36-hour hackathon across Banking & Finance, GovTech, Healthcare, and Industry tracks, co-organized by Kickstart Innovation, Colosseum (ETH Entrepreneur Club), and the ETH AI Center.
Konferenz in Zurich
Zurich AI Festival 2026
Sep 28 – Oct 3, 2026
A week-long, city-wide AI festival with conferences, workshops, and networking across research, industry, startups, and policy.
Konferenz in Zurich
AI + X Summit 2026
Oct 1, 2026
Flagship one-day summit hosted by the ETH AI Center, ZHAW, and UZH.ai, the anchor event of Zurich AI Festival.
Hackathon in Rotkreuz
Zentral Hack 2026
Oct 23–24, 2026
Central Switzerland's largest hackathon, 24 hours across four tracks including agentic AI, campus security, and regional-impact challenges, at Lucerne School of Computer Science.
Hackathon in Basel
BaselHack 2026
Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2026
The region's largest hackathon, 48 hours of building, running annually since 2017.
Konferenz in ETH Zurich
Swiss AI Safety Days 2026
Nov 7–8, 2026
Two days of talks, workshops, and an org fair on AI safety research, governance, and careers.
Konferenz in Zurich
Swiss AI Summit 2026
Nov 16, 2026
Cross-sector summit on how AI is being deployed, scaled, and governed in Switzerland.
Wiederkehrende Communities
Community in Lucerne
AI Breakfast
Monthly
Early-morning talks and networking on AI topics for Central Switzerland's business and research community, hosted by the Digital & AI Community at the University of Lucerne.
Community in Zürich, Geneva, Lausanne
AI Tinkerers
Chapters in Zürich, Geneva, and Lausanne
Hands-on builder meetups with live demos, technical Q&A, and no-pitch networking. Part of a 252-city global network.
Community in Bern
Applied AI Journal Club Bern
Monthly
Students and AI practitioners reading and discussing scientific papers relevant to applied AI.
Community in Zürich, Geneva
Mindstone AI Meetup
Monthly
Practical AI meetup with technical demos, productivity talks, and networking over pizza and drinks.
Community in Zürich
ZurichAI
Monthly
The largest regularly-scheduled machine learning meetup in Switzerland, with talks on NLP, computer vision, and more.
