. Panelists: Peter Haase (metaphacts), Harald Sack (FIZ Karlsruhe & KIT Karlsruhe), Jennifer Lechner (d-fine), André Teege (Piterion), Alexander Garcia (Siemens Energy). Topics include: Can LLMs actually “understand” symbols, or are they just statistically impressive? How does symbolic reasoning enhance comprehension and trust? Should neuro-symbolic AI be the gold standard for safety and regulation? Is interpretability more important than raw performance? Whose knowledge do symbolic systems represent—and what are the implications?