Main Stage – 2 April 2026

GenAI Zürich 2026

Conference Schedule

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

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All speakers

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GenAI Zürich 2026

Conference Schedule

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

Highlights

All speakers

Photos

Day 1

1 April 2026

Day 2

2 April 2026

Main Stage

Theatersaal

Use Case Stage

1st floor – Blauer Saal

Tech & Startup Stage

1st floor – Gelber Saal

Networking Area

1st floor – Weisser Saal

Workshops I

2nd floor – Zimmer 20

Workshops II / Community Stage

2nd floor – Zimmer 22

Roundtables

2nd floor – Zimmer 23

Hackathon Space

1st floor – Grüner Saal

Main Stage

Theatersaal

Stage moderator

Tanya König

Moderator & Journalist @ SRF

Main Stage

Theatersaal

Stage moderator

Tanya König

Moderator & Journalist @ SRF

08:00

Doors Open

09:00

09:05

Opening Remarks

09:05

09:25

Keynote

The Intelligence Bomb. Do We Want to Master or Submit?

Aldo Podestà

Co-Founder and CEO @ Giotto.ai

09:30

10:05

Physical AI

Co-hosted by

the Davos Tech Summit

Talk

The Robot Renaissance – When Machines Do Our Jobs

Pascal Kaufmann

Founder & CEO @ AlpineAI

Talk

Reachy Mini: Giving a Body to AI

Andi Marafioti

Multimodal Research Lead @ Hugging Face

Talk

Demystifying Humanoid Robots & Physical AI

Dr. Jorge Peña Queralta

Co-Founder and CEO @ Binabik.ai

10:05

10:30

Panel

Panel Discussion

Embodying GenAI

Andi Marafioti

Multimodal Research Lead @ Hugging Face

Dr. Jorge Peña Queralta

Co-Founder and CEO @ Binabik.ai

Pascal Kaufmann

Founder & CEO @ AlpineAI

10:30

11:00

Coffee Break

11:00

11:30

GenAI Tech Stack

Talk

Google DeepMind AI Stack for Developers

Omar Sanseviero

Developer Experience Lead @ Google DeepMind

11:30

12:00

GenAI Solutions

Talk

When AI Runs the Campaign: Building a Fully Agentic Marketing Workflow

Karim Weber

Director @ elaboratum GmbH

Tiziana D'Onofrio

Marketing Director @ Groupe Mutuel

Talk

Designing AI That Works With Humans: How Agents Reshape Work

Stefan Ravizza

Co-Founder @ Artifact

12:00

12:30

GenAI in the Arts: Film Hackathon Finals

Co-hosted by

Framed Futures

12:30

13:30

Lunch

13:30

13:35

Afternoon Opening

13:35

13:55

Keynote

Computer Use: From Knowledge to Autonomous Operations

Caroline Charra

Chief Product Officer @ H Company

14:00

14:25

Enterprise GenAI Transformation

Talk

Who Is Accountable for the 10 Million Dollar Bug?

Andre Sharpe

Chief Digital and A.I. Officer @ International Workplace Group PLC

Talk

Implementing Generative AI

Daniel Hill

Director, Data & AI @ ON AG

14:30

15:00

Panel: Process Redesign for AI Integration

Panel Discussion

Process Redesign for AI Integration

Ajit Azariah

Head of Engineering, P&S DPI @ Syngenta AG

Carsten Ludwig

Client Partner and Value Creation Lead @ Unit8

Daniel Dobos

Research Director @ Swisscom

Dr. Denis Samuylov

Co-Founder @ GenAI Zürich

Sander Tichelaar

Architect @ Palantir Technologies

15:00

15:30

Coffee Break

15:30

15:45

Keynote

Ethics of GenAI

Prof. Dr. Peter G. Kirchschlaeger

Ethics Professor and Director @ Institute of Social Ethics ISE, University of Lucerne

15:50

16:25

GenAI Tech Stack

16:30

17:00

Sovereign GenAI: Who Owns the Stack?

Talk

No Sovereignty Without Open-Source AI

Marc Stampfli

Business Director Switzerland @ NVIDIA

Talk

What does “digital souvereignty” mean to a small country like Switzerland?

Thomas Schneider

Ambassador and Co-Director International Relations @ Federal Office of Communications OFCOM

Panel Discussion

Winning the Digital Sovereignty Race

Aldo Podestà

Co-Founder and CEO @ Giotto.ai

Alexander E. Brunner

Author @ The Big Swiss AI Secret

Caroline Charra

Chief Product Officer @ H Company

Thomas Schneider

Ambassador and Co-Director International Relations @ Federal Office of Communications OFCOM

17:00

17:30

Panel

17:30

18:15

Hackathon Finals & Prize-Giving

18:15

18:20

Closing Remarks

18:20

20:00

Networking & Bar Opens

2026 Sponsors and Partners

industry leaders and innovative startups

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The Turing Genius

Neural Masters

Generative Starters

Startup Allies

Hackathon Co-organizers

Hackathon Partners

wide

Corporate Partners

Special Partner for Ethical AI, Cybersecurity Governance & Human Rights

Community Partner

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?

Partner with us

The Turing Genius

Neural Masters

Generative Starters

Startup Allies

Hackathon Co-organizers

Hackathon Partners

wide

Corporate Partners

Special Partner for Ethical AI, Cybersecurity Governance & Human Rights

Community Partner

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