Winning Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Race.
January 19th, 2026
Mountain Plaza Hotel, Davos
Featured Speakers
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Alexander E. Brunner
President @ Alpine Tech Forum and author of “The Big Swiss AI Secret” book
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Gautier Cloix
CEO @ H Company
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Frederik Gregaard
CEO @ Cardano Foundation
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Michal Rachtan
Co-Founder & CTO @ Unit8
Ex-Palantir -
Dr. Marcin Pietrzyk
Co-Founder & CEO @ Unit8
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Nicole Büttner
Founder & CEO @ Merantix Momentum
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Alec McShane
Senior Representative @ Palantir Technologies
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Evelina Georgieva
Chief Growth Officer @ Modirum
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Raja Chakravorti
CBO @ Stellar Development Foundation
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Amit Jain
Head Business Automation & Information Management @ AXA Switzerland
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Marc Stampfli
Business Director Switzerland @
NVIDIA -
Andreas Carlsson
CEO @ Hyph
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Stan Byers
VP for Business Development & Transformation @ VIA Science
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Patrick Sagmeister
Trade Commissioner @ Austrian Embassy to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
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Helmut Leopold
Chair Gaia-X Hub Austria & Head of Center for Digital Safety & Security @ AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
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Christian Niedermüller
COO @ KuCoin Europe
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Martin Kaswurm
Founder & CEO @ Chaka2
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Kurt Fields
Director, Blockchain Lead @ PwC US
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Emma Burrows
Co-Founder & CTO @ Portia AI
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Alexander Taboriskiy
CEO & Founder @ Mentiora AI
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Dr. Petar Tsankov
CEO & Co-Founder @ LatticeFlow AI
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Eric Anderegg
Co-Founder @, GenAI Zürich & GenAI London
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Denis Samuylov
Co-Founder @ GenAI Zürich & GenAI London
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Jakob Bosshard
Senior Advisor @ VIA Science
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Cäsar Stiefel
VP @ ELCA
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Patrick Hansen
VP EU Strategy @ Circle
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Céline Neuenschwander
Advisor @ Defense Innovation Association
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Daniela Boback
Head Ecosystem @ Bundesblock
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Sebastian Becker
Bundesblock
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Jan-Oliver Sell
CEO @ Qivalis
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Carmen Hett
Treasurer @ UNHCR
Agenda
Featuring some of the most innovative minds in the industry.
| Time | Activity | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 11:30 | GenAI Workshop | The GenAI Is Eating Software Workshop The Business Impact of AI-Enabled Coding |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Check-in Leadership Lunch | - |
| 11:45 - 13:15 | Unit8 Leadership Lunch | From Potential to Performance: Capturing the AI Dividend |
| Session 1 | ||
| 14:15 - 14:45 | Hyph Music Tech Showcase | Co-creating the Soundtrack of Tomorrow Hyph — an interactive music tech company turning the world into music producers, presented by multi‑Grammy–nominated composer Andreas Carlsson. |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | AI Infrastructure | Digital Asset Infrastructure: Rewiring Europe's Financial Sovereignty |
| 15:15 - 15:55 | Stellar Stablecoin Panel | Delivering Aid at the Speed of Need: Making Emergency Payments Work at Scale |
| 15:55 - 16:25 | Coffee Break | AI Music Session by Neutone |
| Session 2 | ||
| 16:25 - 16:45 | Cardano Fireside Session | Europe's Moment: Why Trust Infrastructure Delivers Digital Sovereignty and Growth |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | VIA Blockchain for Industry Panel | Industrial Infrastructure for the Digital Age: Europe’s Blockchain Moment |
| 17:15 - 17:45 | Defense Innovation Association Panel | From Digital Dependence to Digital Power: Europe’s Next Decade |
| 17:45 - 18:35 | Austria Entrepreneur Panel | Trust in Action: Turning Digital Sovereignty into Reality Practical lessons from Austria for systems, regulation, and adoption across Europe. |
| 18:35 - 19:30 | Networking Drinks | - |
Preliminary agenda, subject to change
Supported by
Ecosystem partners
FEATURE
FEATURE
Neutone Showcase & Live Performance
Neutone brings a visionary perspective to the intersection of AI and creativity—one where intelligent systems expand human imagination rather than replace it. Drawing from The Principles for Music Creation with AI, this session features Swiss composer and saxophonist Silvio Buchmeier, who demonstrates Neutone’s groundbreaking Neural Sampling technology. Through a live performance, he reveals how artists can navigate Music AI’s latent space in real time, creating entirely new sonic textures and pushing the boundaries of musical expression.
Silvio Buchmeier
Swiss composer, saxophonist & Creative Producer at Neutone
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