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Tech events for engineering leaders & CTOs in Switzerland

Events aimed at CTOs, heads of engineering and technical executives: architecture, platforms, AI strategy and leading teams. 48 upcoming across 10 cities, 39 in October 2026.

Next events for engineering leaders & CTOs in Switzerland

TodaySun 18 Oct16:00·📍 Zurich · Schlieren

ERH Physical AI Hackathon

by Pasha Rizali

36 hours of building. 50 engineers. Real hardware. The ERH Physical AI Hackathon brings 50 of the sharpest builders in Europe to Dare Campus for a weekend of building physical AI. You get the keys to the hardware: robot arms, mobile platforms, sensors and compute, all on site and all yours for the weekend. It starts Friday night. On Friday 16 October we kick off with an evening meetup: intro talks

HackathonAI / MLRoboticsHardwareStartups / Venture
~50 expected
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Tue 20 Oct09:00·📍 Basel · The 5th Floor Klybeck

Talent Science Executive Boardroom: The Workforce Economics of AI and Digital Transformation

by The IN Group

Alongside the BioTechX conference in Basel, at this invite-only roundtable we'll explore a critical question: we model the technology, but are we adequately modelling the workforce risk beneath it? Senior executives spanning data, analytics, AI, digital, operations and finance will examine how workforce capability, knowledge dependencies and decision bottlenecks affect AI adoption, operational per

ConferenceAI / MLDataFintechHR & People
~600 expected
Tue 20 Oct10:00·📍 Zurich

[Zurich] Google Cloud AI Live + Labs

by AICamp admin

Join Google Cloud experts in Zurich to explore, build, and scale agentic AI through expert insights, hands-on labs, demos, and role-based breakout sessions. Learn how to empower your workforce, automate complex tasks, and build a scalable AI agent strategy. Hear from Google Cloud experts, explore practical applications across business and technology, and get hands-on with AI solutions designed to

WorkshopAI / MLRoboticsDevOps / CloudDataLegal Tech
~60 expected
Tue 20 Oct17:30·📍 Zurich · Wenger Vieli AG

ETHRC x Wenger Vieli

by Declan Shine

Your Robot Works. Now a Company Wants to Pilot It. What Should You Agree Before You Say Yes? You’ve built the prototype. It works. Now a company wants to test it in a warehouse, factory, lab, or real-world environment. Great. But what exactly are you agreeing to? Join Thomas Steiner at Wenger Vieli in Zurich, together with the ETH Robotics Club, for a practical session on how robotics teams can st

EventRoboticsDataHardwareStartups / Venture
~60 expected
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Tue 20 Oct18:00·📍 Zurich · MINI Café Bar

Startup Pitch & Networking in Zurich

by Startup Valley

🚀 Join our event in Zurich! We design Pitch and Networking nights to help founders sharpen their thinking through direct, candid feedback and to give strong investors access to serious teams. Our pitch night is complemented by a structured networking session before and after the pitch session. 💡 What to expect: Startups pitch live and receive focused feedback from angels and VC partners Structured

PitchAI / MLDataStartups / VentureProduct / Design
~200 expected
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👩 Diversity-oriented / female-friendlyWed 21 OctFull day·📍 Zurich

Femalei Innovation Forum 2026

Female Innovation Forum 2026: Make Ideas Bigger. Better. Faster. Together. Every meaningful innovation begins with an idea. But ideas only become powerful when we dare to think bigger, make them better, move them forward—and bring the right people together. The Female Innovation Forum 2026 brings together founders, entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, innovators, and leaders who are not simpl

ConferenceDataStartups / Venture
~600 expected
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Wed 21 Oct09:30·📍 Lugano

Arkade Day 2026

by Alexandre Bergeron

Arkade Day brings together executives, capital allocators, developers, product teams and ecosystem partners working across financial products and Bitcoin infrastructure. The day opens with Capital Sessions, featuring new Ark Labs product showcases alongside conversations with treasury teams, trading desks and financial providers about opportunities for income, hedging and financing. The agenda wil

EventSecurityDevOps / CloudBlockchainFintechProduct / DesignStartups / Venture
~200 expected
Wed 21 Oct18:00·📍 Zurich · Stockerstrasse 33, 8002…

