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PROGRAM

45+ EVENTS ACROSS ZURICH AI FESTIVAL

From free sessions to exclusive experiences.
RSVP to the ones that matter to you.

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  • Many events are free

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  • Some are invite-only (but plenty are open to you!)

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  • Either register for single events or go all in with the V-AI-P Pass for full access

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Need accommodation? We recommend staying close to Zurich city center or Zurich Oerlikon for easy access to most venues. Here’s a quick overview of potential hotel options.

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EVENT CATEGORIES

SEP 28 - OCT 02

08:00 - 17:00

Zurich AI Festival Workspace

where​

1

​11

at FlexOffice Dino
by FlexOffice

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SEP 28

08:30 - 10:30

W Executive Breakfast series

where​

1

​11

at Signature
by Regus

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SEP 28

13:00 - 18:00

AI Meets Reality: From Algorithms to Autonomous Systems

where​

1

​11

at Vitus Areal Winterthur
by LINA

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SEP 28

15:00 - 18:30

Switzerland as Europe's Playground for AI Innovation

where​

1

​11

at Technopark Zürich (Auditorium) by AI Startup Center

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SEP 28

16:00 - 19:00

Arbeitsmarkt im Wandel: Mensch, KI und Zukunftskompetenzen

where​

1

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at Viaduktstrasse 93
by Impact Hub Zürich

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SEP 28

16:00 - 22:00

Talent Kick Graduate Startups Showcase 2026

where​

1

​11

at Innovation Park Zürich
by Talent Kick

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SEP 28

16:30 - 19:30

Technology is scalable. Responsibility is not.

where​

1

​11

at Campus Rotkreuz
by HSLU Informatik

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SEP 28

17:30 - 19:00

AI Governance in Action: Turning Principles into Practice.

where​

1

​11

at ETH AI Center
by Global Council for Responsible and Ethical AI

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SEP 28

17:30 - 20:00

Smart Surgery: AI in the Operating Room

where​

1

​11

at Balgrist University Hospital
by OR-X

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SEP 28

17:30 - 21:00

Building Robots in Europe – Regulation, Risk & Market Access

where​

1

​11

at DARE Campus Schlieren
by LEXR

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SEP 28

17:30 - 20:00

Immersive Classrooms: Learning in the Future of
Education

where​

1

​11

at Lagerstrasse 2 (Europaallee)
by IMMERSE

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SEP 28

17:30 - 19:30

Building AI That Works: A Hands-On Simulation of Success and Failure

where​

1

​11

at ETH Meeting Center, OAT S
by Women in Data Science Worldwide

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SEP 29

08:30 - 18:00

AI Policy Summit (Day 1)

where​

1

​11

at ETH Main Building (Audimax)
by Center for Law & Economics & RegHorizon

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SEP 29

09:00 - 10:30

Breakfast at Pinterest

where​

1

​11

at Pinterest Headquarters
by Pinterest

SEP 29

09:30 - 11:30

Open Challenges in Foundation Models

where​

1

​11

at ETH Meeting Center, OAT S
by Meta

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SEP 29

16:00 - 20:00

UZH.ai Best GenAI Research Workflows: A Knowledge-Sharing Event

where​

1

​11

at UZH Irchel Lichthof
by UZH.ai

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SEP 29

17:00- 19:00

Sustainability Robotics in Action

where​

1

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at SIG Areal Neuhausen
by Competence Centre of Sustainability Robotics

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SEP 29

16:30 - 21:00

GDG Cloud Zürich: Build with AI

where​

1

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at Google Zürich Europaallee
by GDG Cloud Zürich

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SEP 29

17:00 - 18:00

ETH Hangar: Behind the Scenes of Innovation - English Tour

where​

1

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at Innovationspark Dübendorf
by ETH Hangar

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SEP 29

17:00 - 19:00

Mind the Gap: Operationalising the Governance in Agentic AI

where​

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at ETH Meeting Center, OAT S
by Responsible AI Innovation Group (ZHAW)

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SEP 29

18:30 - 21:00

GDG Cloud Zürich: Tech talks

where​

1

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at Google Zürich Europaallee
by GDG Cloud Zürich

