One day after the Open Source AI Workshops, the Open Source AI Conference will take place for the second time on 20 May 2026. Taking place at BFH in Bern, the Open Source AI Conference 2026 will bring together expertise from different domains to share insights, perspectives, and practical experiences related to Open Source AI.

Program

Part 1   Moderator: Matthias Stürmer

13:30 – Introduction, Markus Danhel and Matthias Stürmer
13:40 – ETH AI Center / Apertus, Imanol Schlag, Research Scientist at the ETH AI Center and co-lead of the Apertus models developed by the Swiss AI Initiative
14:00 – “Open Source AI at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court,” Daniel Brunner, Head of IT Department, Swiss Federal Supreme Court
14:20 – “AI & Ethics”, Kateryna Portmann, Senior Product Manager ANYbotics and Lecturer of Robotics and Physical AI in HWZ
14:40 – Panel discussion with all speakers
15:10 – Coffee break

Part 2  Moderator: Markus Danhel

15:40 – “Sovereign AI: Building Independent AI Infrastructure with Open Source”, Aarno Aukia, co-founder VSHN
16:00 – “A Practical Guide to Fast and Private LLMs,” Lena Fuhrimann, Cloud Solution

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16:20 – “Scaling Sustainable and Cost-Efficient LLMs with vLLM and llm-d,” Camille Nigon, Solutions Architect, Red Hat
17:00 – Panel Discussion with all speakers
17:30 – Networking apéro