The Clinical AI Partnership: How Hospitals, Builders, and Regulators Get AI to the Ward
Many hospitals want to use AI in clinical practice, but most never get there. Some struggle to even start a pilot. Others run one but never scale it into daily care. The blockers are practical: regulatory uncertainty, institutional caution, lack of clinical trust, and workflows that were not designed for AI. This symposium brings together hospital leaders who found a way through, the AI teams that built alongside them, and legal experts who can clarify what regulation actually requires. Through case presentations and cross-disciplinary discussion, attendees learn what it takes to move clinical AI from ambition to concrete implementation.
Programme
14:50 - Keynote | Every hospital will deploy AI. The difference is how.
Dr. med. Michael Stickel, CMIO - Insel Gruppe
15:30 - Keynote | Clinical AI in practice: from tumor volume response assessment to foundation model embeddings.
Kevin Groot Lipman, Clinical AI Implementation Lead - Netherlands Cancer Institue
15:50 - Panel | Thumbs up or down: five statements on funding and governing hospital AI.
Garif Yalak, Director Country Digital Acceleration & Member of the Executive Board - Cisco Switzerland
Kevin Groot Lipman, Clinical AI Implementation Lead - Netherlands Cancer Institue
Lucas Basler, Chief AI Officer - Kantonsspital Graubünden
16:50 - Panel | Hospital, vendor or individual: where does the responsibility for AI land.
Kyle Kruesi, Senior Solution Engineer for Cloud & AI Platforms -Microsoft
Thomas Kuster, Lawyer, legal & regulatory - LEXR
Xiaoli Gou, Head of Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance - kaiko
17:45 | Cocktail & Networking
A note on registration
This is a closed session with limited seats (60). All registrations are individually reviewed, so your place is not confirmed at sign-up. You'll receive a separate email once your registration has been approved.
The session is designed for hospital decision-makers and digital health leaders: CIOs, CMIOs, hospital executives, and innovation and clinical leads working on bringing AI into clinical practice.
+++ This event is part of the Zurich AI Festival, taking place from September 28 to October 3, 2026. Zurich AI Festival unites the minds building the future - visionary founders, bold investors, and tech leaders shaping tomorrow. Connect to tomorrow!
Zurich AI Festival is a flagship initiative presented by ETH AI Center, Greater Zurich Area, the City of Zurich, the Canton of Zurich, and Zurich Tourism, and supported by leading partners from academia, industry, government and the broader AI ecosystem.
We look forward to welcoming you soon!
Zurich AI Festival Team