UZH.ai at the AI+X Summit 2025
On October 2, Zurich becomes the center of the AI world at the AI+X Summit, co-organized by UZH.ai, the ETH AI Center, and ZHAW. With more than 2,000 participants, 150+ speakers, 50+ sessions, and 55+ exhibitors, the summit brings together researchers, students, and industry leaders to explore how AI is reshaping science, society, and the economy.
UZH colleagues benefit from a 20% discount with the code: VC-499
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UZH.ai led program highlights
The AI+X Summit marks the first time UZH.ai will present itself to the wider AI Ecosystem. The highlight of our presence will obviously be our AI Champions that will present a number of Tracks, Workshops and Keynotes.
Below you will find the program hosted by UZH.ai but make sure to drop by our booth as well!
Content Track 10:25 - 12:55: Autonomous Driving and Discrimination – Exemplary Legal Challenges of AI
Nadine Zurkinden, UZH, Assistant Professor for Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Stephanie Volz, UZH, Managing Director, Center for Information Technology, Society, and Law (ITSL)
Lorenz Stalder, Federal Roads Office, Jurist
Angela Mueller, AlgorithmWatch CH, Executive Director
Markus Christen, Managing Director of the UZH Digital Society Initiative, head the Digital Ethics Lab.
Content Track 14:00 - 16:30: AI + Healthcare & Medicine
Andreas Wicki, UZH/USZ, Senior Physician and Vice Director, Medical Oncology and Hematology
Claudia Witt, UZH/USZ, Professor of Medicine and Director, Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Emanuela Keller, UZH/USZ, Senior Physician, Institute of Intensive Care Medicine
Janna Hastings, UZH, Assistant Professor of Medical Knowledge and Decision Support
Philipp Fuernstahl, Balgrist/UZH, Head of ROCS and Co-Founder OR-X
Workshop 14:00 - 15:00: When AI is your colleague – how to responsibly shape human-AI collaboration in the workplace
Christoph Heitz, ZHAW/DIA, President of the Data Innovation Alliance
Nikki Böhler, Intersections, Co-Founder
Karin Lange, DIA/Mobiliar, Data Ethics Industry Lead
Manuel Kugler, SATW, Co-Chair Swiss AI Standardisation Committee
Stefan Haeberling, bbv Software Services, Head of Business Area AI
Closing Keynote 18:00 - 18:20: From Drone Racing to Space – Pushing the Limits of Vision-Based AI
Davide Scaramuzza, UZH, Professor and Director of the Robotics and Perception Group
With contributions across law, healthcare, ethics, and robotics, UZH researchers highlight the university’s unique strength: combining AI with domain expertise to create responsible, impactful innovation.
About UZH.ai
UZH.ai is the University of Zurich’s hub for artificial intelligence. It enables and supports UZH’s researchers in their groundbreaking work and showcases their achievements to the world. By connecting experts across disciplines — from medicine and law to ethics, linguistics, economics, and beyond — UZH.ai creates the space where people and ideas meet, and real breakthroughs happen. With this unique breadth of expertise, UZH is the place for responsible and cutting-edge AI research.
About the AI+X Summit
The AI+X Summit is Zurich’s flagship event on artificial intelligence, co-organized by the University of Zurich (UZH.ai), the ETH AI Center, and ZHAW. In 2025 it will bring together over 2,000 participants, with 150+ speakers, 50+ sessions, and 55+ exhibitors. The summit connects leading researchers, students, and industry partners to explore how AI transforms medicine, law, economics, ethics, linguistics, the natural and social sciences, and more. With this unique breadth of expertise, Zurich is where AI meets the world — responsibly and across disciplines.
Ruben Kranendonk