Doors Open & Registration

Welcome Speech

Gustav Baldinger, CEO, PwC Switzerland

Keynote 1

Dr. Marc Andre Schauwecker, President, SwissMBAs

Panel 1: AI at Scale – From Hype to Value

Moderator: Dr. Marc Heggemann, Chief Digital Competence Center & Principal Consultant, cross-ING AG

• Ann Jameson, COO, Microsoft Switzerland
• Judith van Walsum – CFO / Head of Finance, Business Operations & IT, Datwyler 
• Luca Callegari – Managing Director Google Cloud DACH, Google
• Dr. Christian B. Westermann – Partner & AI Leader, PwC Switzerland
• Lukas Ackermann – Chief IT and Digital Services Officer, Galenica 

Break

Parallel Use Case Sessions

How to build and integrate new softwares and AI - GenAI and nuclear energy cases - how to manage Agents 
- Johannes Manser – Head of Digital Solutions, Axpo 

AI reshaping leadership, decision-making, operating models (CEO, CFO, CHRO)
Emphasis on speed, agility, transformation outcomes
- André Gisiger, Co-Founder & GM, GloCoach

Break

Keynote 2

Thomas Gresch, Chief Technology Officer, Axpo Group

Panel 2: Embedding AI into Applications – Practical Considerations and Customer Implementation

Moderator:  Salama Belghali, co-founder of FIDUCIA AI

• Eva Blaya, Chief Financial Officer, BBVA
• René Raeber – CTO, Sr. Director Tech Specialist Mgmt, Microsoft
• Fruzsina Homolka – Chief Data Officer, SRG SSR
• Thomas Holderegger – Member of Switzerland Executive Committee, Lead Security Switzerland, Accenture 
• Mark Meuldijk – Executive Management Consultant – AI & Data, Digital Assurance, PwC Switzerland

Closing speech

Apéro & Networking