GenAI Zürich 2024 Highlights

On 29 May 2024, the first GenAI Zürich brought more than 350 GenAI practitioners, industry leaders and founders to Technopark Zürich to share what works in applied generative AI.

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The conference programme

GenAI Zürich 2024

Talks, panel discussions, workshops and networking booths at the first edition of GenAI Zürich.

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Programme

The conference programme

GenAI Zürich 2024

Talks, panel discussions, workshops and networking booths at the first edition of GenAI Zürich.

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Talks & Keynotes

Panel discussions

Workshops

Networking booths

2024 talks and workshops

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2024 talks and workshops

Full programme

2024 Speakers

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2024 Speakers

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Big ideas

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Simone Abbiati, Head of Training & Education at Squirro AG

TransformingHealthcarewithGenAI:PavingtheWayfortheEuropeanHealthDataSpace

SimoneAbbiati

Head of Training & Education @ Squirro AG

Simone Abbiati, Head of Training & Education at Squirro AG

TransformingHealthcarewithGenAI:PavingtheWayfortheEuropeanHealthDataSpace

SimoneAbbiati

Head of Training & Education @ Squirro AG

Philip Eschenbacher, Advisory Solution Architect at MongoDB

IncreasePrecisioninYourRAGApplicationswithMongoDBAtlasVectorSearch

PhilipEschenbacher

Advisory Solution Architect @ MongoDB

Philip Eschenbacher, Advisory Solution Architect at MongoDB

IncreasePrecisioninYourRAGApplicationswithMongoDBAtlasVectorSearch

PhilipEschenbacher

Advisory Solution Architect @ MongoDB

Guillaume Reille, Data Scientist & NLP Expert at Unit8

ComputableContractsinInsurance

GuillaumeReille

Data Scientist & NLP Expert @ Unit8

Dr. Oren Dinai, GenAI and NLP Tech Lead at Citi Innovation Lab

AutomaticIncidentReportGenerationUsingGenerativeAI

Dr.OrenDinai

GenAI and NLP Tech Lead @ Citi Innovation Lab

Camilo Rojas, CEO at ProjectUs.ai (MIT Spinoff)

UsingAItoaugment,notreplace,humantalent

CamiloRojas

CEO @ ProjectUs.ai (MIT Spinoff)

Simone Giacomelli, CEO at Prem AI

EnterpriseGenAI:AdvantagesofRunningYourOwnModel&HybridApproaches

SimoneGiacomelli

Simone Giacomelli, CEO at Prem AI

EnterpriseGenAI:AdvantagesofRunningYourOwnModel&HybridApproaches

SimoneGiacomelli

Naim Zierau, Senior AI Engineer at IBM

EnhancingPatentManagementEfficiencythroughFine-TunedAIModels

NaimZierau

Senior AI Engineer @ IBM

Naim Zierau, Senior AI Engineer at IBM

EnhancingPatentManagementEfficiencythroughFine-TunedAIModels

NaimZierau

Senior AI Engineer @ IBM

Daniel Holzner, CEO at ABP PATENT NETWORK GmbH

EnhancingPatentManagementEfficiencythroughFine-TunedAIModels

DanielHolzner

CEO @ ABP PATENT NETWORK GmbH

Daniel Holzner, CEO at ABP PATENT NETWORK GmbH

EnhancingPatentManagementEfficiencythroughFine-TunedAIModels

DanielHolzner

CEO @ ABP PATENT NETWORK GmbH

Paul Röseler, Senior AI Engineer at IBM

EnhancingPatentManagementEfficiencythroughFine-TunedAIModels

PaulRöseler

Senior AI Engineer @ IBM

Paul Röseler, Senior AI Engineer at IBM

EnhancingPatentManagementEfficiencythroughFine-TunedAIModels

PaulRöseler

Senior AI Engineer @ IBM

Joel Akeret, Lead Engineer Machine Learning at ti&m

NavigatingtheOpenSourceLLMLandscape

JoelAkeret

Lead Engineer Machine Learning @ ti&m

Joel Akeret, Lead Engineer Machine Learning at ti&m

NavigatingtheOpenSourceLLMLandscape

JoelAkeret

Lead Engineer Machine Learning @ ti&m

Nick Gushchin, Founder & Managing Director at Gutschwald AI Zentrum

HowGenAICanTransformUser-CentricityandContentConsumption:NewApproachesandUse-Cases

