🇨🇭 Swiss AI Summit

​AGENDA

​Main Stage

​08:00-08:50

​REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

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​08:50-09:00

​WELCOME ADDRESS

​Timea Nagy & Sanja Hauser

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​09:00-09:40

​1. PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

​Conversion of Blockchain and AI: Pioneering the Next Wave of Technological Innovation

​Moderator: Aliya Das-Gupta, Senior Vice President, @ Sygnum Bank

​- Jan Camenisch, CTO @ DFINITY Foundation

​- Reto Luthiger, Partner & Co-Head Practice Group Regulatory, Fintech & DLT @ MLL Legal AG

​- Prof. Claudio Tessone, Professor of Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technologies (University of Zürich)/ Chairman @ UZH Blockchain Center

​- Frederik Gregaard, CEO @ Cardano Foundation

​09:40-10:15

​2. PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

​Global AI Regulatory Landscape: Navigating the Global AI Regulatory Maze: Discussion on current and upcoming regulations affecting AI development and deployment

​Moderator: Simina Suciu, Head of Compliance @ Trans Adriatic Pipeline

​- Bianca-Ioana Marcu, Deputy Director for Global Privacy @ Future of Privacy Forum

​- Sandra Kurmann, Divisional Head of General Operating Conditions & Board Member @ Swiss Insurance Association

​- Gabriel Meier, Counsel, Corporate and M&A / ICT & Digital @ MLL Legal AG

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​10:15-10:50

​3. PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

​AI & Sustainability: How can AI be leveraged to address global challenges and promote sustainability?

​​Moderator: Elena Enache, Global Growth and Innovation Consultant

​- Guillem Martínez Roura, AI and Robotics Programme Officer @ United Nations' ITU (International Telecommunication Union

​- Marc Stämpfli, Business Director Switzerland @ Nvidia,

​- Carmina Jaro, Senior Advisor for Applied AI Solutions

​- Cornis Van Der Lugt, Senior Manager @ S&P Global

​10:50-11:15

​NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

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​11:15-11:55

​4. PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

​ “Guardians of the Future”: How AI is Redefining the Battlefield in Cybersecurity?

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​Moderator: Helena Sousa Aguiar, Global Data Protection Office Manager @ Syngenta Group

​- Marcel Hirt, Program Manager Cybersecurity @ Kanton of Zurich

​- Lukas Bühlmann, Partner & Co-Head ICT & Digital @ MLL Legal AG

​- Shira Kaplan, Founder @ Cyverse Capital GmbH

​- Sven Fassbender, CEO & CO-Founder @ zentrust partners GmbH

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​11:55-12:30

​5. PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

​AI in Insurance: How to ensure innovation with AI in Insurance?

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​Moderator: Aleksandra Kjemhus, Co-Founder & CEO @ Black Door Technology

​- Dr. Evangelos Avramakis, Lead Corporate Foresight, Intelligence & Development @ SwissRe

​- Andra-Maria Maute, Executive Board Member & DLT Lead @ Swiss Fintech Innovations (SFTI)

​- Stefan Majnek, Founder & CEO @ UpQuAI Solutions AG

​12:30-12:45

​KEYNOTE + Q&A

​Transforming AI with the game-changing power of quantum computing

​Jan Mikolon, Lead Data Scientist @ Quantum Basel

​12:45-13:00

​PRESENTATION

​What´s next in AI: defining trends in AI for 2025. The rise of open AI models, the importance of trust and governance and the need for digital sovereignty.

​Georg M. V. Olowson, AI Governance Leader @ IBM

​13:00-14:30

​NETWORKING LUNCH

​14:30-15:00

​GLOBAL PITCH COMPETITION

​Join innovative entrepreneurs as they compete to pitch their groundbreaking ideas to a panel of expert judges.

​Jury:

​- Guillem Martínez Roura, AI and Robotics Programme Officer @ United Nations' ITU (International Telecommunication Union)

​- Jana Essebier, Partner & Attorney at Law @ Vischer AG

​- Eugen Stamm, Writer @ Verve Ventures

​- Regula Bleuler, Managing Director @ Swiss Startup Association

​- Georg M. V. Olowson, AI Governance Leader @ IBM

​- Enrique Gude, Deputy Project Manager @ Kanton Zurich

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​15:00-15:40

​6. PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

​Breaking Boundaries - How AI/GenAI is Accelerating Healthcare in Highly Regulated Industries

​Moderator: Dr. Alessandro Palese, International Product Manager @ Roche

​- Chrysanth Sulzberger, CEO @ Imito AG

​- Barbara Meier, Senior Associate & Attorney at Law @ Vischer AG

​- Filippo Rossi, Director of Business Development @ Wipro

​- Bram Stieltjes, MD. PhD, Head Research and Analytic Services, D&ICT @ University Hospital Basel

​15:40-16:00

​NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

​16:00-16:45

​7. PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

​AI in Finance Part 1: Hesitation or Caution? Unpacking Finance's Reluctance? in Embracing GenAI

​​Moderator: Timea Nagy, Founder & Legal Counsel Data Protection & AI

​- August Benz, Deputy CEO @ Swiss Bankers Association

​- Christian Thier, FSI Lead, Member of the Executive Board @ Microsoft

​- Frédéric Dommart, Chief Data Officer @ Lombard Odier Group

​- Dr. Dorian Selz, Co-founder & CEO @ Squirro AG

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​16:45-17:25

​8. PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

​AI in Finance Part 2: AI reshaping the financial services. Opportunities & Challenges?

​Moderator: Lucia Batlova, EMEA Senior Privacy Counsel @ Lenovo

​- Dr. Firas Nadim Habach, CFA, Swiss Head of Financial Crime Compliance @ Revolut

​- Dr. Cornelia Stengel, Partner & Financial Market and Data Protection Lawyer @ Kellerhals-Carrard

​- Dr. Julinda Gllavata, Head of Data Analytics & AI @ SIX Group

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​17:25-17:40

​KEYNOTE & DEMONSTRATION

​Robotics

​Dr. Péter Fankhauser, Co-founder & CEO @ ANYbotics

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​17:40-17:55

​KEYNOTE+QA

​Parasitic AI: The Silent Saboteur Undermining Your Business's Future

​Dr. Alexandra Diening, Executive Chair @ H-AISA

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​17:55-18:10

​FOUNDERS FEATURE
Interviewed by: Marc Hauser, CEO @ Trust Square

​- Sebastian Küpers, CTO & Managing Director @ House of communication

​- Patrick Tobler, CEO & Founder @ NMKR

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​18:10-18:30

​CLOSING COMMENTS & PITCH WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT

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​Timea Nagy

​Marc Hauser

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​18:30-21:00

​NETWORKING APÉRO

​Ilona Levchenko

​Violonist

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​Roundtables & Workshops

​09:30-10:30

​1. ROUNDTABLE

​About AI – Thoughts within the financial sector

​Dr. Cornelia Stengel, Partner & Financial Market and Data Protection Lawyer @ Kellerhals-Carrard; & Co-Director @ Swiss Fintech Innovations (SFTI)

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​11:00-12:00

​2. ROUNDTABLE

​AI in Finance & Sustainable Investing

​Dr. Marc Weibel – Senior Lecturer @ ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

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​15:00-16:00

​3. WORKSHOP

​Pathways 2035 for Financial Innovation

​Eva Selamlar, Head Swiss Financial Innovation Desk (FIND)

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​16:00-17:00

​4. WORKSHOP

​How to do sales in the era of AI; how to leverage to right AI tools?

​Elena Enache, Global Growth and Innovation Consultant

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