Zurich AI Festival — interactive program map, 28 September to 3 October 2026

Sep 28 – Oct 3, 26

  1. 1. Zurich AI Festival Workspace — Mon 28 Sep – Fri 2 Oct · 08:00 – 17:00 — FlexOffice Dino, Elias-Canetti-Strasse 2, 8050 Zürich — by FlexOffice. Register
  2. 2. W Executive Breakfast series — Mon 28 Sep · 08:30 – 10:30 — Signature Bahnhofplatz Zurich, Bahnhofquai 11, 8001 Zürich — by Regus. Register
  3. 3. AI Meets Reality: From Algorithms to Autonomous Systems — Mon 28 Sep · 13:00 – 18:00 — Vitus-Areal Winterthur, Klosterstrasse 22, 8406 Winterthur — by LINA. Register
  4. 4. Switzerland as Europe's Playground for AI Innovation — Mon 28 Sep · 15:00 – 18:30 — Technopark Zürich, Technoparkstrasse 1, 8005 Zürich — by AI Startup Center. Register
  5. 5. Arbeitsmarkt im Wandel: Mensch, KI und Zukunftskompetenzen — Mon 28 Sep · 16:00 – 19:00 — Impact Hub Zürich, Viaduktstrasse 93, 8005 Zürich — by Impact Hub Zürich. Register
  6. 6. Talent Kick Graduate Startups Showcase 2026 — Mon 28 Sep · 16:00 – 22:00 — Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich – Event Hangar, Wangenstrasse 72/1, 8600 Dübendorf — by Talent Kick. Register
  7. 7. Technology is scalable. Responsibility is not. — Mon 28 Sep · 16:30 – 19:30 — Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), Campus Zug-Rotkreuz, Suurstoffi 1, 6343 Risch-Rotkreuz — by HSLU Informatik. Register
  8. 8. AI Governance in Action: Turning Principles into Practice — Mon 28 Sep · 17:30 – 19:00 — ETH AI Center, OAT (Oerlikon Andreas Tower), OAT X11, Andreasstrasse 5, 8092 Zürich — by Global Council for Responsible and Ethical AI. Register
  9. 9. Smart Surgery: AI in the Operating Room — Mon 28 Sep · 17:30 – 20:00 — OR-X Balgrist University Hospital, Forchstrasse 340, 8008 Zürich — by OR-X. Register
  10. 10. Building Robots in Europe – Regulation, Risk & Market Access — Mon 28 Sep · 17:30 – 21:00 — DARE Campus, Zürcherstrasse 39D, 8952 Schlieren — by LEXR. Register
  11. 11. Immersive Classrooms: Learning in the Future of Education — Mon 28 Sep · 17:30 – 20:00 — IMMERSE Theatre, Lagerstrasse 2, 8090 Zürich — by IMMERSE. Register
  12. 12. Building AI That Works: A Hands-On Simulation of Success and Failure — Mon 28 Sep · 17:30 – 19:30 — ETH AI Center, OAT (Oerlikon Andreas Tower), OAT X11, Andreasstrasse 5, 8092 Zürich — by Women in Data Science Worldwide. Register
  13. 13. AI Policy Summit (Day 1) — Tue 29 Sep · 08:30 – 18:00 — ETH Zurich Main Building (Zentrum), HG Audimax F30, Rämistrasse 101, 8006 Zürich — by Center for Law & Economics & RegHorizon. Register
  14. 14. Breakfast at Pinterest — Tue 29 Sep · 09:00 – 10:30 — Pinterest Headquarters, Talacker 41, 8001 Zürich — by Pinterest. Invitation only.
