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Rooms where founders, investors and executives meet: startup nights, pitch events, venture summits and leadership forums. 81 upcoming across 9 cities, 79 in September 2026.
Together with Swiss AI Summit, we are running the AI & Quantum Course, a four-week executive program starting 4 September 2026 in Zurich. One module per week, every Friday, in English, to equip leaders with the practical knowledge and frameworks needed to design, implement, and scale AI and quantum-driven solutions.
Basel will be the gathering point for the global quantum ecosystem for a day of unfiltered, high-level exchange on where quantum technologies are going, and more importantly, who is going to get it there. Expect leading voices from across the quantum industry - from the laboratory and the boardroom, from our portfolio and the policy chamber - on the stages, in the panels, and in the conversations
Basel will be the gathering point for the global quantum ecosystem for a day of high-level exchange on where quantum technologies are going, and who is going to get it there. Expect leading voices from across the quantum industry on stages, panels, and conversations.
At the ETH AI Center, much of our work is about helping researchers and students turn AI ideas into companies. Some of the most important decisions on that path come early: how you split shares with co-founders, or how you keep control of your startup as you grow. That's why we're hosting this session with our partner Wenger Vieli, one of Switzerland's leading startup law firms. Claudia Keller and
Discover how AI is reshaping the beauty industry, from product innovation to investment strategies. Join founders, investors and industry leaders from GFL Cosmetics, MAC Cosmetics, Bolton Group and more for a deep dive into the trends, technologies and opportunities driving the future of beauty and cosmetics.
LADIES DRIVE BARGESPRÄCHE VOL.81 Hiermit meldest Du Dich zum Bargespräche Vol.81 an. Der Event findet im blue Cinema Abaton Hardbrücke Zürich statt. Check-In & Networking startet ab 17:30 Uhr - der Talk beginnt um 19.00 Uhr. Parkplätze findet Ihr unter der Hardbrücke sowie im Parkhaus Pfingstweid oder Schiffbau. WICHTIG - BITTE BEACHTEN - DAS IST NEU Nur als Mitglied in unserem Bargespräche Club,
**WITS Tech & Connect: Who Gets Hired? AI, Bias & the Future of Recruitment** 17 September 2026 · 17:30–21:00 · Innovaud, Lausanne Artificial intelligence now sits at the heart of hiring, screening CVs, sourcing candidates, ranking applicants and scheduling interviews at a scale no human team could match. But one question remains unanswered: is AI reducing human bias, or applying trained bias at
Effective Altruism Bern Social & Discussion 📍 Where: Rose Garden ⏰ When: 18:00 – 20:00 Say you're hiking in the Alps, and spot dark, scary clouds in the distance, slowly approaching you. What do you do? Presumably, you'd turn back and get away from it as fast as you can. Yet, when it comes to advanced AI, most of us seem to react very different, if at all. The chance that AI is the big dark cloud
GenAI Engineers is a new hands-on format, an evening for practitioners who build with generative AI, not only talk about it. Every edition follows the same shape: one sharp keynote, a real Q&A, then a working block where you actually build something. This first edition is hosted at DARE Campus, one of Zurich's leading hubs for deep tech, AI, robotics and applied research. Doors open at 18:00 with tea and coffee, the keynote and Q&A run from 18:30, the hands-on session starts at 19:00, and open networking with snacks and drinks follows at 20:00 before a 21:00 close. The hands-on session has no workshop script and no fixed track: open your laptop and work on something real, whether that is a prototype you have not had a quiet evening for, an agent that keeps misbehaving, an eval you cannot get to pass, or a paper you want to reimplement. Nobody has to present anything. It is aimed at engineers, ML and data practitioners, technical founders and researchers who build and ship generative AI in production. Places are limited and every registration is reviewed.
Hosted by Nebius, Balderton Capital, NVIDIA September 17, 2026 · Zurich Robotics is moving out of the lab and into the real world. Join Nebius, Balderton and NVIDIA in Zurich for Momentum, an evening bringing together the founders, researchers, engineers, investors, and industry leaders building the next generation of robotics and embodied AI. Zurich sits at the heart of one of Europe’s most excit
Coding agents have moved fast, and most of us are figuring them out as we go. Some things work well, some quietly create problems that only show up weeks later. A few short talks, then open discussion. The focus is practical: How to ship agentic code efficiently, what the pipelines around it look like, which tools hold up in practice, and what we can learn from each other. Who it is for: founders,
Nucleate Switzerland × BabyVC: Biotech Founders & Investors Networking Night Building a biotech startup takes more than great science—it takes the right people. Join Nucleate Switzerland and BabyVC for an evening of conversations connecting founders, investors, and members of the Swiss biotech ecosystem. Whether you're translating research into a startup, investing in life sciences, or curious abo
The annual Kickstart Executive Dinner Zürich is an exclusive event that takes place during the Forward Days of Kickstart Innovation and partners. Hosted at Kraftwerk Zürich, the evening connects the CEOs & executives of Switzerland's leading institutions such as City of Zurich, Mondelez, Swisscom, PostFinance, Greater Zurich Area, ETH Zürich, Sanitas, CSEM and more with the executives of our loca
Where AI's Greatest Promise Lies, and What AI's Greatest Lies Promise. The Inaugural Address 2026 will welcome Christopher Fabian, Co-Founder of Giga and Digital Inclusion Lead at UNICEF. His lecture will explore how, while technology companies talk about universal benefit and build systems and infrastructure that consolidate power, resources, and technology, there are still 2 billion people who
Die Swiss Usability Night ist ein Community-Event rund um die Gebrauchstauglichkeit digitaler Lösungen. Der inhaltliche Kern des Abends wird live als Webinar übertragen: Du erlebst, wie eine echte Website heute mit KI-gestützten Agenten geprüft wird, und hörst einen Gastbeitrag aus der Industrie. Der Abend selbst findet in Zürich statt und dauert länger, im Webinar bekommst du die Stunde, in der e
The monthly morning run for Zurich-based builders, founders, and operators. Hosted by Daniel, ironman and founder of athletedata, the Builders Run series is about combining a solid workout with meaningful conversations: keeping the pace sporty, but relaxed enough to actually talk, connect, and exchange ideas. The route: We start quick warm-up to start (last chance for latecomers), then out towards
AI agents are already working inside your company. Who gave them the keys? Are you a business leader, founder, or AI/IT lead whose teams are experimenting with AI agents and copilots and want to know who is actually accountable when software starts acting in your company's name? AI agents are the fastest-growing "workforce" in every organization. Almost none of them went through anything like HR:
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