2026 Speakers

Antoine Bergerault
UZH
PhD Student, Autonomous Learning and Predictive Intelligence Lab

Dr. Benjamin Grewe
UZH and ETH
Professor of Systems and Circuits Neuroinformatics

Mattias Seibold
Balgrist
Deputy Head of Research In Orthopedic Computer Science

Prof. Dr. Bernd Stadlinger
UZH
Deputy Head of the Clinic of Oral Surgery at the Center of Dental Medicine

Ruben Kranendonk
UZH.ai
Head

Nick Kabrel
UZH
Doctoral researcher

Nicole Freudiger
SRF
Radio Journalist

Eryk Salvaggi
University of Cambridge
Gates Scholar, PhD in Digital Humanities

Prof. Dr. Kate Devlin
King's College London
Professor of Artificial Intelligence & Society

Dr. Sebastiano Caprara
Balgrist Campus
General Manager

Prof. Dr. Davide Scaramuzza
UZH
Professor of Robotics and Perception

Dr. Flora Vajda
Balgrist
Head of Innovation & Partnerships

Valeria Bella
IMMERSE
Project Manager

Prof. Dr.Claudia Witt
UZH
Professor of Complementary and Integrative Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine

Prof. Dr. Beth Singler
UZH
Assistant Professor in Digital Religion

Stefan Weirich
mimic robotics
CEO & Co-founder

Philippe Heim
SteelcoBelimed
EVP Products & Solutions

Simon Lehman
GetDone
Managing Director

Dr. Jorge Pena Queralta
ZHAW
Head, Embodied Mobile Agents Group

Prof. Theresa Schmiedel
ZHAW
Head of Institute of Information Systems & Head of Social Robotics Group

Prof. Yulia Sandamirskaya
ZHAW
Professor, Neuromorphic Computing

Dr. Chuck Rosenberg
Vice President of Engineering

Jake Stein
University of Oxford & ODI
PhD. Researcher

Prof. Konrad Kollnig
Maastricht Law&Tech
Associate Professor

Dr. João Vinagre
European Commission
Scientific Project Officer

Henry Tari
Maastricht Univ.
PhD Candidate

Dr. Angela Mueller
AlgorithmWatch CH
Executive Director

Dick Van Blankvoort
HSG
PhD Candidate

Prof. Simon Mayer
HSG
Professor of Computer Science

Prof. Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux
HSG
Professor of Law and Technology

Alice Palmieri
HSG
PhD Candidate

Luka Bekavac
HSG
PhD Candidate

Fabian Streiff
Kanton Zürich
Head of Office for Economy

Damita Pressl
Self-employed
Professional Moderator

Thibault Brevet
Kinematics Robot Services
Co-Founder & Director

Andrea Anner
Kinematics Robot Services
Co-Founder

PD Dr. Nadine Bienefeld

Ines Iraki
Uncovr
CEO

Prof. Annette Oxenius
ETH Zurich
VP Research

PD Dr. Alexander Ilic
ETH AI Center
Executive Director

Dr. Imanol Schlag
ETH AI Center and Apertus
AI Research Scientist at ETH AI Center, co-leading Apertus

Dr. Jonathan Schmidt
EPFL
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Dr. Cristian Bodnar
Project Prometheus
Founding Member

Dr. Heike Riel
IBM
Head Quantum & AI Technologies

Dr. Burkhard Schwab
ipt
Thought Leader & Practical Expert in Regulated Enterprise AI

Nils Eckstein
kaiko
Head of Research

Roy Assaf
kaiko
Head of Clinical AI Engineering

Dr. Aleksandar Duric
Siemens Switzerland
Senior Key Expert

Dr. Christian Jaeger
ZHAW
Senior lecturer

Prof. Monika Reif
ZHAW
Professor

Catia Gnägi
ZHAW IAP
Research assistant

Noemi DeBellis
ZHAW IAP
Research assistant

Mirja Gabathuler
ZHAW IAP
Research assistant

Dr. Dorothea Baur
baur consulting
Ethics strategy consultant

Prof. Franziska Babel
Linköping University
Assistant Professor

Dr. Patricia Kahr
Universität Zürich
Postdoc

Prof. Christoph Heitz
ZHAW IDS
Head of Research Group Maintenance, Mobility, AI & Society

Prof. Alexandre de Spindler
ZHAW SML
Professor of Information Systems

Prof. Christoph Negri
ZHAW IAP
Professor

Prof. Markus Langer
Universität Freiburg
Professor

Dr. Marisa Tschopp
ZHAW
Head of Subject Area Humans and AI at the Institute of Human Behaviour, Society and Technology

Eduardas Lazebnyj
ZHAW SML
Senior Researcher

Clémence Gallopin
Fondation Ethos
Senior ESG Analyst

Raphaël Caregnato
Fondation Ethos
Senior Sustainability Analyst

Prof. Peter Schwendner
ZHAW SML
Head of Institute of Wealth & Asset Management

Dr. Tomasz Orpiszewski
ZHAW SML
Senior researcher

Dr. Michel Neuhaus
UBS Switzerland
Managing Director

Fabio Ferrari
Raiffeisen Schweiz
Head of Risk & Compliance Solutions

Marc Stampfli
Nvidia
Business Director Switzerland

Dr. Patrick Hauf
ZHAW SML
Senior Lecturer

Dr. Jonnie Penn
Cambridge University
Assistant Professor

Stella Biderman
EleutherAI
Executive Director

Guilherme Santos
Blindsight
Ethical Hacker

Julian Minder
ETHZ/EPFL
PhD

Dr. Magda Dubois
UK AISI
Research Scientist

Cynthia Chen
ETH Zurich
PhD

Dr. Thomas Kleine Buening
ETH Zurich
Postdoc

Prof. Robert West
EPFL
Associate Professor

Dr. Luca Finelli
Roche
VP, Global Head of Digital Endpoints and Patient-Centered Solutions

Dr. Marc Kissling
Kantonsspital Baden
Oberarzt

Prof. Barbara Solenthaler
ETH Zurich
Adjunct Professor

Dr. Benito Benitez
UKBB
Head of Paediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Prof. Marianna Rapsomanik
UNIL and CHUV
Assistant Professor

Prof. Julia Vogt
ETH Zurich
Associate Professor

Prof. Kenneth Holstein
EPFL, CMU
Assistant Professor

Dr. Gerd Kortemeyer
ETH Zurich/AI Center
AI for Education, Rectorate

Dr. Judit Moreno
Sparkli
Founding member / Director of Education and Research

Dr. Felix Ohswald
Go Student
CEO & Co-Founder

Zeinab Sada Taghavi
HSLU, EPFL, LightLab
Associate Researcher, Ph.D student
