Session 1: Do we have a choice? Securing the digital agency of the state, the economy and citizens in Switzerland.

Coordinator: Max Stern (Digital Detach)

Moderator: Nikki Böhler (Intersections)

Key Participants:

• Alexander Barclay (Bundeskanzlei)
• Tobias Keller (GFS Bern)
• Anna-Lena Köng (Stiftung Risiko-Dialog)

Session 2: Cybersecurity and Resilience: Which actors, tools and regulations does Switzerland need?

Coordinator: Tobias Schlegel (SATW)

Moderator: Tobias Schlegel (SATW)

Key Participants:

• Lukas Hess (Dezentrum)
• Sébastien Rouault (HEVS)
• Melhem Daoud (digitalswitzerland)
• Olga Baranova (CH++)
• Linus Gasser (EPFL)

Named Discussants:

• Daniel Caduff (Amazon Web Services)
• Umberto Annino (Aveniq)

Session 3: Who decides on AI – and on what basis of legitimacy? Democratic governance between citizens, law, public administration and the economy.

Coordinator: Daniel Hardegger (ZHAW)

Moderator: Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux (UNIL)

Key Participants:

• Livia Walpen (BAKOM)
• Sandro Aeschbacher (SNV)
• Roman Zagrosek (Compliance Solutions)
• Francesco Veri (UZH)

Named Discussants:

• Sophie Weerts (IDHEAP)
• Melanie Kolbe-Guyot (Kanton Basel-Stadt)

Session 4: Leaving no one behind: how do we make digitalisation inclusive?

Coordinator: Alex Pitsch (ISOC-CH)

Moderator: Alex Pitsch (ISOC-CH)

Key Participants:

• Firas Shamsan (SwissRA)
• Elias Reichert (TechAngels)
• Alessia Mannella (TechAngels)

⚡ Lightning Talk 1: Road to AI Summit 2027

Speaker: Céliane Pochon (BAKOM)

⚡ Lightning Talk 2: Gaming

Speaker: Clémence Danesi (HES-SO)

Session 5: Digitalisation & Democracy: Friend or foe?

Coordinator: Imad Aad (EPFL C4DT)

Moderator: Katherine Loh (EPFL C4DT)

Key Participants:

• Catherine Pugin (Canton de Vaud)
• Iuliia Spycher (UniBe)
• Laetitia Ramelet (TA-Swiss)

Session 6: Which AI can help us tackle the climate crisis rather than making it worse?</strong>

Coordinator: Florin Hasler (BFH) & Fabio Monnet (Swiss Youth IGF)

Moderator: Anna Aseeva (Digital4Planet)

Key Participants:

• Lukas Federer (economiesuisse)
• Mario Angst (DSI UZH)
• Angela Müller (AlgorithmWatch CH)

Session 7: Public digital infrastructure: From trust to memory – who governs the foundational layers of the digital public space?

Coordinator: Nobutake Kamiya (Bibliosuisse)

Moderator: Verena Kontschieder (Opendata.ch)

Key Participants:

• Emmanuel Benoist (BFH)
• Florin Hasler (BFH)
• Elena Balzardi (Nationalbibliothek)

Named Discussants:

• Barbara Signori (Nationalbibliothek)

Session 8: Platform regulation and child protection: What is Switzerland doing – and what is it not?

Coordinator: Tomasso Giardini (Digital Policy Alert)

Moderator: Tomasso Giardini (Digital Policy Alert)

Key Participants:

• Nadine Aebischer (Kinderschutz)
• Simon Ruesch (swico)
• Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux (UNIL)
• Pascal Fouquet (Piratenpartei Schweiz)

Named Discussants:

• Estelle Pannatier (AlgorithmWatch Schweiz)
• Rahel Estermann (Digitale Gesellschaft)