Program
GenAI Zürich 2024
The conference program
Inspiring talks, engaging panel discussions, interactive workshops, and numerous networking booths.
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8:00 – 9:00
Registration and Coffee
9:00 – 9:10
Opening Remarks
9:15 – 9:45
Keynote
Enterprise GenAI: Advantages of Running Your Own Model & Hybrid Approaches
Simone Giacomelli
@PremAI
9:45 – 12:10
Block 1
Auditorium stage
Achieving Business Outcomes with Generative AI
Marco Guerriero, PhD
@AWS
LLMs: Beyond Chat
Eleanor Berger
@Microsoft
Search 2024 – How Google's 25+ Year Leadership in Search Powers State-of-the-art RAG in the Age of GenAI
Daniel Leahy
@Google
Beyond Fiction – The AI Briefcase
Christian Stocker
@LIIP
Building Agents with Intelligent Extraction
Ruggiero Dargenio
@Duenders
How to make an LLMs dance – with structured data. An innovative Case for Switzerland Tourism
Michael Wegmüller
@Artifact
GenAI for All: How SMEs can Harness Generative AI for Success?
Denis Samuylov
@SamuylovAI
How GenAI Can Transform User-Centricity and Content Consumption: New Approaches and Use-Cases
Nick Gushchin
@Gutschwald AI Zentrum
Mastering GPT: Insights from Training 300+ Business Professionals
David Furrer & Eric Anderegg
@LLM Training
Navigating the Open Source LLM Landscape
Joel Akeret
@ti&m
The Current State of GenAI
Afke Schouten
@AI Bridge
Simone Giacomelli
@PremAI
Eleanor Berger
@Microsoft
Daniel Leahy
@Google
Fortran stage
Decoding Visual Data with GenAI
Massimo Nicosia
@DeepMind
Has AI killed the artist?
Gabrielle Kincheloe
@tinyrainboot
Beyond Astronaut on a Horse: Repurposing Text-to-Image Models
Anton Obukhov
@ETH Zürich
Entity Extraction from Unstructured Data
Mostafa Ajallooeian
@Unit8
Transforming Healthcare with GenAI: Paving the Way for the European Health Data Space
Simone Abbiati
@Squirro AG
Business Process Automation: Connecting GenAI with Existing Systems
Tomas Zeleny
@Yololab
Mind/Machine Intelligence – Visions of Multi-agent Human/AI systems
Maciej Peter-Wirski, PhD
@HighemblemX
12:10 – 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00 - 13:30
Keynote
How Meta Builds the Next Generation of Open Models?
Onur Çelebi
@Meta
13:30 – 15:00
Block 2
Auditorium stage
Cracking the Code: Key Learnings in LLMOps for Faster, Confident Development
Nicolas Remerscheid
@Weights & Biases
Deconstructing Text Embedding Models
Kacper Lukawski
@Qdrant
Veezoo - Democratizing Data Analytics with GenAI and Knowledge Graphs
JP Monteiro
@Veezoo
Increase Precision in Your RAG Applications with MongoDB Atlas Vector Search
Philip Eschenbacher
@MongoDB
Generative AI in Banking
Carmina Jaro
@radicant bank
Tax Consulting for Multinationals – the Race to leverage GenAI
Stephen Alleway
@Questro International
Automatic Incident Report Generation Using Generative AI
Oren Dinai
@Citi
Fortran stage
Heuristica
Engin Arslan
flowrabbit.ai
Nina Knauf
Storique
Valentina Halasi
GoGymi
Jan Bühlmann
AI Tutor
Ketrin Radovanovic
M.A.I.S.E.Y.
Nick Gushchin
StreamZero
Balaji Bal
Strategizing AI Integration: Navigating Challenges and Unlocking Advantages
Patrick Fabian
@CSL
Elevating Brand Strategy & Customer Experience with GenAI
Emma Hovhannisyan
@Roche
GenAI Generates More Possibilities for Structural Heart Interventions
Mi Chen
@USZ
15:00 – 15:45
Coffee Break
15:45 – 18:00
Block 3
Auditorium stage
Computable Contracts in Insurance
Guillaume Reille
@Unit8
Making Chatbot Interactions More Natural with Digital Assistants
Harry Meier
@Dell
Hi, my name is Digi - The friendly AI Chatbot Transforming Online Retail Experience at Migros
Oliver Förg and Ingo Hofmann
@Migros
Enhancing Patent Management Efficiency through Fine-Tuned AI Models
Paul Röseler, Daniel Holzner, Naim Zierau
@IBM and ABP PATENT NETWORK GmbH
From Idea to GenAI Solution in Three Months
Katarina Granath
@SIX
Fact or Fiction? Evaluating Your AI App
Florian Görisch
@fore ai
Why GenAI Can't Govern Itself?
Syang Zhou
@Calvin Risk
Open-Source Small Language Models at the Service of Privacy-First AI Solutions
Hugo Flayac
Using AI to augment, not replace, human talent
Camilo Rojas
@ProjectUs
Engineering transparency in the news with GenAI
Robert Caulk
@Emergent Methods
Fortran stage
RAG Development and Deployment with Llama 3 on Prem Platform
Filippo Pedrazzini
@PremAI
The GenAI Gold Rush from a VC Perspective
Haider Alleg
@Allegory Capital
Accelerating GenAI innovation by building a bridge between academia and industry
Hannes Badertscher
@OST
GenAI serving society: How GenAI enhances the Impact of NGOs and benefits companies
Moritz Gomm
@MI4People
18:00 – 18:25
Panel Discussion
The Next Wave of GenAI: What to Expect in Q3/Q4 2024 and Beyond
Michal Rachtan
@Unit8
Katarina Granath
@SIX
Hans Peter Riegel
@DA Z
Ruggiero Dargenio
@Duenders
Denis Samuylov
@SamuylovAI
18:25 – 18:30
Closing Remarks
18:30 – 20:00
Apero & Networking
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