https://swissdataevents.ch/ Swiss Data Events (swissdataevents.ch) is a curated list of upcoming AI and data events in Switzerland: meetups, conferences, workshops, networking evenings and webinars about Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, the Azure data platform, AI strategy and governance, data governance, data leadership and applied AI. Every listing is checked against the organiser's own page before it is published, and the list is refreshed every day. Registration always happens on the organiser's site. en Mon, 02 Nov 2026 05:47:34 GMT 720 https://swissdataevents.ch/events/physical-ai-meetup-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/physical-ai-meetup-zurich-2026/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 5 Nov 2026, 18:00–21:00 · J floor, Josefstrasse 206, Zurich · Meetup · Free (host approval required). An evening of 15-minute lightning talks and live demos on what it takes to move robots out of demo videos and into factories and warehouses, with speakers from rerun, Cerrion, Sereact and Modal. Organiser: {Tech: Europe} with Modal. Meetup Embodied AI Robotics Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/saic-040-ai-agent-ready-geneva-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/saic-040-ai-agent-ready-geneva-2026/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 5 Nov 2026, 18:30–22:00 · Tesla, Centre Confédération, Geneva · Meetup · Free (registration required). How to tell whether an AI agent is ready for real users: evaluation with golden datasets, comparing models and prompts, end-to-end production tracing and tying agent performance to business metrics, worked through a multilingual support agent built with LangGraph, MCP tools and RAG. Organiser: Switzerland AI Community. Meetup AI agents Applied AI LLMs https://swissdataevents.ch/events/heg-geneve-de-lia-aux-resultats-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/heg-geneve-de-lia-aux-resultats-2026/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 9 Nov 2026, 18:00–19:30 · HEG-Genève, Campus Battelle, Rue de la Tambourine 17, Carouge (Geneva) · Conference · Free (registration required). Round table in which four organisations present AI initiatives that moved past the pilot stage to measurable business impact — the organisers promise fewer speeches and more lived experience — followed by a cocktail. Organiser: HEG-Genève / Observatoire Data & IA (with Oracle and Colombus Consulting). Conference Applied AI AI adoption Data and organisation https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-swiss-groupe-mutuel-base-sion-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-swiss-groupe-mutuel-base-sion-2026/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 10 Nov 2026 · Groupe Mutuel Assurances, Sion · Meetup · Not listed (registration required). Second stop of AI Swiss’s roadshow on BASE, its free open standard for responsible AI adoption, with a live demonstration turning a transcribed team interview into an agreed usage framework, plus a Q&A on limits and oversight. Organiser: AI Swiss / Groupe Mutuel. Meetup Applied AI AI governance AI for SMEs https://swissdataevents.ch/events/sprint-robotics-europe-summit-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/sprint-robotics-europe-summit-zurich-2026/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 11 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026, 08:00–18:00 · ETH Zürich, Rämistrasse 101, Zurich · Conference · EUR 400 community / EUR 900 non-members / EUR 150 students. Two-day European summit on robotics, AI and autonomous technology for industrial inspection, maintenance and operations, hosted at ETH Zürich, with company visits on the second day. Organiser: SPRINT Robotics. Conference Robotics Applied AI Analytics https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-ai-industry-connect-bern-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-ai-industry-connect-bern-2026/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 11 Nov 2026, 08:45–13:15 · Swisscom Office, Genfergasse 14, Bern · Networking · Not listed. Half-day morning session at Swisscom’s Bern office bringing EPFL and ETH Zurich AI researchers together with industry partners. Organiser: EPFL & ETH Zurich, hosted by Swisscom. Networking AI research Academia–industry Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/opentech-connect-inspire-lausanne-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/opentech-connect-inspire-lausanne-2026/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 11 Nov 2026, 09:00–17:30 (apéro until 20:00) · EPFL Innovation Park I, Lausanne · Conference · Free (host approval required). First day of a two-day open-technology gathering at EPFL Innovation Park, with talks, demos, lightning sessions and panel discussions on data, AI and open technology for researchers, students, developers and industry. Organiser: Data, Cloud and AI in Switzerland (with Big Data University and IBM Research). Conference Applied AI Data platform Open-source LLMs https://swissdataevents.ch/events/east-ki-st-gallen-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/east-ki-st-gallen-2026/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 11 Nov 2026, 16:30–22:00 · Pfalzkeller, Klosterhof, St. Gallen · Conference · CHF 25. Second edition of Eastern Switzerland’s AI evening: a panel on how safe AI really is, five-minute pitches from regional companies, an AI table fair and a networking apéro. Organiser: IT rockt! (ICT Cluster Ostschweiz) with swissAI. Conference Applied AI AI community AI for SMEs https://swissdataevents.ch/events/opentech-connect-build-lausanne-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/opentech-connect-build-lausanne-2026/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 12 Nov 2026 · EPFL Innovation Park I, Lausanne · Workshop · Free (host approval required). Hands-on second day of OpenTech Connect: workshops, technical deep dives and practical labs with speakers from LlamaIndex, Skilder, Synergix and IBM Research. Registration is separate from day one. Organiser: Data, Cloud and AI in Switzerland (with Big Data University and IBM Research). Workshop Applied AI AI agents Workshops https://swissdataevents.ch/events/fongit-boosting-life-sciences-ai-geneva-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/fongit-boosting-life-sciences-ai-geneva-2026/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 17 Nov 2026, 12:00–14:30 · Campus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, Geneva · Workshop · Not listed (registration required). Lunchtime session with the Wyss Center AI Hub, SOPHiA GENETICS, the Swiss Data Science Center and BrainQuant on the data, infrastructure, validation and regulatory groundwork behind AI in research partnerships, precision medicine and digital biomarkers. Organiser: FONGIT / Swiss Data Science Center. Workshop Applied AI Data platform Machine learning https://swissdataevents.ch/events/kongress-ki-im-energiesektor-bern-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/kongress-ki-im-energiesektor-bern-2026/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 25 Nov 2026, 09:00–17:30 · Kursaal Bern, Bern · Conference · CHF 440 members / CHF 550 non-members. Day-long congress bringing around 150 specialists from energy, technology and policy together on where AI and data create real value in grids, buildings and districts, with a keynote by Gerard Reid of Alexa Capital. Organiser: energie-cluster.ch. Conference Applied AI Energy Enterprise AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/airistoteles-4-hslu-lucerne-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/airistoteles-4-hslu-lucerne-2026/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 