Speaker & Partner Apéro | SWAIS 2026

by SwissAISummit

The Speaker & Partner Apéro is a chance to connect before the Summit gets into full swing 🥂 Join us and fellow speakers and partners for an informal evening of drinks, conversation, and networking without the busy programme and packed schedule of the Summit itself. Looking forward to welcoming you and connecting ahead of the Swiss AI Summit 🚀 This apéro is by invitation only for our Speakers & Par

SummitAI / ML
~50 expected
Wed 21 Oct18:00·📍 Zurich · Vulkanstrasse 106, 8048…

AI Apéro

by Hélène Moore

AI Apero: Edition #1 The AI technology revolution Tuesday, October 21, 2026 · 18:00–20:00 CET · Vulkanstrasse 106, Zurich AI Apéro is an event series created by AI practitioners, for AI practitioners. It is a place to connect with peers, exchange experiences, ask questions, and openly discuss the opportunities and challenges of a technology that is reshaping our world. Through real conversations a

SocialAI / MLSecurityDataProduct / Design
~50 expected
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Wed 21 Oct18:00·📍 Zurich · Headsquarter - The Eleg…

UNICORN PITCHES Zurich | AI Revolution: From Vision to Reality

by Andrii Moroz

Calling all Innovation Enthusiasts & Founders! Join us for the highly anticipated Unicorn Pitches Zurich on October 21, 2026, starting at 6:00 PM! Witness the next generation of AI startups battle it out for a chance to gain recognition and funding — and level up your own AI skills before the pitches even begin. Limited Tickets Available! Why Attend? Kickstart your day with two hands-on AI worksho

WorkshopAI / MLStartups / VentureProduct / Design
~200 expected
Thu 22 Oct08:30·📍 Zurich · Dübendorf

From Prototype to Production: What It Takes to Scale Robotics

by Anna Andersson

'Gradient Descending' is a series of roundtables on AI: curated deep dives with technical builders. Past roundtables discussions covered RL Environments, Evals, Fine-Tuning, Agent Frameworks, Open Source Models, and Knowledge Graphs with companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, Scale AI and many more. For our next Zurich session, we’re teaming up with Pluto to bring together a small group of foun

EventAI / MLRoboticsStartups / VentureProduct / Design
~60 expected
🔥 Popular
Thu 22 Oct09:00·📍 Bern · Hotel Schweizerhof Bern…

Swiss IT Summit

A high-profile industry event focusing on digital transformation, enterprise AI implementation, cybersecurity trends, and future mobility solutions, featuring global industry leaders and providing premium networking opportunities for senior management and investment firms looking to connect with the Swiss tech ecosystem.

SummitAI / MLSecurity
~600 expected
Thu 22 Oct09:00·📍 Lugano

The Future Of Capital Markets

by Jesse Knutson

The Future of Capital Markets Bitcoin. Tokenisation. Securities. Lugano, Switzerland | 9:00–19:30 CEST Approved guests will receive confirmation and full event details by email. About the Event The Future of Capital Markets brings together senior leaders from traditional finance, Bitcoin and digital assets to examine the evolution of regulated, Bitcoin-native capital markets. Hosted in Lugano, Swi

EventDevOps / CloudBlockchainStartups / VentureFintech
~30 expected
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Thu 22 Oct18:30·📍 Zurich

🤖 Zurich Robotics Roundtable #5

by Yves Albers

Zurich's quarterly gathering for the people building in robotics and physical AI — capped at 250 people. 250 people in one room: founders, operators, big tech engineers, researchers, and the city's most ambitious students. Built for real conversations and meaningful connections. This is the robotics meetup in Zurich. It runs quarterly, and it's built around one thing: meeting the people actually d

MeetupAI / MLRoboticsDevOps / CloudStartups / VentureProduct / Design
~250 expected
Thu 22 Oct18:45·📍 Lugano · PoW.Space Lugano | Co-w…

Put Your Bitcoin to Work Without Selling + Apero

by PoW.Space Lugano

OPTIMISING LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT For many Bitcoin holders, BTC represents a significant long-term asset position, yet it is rarely put to work. While holders may maintain Bitcoin for long-term exposure, the position itself may otherwise remain unused. A growing range of financial tools can provide additional ways to manage such positions. Your Bitcoin may, depending on the relevant solution, be use

SocialSecurityDataBlockchainStartups / VentureFintechProduct / Design
~50 expected

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