Practice Insights

Workshops

Panel Discussions

Round Table Exchange

Solution Room

App-Powered Networking

Global Community

Swiss Leaders Dialog Industry 4.0 connects pioneering CxOs in the fields of corporate strategy, digitalization, technology, R&D, IT and production, as well as scientists and solution providers to discuss ideas and projects on the road to industrial IoT and new digital business models

Leading Industry 4.0 summit in Switzerland. Key players discuss digitization and business models. Smart factories, connected products and intelligent supply chains revolutionize the economies. From product to service? From bulk production to customization and batch size 1? From owned to shared resources? From humans to robots? You'll find answers at Swiss Leaders Dialog. Train yourself and your organisation for Industry 4.0. Swiss Leaders Dialog is not a typical conference. It’s all about personal meetings with peers, consultants and experts. You may select meeting partners in our internal matchmaking platform, or be selected. The matchmaking shows the overleaps between interests and competencies. A very efficient exchange of experiences, ideas, solutions and strategic aspects. Our networking format delivers business knowledge and relevant contacts in the shortest possible amount of time.

Topics

  • Connecting customer, product, production and supply chain intelligently
  • Digital business models and future competition
  • Positioning in the platform economy / Competing or cooperating with startups?
  • From product to service – what are the implications of this paradigm shift?
  • Hunt or being hunted – anticipate and implement digital trends quickly
  • Big Data, Smart Analytics and Machine Learning
  • Digital Factory
  • New production methods and decentralization
  • Intelligent supply chains
  • Connected products (advantages, business models)
  • Customer centricity and batch size 1
  • Efficiency gains in the value chain through Industry 4.0 and IoT
  • New credit models in the IoT world (also future trends)
  • HR challenge: Which skills are needed?
  • Management concepts for more innovation and creativity (design thinking, agile, holacracy etc.)
  • Integrating IT legacy into the IoT world (existing ERP, MES, BI, DWH etc.)
  • Product data, standards, interoperability
  • Blockchains in IoT
  • Digital twins
  • Cyber-physical systems / autonomous systems / robotics

Format

  • Best practices: Selected business cases
  • Matchmaking: Interests and competencies of all attendees
  • Networking: Matched and pre-arranged one on one meetings
  • Workshops: Confidential peer discussions
  • High level: Colleagues in similar positions
  • Decision support: Knowledge of an elite network for your projects, strategies and ideas
  • Ultra efficient: Personal agenda – optimal time invest
  • Chill out: Informal networking at after-event bar meeting
  • Online community: Access new contacts and knowledge after the event

Great setup and organisation enabled high level networking and an open-minded exchange. Exciting presentations showed new perspectives.

Axel Vogelbruch, Global Head of Digitalization (CDO), BYK-Chemie GmbH

Very meaningful and relevant for me as a speaker as well as in the delegate role. In a relaxed atmosphere and a flexible setting I was happy to meet a lot of interesting new contacts during networking time. Thanks a lot.

Katharina Uribe Casillas, VP Global Business Development Automotive & Industrial, Kuehne + Nagel

Thank you for two exciting days in Zurich. Perfectly organized with an ideal number of attendees which allowed many inspiring meetings among decision makers.

Dr. Axel Thoma, Lecturer, University of St.Gallen

Outstanding opportunity to network with like-minded. Excellent Organization. Very interesting topics.

Domonkos Gaspar, Digital Solutions Leader, Roche

Very well organized event with practice-oriented, relevant presentations and time for extensive networking

Thomas Röttinger, CEO, Pewatron AG

Sander Ruitenberg, Global Digital Health Solutions Head, Novartis

Sourcing and Using Integrated Data from Omnichannel Customer Engagement

  • Apps, chatbots, social and web form integrated ecosystems
  • More interactivity and personalized user engagements
  • Continuous improvements based on user data

Daniele Lisetto, Global Head IT Strategy Office, ABB

The "RIO" Transition – Rationalization of IT Operations

  • How to change a large corporation's hosting provider
  • Transition risk management
  • Enable cultural change
  • Performance review

Jean-Paul Duperron, VP Corporate Internal Audi & Risk Management, Swiss Steel Holding AG