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SEP 30

08:30 - 17:30

AI + Meditation: Human consciousness and the science of human-AI interaction

where​

1

​11

ETH Zurich, building MM (C 78.1), Leonhardstrasse 34, 8001 Zürich

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SEP 30

08:30 - 12:30

AI Policy Summit (Day 2)

where​

1

​11

at ETH Main Building (Audimax)
by Center for Law & Economics & RegHorizon

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SEP 30

08:30 - 17:00

Open LLM Builders Summit

where​

1

​11

at ETH Meeting Center, OAT S
by ETH AI Center & EPFL

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SEP 30

09:00 - 17:30

International AI Sandbox Forum

where​

1

​11

at Campus Gleisarena
by Fernfachhochschule Schweiz

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SEP 30

08:30 - 18:30

AI Environment Summit

where​

1

​11

at Innovation Park Dübendorf
by ETH AI Center

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SEP 30

14:00 - 17:30

Masterclass: Building Your Enterprise Language AI Pilot Framework

where​

1

​11

at Au Premier Bahnhofplatz
by DeepL

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SEP 30

14:45 - 18:30

The Clinical AI Partnership: How Hospitals, Builders, and Regulators Get AI to the Ward

where​

1

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at Hardturmstrasse 11
by kaiko

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SEP 30

16:00 - 20:00

#GrueziGoogle: AI Innovation TechTalks

where​

1

​11

at Google Brandschenkestrasse
by Google

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SEP 30

17:30 - 20:30

DARE Campus Robot Showcase & Community Night

where​

1

​11

at DARE Campus Schlieren
by FlexOffice

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SEP 30

18:30 - 22:00

Speakers Dinner

where​

1

​11

at Chicago 1928
by ETH AI Center, Greater Zurich Area, Kanton Zürich, Zürich Tourismus and Stadt Zürich

OCT 01

08:30 - 10:00

Women in AI Breakfast

where​

1

​11

at ETH AI Center, OAT X11 by ETH AI Center & Merantix Capital

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OCT 01

09:00 - 17:30

AI + X Summit

where​

1

​11

at StageOne Oerlikon by ETH AI Center

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OCT 01

17:30 - 19:00

VC in Town

where​

1

​11

at ETH AI Center, OAT X11 by Deep Tech Nation Switzerland

OCT 01

17:30 - 21:30

Public Night @ AI+X Summit

where​

1

​11

at StageOne Oerlikon
by ETH AI Center & Kanton Zürich

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OCT 01

18:00 - 19:30

KI in öffentlichen Insitutionen

where​

1

​11

at Zähringerplatz 6
by Zentralbibliothek Zürich

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OCT 01

18:30 - 21:30

Swissness at Scale - Executive Dinner

where​

1

​11

at Mandarin Oriental Savoy by DeepL

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OCT 02

08:30 - 11:00

Confidential AI for Banking: Open Models, Frontier Labs and Secure Deployment

where​

1

​11

at Signature by Regus
by LEXR

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OCT 02

09:00 - 12:00

Investors & Innovators Breakfast: Meet Zurich's AI Startups

where​

1

​11

at ETH AI Center, OAT X11
by ETH AI Center

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OCT 02

11:45 - 13:45

AI in Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity in AI

where​

1

​11

at Regus Bahnhofstrasse by Handelskammer

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OCT 02

13:00 - 14:30

CAIF Cultural Hub – Zu Gast beim Künstlerduo AATB

where​

1

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at AATB Studio (Flüelastrasse 30)
by Creative AI Foundation (CAIF)

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OCT 02

15:00 - 16:30

CAIF Cultural Hub – AATB Studio Event (Robotics Art) (English Session)

where​

1

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at AATB Studio (Flüelastrasse 30)
by Creative AI Foundation (CAIF)

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SEP 30

18:00 - 20:30

Geneva Loading… Bringing a Silicon Valley Perspective to the AI Summit 2027

where​

1

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at Regus Bahnhofstrasse
by swissnex

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OCT 02

16:00 - 17:00

ETH Hangar: Behind the Scenes of Innovation - German Tour

where​

1

​11

at Innovationspark Dübendorf
by ETH Hangar

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OCT 02

17:30 - 19:30

What survived the portfolio review: AI in Life Sciences that held up

where​

1

​11

at Löwenstrasse 49 by Visium

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OCT 02

17:30 - 20:00

CAIF Cultural Hub – in Conversation with Nina Rühmeier and Dr. Jennifer Victoria Scurrell (English Session)

where​

1

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at Schauspielhaus Zürich by Creative AI Foundation (CAIF)

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OCT 03

09:30 - 17:00

Communicating Science in the Era of AI

where​

1

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at ETH Meeting Center, OAT S
by Marie Curie Alumni Association & ETH AI Center

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OCT 03

11:00 - 16:50

CAIF Cultural Hub – ETH NomadZ Humanoid Robot Soccer

where​

1

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at ETH AI Center, OAT X11 by Creative AI Foundation (CAIF)

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OCT 03

13:30 - 16:00

CAIF Cultural Hub – Im Gespräch mit Esther Hunziker und Manuel Flurin Hendry (Deutsche Session)

where​

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at Kulturhaus Helferei by Creative AI Foundation (CAIF)

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