  15. 15. Open Challenges in Foundation Models — Tue 29 Sep · 09:30 – 11:30 — ETH AI Center, OAT (Oerlikon Andreas Tower), OAT X11, Andreasstrasse 5, 8092 Zürich — by Meta. Register
  16. 16. UZH.ai Best GenAI Research Workflows — Tue 29 Sep · 16:00 – 20:00 — University of Zurich (UZH) Irchel Lichthof, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich — by UZH.ai. Register
  17. 17. Sustainability Robotics in Action — Tue 29 Sep · 17:00 – 19:00 — SIG Areal am Rheinfall, Badstrasse 21, 8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall — by Competence Centre of Sustainability Robotics. Register
  18. 18. GDG Cloud Zürich: Build with AI — Tue 29 Sep · 16:30 – 21:00 — Google Zürich, Europaallee, Europaallee 36, 8004 Zürich — by GDG Cloud Zürich. Register
  19. 19. ETH Hangar: Behind the Scenes of Innovation – English Tour — Tue 29 Sep · 17:00 – 18:00 — Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich – Event Hangar, Wangenstrasse 72/1, 8600 Dübendorf — by ETH Hangar. Register
  20. 20. Mind the Gap: Operationalising the Governance in Agentic AI — Tue 29 Sep · 17:00 – 19:00 — ETH AI Center, OAT (Oerlikon Andreas Tower), OAT X11, Andreasstrasse 5, 8092 Zürich — by Responsible AI Innovation Group (ZHAW). Register
  21. 21. GDG Cloud Zürich: Tech talks — Tue 29 Sep · 18:30 – 21:00 — Google Zürich, Europaallee, Europaallee 36, 8004 Zürich — by GDG Cloud Zürich. Register
  22. 22. AI + Meditation: Human consciousness and the science of human-AI interaction — Wed 30 Sep · 08:30 – 17:30 — ETH Zurich Alumni Pavillon, Leonhardstrasse 34, 8001 Zürich — by the festival. Register
  23. 23. AI Policy Summit (Day 2) — Wed 30 Sep · 08:30 – 12:30 — ETH Zurich Main Building (Zentrum), HG Audimax F30, Rämistrasse 101, 8006 Zürich — by Center for Law & Economics & RegHorizon. Register
  24. 24. Open LLM Builders Summit — Wed 30 Sep · 08:30 – 17:00 — ETH AI Center, OAT (Oerlikon Andreas Tower), OAT X11, Andreasstrasse 5, 8092 Zürich — by ETH AI Center & EPFL. Register
  25. 25. AI Environment Summit — Wed 30 Sep · 08:30 – 18:30 — Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich – Event Hangar, Wangenstrasse 72/1, 8600 Dübendorf — by ETH AI Center. Register
  26. 26. International AI Sandbox Forum — Wed 30 Sep · 09:00 – 17:30 — Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences (FFHS), Gleisarena, Zollstrasse 17, 8005 Zürich — by Fernfachhochschule Schweiz. Register
  27. 27. Masterclass: Building Your Enterprise Language AI Pilot Framework — Wed 30 Sep · 14:00 – 17:30 — Au Premier, Bahnhofplatz 15, 8001 Zürich — by DeepL. Register
  28. 28. The Clinical AI Partnership — Wed 30 Sep · 14:45 – 18:30 — kaiko, Hardturmstrasse 11, 8005 Zürich — by kaiko. Register
  29. 29. #GrueziGoogle: AI Innovation TechTalks — Wed 30 Sep · 16:00 – 20:00 — Google Zürich, Hürlimann Campus, Brandschenkestrasse 100, 8002 Zürich — by Google. Register
  30. 30. DARE Campus Robot Showcase & Community Night — Wed 30 Sep · 17:30 – 20:30 — DARE Campus, Zürcherstrasse 39D, 8952 Schlieren — by FlexOffice. Register
  31. 49. Geneva Loading… Bringing a Silicon Valley Perspective to the AI Summit 2027 — Wed 30 Sep · 18:00 – 20:30 — Signature Bahnhofplatz Zurich, Bahnhofquai 11, 8001 Zürich — by swissnex. Register
  32. 31. Speakers Dinner — Wed 30 Sep · 18:30 – 22:00 — Chicago 1928, Ricarda-Huch-Strasse, 8050 Zürich — by ETH AI Center, GZA, Kanton & Stadt Zürich, Zürich Tourismus. Invitation only.
