2025 | Zurich AI Festival

ZURICH AI FESTIVAL 2025: Sep 29 - Oct 4

Programme & Location Map 2025

Six days. 17 venues. 6,500+ people from 80+ countries. The first Zurich AI Festival put the Greater Zurich region on the global AI map, and set the foundation for what comes next.

A HOMEGROWN SUCCESS WITH GLOBAL REACH.

WHAT THE FIRST EDITION
TOLD US.

The first Zurich AI Festival showed what Switzerland has been building for decades. World-class talent in a trusted country produces an ecosystem that the world wants to be part of.

THE ECOSYSTEM IS ACTIVE

17 venues across Greater Zurich, 6,500+ participants, an international audience, 26 events (most of them sold out). A week that lives in real places - labs, corporate sites, art spaces, public squares - not a single convention center. We are doubling down on this in 2026.

THE AUDIENCE IS READY FOR HARD QUESTIONS

The AI Policy Summit closed with 96% participant satisfaction. The Responsible AI workshops were oversubscribed. The Public Night was nearly sold out. The appetite for substantive, regulation-aware, society-facing AI content is the strongest signal we have.

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOWS UP

80+ countries represented in person. 50+ VCs from 7 countries. 106 countries were reached by live broadcast. Greater Zurich punches well above its weight as an AI ecosystem. 2026 leans further into this.

2025 IN NUMBERS

6,500+ Participants

300+ Speakers

80+ Countries represented

26 Events

17 Venues across the region

50+ VCs from 7 countries

35% Female speakers

20+ Media features

25+ Accredited journalists

VOICES FROM THE FESTIVAL

Sabine Müller,

Deputy Managing Director, Greater Zurich Area AG and co-initiator of the festival.

With the Zurich AI Festival, the Zurich economic region is clearly positioning itself at the forefront internationally. Here, innovation, cutting-edge research, and economic strength come together at the highest level. We are demonstrating that the region can not only keep up – but wants to be in the international spotlight.

Alexander Ilic,

Executive Director, ETH AI Center

Technological progress is changing our society faster than ever. With the Zurich AI Festival, we are setting an example for responsible AI that is not developed behind closed doors, but through dialogue - openly, transparently, and in service to society.

AI Policy Summit 2025 participant

The AI Policy Summit is always the perfect setting to realise how regulations can transform from constraints into enablers, bridging principles with execution to foster both innovation and trust.