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2022 RECAP

The AI+X Summit 2022 was a massive success with over 2000 participants, 2 keynote speakers, 16 workshops, 33 partners, and 36 research projects showcased.

It brought together experts, innovators, and entrepreneurs from various fields to explore the latest trends, breakthroughs, and applications in AI and tech entrepreneurship. 

SPEAKER

  • Prof. Menna El-Assady

  • Yannic Kilcher (Co-Founder & CTO, DeepJudge)

  • Alexander Ilic (Executive Director, ETH AI Center)

  • Melanie Zeilinger (Professor for Intelligent Control Systems, ETH Zürich)

  • Nicole Büttner (CEO, Merantix Momentum)

  • Alexander Diehl (Entrepreneur & Advisor, CyberValley)

  • Eva Wolfangel (Tech Author & Journalist, Moderation)

  • Afke Schouten (HWZ and Founder, AI Bridge)

  • David Haber (Founder, Lakera)

  • Zhijing Jin (MPI & ETH Zürich)

  • Alessandra Stampi-Bombelli (ETH Zürich)

  • Laura Bronner (stophatespeech.ch, ETH Zürich)

  • Prof. Benjamin Grewe (ETH Zürich) & Rolf Pfister (Lab42)

  • Dr. Niklas Fricke (Co-Founder, AI startup Colugo & Artist Group Lunar Ring)

  • Thomas Bornheim (CEO, 42 Heilbronn)

  • Lea Krück (Project Manager, KI Salon at 42 Heilbronn)

  • bleeptrack (Artist in Residence, KI Salon Heilbronn & PhD Candidate in ML and Computational Creativity, University of Ulm)

  • Nicolas Autret (Partner, Walden Catalyst Ventures)

  • Steve Jacobs (Venture Partner & CPO, Lakestar)

  • Kamil Tamiola (CEO & Co-Founder, Peptone)

  • Simon Lancaster (General Partner, Omni Venture Labs)

  • Aldo Lamberti (Founder, Syntheticus)

  • Daniel Paleka (ETH Zürich)

  • Alexander Volk (HPE, tbc)

  • David Dao (ETH Zurich & Co-Founder, GainForest)

  • Christoph Gössmann (ETH Zurich, SDG Monitor)

  • Panagiotis Martakis (Co-Founder, Seismohealth)

  • Thomas Brunschwiler (IBM Research Europe)

  • Dr. Iro Armeni & Dr. Anton Savov (Chair of Innovative and Industrial Construction, ETH Zurich)

  • Dr. Michael Kraus (Co-Coordinator, Immersive Design Lab, ETH Zurich)

  • Dr. Agata Ferretti (Health, Ethics & Policy Lab, ETH Zürich)

  • Dr. Dietmar Schaffarczyk (Regulatory Expert, ETH Digital Trial Intervention Platform, dTIP)

  • David Cleres (Co-Founder & Senior Data Scientist, Resmonics.ai)

  • Prof. Peter Kirchschläger (University of Lucerne)

  • Isabelle Siegrist (Founder & CEO, Sandborn)

  • Tiziano Suran (Lead Data Scientist, Equation Cap)

  • Marco Stutz (VC, Redstone)

  • Jürg Burkhalter (CEO, D ONE Innovations AG)

  • Dr. Philipp Thomann (Managing Consultant, D ONE Solutions AG)

  • Barbara Müry (CEO & Co-Founder, Herlock.ai)

  • Janica Wyss (Associate, Wenger Vieli)

  • Stefan Schönholzer (Junior Lawyer, Wenger Vieli)

  • Claudia Keller (Counsel, Wenger Vieli)

  • Dr. Jürg Meierhofer (ZHAW, Moderation)

  • Philipp Schmid (Head of Research & Business Development Industry 4.0 & Machine Learning, CSEM)

  • Dr. Melanie Geiger (Data Innovation Alliance)

  • Dr. Sascha-Sebastian Langenbach (Center for Security Studies, ETH Zürich)

  • Olivier Dietrich (EcoVisionLab, ETH Zürich)

  • Nando Metzger (ETH Zürich)

  • Jonathan Lehner (Analytics Club, ETH)