1 Dec 2026, 19:00–20:30 · Hochschule Luzern – Wirtschaft, Walter-von-Moos-Promenade 1, Lucerne · Networking · CHF 15. Fourth edition of HSLU’s AIristoteles series: an EPFL evolutionary psychologist and a psychotherapist discuss what it means when people enter long-term relationships with AI bots, moderated by Stephan Klapproth and followed by an apéro. Organiser: HSLU Institut für Kommunikation und Marketing (IKM). Networking AI & society Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ki-update-swissai-meetup-gebenstorf-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ki-update-swissai-meetup-gebenstorf-2026/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 2 Dec 2026, 18:00–21:00 · Geelig Zentrum, 3rd floor, Wambisterstrasse 1a, Gebenstorf · Meetup · Free. Free German-language evening in Gebenstorf: a current AI update from Michael Kyburz, then Alexander Repenning on what AI means for children, closing with an apéro with the swissAI community. Organiser: BEYONDER & swissAI. Meetup AI & society Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/fuehrung-ist-kein-prompt-lucerne-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/fuehrung-ist-kein-prompt-lucerne-2026/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 3 Dec 2026, 17:00–21:00 · Schlössli Pop-Up, Sternmattstrasse 3, Lucerne · Networking · Free for members / CHF 25 guests. Second volume of the Lucerne series for entrepreneurs and C-level leaders on how AI reshapes teams, leadership and the job market: two short talks, a moderated panel and an apéro, capped at 50 guests and held in German. Organiser: Pixels / Digital & AI Community. Networking AI strategy AI adoption Data leadership https://swissdataevents.ch/events/davos-catalyst-ai-summit-2027/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/davos-catalyst-ai-summit-2027/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 12 Jan 2027 – 15 Jan 2027 · Davos Event Lounge, Rätia Center, Promenade 40, Davos · Conference · CHF 7,900 delegate pass (CHF 5,900 until 31 October, excl. VAT). Invitation-only summit running alongside Davos week for around 200 founders, investors, corporate leaders and researchers, with roundtables and closed-door sessions on AI infrastructure, investment, enterprise deployment and governance. Organiser: Davos Catalyst. Conference AI strategy AI governance Compute infrastructure https://swissdataevents.ch/events/tufa-talks-5-dream-machines-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/tufa-talks-5-dream-machines-zurich-2026/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 3 Nov 2026, 17:45–20:00 · Tufa Labs, Zurich · Meetup · Free. Dream Machines founder Dominique Paul on teaching robots by demonstration so that non-roboticists can automate variable, repetitive manufacturing work in small and medium-sized businesses, followed by Q&A and pizza. Organiser: Tufa Labs. Meetup Robotics Embodied AI Machine learning https://swissdataevents.ch/events/apertus-for-ngos-workshop-lausanne-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/apertus-for-ngos-workshop-lausanne-2026/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 10 Nov 2026, 09:30–12:30 · EPFL AI Center Lounge, Lausanne · Workshop · Free. Hands-on morning for non-profit staff and researchers on deploying Apertus, Switzerland’s fully open large language model, on their own infrastructure or via a provider — with a Swiss non-profit case study and group exercises. Organiser: Swiss AI Initiative (ETH Zurich, EPFL & CSCS). Workshop Open-source LLMs Sovereign AI Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/zurich-ai-safety-ai-futures-post-agi-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/zurich-ai-safety-ai-futures-post-agi-2026/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 12 Nov 2026, 18:30–20:00 · ETH Zurich Main Building, Rämistrasse 101, Room F 26.5, Zurich · Meetup · Free. Part of a discussion series on where AI development leads: expert forecasts for transformative AI, the economic effects of AGI, possible civilisational paths and what to do about them, mixing short explainers with group discussion. Organiser: Zurich AI Safety. Meetup AI safety AI strategy AI & society https://swissdataevents.ch/events/after-microsoft-ignite-special-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/after-microsoft-ignite-special-zurich-2026/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 27 Nov 2026, 13:00–19:00 · Microsoft Switzerland, The Circle, Zurich-Flughafen · Meetup · Free. Swiss MVPs recap the announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2026 in short sessions on Cloud & AI, the agent platform, Copilot and Microsoft IQ, security, data security and compliance, and agentic business applications, with an apéro after. Organiser: Swiss Microsoft Community (Microsoft Cloud Security & Modern Work). Meetup Microsoft ecosystem AI agents Data governance https://swissdataevents.ch/events/dbt-meetup-zurich-december-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/dbt-meetup-zurich-december-2026/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 3 Dec 2026, 18:00–19:30 · EF Education AG, Selnaustrasse 30, Zurich · Meetup · Free. Evening for the Zürich dbt community aimed at analytics engineers, data engineers and data leaders, opening with Massimo Turola of Bank Vontobel on using dbt to manage Snowflake Cortex AI applications in an AI data catalog, then an apéro. Organiser: Switzerland dbt Meetup. Meetup Data engineering Data platform Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/azure-zurich-user-group-xmas-special-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/azure-zurich-user-group-xmas-special-2026/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 8 Dec 2026, 18:00–22:00 · Frau Gerolds Garten, Geroldstrasse 23, Zurich · Networking · Free. The Azure Zürich User Group closes the year with its Christmas get-together at Frau Gerolds Wintergarten — no agenda, just food, glühwein and the Swiss Azure community. Places are limited. Organiser: Microsoft Azure Zürich User Group. Networking Azure Microsoft ecosystem AI community https://swissdataevents.ch/events/zwischen-prompt-und-urteilskraft-lucerne-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/zwischen-prompt-und-urteilskraft-lucerne-2026/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 3 Nov 2026, 18:15–19:45 · Hochschule Luzern – Wirtschaft, Walter-von-Moos-Promenade 1, Lucerne · Networking · Not listed. Impulse talks and a panel at HSLU Lucerne on what communication work is still worth when AI writes the first draft, and which skills matter next — apéro afterwards. Organiser: HSLU Institut für Kommunikation und Marketing (IKM) / ZSPR. Networking Applied AI Generative AI Communication https://swissdataevents.ch/events/netnode-ai-im-unternehmen-wo-anfangen-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/netnode-ai-im-unternehmen-wo-anfangen-2026/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 4 Nov 2026, 10:00–10:45 · Online · Webinar · Free. Free 45-minute German-language webinar in which NETNODE founder Lukas Fischer shows how to find and score AI use cases by value, effort and risk, with three Swiss examples and Q&A. Organiser: NETNODE AG. Webinar Enterprise AI AI strategy Use-case prioritisation https://swissdataevents.ch/events/netnode-agentic-ai-prozesse-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/netnode-agentic-ai-prozesse-2026/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 4 Nov 2026, 11:00–11:45 · Online · Webinar · Free. Free German-language webinar