NickGushchin

Founder & Managing Director @ Gutschwald AI Zentrum

Nick Gushchin, Founder & Managing Director at Gutschwald AI Zentrum

HowGenAICanTransformUser-CentricityandContentConsumption:NewApproachesandUse-Cases

NickGushchin

Founder & Managing Director @ Gutschwald AI Zentrum

Florian Görisch, CPO at fore ai

FactorFiction?EvaluatingYourAIApp

FlorianGörisch

Florian Görisch, CPO at fore ai

FactorFiction?EvaluatingYourAIApp

FlorianGörisch

Nicolas Remerscheid, Machine Learning Engineer at Weights & Biases

CrackingtheCode:KeyLearningsinLLMOpsforFaster,ConfidentDevelopment

NicolasRemerscheid

Machine Learning Engineer @ Weights & Biases

Nicolas Remerscheid, Machine Learning Engineer at Weights & Biases

CrackingtheCode:KeyLearningsinLLMOpsforFaster,ConfidentDevelopment

NicolasRemerscheid

Machine Learning Engineer @ Weights & Biases

Harry Meier, Strategic AI Pursuits Lead, CNE&I Region at Dell Technologies

MakingChatbotInteractionsMoreNaturalwithDigitalAssistants

HarryMeier

Strategic AI Pursuits Lead, CNE&I Region @ Dell Technologies

Harry Meier, Strategic AI Pursuits Lead, CNE&I Region at Dell Technologies

MakingChatbotInteractionsMoreNaturalwithDigitalAssistants

HarryMeier

Strategic AI Pursuits Lead, CNE&I Region @ Dell Technologies

Syang Zhou, CTO & Co-Founder at Calvin Risk

WhyGenAICan'tGovernItself?

SyangZhou

CTO & Co-Founder @ Calvin Risk

Syang Zhou, CTO & Co-Founder at Calvin Risk

WhyGenAICan'tGovernItself?

SyangZhou

CTO & Co-Founder @ Calvin Risk

Carmina Jaro, Product Manager Conversational AI at radicant bank

GenerativeAIinBanking

CarminaJaro

Product Manager Conversational AI @ radicant bank

Carmina Jaro, Product Manager Conversational AI at radicant bank

GenerativeAIinBanking

CarminaJaro

Product Manager Conversational AI @ radicant bank

Robert Caulk, Founder at Emergent Methods

EngineeringTransparencyintheNewsWithGenAI

RobertCaulk

Founder @ Emergent Methods

Robert Caulk, Founder at Emergent Methods

EngineeringTransparencyintheNewsWithGenAI

RobertCaulk

Founder @ Emergent Methods

Anton Obukhov, Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zürich

BeyondAstronautonaHorse:RepurposingText-to-ImageModels

AntonObukhov

Postdoctoral Researcher @ ETH Zürich

Anton Obukhov, Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zürich

BeyondAstronautonaHorse:RepurposingText-to-ImageModels

AntonObukhov

Postdoctoral Researcher @ ETH Zürich

Michael Wegmüller, Co-founder at Artifact SA

HowtoMakeanLLMsdance–WithStructuredData.AnInnovativeCaseforSwitzerlandTourism

MichaelWegmüller

Co-founder @ Artifact SA

Michael Wegmüller, Co-founder at Artifact SA

HowtoMakeanLLMsdance–WithStructuredData.AnInnovativeCaseforSwitzerlandTourism

MichaelWegmüller

Co-founder @ Artifact SA

Maximilian Weiß, Digitalisation Specialist at Der Paritätische NRW e.V.