  • Alex Erfurt (Machine Learning Specialist, Google Cloud)

PROGRAM

  • Intelligence Augmentation

    Building a global AI-​first company out of Switzerland

    The Future of AI

  • AI Management – the ideation phase of an AI project's lifecycle

    • Afke Schouten, HWZ and Founder AI Bridge

    • David Haber, Founder of Lakera

    NLP for Social Good

    • Zhijing Jin, MPI & ETH Zürich

    • Alessandra Stampi-Bombelli, ETH Zürich

    • Laura Bronner, stophatespeech.ch, ETH Zürich

    Human-Level AI & the ARC Challenge

    • Prof. Benjamin Grewe, ETH Zürich & Rolf Pfister, Lab42

    Art and Artificial Intelligence

    • Dr. Niklas Fricke, Co-Founder of the AI startup Colugo (www.colugo.ai) and the artist group Lunar Ring (lunar-ring.ai)

    • Thomas Bornheim, CEO of 42 Heilbronn

    • Lea Krück, project manager for KI Salon at 42 Heilbronn

    • bleeptrack, artist in residence at KI Salon Heilbronn & PhD candidate in ML and Computational Creativity at University of Ulm

    Demystifying Venture Capital for AI & DeepTech

    • Nicolas Autret, Partner at Walden Catalyst Ventures

    • Steve Jacobs, Venture Partner and CPO at Lakestar

    • Kamil Tamiola, CEO and Co-Founder of Peptone

    • Simon Lancaster, General Partner at Omni Venture Labs

    Data and Privacy

    • Aldo Lamberti, Founder at Syntheticus

    • Daniel Paleka, ETH Zürich

    • Alexander Volk, HPE (tbc)

    AI for Sustainability

    • David Dao, ETH Zurich and Co-Founder GainForest

    • Christoph Gössmann, ETH Zurich (SDG monitor)

    • Panagiotis Martakis, Co-Founder at Seismohealth

    • Thomas Brunschwiler, IBM Research Europe

    AI in Architecture, Engineering and Construction


    • Dr. Iro Armeni and Dr. Anton Savov, Chair of Innovative and Industrial Construction at ETH Zurich and 

    • Dr. Michael Kraus, Co-Coordinator of the Immersive Design Lab at ETH Zurich

    Healthcare, AI & Entrepreneurship

    • Dr. Agata Ferretti, Health, Ethics & Policy Lab at ETHZ

    • Dr. Dietmar Schaffarczyk, Regulatory Expert at ETH's Digital Trial Intervention Platform (dTIP)

    • David Cleres, Co-Founder and Senior Data Scientist at Resmonics.ai

    AI & Ethics with Prof. Peter Kirchschläger

    • Prof. Peter Kirchschläger, University of Lucerne

    AI for Venture Capital

    • Isabelle Siegrist, Founder and CEO at Sand-born

    • Tiziano Suran, Lead Data Scientist at Equation Cap

    • Marco Stutz, VC at Redstone

    Augmenting legal tech: translating NLP techniques into real-world features

    • Jürg Burkhalter, CEO D ONE Innovations AG

    • Dr. Philipp Thomann, Managing Consultant D ONE Solutions AG

    • Barbara Müry, CEO and Co-Founder Herlock.ai

    Entrepreneurship in AI

    • Janica Wyss, Associate at Wenger Vieli

    • Stefan Schönholzer, Junior Lawyer at Wenger Vieli

    • Claudia Keller, Counsel at Wenger Vieli

    Data Driven Innovation

    • Dr. Jürg Meierhofer, ZHAW, Moderation

    • Philpp Schmid, Head Research and Business Development Industry 4.0 & Machine Learning at CSEM

    • Dr. Melanie Geiger, data innovation alliance

    AI for Humanitarian Assistance and Peacekeeping

    • Dr. Sascha-Sebastian Langenbach, Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich  

    • Olivier Dietrich, EcoVisionLab at ETH Zürich  

    • Nando Metzger, ETH Zürich

    NLP for Beginners

    • Jonathan Lehner, Analytics Club at ETH

    • Alex Erfurt, Machine Learning Specialist at Google Cloud

OUR PARTNERS

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