Bern's largest hackathon, 48 hours of building at Berner Fachhochschule.
Hackathon in Zurich
Zurich Hackathon 2026
Sep 24–25, 2026
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.
Conference in Zurich
Zurich AI Festival 2026
Sep 29 – Oct 3, 2026
A week-long, city-wide AI festival with conferences, workshops, and networking across research, industry, startups, and policy.
Conference 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 Basel
BaselHack 2026
Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2026
10th-anniversary edition of the region's largest hackathon, 48 hours of building.
Conference 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.
Conference in Zurich
Swiss AI Summit 2026
Nov 16, 2026
Cross-sector summit on how AI is being deployed, scaled, and governed in Switzerland.
Recurring communities
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.