GenAIServingSociety:HowGenAIEnhancestheImpactofNGOsandBenefitsCompanies

MaximilianWeiß

Digitalisation Specialist @ Der Paritätische NRW e.V.

Moritz Gomm, Corporate Ecosystem Manager at MI4People.org gGmbH

GenAIServingSociety:HowGenAIEnhancestheImpactofNGOsandBenefitsCompanies

MoritzGomm

Corporate Ecosystem Manager @ MI4People.org gGmbH

Moritz Gomm, Corporate Ecosystem Manager at MI4People.org gGmbH

GenAIServingSociety:HowGenAIEnhancestheImpactofNGOsandBenefitsCompanies

MoritzGomm

Corporate Ecosystem Manager @ MI4People.org gGmbH

Ingo Hofmann, Solution Architect Digital Commerce at Migros Genossenschaftsbund

"Hi,mynameisDigi"–TheFriendlyAIChatbotTransformingOnlineRetailExperienceatMigros

IngoHofmann

Solution Architect Digital Commerce @ Migros Genossenschaftsbund

Oliver Förg, Product Owner Digital Commerce at Migros Genossenschaftsbund

"Hi,mynameisDigi"–TheFriendlyAIChatbotTransformingOnlineRetailExperienceatMigros

OliverFörg

Product Owner Digital Commerce @ Migros Genossenschaftsbund

Tomas Zeleny, AI Expert at Yololab

BusinessProcessAutomation:ConnectingGenAIwithExistingSystems

TomasZeleny

AI Expert @ Yololab

Tomas Zeleny, AI Expert at Yololab

BusinessProcessAutomation:ConnectingGenAIwithExistingSystems

TomasZeleny

AI Expert @ Yololab

Katarina Granath, Senior Transformation Manager at SIX

FromIdeatoGenAISolutioninThreeMonths

KatarinaGranath

Senior Transformation Manager @ SIX

Katarina Granath, Senior Transformation Manager at SIX

FromIdeatoGenAISolutioninThreeMonths

KatarinaGranath

Senior Transformation Manager @ SIX

Hannes Badertscher, Deputy Director ICAI at OST

AcceleratingGenAIinnovationbybuildingabridgebetweenacademiaandindustry

HannesBadertscher

Deputy Director ICAI @ OST

Hannes Badertscher, Deputy Director ICAI at OST

AcceleratingGenAIinnovationbybuildingabridgebetweenacademiaandindustry

HannesBadertscher

Deputy Director ICAI @ OST

Hugo Flayac, CEO & Co-Founder at csky.ai

Open-SourceSmallLanguageModelsattheServiceofPrivacy-FirstAISolutions

HugoFlayac

CEO & Co-Founder @ csky.ai

Hugo Flayac, CEO & Co-Founder at csky.ai

Open-SourceSmallLanguageModelsattheServiceofPrivacy-FirstAISolutions

HugoFlayac

CEO & Co-Founder @ csky.ai

Onur Çelebi, Research Engineer at Meta

HowMetaBuildstheNextGenerationofOpenModels?

OnurÇelebi

Research Engineer @ Meta

Onur Çelebi, Research Engineer at Meta

HowMetaBuildstheNextGenerationofOpenModels?

