QUO VADIS Generation Gen AI: Hands-on intro for leaders of SMEs

Languages: Français (FR), Deutsch (DE), English (EN)*
Date: Wednesday September 17, 2025
Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Venue: Greenfield Room at BFH, Brückenstrasse 68, 3005 Bern
Format: talk (AI new economics), demo (AI how to), discussion (AI why care), apéro.

Program in a nutshell:

1. Talk (30min): The (Super) Intelligence Economy (Dr. Andrei Villarroel, MIT
   Sloan/EPFL/CMU alumni, founder innoverse.ai)
2. Hands-on demo (30min): (S)IE solutions for SMEs (Gregg Baxter, CEO UES.io, Top
   100 startup #RAISEsummit)
3. Discussion (30min): Leadership for the (S)IE (Dr. Jacqueline Kucera, Head of
   Federal Parliament Library, President AD-IDHEAP Alumni)
4. Apéro

Executive Summary
Switzerland will host the Global AI Summit in 2027. AI is already transforming sectors—from winning gold medals in international mathematics competitions, to becoming integral to national strategies. While not all industries feel the impact yet, that’s an opportunity for us to seize. Get ready: early adopters shape the future.

Our proposed agenda
• Keynote (30 min): “The (super) intelligence economy”. By Dr. Andrei Villarroel, MIT
Sloan/EPFL/CMU alumni, founder of innoverse.ai. His talk opened the #Panoramai 2025
Gen AI summit in Lausanne, discussing novel opportunities for value creation with AI.
• Demo (30 min): “How (S)IE solutions can boost productivity for SMEs”. By Gregg Baxter,
CEO UES.io. His Zurich-based AI startup was selected top 100 amongst over 1’000 at the
#RAISEsummit 2025 in Paris. Its motto: “Build Rome in a day”.
• Discussion (30 min): “Why leaders must upgrade their mindsets for the Gen AI Society”
. By Dr. Jacqueline Kucera, Head of Federal Parliament Library, President AD-IDHEAP
Alumni. Her mission is to facilitate anticipatory leadership conversations.
• Apéro: We conclude with informal networking and co-sponsors’ announcements.

Why should your SME attend this event?
• We equip SME leaders with both strategic insight and Swiss-made tools for transformation.
• We demo Swiss open-source AI that empowers entrepreneurs, is multilingual, and runs local.
• We challenge the status quo: when billing by the hour makes no economic sense… and more!

Call to Action
Join us in the Swiss {ai} Weeks movement.
Help us promote local attendance.
Build Switzerland’s new economy.