with live demos on production systems showing what AI agents can really do today, where they fail, and how to run a safe pilot. Organiser: NETNODE AG. Webinar AI agents Enterprise AI Automation https://swissdataevents.ch/events/software-architecture-residuality-ai-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/software-architecture-residuality-ai-zurich-2026/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 10 Nov 2026, 18:00 · ERNI Schweiz AG, Löwenstrasse 11, Zurich · Meetup · Free. Barry O’Reilly’s Residuality Theory applied to the age of AI-generated code: what architects should still decide themselves when machines write the implementation. Live stream plus a few on-site seats at ERNI. Organiser: Software Architecture and Project Design Zurich. Meetup AI-assisted engineering Software architecture Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ikm-impuls-vom-trigger-zum-agenten-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ikm-impuls-vom-trigger-zum-agenten-2026/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 11 Nov 2026, 12:30–13:30 · Online · Webinar · Not listed. Lunchtime session from HSLU on what changes when marketing automation stops following rules and starts deciding, and what companies need in data, technology and organisation to run AI agents in customer dialogue. Organiser: HSLU Institut für Kommunikation und Marketing (IKM). Webinar AI agents Marketing automation Data and organisation https://swissdataevents.ch/events/silicon-chalet-sc71-database-postgresql-gland-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/silicon-chalet-sc71-database-postgresql-gland-2026/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 12 Nov 2026, 17:45–21:00 · Swissquote Bank SA, Chemin de la Crétaux 33, Gland · Meetup · Free. Two database talks hosted by Swissquote in Gland — PostgreSQL on Kubernetes with Laurent Parodi and multi-version concurrency control with Louis Tochon — followed by a quiz and apéro. Organiser: Silicon Chalet. Meetup PostgreSQL Data platform Kubernetes https://swissdataevents.ch/events/scs-ai-risks-in-cybersecurity-geneva-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/scs-ai-risks-in-cybersecurity-geneva-2026/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 19 Nov 2026, 16:30–19:30 · Novotel Genève Centre, Rue de Zurich 19, Geneva · Conference · CHF 25. Afternoon session in Geneva on how organisations can keep using AI internally without taking on unmanaged risk, with presentations followed by a networking reception; CPE credits available via ISC2 and ISACA. Organiser: Swiss CyberSecurity (SCS). Conference AI governance AI risk Security https://swissdataevents.ch/events/mindstone-geneva-ai-meetup-november-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/mindstone-geneva-ai-meetup-november-2026/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 25 Nov 2026, 18:00–21:00 · L’Annexe by Rentes Genevoises, Rue du Port 3, Geneva · Meetup · Free. Monthly Geneva AI evening with three practical talks — building with LLMs, working faster with AI and where it is all heading — then pizza and networking. Forty places. Organiser: Mindstone Geneva AI Meetup. Meetup Applied AI LLMs AI productivity https://swissdataevents.ch/events/epfl-reshaping-information-research-with-ai-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/epfl-reshaping-information-research-with-ai-2026/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 1 Dec 2026, 14:30–16:30 · EPFL, room MED 0 1618, Lausanne · Workshop · Not listed. 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 required. Organiser: EPFL Library. Workshop Applied AI AI research assistants Information retrieval https://swissdataevents.ch/events/databricks-christmas-hackathon-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/databricks-christmas-hackathon-zurich-2026/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 7 Dec 2026, 17:30–20:00 · Headsquarter – The Artistic, Stockerstrasse 33, Zurich · Workshop · Free. Festive team hackathon where the Zurich Databricks User Group turns a sabotage mystery into hands-on practice with Genie, Lakebase and Databricks Apps. Organiser: Zurich Databricks User Group. Workshop Databricks Genie Lakebase https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-days-2027-geneva/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-days-2027-geneva/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 17 Feb 2027 · Geneva · Conference · Not announced. Geneva leg of the fifth AI Days, the Swiss AI Center’s applied-AI conference for SMEs, with workshops, talks, research and demos. Registration not yet open. Organiser: HES-SO / Swiss AI Center. Conference Applied AI AI for SMEs Workshops https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-days-2027-yverdon-les-bains/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-days-2027-yverdon-les-bains/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 18 Feb 2027 · Yverdon-les-Bains · Conference · Not announced. Yverdon-les-Bains leg of AI Days 2027, the Swiss AI Center’s applied-AI conference for SMEs, with workshops, talks and demos. Registration not yet open. Organiser: HES-SO / Swiss AI Center. Conference Applied AI AI for SMEs Workshops https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-days-2027-fribourg/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-days-2027-fribourg/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 19 Feb 2027 · Fribourg · Conference · Not announced. Fribourg leg of AI Days 2027, the Swiss AI Center’s applied-AI conference for SMEs, closing the three-city edition with workshops, talks and demos. Registration not yet open. Organiser: HES-SO / Swiss AI Center. Conference Applied AI AI for SMEs Workshops https://swissdataevents.ch/events/eqs-connect-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/eqs-connect-zurich-2026/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 5 Nov 2026, 13:30–18:00 (networking dinner from 18:00) · Rooftopevents, Talacker 50, Zurich · Conference · Not listed (register interest; places strictly limited). An English-language afternoon for compliance, legal and data leaders built entirely around AI: an opening keynote on what AI is doing to judgement, a keynote on Swiss exposure to international AI governance expectations, panels on shadow AI and defensible decisions, and a workshop on where the human–AI boundary should sit. Organiser: EQS Group. Conference AI governance Data governance Responsible AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/fabric-user-group-switzerland-88th-online-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/fabric-user-group-switzerland-88th-online-2026/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 5 Nov 2026, 17:00 · Online · Webinar · Free. The Swiss Fabric user group’s monthly online session: the latest Fabric news, then Franco on automating semantic model health checks with a Fabric notebook, the Best Practice Analyzer, Memory Analyzer and DAX INFO views, writing results to a Lakehouse to track model quality and memory over time. Organiser: Microsoft Fabric User Group Switzerland. Webinar Microsoft Fabric Power BI Data platform https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-in-biomedicine-forum-lugano-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-in-biomedicine-forum-lugano-2026/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 6 Nov 2026, 09:00–19:30 · Aula Polivalente, Campus Est USI-SUPSI, Lugano · Conference · Free (registration requested). A free day in Lugano on AI from basic research through to the clinic: one session on digital twins and personalised medicine, one on protein and