OnurÇelebi

Research Engineer @ Meta

Daniel Leahy, AI Specialist EMEA at Google

Search2024–HowGoogle's25+YearLeadershipinSearchPowersState-of-the-artRAGintheAgeofGenAI

DanielLeahy

AI Specialist EMEA @ Google

Daniel Leahy, AI Specialist EMEA at Google

Search2024–HowGoogle's25+YearLeadershipinSearchPowersState-of-the-artRAGintheAgeofGenAI

DanielLeahy

AI Specialist EMEA @ Google

Patrick Fabian, Quality Systems & Compliance Digital Enablement Lead at CSL

StrategizingAIIntegration:NavigatingChallengesandUnlockingAdvantages

PatrickFabian

Quality Systems & Compliance Digital Enablement Lead @ CSL

Massimo Nicosia, Staff Reserach Engineer at Google DeepMind

DecodingvisualdatawithGenAI

MassimoNicosia

Staff Reserach Engineer @ Google DeepMind

Massimo Nicosia, Staff Reserach Engineer at Google DeepMind

DecodingvisualdatawithGenAI

MassimoNicosia

Staff Reserach Engineer @ Google DeepMind

Marco Guerriero, PhD, Principal Manager, Data and GenAI, France and Europe South at AWS

AchievingBusinessOutcomeswithGenerativeAI

MarcoGuerriero,PhD

Principal Manager, Data and GenAI, France and Europe South @ AWS

Marco Guerriero, PhD, Principal Manager, Data and GenAI, France and Europe South at AWS

AchievingBusinessOutcomeswithGenerativeAI

MarcoGuerriero,PhD

Principal Manager, Data and GenAI, France and Europe South @ AWS

Eleanor Berger, Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft Azure Growth & Innovation

LLMs:BeyondChat

EleanorBerger

Principal Engineering Manager @ Microsoft Azure Growth & Innovation

Eleanor Berger, Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft Azure Growth & Innovation