Digitalization of Internal Audit Processes

  • From stone age to data mining
  • Use case audit digitalization
  • Audit Data Mining (ADM) in standard practice
  • ADM in continuous auditing
  • Preparing for business environment change

Frank Ernst, Global Digital Lead Manufacturing, LafargeHolcim

Transforming our Global Cement Manufacturing Network

  • Flexibility, data centricity and open innovation in new operating models
  • Case: data centric decision making, developed in house and scaled to all continents in 1.5 years
  • People perspective on transformation

Benedikt Braig, Head of Business Development Equipment-as-a-Service, Trumpf

New Pay-per-part Business Model in the Sheet Metal Processing Industry

  • Customers can use a full-service laser machine without having to buy or lease any equipment
  • Strategic partnership with MunichRe acting as business enabler in the fields of risk solutions, IoT technology and financing
  • Some organisational aspects of this new business model

Pascal Hulalka, CTO, Protectas

Creating Digital Values in the Security Industry

  • The blessings of digitalization in our industry
  • Identifying and developing use cases
  • Use case example: Digitally managed interventions
  • Outlook for the upcoming years

Bastian Best, European Patent Attorney , Bardehle Pagenberg Attorneys in Law

How Innovative Tech Companies Can Use Patents to Improve the Competitive Edge in Digital Business Models

  • Patents: only for tangible inventions?
  • Using patents as business assets
  • How to patent digital business models and use cases
  • Patents for AI, machine learning, big data, IoT

Gregor Schrott, Vice-President Digital Service Innovation / Cognitive Services, Bosch

Scaling Traps with AI/IoT Projects and how to avoid them

  • Theoretically well-planned use cases fail in practice due a lack of data availability
  • The cost of data collection and integration may exceed the benefit
  • Maintenance use case: Nearly a failure, but a success at last
  • AI/ML bases parts recognition
  • Due diligence means to anticipate all possible traps

Harald Kirsch, Head of Automation and Industrial IT, ALD Vacuum Technologies

Integrating IT/OT Legacy into the IoT World

  • Strategy for an efficient knowledge management in mature IT/OT organisations
  • Convergence between legacy and IIoT structures
  • Effective handling of data with innovative technology

Thomas Bodé, VP - Head of Data & Analytics, Swarovski

Customer Centric Data Science Use Case

Moritz von Stosch, Chief Innovation Officer, Datahow AG & Christos Varsakelis, Team Lead AI/ML, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies

A Novel Operational Mode to Transform the Bioprocess Development Business Model

 
  • Why novel data and technical capabilities can transform (bio)pharma’s process development business?
  • What are the implications for the traditional process development market and why is it now that the transformation of (bio)pharma’s process development business is happening?
  • How smartly designed Insilico bioprocess development cloud platforms transform it?
  • What are the consequences for managing and sharing company data?
  • Why these developments need to be considered for creating data ecosystems and strategic partnerships?

Muralikrishna Sridhar, Program Head, AI Stack, Platform & Services for Autonomous Driving and Mobility, Continental

AI Strategy for Autonomous Driving and Mobilty

  • The role of AI and Big Data for the future of mobilty
  • Aligning strategy with business goals
  • Strategic AI projects across several departments and geographies
  • Developing AI innovation prototypes towards customer products

Massimo Buonaiuto, EMEA Principal Scientist in Data Science, DSM

Data Strategy to Enable Digital Transformation

  • Digital transformation in R&D using data management
  • Data governance vs. data management
  • The DAMA body of knowledge methodology

Jean Benjamin Voigt, Director /Head Portfolio & Capital Analytics, Credit Suisse

How to Overcome Cultural Challenges in AI/ML Organizations

  • Avoiding experience bias
  • Building failure-positive environments
  • Facilitating collaboration across functions
  • Creating supportive organization & structure

Jean-Baptiste Cornefert, VP Digital Innovation and Low Carbon Solutions, BP

Big Data Strategy in the Energy Storage Sector

Prof. Dr. Enkelejda Miho, Head of MSc Medical Informatics, FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