compound design, plus abstract talks, posters and a closing conversation on global AI governance ahead of the Geneva AI Summit 2027. Organiser: IBSA Foundation / IDSIA USI-SUPSI. Conference Applied AI Machine learning AI governance https://swissdataevents.ch/events/analytics-roundtable-zurich-eth-data-stack-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/analytics-roundtable-zurich-eth-data-stack-2026/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 11 Nov 2026, 17:30–19:30 · Advance Metrics, Heinrichstrasse 267A, Zurich · Meetup · Free. A walk through a real analytics stack built with ETH Zurich — the original setup and why, what got bolted on later, how individual departments were brought up to speed with the data, and where it goes next — then open discussion over drinks. Organiser: Analytics Roundtable Zurich. Meetup Data platform Analytics Data strategy https://swissdataevents.ch/events/product-academy-hype-vs-shipped-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/product-academy-hype-vs-shipped-zurich-2026/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 16 Nov 2026, 18:00–21:00 · SMG Swiss Marketplace Group, Thurgauerstrasse 36, Zurich · Meetup · Free. Two talks on what AI has actually changed in building products: Coople on a year spent replacing squads, sprints and story points with AI-first workflows and smaller teams, including the experiments that failed, and Brack.Alltron on where AI earned its place and why plain analytics sometimes still beats machine learning. Organiser: Product Academy Switzerland. Meetup Applied AI AI adoption Product management https://swissdataevents.ch/events/mongodb-user-group-zurich-hallucinations-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/mongodb-user-group-zurich-hallucinations-2026/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 10 Nov 2026, 18:00–21:00 · Zurich (venue to be announced), Zurich · Meetup · Not listed. Two talks from Helvetia Insurance engineers: why factual errors in generative AI apps usually come from weak retrieval design rather than the model — covering semantic chunking, metadata filtering, hybrid search, reranking and output guardrails — and a second session on the benefits and risks of AI-assisted development. Organiser: Zürich MongoDB User Group. Meetup RAG Data modelling Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/business-leaders-evening-your-ai-your-data-geneva-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/business-leaders-evening-your-ai-your-data-geneva-2026/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 12 Nov 2026, 17:30–21:00 · LeBooster Genève, Route de Jussy 35 (2nd floor), Thônex (Geneva) · Networking · CHF 69. A French-language evening for SME leaders on getting value from AI without giving up control of the data: three levels of sovereign AI, a live demo of a fully offline model answering on a sample company’s documents with per-employee permissions, what the revised Swiss data protection act expects of management, and a networking apéro. Organiser: ABAXINFO / AXION / Keeping Life Simple, hosted by CCI France Suisse. Networking Sovereign AI Data protection AI adoption https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-ai-summit-satellite-asset-management-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-ai-summit-satellite-asset-management-2026/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 17 Nov 2026, 14:00–16:00 · Beethovenstrasse 48, Zurich · Networking · Not listed (registration required). A Swiss AI Summit satellite session on how asset managers turn increasingly complex data into usable investment insight, and where AI makes a genuine difference rather than noise. Organiser: Swiss AI Summit. Networking Applied AI Data strategy Financial services https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-ai-summit-satellite-better-work-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-ai-summit-satellite-better-work-2026/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 17 Nov 2026, 16:00–18:00 · Beethovenstrasse 48, Zurich · Workshop · Not listed (registration required). An interactive executive lab run with Zeix on redesigning work around AI: deciding what the machine should actually do, and marking out where human judgement, responsibility and control have to stay. Organiser: Swiss AI Summit / Zeix. Workshop AI adoption Responsible AI Work design https://swissdataevents.ch/events/agile-breakfast-zurich-viele-agenten-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/agile-breakfast-zurich-viele-agenten-2026/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 2 Dec 2026, 08:15–10:15 · Freiraum, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Bahnhofstrasse 9, Zurich · Meetup · Not listed. A German-language breakfast session with Quatico CEO Jan Wloka on why adding more AI agents tends to produce more review work than finished work, and the three changes that fixed it for his team: a written decision before any agent starts coding, work split into packages that run in parallel, and one daily overview of what needs a human. Aimed at product owners and delivery leads, with a real work package run live. Organiser: Agile Breakfast Zürich (swissICT). Meetup Agentic AI AI-assisted development Delivery practice https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-ai-summit-ai-quantum-course-zurich-2027/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-ai-summit-ai-quantum-course-zurich-2027/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 5 Feb 2027, 13:00–18:00 · Headsquarter – The Artistic, Stockerstrasse 33, Zurich · Workshop · Not listed (registration required). An afternoon course run with Quantum Basel, led by its CTO Jan Mikolon, bridging current AI practice and quantum technologies — from the foundations through to what it takes to scale. Organiser: Swiss AI Summit / Quantum Basel. Workshop Applied AI Quantum computing Compute infrastructure https://swissdataevents.ch/events/containers-aws-trust-sovereignty-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/containers-aws-trust-sovereignty-zurich-2026/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 3 Nov 2026, 15:45–20:30 · Bluelion, Josefstrasse 219, Zurich · Meetup · Free. An afternoon hands-on lab on AWS resilience with the Karpenter autoscaler, then an evening of talks from AWS and copebit on designing resilient workloads, running enterprise Claude Code on AWS, and digital sovereignty — closing with pizza and beer. Organiser: Containers and AWS Meetup Group / copebit. Meetup Cloud Digital sovereignty AI-assisted development https://swissdataevents.ch/events/mindstone-zurich-ai-meetup-november-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/mindstone-zurich-ai-meetup-november-2026/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 4 Nov 2026, 18:00–21:00 · Unit8, Beethovenstrasse 49 (entrance on Gartenstrasse), Zurich · Meetup · Not listed. The Zurich edition of the Mindstone AI evenings, hosted at Unit8: a technical demo of what one team learned building a product with LLMs, a practical session on closing the AI skills gap for non-technical students, and a talk on where AI takes work and society next, then pizza and networking. Organiser: Mindstone Zürich AI Meetup. Meetup Applied AI LLMs AI tools https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-data-ai-group-ai-enabled-workflows-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-data-ai-group-ai-enabled-workflows-2026/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 11 Nov 2026, 18:00–21:00 · Zurich (venue to be announced), Zurich · Meetup · Not listed. The first Zurich gathering of the Swiss Data & AI