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UID:ai-swiss-groupe-mutuel-base-sion-2026@swissdataevents.ch
DTSTAMP:20261102T054721Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261111
SUMMARY:AI Swiss x Groupe Mutuel : d’une discussion d’équipe à une IA
  façonnée pour elle\, avec BASE
LOCATION:Groupe Mutuel Assurances\, Sion
DESCRIPTION:Second stop of AI Swiss’s roadshow on BASE\, its free open st
 andard for responsible AI adoption\, with a live demonstration turning a t
 ranscribed team interview into an agreed usage framework\, plus a Q&A on l
 imits and oversight.\n\nOrganiser: AI Swiss / Groupe Mutuel\n\nDetails and
  registration: https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-swiss-groupe-mutuel-ba
 se-sion-2026/
URL:https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-swiss-groupe-mutuel-base-sion-2026
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UID:apertus-for-ngos-workshop-lausanne-2026@swissdataevents.ch
DTSTAMP:20261102T054721Z
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261110T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261110T123000
SUMMARY:Apertus for NGOs: Running and Deploying Switzerland’s Open-source
  LLM
LOCATION:EPFL AI Center Lounge\, Lausanne
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on morning for non-profit staff and researchers on deploy
 ing Apertus\, Switzerland’s fully open large language model\, on their o
 wn infrastructure or via a provider — with a Swiss non-profit case study
  and group exercises.\n\nOrganiser: Swiss AI Initiative (ETH Zurich\, EPFL
  & CSCS)\n\nDetails and registration: https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ap
 ertus-for-ngos-workshop-lausanne-2026/
URL:https://swissdataevents.ch/events/apertus-for-ngos-workshop-lausanne-20
 26/
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UID:c4dt-ai-sovereignty-conference-2026@swissdataevents.ch
DTSTAMP:20261102T054721Z
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261110T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261110T180000
SUMMARY:C4DT Conference on AI Sovereignty: Charting Switzerland’s Path
LOCATION:Starling Hotel\, 1025 Saint-Sulpice\, Saint-Sulpice (Lausanne)
DESCRIPTION:A full day on how Switzerland builds strategic independence in 
 AI between US and Chinese dominance — lessons from other middle powers\,
  Swiss research including the Apertus foundation model\, industry deployme
 nt realities\, and concrete recommendations for national strategy.\n\nOrga
 niser: Center for Digital Trust (C4DT)\, EPFL\n\nDetails and registration:
  https://swissdataevents.ch/events/c4dt-ai-sovereignty-conference-2026/
URL:https://swissdataevents.ch/events/c4dt-ai-sovereignty-conference-2026/
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UID:opentech-connect-inspire-lausanne-2026@swissdataevents.ch
DTSTAMP:20261102T054721Z
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261111T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261111T173000
SUMMARY:OpenTech Connect 2026 — Day 1: INSPIRE
LOCATION:EPFL Innovation Park I\, Lausanne
DESCRIPTION:First day of a two-day open-technology gathering at EPFL Innova
 tion Park\, with talks\, demos\, lightning sessions and panel discussions 
 on data\, AI and open technology for researchers\, students\, developers a
 nd industry.\n\nOrganiser: Data\, Cloud and AI in Switzerland (with Big Da
 ta University and IBM Research)\n\nDetails and registration: https://swiss
 dataevents.ch/events/opentech-connect-inspire-lausanne-2026/
URL:https://swissdataevents.ch/events/opentech-connect-inspire-lausanne-202
 6/
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UID:opentech-connect-build-lausanne-2026@swissdataevents.ch
DTSTAMP:20261102T054721Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261113
SUMMARY:OpenTech Connect 2026 — Day 2: BUILD
LOCATION:EPFL Innovation Park I\, Lausanne
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on second day of OpenTech Connect: workshops\, technical 
 deep dives and practical labs with speakers from LlamaIndex\, Skilder\, Sy
 nergix and IBM Research. Registration is separate from day one.\n\nOrganis
 er: Data\, Cloud and AI in Switzerland (with Big Data University and IBM R
 esearch)\n\nDetails and registration: https://swissdataevents.ch/events/op
 entech-connect-build-lausanne-2026/
URL:https://swissdataevents.ch/events/opentech-connect-build-lausanne-2026/
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UID:sdsc-mlops-introduction-epfl-2026@swissdataevents.ch
DTSTAMP:20261102T054721Z
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261117T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261117T170000
SUMMARY:AI in Production: Introduction to MLOps — Training at EPFL
LOCATION:EPFL\, Lausanne
DESCRIPTION:One-day SDSC training on designing\, deploying and operating ML
  systems at scale — version control\, CI/CD\, experiment tracking\, moni
 toring\, drift detection and automated retraining. Registration closes 24 
 September.\n\nOrganiser: Swiss Data Science Center\n\nDetails and registra
 tion: https://swissdataevents.ch/events/sdsc-mlops-introduction-epfl-2026/
URL:https://swissdataevents.ch/events/sdsc-mlops-introduction-epfl-2026/
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UID:epfl-reshaping-information-research-with-ai-2026@swissdataevents.ch
DTSTAMP:20261102T054721Z
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261201T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261201T163000
SUMMARY:Reshaping Information Research with AI
LOCATION:EPFL\, room MED 0 1618\, Lausanne
DESCRIPTION:Two-hour on-site workshop from the EPFL Library comparing four 
 AI-powered research assistants\, how they work and where they differ from 
 traditional information retrieval. Open to the public\, registration requi
 red.\n\nOrganiser: EPFL Library\n\nDetails and registration: https://swiss
 dataevents.ch/events/epfl-reshaping-information-research-with-ai-2026/
URL:https://swissdataevents.ch/events/epfl-reshaping-information-research-w
 ith-ai-2026/
SEQUENCE:0
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UID:night-of-data-talents-lausanne-2026@swissdataevents.ch
DTSTAMP:20261102T054721Z
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261217T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261217T233000
SUMMARY:The Night of Data Talents: Startup Edition
LOCATION:Cercle des Bains\, Lausanne
DESCRIPTION:Swiss data startups pitch to an investor panel with community v
 oting\, capping the year for the Suisse Romande data scene.\n\nOrganiser: 
 DatAfterwork Suisse\n\nDetails and registration: https://swissdataevents.c
 h/events/night-of-data-talents-lausanne-2026/
URL:https://swissdataevents.ch/events/night-of-data-talents-lausanne-2026/
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UID:ai-days-2027-yverdon-les-bains@swissdataevents.ch
DTSTAMP:20261102T054721Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270219
SUMMARY:AI Days 2027 — Yverdon-les-Bains
LOCATION:Yverdon-les-Bains
DESCRIPTION:Yverdon-les-Bains leg of AI Days 2027\, the Swiss AI Center’s
  applied-AI conference for SMEs\, with workshops\, talks and demos. Regist
 ration not yet open.\n\nOrganiser: HES-SO / Swiss AI Center\n\nDetails and
  registration: https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-days-2027-yverdon-les-
 bains/
URL:https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-days-2027-yverdon-les-bains/
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