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AGENDA

Main Stage

08:00-08:50

REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

08:50-09:00

WELCOME ADDRESS

Timea Nagy & Marijana Nikolic

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

 

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

11:15-11:55

4.     PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

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

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

11:55-12:30

5.      PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

17:25-17:40

KEYNOTE & DEMONSTRATION

Robotics

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

 

17:40-17:55

KEYNOTE+QA

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

Dr. Alexandra Diening, Executive Chair @ H-AISA

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

 

18:10-18:30

CLOSING COMMENTS & PITCH WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT

 Timea Nagy & Marc Hauser

18:30-21:00

NETWORKING APÉRO

Ilona Levchenko

Violonist

 

 

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)

 

11:00-12:00

2.      ROUNDTABLE 

AI in Finance & Sustainable Investing

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

 

15:00-16:00

3.      WORKSHOP

Pathways 2035 for Financial Innovation

Eva Selamlar, Head Swiss Financial Innovation Desk (FIND)

 

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

Location
Bahnhofstrasse 75
8001 Zürich, Switzerland
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