group, on automating data work with AI-enabled workflows. Topics, speakers and the venue are still to be announced, and the group is open to offers to speak. Organiser: Swiss Data and AI Group (Databricks User Group). Meetup Databricks AI workflows Data platform https://swissdataevents.ch/events/schwyz-next-ki-agenten-work-immensee-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/schwyz-next-ki-agenten-work-immensee-2026/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 24 Nov 2026, 09:00–16:00 · Hohle Gasse AG, Coworking «Connect», Artherstrasse 60, Immensee · Workshop · CHF 400 members / CHF 500 non-members. A full German-language day with Michael Kyburz on getting AI to take over recurring work: three base skills, how to build your own, and wiring assistants into calendar, mail and project tools so multi-step workflows run with clear checkpoints for human review. Fifteen places, and a paid ChatGPT or Claude subscription is required. Organiser: Schwyz Next. Workshop AI agents AI automation Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/schwyz-next-ki-strategie-governance-immensee-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/schwyz-next-ki-strategie-governance-immensee-2026/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 1 Dec 2026, 17:00–18:30 · Hohle Gasse AG, Coworking «Connect», Artherstrasse 60, Immensee · Workshop · CHF 150 members / CHF 200 non-members. A 90-minute German-language session for SME decision-makers on steering generative AI use rather than letting it spread: setting a strategic frame, drafting an internal AI policy, weighing data-protection, liability and wrong-output risks, and planning a safe rollout under Swiss data protection law and the EU AI Act. Fifteen places. Organiser: Schwyz Next. Workshop AI governance AI strategy Regulation https://swissdataevents.ch/events/digital-lounge-davos-2027/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/digital-lounge-davos-2027/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 21 Jan 2027, 09:15–late · Davos (venue shared with invitees), Davos · Conference · Not listed (invitation only, limited seating). An invitation-only forum during Davos week for CxOs and transformation leaders on enterprise data, AI and robotics — morning and afternoon keynotes and panels, a live technology showcase, entrepreneur talks and parallel workshops, closing with an awards ceremony and dinner. Organiser: JiVS / Data Migration International. Conference Data leadership Enterprise AI Robotics https://swissdataevents.ch/events/gfn-ai-day-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/gfn-ai-day-zurich-2026/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 3 Nov 2026, 08:30–18:30 · GFN Hub, ORBIZ Josef, Josefstrasse 214a, Zurich · Workshop · CHF 15 members / CHF 70 external (lunch and apéro included). A working day rather than a talking one: a morning of practitioner talks from SSF, ZHAW, Correntics and Resilens on what AI can actually do for sustainable finance, then small groups spend the afternoon on real challenges submitted by GFN startups and demo what they built. Thirty places. Organiser: Green FinTech Network. Workshop Applied AI AI adoption Sustainable finance https://swissdataevents.ch/events/machine-intelligence-summit-dubendorf-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/machine-intelligence-summit-dubendorf-2026/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 10 Nov 2026, 09:00–20:00 · Stiftung Innovationspark Zürich, Wangenstrasse 68, Dübendorf · Conference · Not listed (curated attendance, host approval required). Three hundred people who build frontier AI in Europe, across four 80-minute blocks — infrastructure, learning, agents and the physical world — each pairing academia, a frontier lab and a startup, plus founder lightning talks and fifty students presenting posters. Nothing is recorded. Organiser: ellipsis Venture. Conference AI research AI agents Embodied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-safety-trustworthy-ai-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-safety-trustworthy-ai-zurich-2026/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 24 Nov 2026, 17:30–21:00 · Zalando, Prime Tower, Hardstrasse 201, Zurich · Meetup · Not listed (registration required). Four speakers from Google, AWS, Unique and Systematic-X on keeping AI systems trustworthy once they act on their own — how to evaluate and monitor before and after deployment, where guardrails, human oversight and red-teaming fit, and how to ship fast without losing accountability. Organiser: Elevate Tech: Women and Minorities in AI, Tech, and Science. Meetup AI safety AI governance Responsible AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/devops-zurich-kubevirt-ai-in-qa-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/devops-zurich-kubevirt-ai-in-qa-2026/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 8 Dec 2026, 17:30–20:30 · Digicomp Academy AG, Limmatstrasse 50, Zurich · Meetup · Not listed. Two talks in Zurich: Red Hat's Simon Krenger on running virtual machines next to containers with KubeVirt, including live demos and when it is the wrong tool, and Basia Karaagac on where AI genuinely helps in QA and where exploratory testing and human risk judgement still win. Organiser: DevOps Meetup Zürich. Meetup Applied AI Platform engineering Software engineering https://swissdataevents.ch/events/generative-ai-geneve-5-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/generative-ai-geneve-5-2026/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 12 Nov 2026, 18:30–20:30 · Foound, Rue Jean-Dassier 7, Geneva · Meetup · Not listed. Your data, your models, your infrastructure: ELCA and EPFL spin-off Anyway Systems on running LLMs locally or in a private cloud, and on the trade-offs between performance, sovereignty and cost when a company wants generative AI without handing over its data. Organiser: Generative AI Genève. Meetup LLMs Digital sovereignty Enterprise AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/digitalswitzerland-davos-2027/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/digitalswitzerland-davos-2027/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 19 Jan 2027, 09:00–18:00 · Davos · Networking · Not listed. A full day in Davos on Switzerland's digital future, with speakers from business, government and research building on the national AI Action Plan and looking ahead to the Geneva AI Summit 2027. Programme details still to be published. Organiser: digitalswitzerland. Networking AI strategy Data leadership Technology policy https://swissdataevents.ch/events/sdsc-connect-environmental-sciences-bern-2027/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/sdsc-connect-environmental-sciences-bern-2027/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 3 Feb 2027, 09:00–16:30 · Central Bern venue to be announced, Bern · Conference · CHF 50 (meals included). A day in Bern on making environmental data usable across disciplines and institutions — data access and sharing, data infrastructure, and the role of machine learning and AI across climate, ecology, hydrology, the cryosphere, natural hazards and agriculture, with keynotes, invited talks, break-outs and a poster fair. Seats are limited and the venue is still to be announced. Organiser: Swiss Data Science Center. Conference Data governance Research data Data platform https://swissdataevents.ch/events/isa-lunch-learn-ai-tools-at-work-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/isa-lunch-learn-ai-tools-at-work-2026/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 3 Nov 2026, 12:00–13:00 · Online · Webinar · Free. A 