Geneva Loading… Bringing a Silicon Valley Perspective to the AI Summit 2027
In June 2027, Geneva will host the AI Summit, following Bletchley Park, Seoul, Paris, and New Delhi. AI is being shaped in many places around the world, but few at the pace of the Bay Area, where many of the most advanced models are built, funded, and debated. Understanding it firsthand is key to having informed debate.
Geneva Loading…, a collaboration between Swissnex in San Francisco and Mercator Foundation Switzerland, prepares twelve Swiss AI experts to bring independent, grounded perspectives to the Summit. The program runs in three phases: a preparatory session in Switzerland, a week-long immersion in San Francisco in November 2026, and participation in Geneva in 2027.
On 30 September in Zurich, as part of the Zurich AI Festival, we open the program to the public. Swissnex San Francisco and the Mercator Foundation will introduce Geneva Loading… and the 12 selected participants. Sonja Schmer-Galunder, Professor of AI Ethics at UFL, based in San Francisco, will then share how these questions look from Silicon Valley. A panel will put that view in direct conversation with Swiss perspectives. The evening closes with networking and an apéro.
Agenda
18:00 · Doors open
18:30 · Kick-off of Geneva Loading… by Swissnex San Francisco and Mercator Foundation Switzerland
18:40 · A Voice from Silicon Valley: Sonja Schmer-Galunder, Professor of AI Ethics at UFL, based in San Francisco (joining remotely)
18:50 · Panel
19:20 · Q&A
19:30 · Closing
19:35 · Networking apéro
20:30 · End of program
The event is open to the wider Swiss and international AI community. If you're working on these questions and want to be part of what happens between now and Geneva, join us!
Thank you to our Partners
Lead Partner: Mercator Foundation Switzerland
Strategic Partners: AlgorithmWatch (CH), GESDA, TASWISS