AGENDA
All times CET (Central European Time)
Friday | October 3, 2025
In-Person | ETH Zurich Main Campus Building, Zurich, Switzerland
Worldwide Live Broadcast
| 8h30 – 9h00 | Coffee and Registration |
| 9h00 – 9h15 | Summit Opening Ayisha Piotti & Elliott Ash (RegHorizon & ETH Zurich) |
| 9h15 – 9h25 | Welcome Remarks Fabian Streiff (Office of Economy, Canton of Zurich) |
| 9h25 – 9h35 | Welcome from UN ITU Frederic Werner (United Nations' ITU & AI for Good) |
| 9h35 – 9h55 | Keynote Speech - AI Governance at Global Crossroads Dex Hunter-Torricke (Silicon Valley Strategist) |
| 9h55 – 10h40 | Panel - Policy in a Decentralised World: Building Digital Resilience Moderator: Alexander E. Brunner (Alpine Tech Forum) Panelists: Alessandro Curioni (IBM Research Europe) Courtney Bowman (Palantir Technologies) Armando Geller (Scensei) Cornelia Schaurecker (appliedAI Initiative) Enzo Maria Le Fevre Cervini (European Commission and University of Buenos Aires) |
| 10h40 – 11h00 | Coffee Break |
| 11h00 – 11h45 |
Fireside Chats Digital Transformation: Handling Risks Contribution of Private Sector in AI Transformation |
| 11h45 – 12h15 | Trustworthy AI by Design - Use Case From Pharma & Biotech Michael Schorpp (Boehringer Ingelheim) Dominick Romano (drainpipe.io) |
| 12h15 – 13h10 | Panel - Managing Digital Transition - Policy & Capacity Building (Approaches & Use Cases) Moderator: Prateek Sibal (UNESCO) ADG Tawfik Jelassi (UNESCO) (online) Panelists: Fadila Leturcq (Prime Minister’s Office, France) Albina Ovcearenco (Council of Europe) Michal Kuszewski (City of Warsaw, Poland) Alexander Barclay (Republic and State of Geneva) Vera Imende Obonyo (eLearning and IT Institute (eLITI), Kenya) |
| 13h10 – 14h00 | Lunch Break |
| 14h00 – 14h50 | Swiss Highlights Session Host: Elliott Ash (ETH Zurich) AI For Mental Health : Tech Challenges & Role of Human Connection |
| 14h50 – 15h20 | Session on Sovereign AI: From Theory to Action Prof. David Shrier (Imperial College UK) & Prof. Aldo Faisal (Imperial College UK) |
| 15h20 – 15h40 | Coffee Break |
| 15h40 – 17h40 | DIALOGUE ON GLOBAL VISION FOR AI POLICY |
| 15h40 – 17h00 |
SESSION 1: Local / Regional Perspectives Kilian Gross (European Commission) Dean Ball (Fmr. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP & Foundation for American Innovation) (online) Moderated Q&A Session with the audience |
| 17h00 – 17h40 | SESSION 2: Global AI Policy Coordination Panel - Global AI Policy Coordination Moderator: Avinash Dadhich (School of Law, Dhirubhai Ambani University, India) Panelists: Alexandre Mirlesse (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France) Alexandra Baumann (Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs) Frederic Werner (United Nations' ITU & AI for Good) Hu Ling (Peking University Law) Kalika Bali (Microsoft, India) Lucia Valasco (UN office for Digital & Emerging Tech)(online) (TBC) Jovan Kurbalija (DIPLO Foundation) (TBC) |
| 17h40 – 18h35 |
Session- AI Agents Keynote Panel - Regulation by Design: Engineer Accountable AI Agents |
| 18h35 | Closing Remarks and Introduction for Day 2 |
| 19h00 | Speakers and Partner Dinner (Through invitation only and mandatory pre confirmation required) |
All times CET (Central European Time)
Saturday | October 4, 2025 | In-Person only
This half-day will feature simultaneous discussion sessions on different topics
The Chatham House Rule shall apply to all discussions on Day 2.
| 8h30 – 9h00 | Coffee and Registration |
| 9h00 – 9h10 | Welcome & Introduction Ayisha Piotti (RegHorizon & ETH Zurich) |
| 9h10 – 10h30 | Plenary Session: What Should AI Value? Led By: Prof Elliott Ash (ETH Zurich) |
| 10h30 – 11h00 | Networking Break |
| 11h00 – 12h30 | Simultaneous round tables / workshops |
| 12h30 - 14h00 | Wrap up and Lunch (Preregistration and mandatory confirmation required) |
Description: Plenary Session: What should AI Value?
Led By: Prof Elliott Ash (ETH Zurich)
AI is contributing to a growing number of decisions in our economy and in governance. Many such decisions are based on value judgments. But where do those values come from? Where should they come from? This session explores some of the different perspectives and challenges around these questions, with substantial audience input.
Description: Simultaneous Sessions
Note: The below discussions are all closed-door sessions.
Session I - Sovereign AI for the Public Sector: From Frameworks to Action
Led by: Prof. David Shrier & Prof. Aldo Faisal (Imperial College UK)
How can governments and public institutions harness AI responsibly and effectively? In this interactive session, Professors David Shrier and Aldo Faisal will introduce a practical framework for applying AI in the public sector, followed by concrete examples from key domains such as defence, health, and transport.
Participants will then engage in a workshop-style exercise to explore sector-specific opportunities and challenges, and to consider how general policy recommendations can be tailored to diverse public sector contexts.
Session II - Input for Swiss Digital Strategy
Led by: Maya Dougoud (University of Applied Sciences, Freiburg)
The roundtable will explore Strategy & Actions to promote equity in terms of access, utilization, and creation of digital services in Switzerland. The takeaways will be used as an input into a project run by the Swiss Federal Chancellery and presented to the Swiss Federal Council in 2026.
Session III - Prototyping Priorities for EU Digital Simplification
Led by: Laura Galindo-Romero (META)
Session info pending