AI in Healthcare: Applications for Drug Discovery and Clinical Decisions

  • From integration of omics to clinical support decision systems for personalized medicine
  • The immunology use case
  • The frontier of the medical digital twin
  • Applicability

Mika Rissa, Senior Vice President Product, One Logic

Data Cartography - New ML Based Approaches to Assess the Quality of Very Large and Unstructured Data Sources

Stream 1

Stream 2

Stream 3: Networking
08:30Start Registrierung
09:00Transforming our Global Cement Manufacturing Network
  • Flexibility, data centricity and open innovation in new operating models
  • Case: data centric decision making, developed in house and scaled to all continents in 1.5 years
  • People perspective on transformation

    Frank Ernst, Global Digital Lead Manufacturing, LafargeHolcim
    		•
    09:30Sourcing and Using Integrated Data from Omnichannel Customer Engagement
  • Apps, chatbots, social and web integrated ecosystems
  • Interactive and personalized user engagements
  • Continuous improvements based on user data

    Sander Ruitenberg, Global Digital Health Solutions Head, Novartis
    		•
    10:00How to Overcome Cultural Challenges in AI/ML Organizations
  • Avoiding experience bias
  • Building failure-positive environments
  • Facilitating collaboration across functions
  • Creating supportive organization & structure

    Jean Benjamin Voigt, Director /Head Portfolio & Capital Analytics, Credit Suisse



    		• New Pay-per-part Business Model in the Sheet Metal Processing Industry
  • Customers can use a full-service laser machine without having to buy or lease any equipment
  • Strategic partnership with MunichRe acting as business enabler in the fields of risk solutions, IoT technology and financing
  • Some organisational aspects of this new business model

    Benedikt Braig, Head of Business Development Equipment-as-a-Service, Trumpf
    		•
    10:30Kaffeepause mit Networking
    10:45Workshop

    TBA
    11:45Workshop

    TBA
    12:45Lunch mit Networking
    13:30Workshop: Data Cartography - New ML Based Approaches to Assess the Quality of Very Large and Unstructured Data Sources

    Mika Rissa, Senior Vice President Product, One Logic
    14:30How Innovative Tech Companies Can Use Patents to Improve the Competitive Edge in Digital Business Models
  • Patents: only for tangible inventions?
  • Using patents as business assets
  • How to patent digital business models and use cases
  • Patents for AI, machine learning, big data, IoT

    Bastian Best, European Patent Attorney
    		• The "RIO" Transition – Rationalization of IT Operations
  • How to change a large corporation's hosting provider
  • Transition risk management
  • Enable cultural change
  • Performance review

    Daniele Lisetto, Global Head IT Strategy Office, ABB





    		•
    15:00AI in Healthcare: Applications for Drug Discovery and Clinical Decisions
  • From integration of omics to clinical support decision systems for personalized medicine
  • The immunology use case
  • The frontier of the medical digital twin
  • Applicability

    Prof. Dr. Enkelejda Miho, Head of MSc Medical Informatics, FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland



    		• Integrating IT/OT Legacy into the IoT World
  • Strategy for an efficient knowledge management in mature IT/OT organisations
  • Convergence between legacy and IIoT structures
  • Effective handling of data with innovative technology

    Harald Kirsch, Head of Automation and Industrial IT, ALD Vacuum Technologies
    		•
    15:30A Novel Operational Mode to Transform the Bioprocess Development Business Model
  • Why novel data and technical capabilities can transform (bio)pharma’s process development business?
  • What are the implications for the traditional process development market and why is it now that the transformation of (bio)pharma’s process development business is happening?
  • How smartly designed Insilico bioprocess development cloud platforms transform it?
  • What are the consequences for managing and sharing company data?
  • Why these developments need to be considered for creating data ecosystems and strategic partnerships?

