DBTA & FFHS Workshop: Data Science in the Agentic Era

​AI agents now write queries, clean data, build pipelines and produce first analyses. Much of what used to be the core work of a data scientist is becoming automated. That raises two questions that belong together. Companies are asking which people they need now: who builds and governs these systems, who is accountable for the results, and which roles will change. Universities are asking what they should still teach, what they can drop and what has to be added.

​This workshop brings both sides into one room. Practitioners from industry show what they actually run in production, where it works, where it fails, and what that means for their teams and hiring. Researchers and educators share their view on which skills remain essential when machines take over much of the routine work.

​Who should come Data scientists, data engineers, team leads and managers who build or hire for data and AI teams, as well as lecturers, researchers and students in data science and computer science.

​Programme 13:00 Welcome and start Talks and discussion with speakers from industry and academia, with a coffee break in the afternoon 17:00 End of programme, followed by an apéro

​Organised by DBTA (Database Technology Association of the Swiss Informatics Society) together with FFHS (Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences).

​Venue: Gleisarena Zürich Registration deadline: 20 February 2027

​The detailed programme and speakers will be announced soon.