45-minute English-language lunch session on where AI tools genuinely lift productivity at work, built around real use cases and what has changed recently, closing with open Q&A. Organiser: Innovationsverband Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt (ISA). Webinar Applied AI AI tools AI adoption https://swissdataevents.ch/events/gdg-cloud-zurich-tech-talks-38-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/gdg-cloud-zurich-tech-talks-38-2026/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 5 Nov 2026, 17:25–21:00 · Google Switzerland, Zurich (address on registration), Zurich · Meetup · Free (host approval required). Two evening talks on Google Cloud and Google DeepMind at Google’s Zurich office, followed by a sponsored apéro — note that doors close at 17:55 and late entry is not possible. Organiser: GDG Cloud Zürich. Meetup Google Cloud Applied AI Data platform https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-it-minds-2026-zurich/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-it-minds-2026-zurich/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 2 Dec 2026 – 3 Dec 2026, Wed 08:00 – Thu 16:00 · The Dolder Grand, Kurhausstrasse 65, Zurich · Conference · Not listed (complimentary participation for qualified attendees). Two days for Swiss IT and data leaders at the Dolder Grand on enterprise AI as a strategic capability, centralised versus decentralised AI governance in large organisations, securing AI agents as a hybrid workforce, and the governance basics behind all of it. Organiser: business factors Deutschland GmbH. Conference AI governance Enterprise AI Data leadership https://swissdataevents.ch/events/stem4health-hackathon-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/stem4health-hackathon-zurich-2026/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 21 Nov 2026 – 22 Nov 2026, Sat 08:30–22:00, Sun 08:30–17:00 · ETH Zürich Campus Hönggerberg, HPH building, Zurich · Workshop · Free. A hundred students and early-career researchers spend a weekend on real pharmaceutical manufacturing problems, combining manufacturing data, mechanistic modelling and machine learning with industry and academic mentors before pitching to a jury. Organiser: Johnson & Johnson Switzerland / Swiss Data Science Center. Workshop Hackathon Applied AI Machine learning https://swissdataevents.ch/events/hack-apertus-onsite-basel-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/hack-apertus-onsite-basel-2026/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 4 Dec 2026 – 5 Dec 2026 · Basel · Workshop · Not listed. The Basel leg of the national Apertus hackathon series, building applications and multilingual improvements on Switzerland’s open Apertus model, with everything produced released for reuse. Venue still to be announced. Organiser: aiLights Association. Workshop Open-source LLMs Hackathon Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/sdsc-ai-for-decision-makers-eth-2027/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/sdsc-ai-for-decision-makers-eth-2027/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 22 Jan 2027 – 5 Feb 2027, 09:00–17:00 on 22, 28 and 29 January and 4 and 5 February · Swiss AI Tower (Andreasturm), Andreasstrasse 5, Oerlikon, Zurich · Workshop · CHF 4,000 (10% off for ETH staff and alumni and SDSC partners). A five-day English-language executive course for leaders who need to challenge assumptions on AI projects without becoming data scientists — data science foundations, MLOps, AI governance and ethics, generative AI and a first agent, with an ETH Zurich certificate. Registration closes 15 January 2027. Organiser: Swiss Data Science Center / ETH Zürich School for Continuing Education. Workshop Data leadership AI strategy AI governance https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-in-food-state-of-play-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-in-food-state-of-play-zurich-2026/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 10 Nov 2026, 08:30–18:00 · Helbling, Hohlstrasse 614, Zurich · Conference · CHF 0–250 (free for SFNV partners). A full day of keynotes and workshops for food-industry professionals past the AI hype stage, on what it actually takes to implement AI against real problems inside their own organisations. Organiser: Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley / Porsche Consulting. Conference Enterprise AI AI adoption Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/growing-together-conference-gtc26-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/growing-together-conference-gtc26-2026/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 17 Nov 2026, 09:00–18:00 · The Circle Convention Center, The Circle 27, Zurich-Flughafen · Conference · Not listed. A full day for business and data leaders on getting AI past isolated use cases and into scalable capability — keynotes from Benedict Evans and Google Cloud’s Alon Halevy, leader tracks with Helvetia, Axpo and Emmi, plus tech talks and workshops. Organiser: D ONE. Conference Data leadership Enterprise AI Data strategy https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-in-azienda-ai-sotto-controllo-lugano-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-in-azienda-ai-sotto-controllo-lugano-2026/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 17 Nov 2026, 17:00–20:00 · Campus Est USI-SUPSI, Blocco C, Aula C1.02, Via la Santa 1, Viganello, Lugano · Workshop · Free (registration required). Closing evening of the Ticino series on conscious AI use in business, this one on data, responsibility, rules and governance — content, a hands-on workshop and networking, capped at thirty participants. Organiser: Fondazione AGIRE / SUPSI DTI. Workshop AI governance Data governance Enterprise AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/dinacon-2026-bern/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/dinacon-2026-bern/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 18 Nov 2026, 09:00–17:00 · Kongresszentrum Bern, Zeughausgasse 41, Bern · Conference · Ticketed (via eventfrog.ch). Switzerland’s conference on digital sustainability — 36 sessions on open source, open data, digital sovereignty, data protection and copyright, with 250+ attendees and a closing Hacknight. Organiser: Verein CH Open. Conference Open data Digital sovereignty Data protection https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ost-generative-ai-agentic-systems-rapperswil-2027/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ost-generative-ai-agentic-systems-rapperswil-2027/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 28 Jan 2027 – 29 Jan 2027, 09:00–18:00 · OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule, Campus Rapperswil, Rapperswil-Jona · Workshop · Not listed. Two-day German-language course for developers, architects, data scientists and ML engineers on building agentic LLM systems that survive production: function calling, hybrid-search RAG, LangGraph topologies, security hardening and systematic evaluation. Places are limited. Organiser: OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule (Institut für Computational Engineering). Workshop Agentic AI LLMs Enterprise AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swat4hcls-basel-2027/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swat4hcls-basel-2027/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 1 Feb 2027 – 4 Feb 2027, 09:00–17:00 · University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, Basel · Conference · Not listed. The 15th edition of the long-running international conference on semantics in healthcare and life sciences — ontologies, knowledge