    Moritz von Stosch, Chief Innovation Officer, Datahow AG & Christos Varsakelis, Team Lead AI/ML, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies
    		• Creating Digital Values in the Security Industry
  • The blessings of digitalization in our industry
  • Identifying and developing use cases
  • Use case example: Digitally managed interventions
  • Outlook for the upcoming years

    Pascal Hulalka, CTO, Protectas



    		•
    16:00Big Data Strategy in the Energy Storage Sector

    Jean-Baptiste Cornefert, VP Digital Innovation and Low Carbon Solutions, BP    		Digitalization of Internal Audit Processes
  • From stone age to data mining
  • Use case audit digitalization
  • Audit Data Mining (ADM) in standard practice
  • ADM in continuous auditing
  • Preparing for business environment change

    Jean-Paul Duperron, VP Corporate Internal Audi & Risk Management, Swiss Steel Holding AG





    		•
    16:30Kaffeepause mit Networking
    16:45AI Strategy for Autonomous Driving and Mobility
  • The role of AI and Big Data for the future of mobility
  • Aligning strategy with business goals
  • Strategic AI projects across several departments and geographies
  • Developing AI innovation prototypes towards customer products

    Muralikrishna Sridhar, Program Head, AI Stack, Platform & Services for Autonomous Driving and Mobility, Continental





    		• Scaling Traps with AI/IoT Projects and how to avoid them
  • Common misperceptions in AIoT Projects
  • Case: Replacement Part Recognition
  • Outlook on technological limitations

    Gregor Schrott, Vice-President Digital Service Innovation / Cognitive Services, Bosch
















    		•
    17:15Data Strategy to Enable Digital Transformation
  • Digital transformation in R&D using data management
  • Data governance vs. data management
  • The DAMA body of knowledge methodology

    Massimo Buonaiuto, EMEA Principal Scientist in Data Science, DSM
    		•
    17:45Consumer centricity requires data centricity
  • The raise of the Data & Analytics Function: Vision, organization and lessons learned
  • The Consumer Analytics journey: analytics products & services

    Thomas Bodé, VP - Head of Data & Analytics, Swarovski



    		•
    18:15Abschlussdiskussion und Wrap-up
    18:20Apéro

    Stream 1

    Stream 2

    Stream 3: Networking
    08:30Start Registrierung
    09:00Transforming our Global Cement Manufacturing Network
  • Flexibility, data centricity and open innovation in new operating models
  • Case: data centric decision making, developed in house and scaled to all continents in 1.5 years
  • People perspective on transformation

    Frank Ernst, Global Digital Lead Manufacturing, LafargeHolcim
    		•
    09:30Sourcing and Using Integrated Data from Omnichannel Customer Engagement
  • Apps, chatbots, social and web integrated ecosystems
  • Interactive and personalized user engagements
  • Continuous improvements based on user data

    Sander Ruitenberg, Global Digital Health Solutions Head, Novartis
    		•
    10:00How to Overcome Cultural Challenges in AI/ML Organizations
  • Avoiding experience bias
  • Building failure-positive environments
  • Facilitating collaboration across functions
  • Creating supportive organization & structure

    Jean Benjamin Voigt, Director /Head Portfolio & Capital Analytics, Credit Suisse



    		• New Pay-per-part Business Model in the Sheet Metal Processing Industry
  • Customers can use a full-service laser machine without having to buy or lease any equipment
  • Strategic partnership with MunichRe acting as business enabler in the fields of risk solutions, IoT technology and financing
  • Some organisational aspects of this new business model

    Benedikt Braig, Head of Business Development Equipment-as-a-Service, Trumpf
    		•
    10:30Kaffeepause mit Networking
    10:45Workshop

    TBA
    11:45Workshop

    TBA
    12:45Lunch mit Networking
    13:30Workshop: Data Cartography - New ML Based Approaches to Assess the Quality of Very Large and Unstructured Data Sources

    Mika Rissa, Senior Vice President Product, One Logic
    14:30How Innovative Tech Companies Can Use Patents to Improve the Competitive Edge in Digital Business Models
  • Patents: only for tangible inventions?
  • Using patents as business assets
  • How to patent digital business models and use cases
  • Patents for AI, machine learning, big data, IoT

    Bastian Best, European Patent Attorney
    		• The "RIO" Transition – Rationalization of IT Operations
  • How to change a large corporation's hosting provider
  • Transition risk management
  • Enable cultural change
  • Performance review

