GenAI Zürich 2026

Conference Schedule

GenAI Zürich 2026, the European Summit on Applied Generative AI, brought together over 175 speakers across multiple stages.

GenAI Zürich 2026

Conference Schedule

GenAI Zürich 2026, the European Summit on Applied Generative AI, brought together over 175 speakers across multiple stages.

Stage moderator

Tanya König, Moderator & Journalist at SRF
Tanya König
Moderator & Journalist @ SRF

Stage moderator

Tanya König, Moderator & Journalist at SRF
Tanya König
Moderator & Journalist @ SRF

Registration Opens

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Opening Remarks

Keynote

Switzerland Hosting the 2027 AI Summit in Geneva

Amb. Markus Reubi, Project Lead 2027 Geneva AI Summit at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (EDA)
Amb. Markus Reubi
Project Lead 2027 Geneva AI Summit @ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (EDA)

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Keynote

Talk

Open Machine Learning Ecosystem

Merve Noyan, Machine Learning Engineer at Hugging Face
Merve Noyan
Machine Learning Engineer @ Hugging Face

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Open-Source GenAI

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Keynote

Keynote

In Search of Winning AI Use Cases

Slavik Dimitrovich, Director, AI/ML & Advanced Cloud at Amazon Web Services
Slavik Dimitrovich
Director, AI/ML & Advanced Cloud @ Amazon Web Services

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Coffee Break

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GenAI Tech Stack

Talk

Beyond the POC: Scaling AI Agents with Control and Governance

Serena Yuen, Strategic Sales Engineer at Dataiku
Serena Yuen
Strategic Sales Engineer @ Dataiku

Talk

Solution Study: From Prototype to Production – Scaling Trusted GenAI

Wim Stoop, Senior Director Product Marketing at Cloudera Switzerland GmbH
Wim Stoop
Senior Director Product Marketing @ Cloudera Switzerland GmbH

Talk

Every Time You Say "CLI Is Better Than MCP", a Clawdie Dies

Jan Curn, Founder & CEO at Apify
Jan Curn
Founder & CEO @ Apify

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GenAI Solutions

Keynote

Interactive AI Agents for Enterprise: The Realistic and Practical Way

Mostafa Ajallooeian, Technical Director, GenAI & Data Science at Unit8
Mostafa Ajallooeian
Technical Director, GenAI & Data Science @ Unit8
Roman Frels, Senior Data & AI Consultant at Unit8
Roman Frels
Senior Data & AI Consultant @ Unit8

Talk

AI Value First – How Tech Leaders Avoid Zero-Impact AI

Michael Wellner, Head of Engineering, FS at KPMG Switzerland
Michael Wellner
Head of Engineering, FS @ KPMG Switzerland

Talk

Scaling GenAI from POC to Enterprise Readiness at Lufthansa Group

Margot Löwenberg, Head of Data Analytics at Swiss International Air Lines
Margot Löwenberg
Head of Data Analytics @ Swiss International Air Lines
Nicolas Athanasopoulos, Principal Data & AI at Cognizant Netcentric
Nicolas Athanasopoulos
Principal Data & AI @ Cognizant Netcentric

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Lunch Break

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Keynote

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GenAI Security

Talk

Shadow AI: The Trojan Horse of AI Security

Timo Bozsolik-Torres, Head of AI at SandboxAQ
Timo Bozsolik-Torres
Head of AI @ SandboxAQ

Talk

Are You a Target: Predicting Cyber Attacks with AI

Drilon Balaj, Founder & CEO at XY CYBER
Drilon Balaj
Founder & CEO @ XY CYBER

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GenAI Tech Stack

Talk

The Architecture of Trust: Why Your GenAI Strategy Starts with a Unified AI Data Cloud

Dr. Fabian Gampfer, Principal AI Specialist at Snowflake
Dr. Fabian Gampfer
Principal AI Specialist @ Snowflake

Talk

The Future of AI Discovery: From Generation to Real-Time Perception

Dr. Kevin Kahn, Cofounder & CEO at Albatross AI
Dr. Kevin Kahn
Cofounder & CEO @ Albatross AI

