June 17, 2025, 08:30 - 16:00
AI Strategy Forum
AI Adoption & Value Creation
Pfäffikon, SZ
THE AI Strategy Forum from C-Level
For over two decades, C-Level and its Strategy Forum have developed into "THE" top executive community for strategy & transformation in German-speaking countries.
We are expecting 120+ top executives from all functions and industries as well as high-caliber speakers and panelists, all top executives from international and national industry leaders.
We are looking forward to a day full of inspiration, further education and networking exclusively at eye level with other exciting personalities from the Swiss economy.
Participants
Speaker
Topics Sessions
Program
We are pleased to present the final program of the Strategy Forum
09:10 - 09:30 AI Adoption & Value Creation
Selçuk Boydak, Founder C-Level, Founder AI Business School
09:30 - 10:20 AI Adoption: the People Factor
Pieter F. de Koning, Chief Information Officer, Endress + Hauser
Tobias Flury, Member of the Executive Board, Global Head of Technology, Kardex
Sabine Heller, Managing Director & Head Swiss Domestic Market Zurich, Lombard Odier
Alexander Senn, Head of People & Organization, Siemens Smart Infrastructure
10:20 - 10:40 Keynote
Frank Diana, Managing Partner & Principal Futurist, Tata Consultancy Services
11:10 - 12:00 Driving AI Innovation & Value Creation
Dr. Hanspeter Fässler, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Datwyler IT Infra
Christian Huber, Head of Digital Hub, OC Oerlikon
Sandhya Ganesh, VP Business Services & Digital Solutions, SR Technics
Jan Ellerbrock, Chief Technology Officer Commercial Insurance, Zurich Insurance
12:00 - 12:20 AI Training & Innovation
Thomas Schroff, Member of the Executive Board, Chief Information Officer, Fust (Coop Group)
12:20 - 12:40
AI Agents in Financial Services
Georg Langlotz, GCRG Head of AI Center of Excellence, UBS
1:40 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. AI Beyond the Hype
Christian Winterfeldt, DACH Sales Director - Datacenter, Dell Technologies
14:00 - 14:10 Boosting the AI hub
Raphael von Thiessen, Lead of the AI Sandbox Program, Office for Economic Affairs of the Canton of Zurich
14:10 - 14:50 The CEO Playbook for AI
Dr. Daniel Bossard, Chief Executive Officer, Bossard
Dr. Suk-Woo Ha, Group Chief Executive Officer, Sigvaris
Dr. Stefan Nöken, Member of the Supervisory Board, Vaillant, Vorwerk, Peri
Large-scale People Empowerment on AI
Matthias Feller, Global Head HR Transformation, HR Services and HR Risk
Management, Vontobel
Company-specific AI Use Cases and Innovation
Tobias Flury, Member of the Executive Board, Global Head of Technology, Kardex
AI Value Creation & Measurement
Gerardo Vargas, Global Head of Strategy & Operations, Chief of Staff Innovation Capability Solutions & Services, Takeda
Identifying and overcoming stumbling blocks on the way to successful AI deployment
Mario Russi, Head Physical AI, CSEM
The Emperor's New Clothes: Applied AI in a Reality Check
Dr. Florian Heidecke, Partner & Managing Director, Valantic
Manuel Weiss, AI Specialist & Tech Lead, Valantic
Martin Gruber, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Riterz
Kamak Youssefi, President, The Hashgraph Group
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The forum will be held at an exclusive location on Lake Zurich. You will receive the detailed address in your invitation.
Access is reserved exclusively for members of the Executive Board and Board of Directors of the largest Swiss companies and the neighboring DACH region.
High-ranking executives from the largest Swiss companies share their extensive expertise and practical experience with us on stage to provide valuable insights into current trends, proven methods and future-oriented solutions. Thanks to the cross-industry and cross-functional composition of the speakers, we guarantee that the topics will be examined from different perspectives.
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