LLMs:BeyondChat

EleanorBerger

Principal Engineering Manager @ Microsoft Azure Growth & Innovation

Maciej Peter-Wirski, PhD, CEO at HighemblemX

Mind/MachineIntelligence–VisionsofMulti-agentHuman/AIsystems

MaciejPeter-Wirski,PhD

CEO @ HighemblemX

Haider Alleg, General Partner at Allegory Capital

TheGenAIGoldRushfromaVCPerspective

HaiderAlleg

General Partner @ Allegory Capital

Haider Alleg, General Partner at Allegory Capital

TheGenAIGoldRushfromaVCPerspective

HaiderAlleg

General Partner @ Allegory Capital

Kacper Lukawski, Developer Relations at Qdrant

DeconstructingTextEmbeddingModels

KacperLukawski

Developer Relations @ Qdrant

Kacper Lukawski, Developer Relations at Qdrant

DeconstructingTextEmbeddingModels

KacperLukawski

Developer Relations @ Qdrant

Emma Hovhannisyan, Product Owner at Roche

ElevatingBrandStrategy&CustomerExperiencewithGenAI

EmmaHovhannisyan

Product Owner @ Roche

Emma Hovhannisyan, Product Owner at Roche

ElevatingBrandStrategy&CustomerExperiencewithGenAI

EmmaHovhannisyan

Product Owner @ Roche

Mi Chen, Cardiac Surgeon at University Hospital of Zurich

GenAIGeneratesMorePossibilitiesforStructuralHeartInterventions

MiChen

Cardiac Surgeon @ University Hospital of Zurich

Mi Chen, Cardiac Surgeon at University Hospital of Zurich

GenAIGeneratesMorePossibilitiesforStructuralHeartInterventions

MiChen

Cardiac Surgeon @ University Hospital of Zurich

Stephen Alleway, Transfer Pricing Partner at Questro International

TaxConsultingforMultinationals–theRacetoleverageGenAI

StephenAlleway

Transfer Pricing Partner @ Questro International

Stephen Alleway, Transfer Pricing Partner at Questro International

TaxConsultingforMultinationals–theRacetoleverageGenAI

StephenAlleway

Transfer Pricing Partner @ Questro International

Christian Stocker, Co-Founder at Liip

BeyondFiction–TheAIBriefcase

ChristianStocker

Co-Founder @ Liip

Christian Stocker, Co-Founder at Liip

BeyondFiction–TheAIBriefcase

ChristianStocker

Co-Founder @ Liip

JP Monteiro, Co-Founder & CTO at Veezoo

Veezoo- DemocratizingDataAnalyticswithGenAIandKnowledgeGraphs

JPMonteiro

Co-Founder & CTO @ Veezoo

JP Monteiro, Co-Founder & CTO at Veezoo

Veezoo- DemocratizingDataAnalyticswithGenAIandKnowledgeGraphs

JPMonteiro

Co-Founder & CTO @ Veezoo

Joon-Pil Hwang, Technical Curriculum Developer at Weaviate

BeyondPrototyping:thePathtoProductionwithAI-NativeDatabases

Joon-PilHwang

Technical Curriculum Developer @ Weaviate

Gabrielle Kincheloe, Digital Artist at tinyrainboot

HasAIKilledtheArtist?

GabrielleKincheloe

Digital Artist @ tinyrainboot

Mostafa Ajallooeian, Engagement Director, Data Scientist at Unit8

EntityExtractionfromUnstructuredData

MostafaAjallooeian

Engagement Director, Data Scientist @ Unit8

Ruggiero Dargenio, Lead Data Scientist/Engineer at Duenders

BuildingAgentswithIntelligentExtraction

RuggieroDargenio

Lead Data Scientist/Engineer @ Duenders

Denis Samuylov, Founder at Samuylov data services and solutions GmbH

GenAIforAll:HowSMEscanHarnessGenerativeAIforSuccess?

DenisSamuylov

Founder @ Samuylov data services and solutions GmbH

David Furrer, Co-Founder at gpttraining.ch

MasteringGPT:InsightsfromTraining300+BusinessProfessionals

DavidFurrer

Co-Founder @ gpttraining.ch

Eric Anderegg, Founder & CEO at BLOCKSTAR

MasteringGPT:InsightsfromTraining300+BusinessProfessionals

EricAnderegg

Founder & CEO @ BLOCKSTAR

Afke Schouten

TheCurrentStateofGenAI

AfkeSchouten

Afke Schouten

TheCurrentStateofGenAI

AfkeSchouten

Engin Arslan, Senior Software Engineer at CrowdStrike

Heuristica

EnginArslan

Senior Software Engineer @ CrowdStrike

Nina Knauf, Student Worker at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

flowrabbit.ai

NinaKnauf

Student Worker @ Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Jan Bühlmann, Founder at gogymi

GoGymi

JanBühlmann

Founder @ gogymi

Ketrin Radovanovic, CEO & Founder at LTG Academy

AITutor

KetrinRadovanovic

CEO & Founder @ LTG Academy

Balaji Bal, Founder at StreamZero

StreamZero

BalajiBal

Founder @ StreamZero

Filippo Pedrazzini, CTO at PremAI

RAGDevelopmentandDeploymentwithLlama3onPremPlatform

FilippoPedrazzini

CTO @ PremAI

Michal Rachtan, Founder & CTO at Unit8 SA

TheNextWaveofGenAI:WhattoExpectinQ3/Q42024andBeyond

MichalRachtan

Founder & CTO @ Unit8 SA

Hans Peter Riegel, Chairman / Founder at Riverside AG - Strategies, Communication, Culture, Media

TheNextWaveofGenAI:WhattoExpectinQ3/Q42024andBeyond

HansPeterRiegel

Chairman / Founder @ Riverside AG - Strategies, Communication, Culture, Media

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2024 Sponsors and Partners

industry leaders and innovative startups

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Forward-looking companies at the frontier of GenAI innovation made GenAI Zürich 2024 possible. Interested in joining them in 2027?

Partner with us

Neural Masters

Generative Starters

Startup Allies

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Shape the future of GenAI in Switzerland and beyond

Join us for the next edition of GenAI Zürich to learn about latest developments in the field, network with like-minded professionals and gain deeper insights into GenAI applications reshaping both our professional and personal lives.