Flagship Event: Zurich Robotics & AI Founders Summit
Connecting the Leading Players of Zurich’s Robotics & AI Ecosystem
As part of the Zurich AI Festival, this event unites key figures from academia, venture capital, and next-gen startups to shape the future of robotics and agentic AI. With a curated, invite-only audience of 200 founders, investors, and corporates, the event will spotlight the latest advancements at the intersection of artificial intelligence and robotics – from healthcare to defense, logistics to industrial automation. 🚀
Highlights:
- Insightful keynotes by industry experts
- University inputs by ETH AI Center & Mara‑Elsa Montoya (Cambridge University’s Bio-Inspired Robotics Lab (BIRL), founder CAIEO)
- Investor roundtable including Jürgen Galler (Partner Ellipsis AI Fund) and moderated by Thomas Dübendorfer (President SICTIC)
- Startup perspectives with startups on stage and at booths, with live demos
Agenda:
- 14:00 – Doors opening, startup booths open
- 14:30 – 15:00 – Welcome by AWS, SICTIC & AI Startup Center
- 15:00 – 15:30 – Keynote by Leandro von Werra (Head of Research, Hugging Face)
- 16:00 – 16:30 – Investor Panel with Robert MacKenzie (Venture Partner, Ellipsis VC) and Philip Kneis (Investment Manager, Redalpine) and Klea Wenger (Investment Director, Swisscom Ventures), moderated by Thomas Dübendorfer (President, SICTIC)
- 17:00 – 17:30 – Panel “From Lab To Market” with Mara‑Elsa Montoya (founder, MNTY Zurich, ASET (CAIEO)), Arsen Abdulali (CEO & Co-Founder, Qoonek LTD) and Daniel Naeff (Head of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, ETH AI Center) and Gregg Mac Neil Baxter (President, ues.io), moderated by Cristina Gadibadi (Senior Partner Sales Manager at AWS)
- 17:30 – 18:00 – Startup Panel with Neil Chennoufi (Co-founder, miros), Maria Stamatopoulou (Co-Founder, Laelaps AI) and Nikita Rudin (Co-founder of Flexion Robotics), moderated by Christian Hoffmann (Director, AI Startup Center)
- 18:00 – 18:30 – Startup Pitches
- All day – Networking & booths
- 19:00 – End of event
This event is is a joint event of the AI Startup Center and the following partners:
For more information about the Zurich AI Festival, please visit www.zurichaifestival.ch.