Talk

What the 1980s Got Right About AI and BI

João Pedro Monteiro, CTO & Co-Founder at Veezoo
João Pedro Monteiro
CTO & Co-Founder @ Veezoo

Talk

Redefining Industrial Reliability & Safety: The Role of AI-Driven Risk Analysis

Dr. Andrea Apollonio, CEO at Reshape Systems SA
Dr. Andrea Apollonio
CEO @ Reshape Systems SA

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Coffee Break

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Inspirational Speech

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GenAI Solutions

Talk

Beyond the Pilot: How Your Data Strategy Makes or Breaks Your AI Differentiation

Pau Sempere Sanchez, Global AI & Data Science Lead at Avolta
Pau Sempere Sanchez
Global AI & Data Science Lead @ Avolta
Spyros Cavadias, Managing Consultant at D ONE
Spyros Cavadias
Managing Consultant @ D ONE

Talk

Reinventing Industries with GenAI: Bridging Everyday Needs via Intelligent Automation

Lyubomyr Boychuck, CTO at S-PRO
Lyubomyr Boychuck
CTO @ S-PRO
Roman Loosli, Co-Founder at Credura
Roman Loosli
Co-Founder @ Credura

Talk

Shaping the AI Transformation: Real-World Learnings and Use Cases

Katharina Fulterer Burkart, Head Data & AI at Eraneos
Katharina Fulterer Burkart
Head Data & AI @ Eraneos
Stefan Jeker, Head Innovation Management at Raiffeisen
Stefan Jeker
Head Innovation Management @ Raiffeisen

Talk

How to Create Trustworthy AI Solutions for Regulated Industries

Egor Zalesskiy, Business Development Operations Director at Oxagile
Egor Zalesskiy
Business Development Operations Director @ Oxagile

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Panel: Current State of GenAI in the Enterprise

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GenAI Zürich Award 2026 Ceremony

Talk

GenAI Zürich Award 2026 Ceremony

Christoph Schnidrig, GenAI Zürich Award Jury Member & Head of Technology at Amazon Web Services
Christoph Schnidrig
GenAI Zürich Award Jury Member & Head of Technology @ Amazon Web Services
Tanya König, Moderator & Journalist at SRF
Tanya König
Moderator & Journalist @ SRF
Michael Wegmüller, GenAI Zürich Award Host & Co-Founder at Artifact SA
Michael Wegmüller
GenAI Zürich Award Host & Co-Founder @ Artifact SA

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Closing Remarks

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Networking & Bar Opens

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GenAI Zürich 2026 – Official After Party: Algo Rave by unsorted.love

2026 Sponsors and Partners

industry leaders and innovative startups

Supported by

Forward-looking companies at the frontier of GenAI innovation made GenAI Zürich 2026 possible. Interested in joining them in 2027?