    Daniele Lisetto, Global Head IT Strategy Office, ABB





    		•
    15:00AI in Healthcare: Applications for Drug Discovery and Clinical Decisions
  • From integration of omics to clinical support decision systems for personalized medicine
  • The immunology use case
  • The frontier of the medical digital twin
  • Applicability

    Prof. Dr. Enkelejda Miho, Head of MSc Medical Informatics, FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland



    		• Integrating IT/OT Legacy into the IoT World
  • Strategy for an efficient knowledge management in mature IT/OT organisations
  • Convergence between legacy and IIoT structures
  • Effective handling of data with innovative technology

    Harald Kirsch, Head of Automation and Industrial IT, ALD Vacuum Technologies
    		•
    15:30A Novel Operational Mode to Transform the Bioprocess Development Business Model
  • Why novel data and technical capabilities can transform (bio)pharma’s process development business?
  • What are the implications for the traditional process development market and why is it now that the transformation of (bio)pharma’s process development business is happening?
  • How smartly designed Insilico bioprocess development cloud platforms transform it?
  • What are the consequences for managing and sharing company data?
  • Why these developments need to be considered for creating data ecosystems and strategic partnerships?

    Moritz von Stosch, Chief Innovation Officer, Datahow AG & Christos Varsakelis, Team Lead AI/ML, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies
    		• Creating Digital Values in the Security Industry
  • The blessings of digitalization in our industry
  • Identifying and developing use cases
  • Use case example: Digitally managed interventions
  • Outlook for the upcoming years

    Pascal Hulalka, CTO, Protectas



    		•
    16:00Big Data Strategy in the Energy Storage Sector

    Jean-Baptiste Cornefert, VP Digital Innovation and Low Carbon Solutions, BP    		Digitalization of Internal Audit Processes
  • From stone age to data mining
  • Use case audit digitalization
  • Audit Data Mining (ADM) in standard practice
  • ADM in continuous auditing
  • Preparing for business environment change

    Jean-Paul Duperron, VP Corporate Internal Audi & Risk Management, Swiss Steel Holding AG





    		•
    16:30Kaffeepause mit Networking
    16:45AI Strategy for Autonomous Driving and Mobility
  • The role of AI and Big Data for the future of mobility
  • Aligning strategy with business goals
  • Strategic AI projects across several departments and geographies
  • Developing AI innovation prototypes towards customer products

    Muralikrishna Sridhar, Program Head, AI Stack, Platform & Services for Autonomous Driving and Mobility, Continental





    		• Scaling Traps with AI/IoT Projects and how to avoid them
  • Common misperceptions in AIoT Projects
  • Case: Replacement Part Recognition
  • Outlook on technological limitations

    Gregor Schrott, Vice-President Digital Service Innovation / Cognitive Services, Bosch
















    		•
    17:15Data Strategy to Enable Digital Transformation
  • Digital transformation in R&D using data management
  • Data governance vs. data management
  • The DAMA body of knowledge methodology

    Massimo Buonaiuto, EMEA Principal Scientist in Data Science, DSM
    		•
    17:45Consumer centricity requires data centricity
  • The raise of the Data & Analytics Function: Vision, organization and lessons learned
  • The Consumer Analytics journey: analytics products & services

    Thomas Bodé, VP - Head of Data & Analytics, Swarovski



    		•
    18:15Abschlussdiskussion und Wrap-up
    18:20Apéro

    Radisson Blue Luzern, Lakefront Centre Inseliquai 12, CH-6006 Luzern, phone +41 41 369 9000, reservations.lucerne@radissonblu.com

    Ticket also valid for co-located Swiss Leaders Dialog Big Data Strategies.

    Register with Credit Card: Click Here

    Register with Invoice:

    I register for seat/s. The registration fee is 299 CHF per seat + 7.7% VAT.

    First name

    Surname

    Company/Organisation

    Street

    Postal Code

    City

    Country

    Email

    Telephone

    Your package includes

    • Access to all program parts
    • Access to Live HD stream with Q&A interaction
    • Access to recorded presentations
    • Access to networking app and community
    • Effortless on-site or virtual video networking
    • Unlimited access to slides archive with 250+ exclusive decks
    • Full catering

    Questions? Feedback?