graphs and AI — with keynotes, tutorials and a dedicated biohackathon day in Basel. Organiser: SWAT4HCLS / University of Basel. Conference Knowledge graphs Ontologies Data governance https://swissdataevents.ch/events/build-your-own-assistant-writing-geneva-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/build-your-own-assistant-writing-geneva-2026/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 8 Nov 2026, 09:30–12:30 · Voisins de Saint-Gervais, Bd James-Fazy 8, Geneva · Workshop · CHF 85. A session on getting an assistant to write in your own voice rather than generic model output, then turning the week's news into a post and a newsletter worth reading. Organiser: AI Ready Professionals. Workshop AI agents Applied AI AI tools https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-startup-center-community-meetup-november-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-startup-center-community-meetup-november-2026/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 12 Nov 2026, 09:00–10:30 · AI Startup Center, Technopark Zürich, Zurich · Networking · Not listed. A deliberately informal morning meetup over coffee for the centre’s AI startups and corporate partners — no agenda and no presentations, just conversations about partnerships, where AI is heading and what is actually hard right now. Organiser: AI Startup Center. Networking AI community AI startups Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/databricks-kickstart-ai-workflows-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/databricks-kickstart-ai-workflows-zurich-2026/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 10 Feb 2027, 18:00–21:00 · Zurich (address on registration), Zurich · Meetup · Not listed. Hybrid Databricks user-group evening in Zurich on automating data work with AI-enabled workflows, including a session on Databricks Apps and Lakebase applied to clinical cancer research cohorts. Rescheduled from November 2026 to February 2027. Organiser: Swiss Data & AI Group (Databricks User Group). Meetup Databricks AI workflows Data platform https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-responsible-business-conduct-bern-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-responsible-business-conduct-bern-2026/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 2 Nov 2026, from 10:05 · Kursaal Bern, Kornhausstrasse 3, Bern · Conference · Free. A plenary session at the Swiss Forum on Business and Human Rights on applying the UN Guiding Principles and OECD Guidelines to AI systems in practice, with UN representatives, technology companies and civil society. Interpretation in German, French and English. Organiser: SECO / Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Conference AI governance Responsible AI Regulation https://swissdataevents.ch/events/herimpact-who-decides-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/herimpact-who-decides-zurich-2026/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 6 Nov 2026, 18:00 · Im Viadukt, Zurich · Networking · CHF 50. Talks and a panel on who stays accountable when AI shapes an organisational decision — who can question it, correct it or stop it — drawing on current Swiss and Japanese research and real cases, closing with questions the group puts forward for the 2027 Geneva summit. Organiser: SOTRAI (Source of Trust in AI). Networking AI governance Responsible AI Data leadership https://swissdataevents.ch/events/c4dt-ai-sovereignty-conference-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/c4dt-ai-sovereignty-conference-2026/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 10 Nov 2026, 09:30–18:00 · Starling Hotel, 1025 Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Sulpice (Lausanne) · Conference · Not listed. 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 deployment realities, and concrete recommendations for national strategy. Organiser: Center for Digital Trust (C4DT), EPFL. Conference AI strategy Digital sovereignty AI governance https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ibm-bob-coding-watch-party-zurich-december-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ibm-bob-coding-watch-party-zurich-december-2026/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 1 Dec 2026, 16:00–20:00 · IBM Switzerland AG, Vulkanstrasse 106 (+ online), Zurich · Meetup · Free (limited on-site places). The closing session of IBM's 2026 hybrid series on IBM Bob, its AI development assistant — coding live alongside other European cities, with beginner, intermediate and expert tracks covering everything from first idea to modernising legacy applications. Organiser: IBM Switzerland. Meetup AI-assisted development Enterprise AI Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/data-protection-tia-ai-startups-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/data-protection-tia-ai-startups-zurich-2026/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 10 Nov 2026, 09:00 · AI Startup Center, Technopark Zürich, Zurich · Networking · Not listed. Breakfast session with lawyers from Wenger Vieli on when a Transfer Impact Assessment is actually required for cross-border data transfers, and how to keep them manageable as an AI company. Organiser: AI Startup Center / Wenger Vieli. Networking Data governance Privacy AI governance https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-robotics-day-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-robotics-day-2026/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 13 Nov 2026, 08:00–18:00 · StageOne Event & Convention Hall, Elias-Canetti-Strasse 146, Zurich · Conference · Not listed. The national robotics meeting point: keynotes, panels and workshops alongside an exhibition floor with 60+ exhibitors and live demos, bringing together labs, industry, policymakers and spin-offs. Organiser: ETH Zurich RobotX / Swiss Robotics Association. Conference Robotics Embodied AI Academia–industry https://swissdataevents.ch/events/agentic-engineering-days-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/agentic-engineering-days-zurich-2026/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 20 Nov 2026 · Zurich Marriott Hotel, Neumühlequai 42, Zurich · Conference · CHF 442 (group discount for 3+). A one-day engineering conference on AI coding and agent systems: 38+ sessions across four tracks — using AI tools, building AI-powered systems, sponsor spotlights and hands-on workshops — with speakers from OpenAI, Hugging Face, NVIDIA, Google and AWS. Organiser: letsboot.ch (felixideas GmbH). Conference Agentic AI AI-assisted development Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/hack-apertus-onsite-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/hack-apertus-onsite-zurich-2026/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 27 Nov 2026 – 28 Nov 2026 · AI Startup Center, Technopark Zürich, Zurich · Workshop · Not listed. The on-site leg of the national Apertus hackathon: build on the open Apertus 8B model, strengthen its multilingual abilities and ship applications for private- and public-sector problems, with everything released as Open Commons. Organiser: AI Startup Center. Workshop Open-source LLMs Hackathon Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/agentic-trio-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/agentic-trio-zurich-2026/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 10 Nov 2026, 17:30–19:30 · Hardturmstrasse 253, Zurich · Meetup · Free. INNOQ’s Fabian Walther reframes Teresa Torres’ Product Trio as an "Agentic Trio", arguing that AI should change how software teams split responsibility — not just how fast they ship. Organiser: