Track 7 Digital Sovereignty

Overview

Efforts in the pursuit of digital sovereignty have intensified in recent years. Ever since the launch of the ‘swiss hosting’ label seven years ago, swiss made software has made digital sovereignty its mission. Since then, awareness of the issue has grown, but so has the Swiss tech ecosystem - rooted in around solid platforms and tangible solutions dedicated to digital sovereignty. This track will discuss this development and show how far we have come.

Track Chair

Xelon

Track Committee

DeepCloud, e3

Chaired by: Roman Schweizer - CEO, Xelon

Moderation: Claudio Dionisio - Verwaltungsragt, Inside-IT / Winsider AG

Session 1 — Digital Sovereignty: Principles and Strategies

11:30 to 13:00

Talks by:

Swissness — Marketing Label or Real Sovereignty Advantage? Jürg Stricker - CCO, DeepCloud AG

Sovereign Infrastructure for Swiss Software Companies: Roman Schweizer - CEO, Xelon AG

Hybrid information protection in the age of digital sovereignty: Michael Rieder - Head IT Cloud Consulting, e3

Sovereign by Default: a Blueprint for AI that Outlasts the Cloud: Federico Marmori - CEO Novaloop AG, Genossenschaft Coalist

Session 2 — Digital Sovereignty: Tactics and Use Cases

14:30 to 16:00

Talks by:

Security does not make us sovereign – the structural quality gap in the Swiss IT market – an analysis based on ISO 25010 & Holistic Quality Management: Roman Kirchmeier - Geschäftsführer / COO, selementrix GmbH

Open Source as the Solution for Digital Sovereignty: Cure or Headache? Stefan Vetter - Founder & CEO, Friendly GmbH

Health Info Net Advances Sovereign Digital Healthcare: Mohammad Alavi - CTO, Health Info Net AG

Would it not be crazy If we could? Automating the highly sensitive asylum process on a 100% Swiss AI stack: Patrick Toenz - CEO, t2b AG