Conference Schedule

Friday 27 November 2026 · Technopark Zürich

The day, in order

  1. 08:30 – 09:00
    Registration
  2. 09:00 – 09:15
    Conference Opening & Welcome
  3. 09:15 – 10:00
    keynote Don't Kill a Fly With a Bazooka. Building AI That Actually Ships. Stage 1

    Dr. Eva-Maria Hempe Executive Director Public Sector EMEA, NVIDIA

  4. 10:00 – 10:15
    break Room change
  5. 10:15 – 10:45

    From Gemini to AI for Financial Services: Building for the consumer vs. the enterprise at the time the world changed.

    Dana Ritter CPO, Unique AI

    The Room Becomes a Fund - Would You Have Backed It?

    Célina Nim Founder & Managing Director, Khare Automations

  6. 10:45 – 11:15
    break Coffee Break
  7. 11:15 – 11:45

    Radical Agility — Redesigning the Product Operating Model for an AI-Native World.

    Dr. Robert MacKenzie Head of Product Management, TWINT

    The Unglamorous Reality of AI at Scale. Lessons from the Zalando Assistant.

    Ania Szostek Head of Product, Zalando

  8. 11:45 – 12:00
    break Room change
  9. 12:00 – 12:30

    The 7 Deadly Sins of AI Product Design

    Pauline Kabitsis Senior Behavioral Scientist, Irrational Labs

    AI is not another Digital Transformation.

    Niclas Delfs Market Lead Switzerland / Founder & Entrepreneur, Vector8

  10. 12:30 – 14:15
    break Lunch
  11. 13:00 – 13:45
    lightning Product Lightning Talks
  12. 14:15 – 14:45

    Call for Speakers — voting soon

    Call for Speakers — voting soon

  13. 14:45 – 15:15
    break Coffee Break
  14. 15:15 – 16:00
    panel Panel Discussion

    Nick Lenten & Lax Poojary · moderated by Dominic Manwani

  15. 16:00 – 16:45
    keynote From Chasing Alpha to Chasing Startup Mistakes Stage 1

    Beatrice Bushati COO & Co-founder, Pirr AI

  16. 16:45 – 17:00
    Wrap-up & Farewell