Zürich Agentic Coding and Architectures. Meetup Agentic AI Software delivery Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/devops-for-fabric-git-deployment-pipelines-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/devops-for-fabric-git-deployment-pipelines-2026/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 10 Nov 2026, 18:30–20:00 · Online · Webinar · Free. Bringing proper CI/CD to Microsoft Fabric: Git integration, deployment pipelines, variable libraries and sensitivity labels for enterprise-ready BI. Organiser: Data and AI for Intelligent Cloud. Webinar Microsoft Fabric Data platform Microsoft ecosystem https://swissdataevents.ch/events/sdsc-mlops-introduction-epfl-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/sdsc-mlops-introduction-epfl-2026/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 17 Nov 2026, 09:00–17:00 · EPFL, Lausanne · Workshop · CHF 1,000 (10% off for EPFL alumni and SDSC partners). One-day SDSC training on designing, deploying and operating ML systems at scale — version control, CI/CD, experiment tracking, monitoring, drift detection and automated retraining. Registration closes 24 September. Organiser: Swiss Data Science Center. Workshop MLOps Data platform Applied AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-breakfast-luzern-56/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/ai-breakfast-luzern-56/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 20 Nov 2026, 07:30–09:00 · Universität Luzern, Frohburgstrasse 3, Lucerne · Networking · Not listed. Merun Gugelmann of Aeberli Treuhand on how an 80-year-old trust company got from Microsoft Teams to building its own Azure applications — the steps of that digitisation journey, concrete examples, and the setup on Azure App Services. Organiser: Digital & AI Community. Networking AI in business https://swissdataevents.ch/events/sdsc-ai-insights-chief-executives-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/sdsc-ai-insights-chief-executives-2026/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 27 Nov 2026, 10:00–17:00 · Swiss AI Tower, ETH Zürich, Andreasstrasse 5, Zurich · Workshop · 50 CHF. Executive workshop for CEOs, CFOs, CDOs and CTOs on turning data and AI into measurable business value, with case studies from EKZ, Merck and Richemont. Limited seats. Organiser: Swiss Data Science Center / FBXperts. Workshop AI strategy Data leadership Enterprise AI https://swissdataevents.ch/events/fabric-year-in-review-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/fabric-year-in-review-2026/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 8 Dec 2026, 18:30–20:00 · Online · Webinar · Free. Year-end session from the Zurich Microsoft data-platform group on what actually shipped in Fabric during 2026 and what is worth planning for next. Organiser: Data and AI for Intelligent Cloud. Webinar Microsoft Fabric Data platform Microsoft ecosystem https://swissdataevents.ch/events/night-of-data-talents-lausanne-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/night-of-data-talents-lausanne-2026/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 17 Dec 2026, 17:30–23:30 · Cercle des Bains, Lausanne · Networking · 150 CHF. Swiss data startups pitch to an investor panel with community voting, capping the year for the Suisse Romande data scene. Organiser: DatAfterwork Suisse. Networking Data startups Innovation Networking https://swissdataevents.ch/events/eth-ai-center-researchers-meetup-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/eth-ai-center-researchers-meetup-2026/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 24 Sept 2026 – 25 Nov 2026, 17:30–19:00 · ETH AI Center, OAT X 11, Oerlikon, Zurich · Meetup · Free. Recurring meetup series for the AI research community at ETH Zurich. Organiser: ETH AI Center. Meetup AI research https://swissdataevents.ch/events/td-synnex-destination-ai-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/td-synnex-destination-ai-2026/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 3 Nov 2026, 09:30–20:00 · Pathé Dietlikon, Dietlikon · Conference · Not listed. Full-day German-language AI conference for the Swiss partner and reseller ecosystem, with a keynote by futurist Gerd Leonhard, vendor breakout sessions and business meetings. Organiser: TD SYNNEX. Conference Enterprise AI Microsoft ecosystem https://swissdataevents.ch/events/snowflake-forum-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/snowflake-forum-zurich-2026/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 5 Nov 2026, 09:00–19:00 · The Circle Convention Center, The Circle 27, Zurich-Flughafen · Conference · Free. Free data-platform conference bringing together Swiss data teams and partners. Organiser: Snowflake. Conference Data platform Governance https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-ai-safety-days-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-ai-safety-days-2026/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 7 Nov 2026 – 8 Nov 2026 · ETH main building, Zurich · Conference · Free–CHF 320 (trust-based). Two days at ETH Zurich on AI safety research, governance and careers, with trust-based pricing from free upwards. Attendance is by application; the deadline is 17 October. Organiser: Zurich AI Safety. Conference AI safety Governance Careers https://swissdataevents.ch/events/unige-recherche-documentaire-ia-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/unige-recherche-documentaire-ia-2026/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 9 Nov 2026, 10:15–11:45 · Uni Mail 2220, Geneva · Workshop · Not specified. University of Geneva workshop on using AI tools for academic research. Organiser: Université de Genève. Workshop AI tools Academic research https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-ai-summit-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/swiss-ai-summit-2026/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 16 Nov 2026, 07:00–20:00 · Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich · Conference · CHF 790 Executive Pass / CHF 950 standard (excl. VAT). Full-day summit at the Kunsthaus for senior business, technology and government leaders, spanning finance and insurance, government and defence, manufacturing, cybersecurity, quantum and healthcare — with speakers from Microsoft Switzerland, IBM, Nestlé, ABB, HSBC and the Canton of Zurich, plus workshops, demos and a one-to-one meeting platform. Organiser: Swiss AI Summit. Conference Enterprise AI strategy https://swissdataevents.ch/events/geneva-ai-conference-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/geneva-ai-conference-2026/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 25 Nov 2026, 18:00–21:00 · Venue to be confirmed, Geneva · Networking · Ticketed (Eventbrite). An evening on enterprise AI strategy and returns, opened by Geneva city executive councillor Joëlle Bertossa and built around a panel with IBM, SAP, Hostelworld and Executive AI. The venue is still to be confirmed. Organiser: Startup Network Europe. Networking Enterprise AI AI strategy https://swissdataevents.ch/events/databricks-data-ai-world-tour-zurich-2026/ https://swissdataevents.ch/events/databricks-data-ai-world-tour-zurich-2026/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT 1 Dec 2026, 08:00–18:30 · StageOne Event & Convention Hall, Oerlikon, Zurich · Conference · Free (apply to attend). Databricks' flagship Swiss stop on the Data + AI World Tour: keynotes, breakout sessions and hands-on training on Genie and Lakebase, plus an expo, with speakers from Databricks and Zurich Insurance. Organiser: Databricks. Conference Databricks Lakehouse Unity Catalog