  33. 32. Women in AI Breakfast — Thu 1 Oct · 08:30 – 10:00 — ETH AI Center, OAT (Oerlikon Andreas Tower), OAT X11, Andreasstrasse 5, 8092 Zürich — by ETH AI Center & Merantix Capital. Register
  34. 33. AI + X Summit — Thu 1 Oct · 09:00 – 17:30 — StageOne, Elias-Canetti-Strasse 146, 8050 Zürich — by ETH AI Center. Register
  35. 34. VC in Town — Thu 1 Oct · 17:30 – 19:00 — ETH AI Center, OAT (Oerlikon Andreas Tower), OAT X11, Andreasstrasse 5, 8092 Zürich — by Deep Tech Nation Switzerland. Invitation only.
  36. 35. Public Night @ AI+X Summit — Thu 1 Oct · 17:30 – 21:30 — StageOne, Elias-Canetti-Strasse 146, 8050 Zürich — by ETH AI Center & Kanton Zürich. Register
  37. 36. KI in öffentlichen Institutionen — Thu 1 Oct · 18:00 – 19:30 — Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Zähringerplatz 6, 8001 Zürich — by Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Register
  38. 37. Swissness at Scale – Executive Dinner — Thu 1 Oct · 18:30 – 21:30 — Mandarin Oriental Savoy, Poststrasse 12, 8001 Zürich — by DeepL. Register
  39. 38. Confidential AI for Banking — Fri 2 Oct · 08:30 – 11:00 — Signature Bahnhofplatz Zurich, Bahnhofquai 11, 8001 Zürich — by LEXR. Register
  40. 39. Investors & Innovators Breakfast: Meet Zurich's AI Startups — Fri 2 Oct · 09:00 – 12:00 — ETH AI Center, OAT (Oerlikon Andreas Tower), OAT X11, Andreasstrasse 5, 8092 Zürich — by ETH AI Center. Register
  41. 40. AI in Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity in AI — Fri 2 Oct · 11:45 – 13:45 — Signature Bahnhofplatz Zurich, Bahnhofquai 11, 8001 Zürich — by Handelskammer. Register
  42. 41. CAIF Cultural Hub – Zu Gast beim Künstlerduo AATB — Fri 2 Oct · 13:00 – 14:30 — AATB Studio, Flüelastrasse 30, 8048 Zürich — by Creative AI Foundation. Register
  43. 42. CAIF Cultural Hub – AATB Studio Event (Robotics Art), English — Fri 2 Oct · 15:00 – 16:30 — AATB Studio, Flüelastrasse 30, 8048 Zürich — by Creative AI Foundation. Register
  44. 43. ETH Hangar: Behind the Scenes of Innovation – German Tour — Fri 2 Oct · 16:00 – 17:00 — Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich – Event Hangar, Wangenstrasse 72/1, 8600 Dübendorf — by ETH Hangar. Register
  45. 44. CAIF Cultural Hub – in Conversation with Nina Rühmeier and Dr. Jennifer Victoria Scurrell — Fri 2 Oct · 17:30 – 20:00 — Schauspielhaus Zurich, Rämistrasse 34, 8001 Zürich — by Creative AI Foundation. Register
  46. 45. What survived the portfolio review: AI in Life Sciences that held up — Fri 2 Oct · 17:30 – 19:30 — Visium SA, Löwenstrasse 49, 8001 Zürich — by Visium. Register
  47. 46. Communicating Science in the Era of AI — Sat 3 Oct · 09:30 – 17:00 — ETH AI Center, OAT (Oerlikon Andreas Tower), OAT X11, Andreasstrasse 5, 8092 Zürich — by Marie Curie Alumni Association & ETH AI Center. Register
  48. 47. CAIF Cultural Hub – ETH NomadZ Humanoid Robot Soccer — Sat 3 Oct · 11:00 – 16:50 — ETH AI Center, OAT (Oerlikon Andreas Tower), OAT X11, Andreasstrasse 5, 8092 Zürich — by Creative AI Foundation. Register
  49. 48. CAIF Cultural Hub – Im Gespräch mit Tobias Gutmann und Manuel Flurin Hendry — Sat 3 Oct · 13:30 – 16:00 — Kulturhaus Helferei, Kirchgasse 13, 8001 Zürich — by Creative AI Foundation. Register