Open Source AI Workshops
| Date and time: | Monday, 18 May 2025, 09:00h - 17:00h
Tuesday, 19 May 2025, 09:00h - 17:00h |
| Location: | Berner Fachhochschule, Brückenstrasse 73, 3005 Bern |
General: Keynote, talks, hands-on sessions
Formats: Hackathon, workshops, discussions, inspiration sessions
What are some key thematic areas?
- Contribution to Apertus
- Apertus / Swiss AI / CH-Open collaboration – what it could look like
- Swiss AI Weeks
- Privacy and digital sovereignty
- MCP use cases and basics
- Agentic AI
- AI in everyday life / Convenient Open Source AI – how to explain it to my father
- Hackathon with Open Source AI for apprentices (guided) – talent development
- No AI without data – opendata.ch – potential collaboration
- AI in industry – talk with case study
- AI in public administration
- Green AI (sustainability) – does it exist?
- Legal aspects
- Office automation with AI
- AI browser
- OSS Directory – Open Source AI providers
Join us to uncover the opportunities and challenges of Open Source AI!
Take a look back at last year’s Open Source AI workshops! Our 2025 edition brought together innovators, experts, and enthusiasts for two days of inspiring keynotes, hands-on sessions, and vibrant community exchange.
Explore the highlights, photos, and impressions from the event here — and get a feel for the energy that awaits you again this year.
Participation costs:
Price per workshop - CHF 540
Price per workshop - CHF 420 (member CH Open, IPST-Partner und Partnervereine)
Open Source AI Conference
One day after the Open Source AI Workshops, the Open Source AI Conference will be held for the second time ever. Be sure to attend when we discuss the many insights from the days before and in general about Open Source AI!
The conference will take place at BFH in Bern. Stay tuned for more information.