The Turing Genius

Amazon Web Services (AWS) logo

Neural Masters

Cloudera logo

Dataiku logo

Artifact logo

Snowflake logo

Unit8 logo

Albatross AI logo

Veezoo logo

S-PRO logo

MongoDB logo

KPMG logo

Apify logo

Eraneos logo

D ONE logo

Cognizant Netcentric logo

Oxagile logo

RESHAPE.SYSTEMS logo

elaboratum logo

Generative Starters

Red Hat logo

Wavestone logo

Aixolotl logo

thirty3 logo

SkipLabs logo

Cohesity logo

Intellishore logo

Team Extension logo

AppliedAI logo

iosys logo

DeepL logo

Elma Electronic logo

Startup Allies

AI Business School logo

Swisper AI logo

Xinity AI logo

Thesify logo

tialto logo

innovAIro logo

Hackathon Co-organizers

ETH Entrepreneur Club logo

Colosseum by ETH Entrepreneur Club logo

AI Startup Center logo

Hackathon Partners

Lovable logo

wide

Hugging Face logo

Swiss Engineering STV UTS ATS logo

databricks logo

Qdrant logo

Ava logo

Opendata.ch logo

LIVEMAP AG logo

GoCalma logo

Manukai logo

Apify logo

Featherless AI logo

Siemens logo

SonyAI logo

Corporate Partners

Migros Online logo

Special Partner for Ethical AI, Cybersecurity Governance & Human Rights

ICT4peace Foundation logo

Community Partner

FRZ Flughafenregion Zürich logo

FlexOffice logo

Davos Tech Summit logo

After The Algorithm logo

Kanton Zürich logo

Innovation Zurich logo

WeBloom logo

SICTIC logo

StartGlobal logo

Oxford Artificial Intelligence Society logo

SwissMBAs - Swiss Association of MBAs logo

Swisspreneur logo

Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW logo

Girls Can Code logo

SwissDevJobs logo

DataCareer logo

AI Startup Center logo

TechFace logo

Elevate Tech logo

CV Labs logo

Wildcard Media logo

aiLights logo

Women in Data Science (WiDS) Zurich logo

AI Team logo

M01N Startup Camp logo

Women in AI Switzerland logo

The Ai Salon logo

Switzerland AI Community logo

Swiss AI Association logo

ZHAW Center for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) logo

AI Alliance logo

Kickstart Innovation logo

GenAI London logo

GenAI Enterprise Hub logo

2026 Sponsors and Partners

industry leaders and innovative startups

Supported by

Forward-looking companies at the frontier of GenAI innovation made GenAI Zürich 2026 possible. Interested in joining them in 2027?

The Turing Genius

Amazon Web Services (AWS) logo

Neural Masters

Cloudera logo

Dataiku logo

Artifact logo

Snowflake logo

Unit8 logo

Albatross AI logo

Veezoo logo

S-PRO logo

MongoDB logo

KPMG logo

Apify logo

Eraneos logo

D ONE logo

Cognizant Netcentric logo

Oxagile logo

RESHAPE.SYSTEMS logo

elaboratum logo

Generative Starters

Red Hat logo

Wavestone logo

Aixolotl logo

thirty3 logo

SkipLabs logo

Cohesity logo

Intellishore logo

Team Extension logo

AppliedAI logo

iosys logo

DeepL logo

Elma Electronic logo

Startup Allies

AI Business School logo

Swisper AI logo

Xinity AI logo

Thesify logo

tialto logo

innovAIro logo

Hackathon Co-organizers

ETH Entrepreneur Club logo

Colosseum by ETH Entrepreneur Club logo

AI Startup Center logo

Hackathon Partners

Lovable logo

wide

Hugging Face logo

Swiss Engineering STV UTS ATS logo

databricks logo

Qdrant logo

Ava logo

Opendata.ch logo

LIVEMAP AG logo

GoCalma logo

Manukai logo

Apify logo

Featherless AI logo

Siemens logo

SonyAI logo

Corporate Partners

Migros Online logo

Special Partner for Ethical AI, Cybersecurity Governance & Human Rights

ICT4peace Foundation logo

Community Partner

FRZ Flughafenregion Zürich logo

FlexOffice logo

Davos Tech Summit logo

After The Algorithm logo

Kanton Zürich logo

Innovation Zurich logo

WeBloom logo

SICTIC logo

StartGlobal logo

Oxford Artificial Intelligence Society logo

SwissMBAs - Swiss Association of MBAs logo

Swisspreneur logo

Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW logo

Girls Can Code logo

SwissDevJobs logo

DataCareer logo

AI Startup Center logo

TechFace logo

Elevate Tech logo

CV Labs logo

Wildcard Media logo

aiLights logo

Women in Data Science (WiDS) Zurich logo

AI Team logo

M01N Startup Camp logo

Women in AI Switzerland logo

The Ai Salon logo

Switzerland AI Community logo

Swiss AI Association logo

ZHAW Center for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) logo

AI Alliance logo

Kickstart Innovation logo

GenAI London logo

GenAI Enterprise Hub logo

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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.

Join us

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.

Join us

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.

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